Ten days and more work than ever: At the UN Interim Conference SB58, beginning today, the course will be set for COP28: Global stocktake, loss-and-damage fund, emissions reduction. The dispute over fossil fuel phase-out and finance continue to simmer.
Von Bernhard Pötter
The SB58 conference in Bonn will also wrestle over an agreement on the global phase-out of fossil fuels. The President of the German Environment Agency (UBA), Dirk Messner, urges not to regard CO2 capture and storage (CCS) as a "game-changer." However, he considers the debate on geoengineering to be even more dangerous.
Von Bernhard Pötter
The US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has renegotiated a contract from 2021 with the EU Commission. According to media reports, several hundred million euros in cancellation fees are at stake for Germany alone. The European Parliament wants to clarify the background. But instead of answers, Pfizer sends a catalog of questions.
Von Eric Bonse
