Climate action is on the defensive, the development of the new financial target is changing geopolitics, and the consequences will also be felt in Europe. We have analyzed what the resolutions of COP29 mean beyond the mere results.
By Bernhard Pötter
After a long delay and tough negotiations, COP29 ended early Sunday morning in Baku. A financial target was agreed upon, with the industrialized countries promising a sum of USD 300 billion by 2035. However, in other areas, progress only means preventing regression.
By Bernhard Pötter
After a dramatic day in Baku, COP29 ended with an agreement on a new climate finance target – known as the NCQG. Industrialized countries are to increase their annual payments to developing countries to USD 300 billion by 2035, but emerging countries will also contribute. This was followed by a hail of criticism.
By Lukas Knigge
Expanding the donor base for climate finance to include countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and South Korea is considered one of the biggest points of conflict at COP29. However, several calculations show that new donor countries would not increase the climate finance budget too much. Other sources of climate financing would be more productive.
By Nico Beckert
Indonesia wants to reduce its dependence on coal by 33 percent by 2040. However, it is unclear whether this also includes industrial power plants. In its Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP), the country had left these power plants out of the equation.
By Nico Beckert
African countries are in a weak position in the complex negotiations on combating climate change. This is due to the structure of the negotiations. This suits the Global North well.
By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
The industrialized countries and the major emerging economies are delighted with the Presidency's first proposal for the final texts of COP29. The poorer countries are up in arms. The deal could reorganize the existing fronts in climate policy.
By Bernhard Pötter
New draft texts from the COP29 presidency landed in Baku on Friday afternoon. For the first time, the quantum of climate financing was quantified and the expanded donor base was also formulated. But, as we all know, the devil is in the detail.
By Nico Beckert
New Zealand is supporting Vanuatu in setting up its own fund for climate damage and loss. This area is severely underfunded worldwide.
By Lisa Kuner
The environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe has filed a new lawsuit against the Mittelplate oil platform in the Wadden Sea in Schleswig-Holstein. It argues that an FFH impact assessment would also have been necessary there.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
