While the topic and the dispute are not new, the uproar is: After social media, now even the "Bild" newspaper has taken up the topic of "chat control" and headlined: "Big Brother attack by the EU on our mobile phones". But behind this is a serious and important debate.
Von Falk Steiner
France is relying on nuclear power to achieve its climate targets. President Macron wants to invest in small nuclear power plants in particular in order to drive forward the energy transition. To finance this, nuclear energy must be classified as sustainable in the EU taxonomy. But the new technology also harbors many problems.
Von Charlotte Wirth
Auf der Weltklimakonferenz (COP26) hat Deutschland am Dienstag eine Energiepartnerschaft mit Südafrika vereinbart. Das Land soll insbesondere beim Kohleausstieg unterstützt werden. Ein Schritt in Richtung Klimafinanzierung für Schwellenländer mit Blaupausen-Charakter.
Von Timo Landenberger