There is opposition to the EU fleet limits from various quarters – and a desire to change the regulations. However, the high prices for CO₂ in ETS 2 would place a burden on consumers.
By Fritz Vorholz
Even in extreme scenarios, the Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) is unlikely to collapse entirely. However, a new modeling study shows that it could break down significantly – with serious consequences for Europe in particular.
By Lukas Bayer
So far, many large companies from CO2-intensive sectors have received free carbon credits. The environmental organization WWF has called for this allocation to be restricted sooner than planned.
By Alex Veit
Over the next few years, the UK must step up its efforts, particularly in the areas of transport, buildings, industry and agriculture, in order to meet its climate targets. This is the advice of the CCC advisory body in its seventh carbon budget to reduce both energy costs and energy dependency.
By Lukas Bayer
China's steel sector jeopardizes the country's climate targets. Low-carbon production processes such as electric arc furnaces or the use of hydrogen are only making slow progress. Coal-based steel and iron production would have to fall rapidly to meet the country's climate targets.
By Nico Beckert
A consistent mobility transition not only serves the climate, but also strengthens the competitiveness of industry and social fairness: This is according to the think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a paper of demands to the new German government.
By Alexandra Endres
Planning new electricity capacities with renewable energies has often been cheaper than with fossil fuels. Now comes the next step: In many countries, renewables even beat the costs of existing and ongoing fossil fuel power generation.
By Bernhard Pötter
The EU should become an attractive hub for green production: That is Brussels' signal to its own industry and Washington with the Clean Industrial Deal. Even if funding matters remain unresolved, the plan has been welcomed in Europe.
By Lukas Knigge
Threatening, cutting funding, firing government employees: In just a few weeks, the new US government has dismantled the country's environmental and climate policy institutions and research programs built up over decades. The damage to science, administration and politics is hard to predict.
By Isabel Adler
The EU's Clean Industrial Deal aims to balance competitiveness and climate action. However, Germany, Europe's largest economy, has been in recession for two years. Is climate action to blame for the economic crisis?
By Nico Beckert
