According to a recent study, there is great potential for floating solar systems in Germany. However, this has hardly been exploited to date.
By Lisa Kuner
The EU's monitoring regulations for non-CO2 emissions provide for an exception for long-haul flights. This means that a large part of the climate impact of contrails is not recorded, criticizes a think tank.
By Lisa Kuner
In view of the narrower scope for public climate investments, the Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (FÖS) proposes linking environmental taxes to inflation. This could generate €9 billion a year. According to the FÖS, reducing fossil fuel subsidies would free up as much as €24 billion per year.
By Alexandra Endres
Former WWF board member Christoph Heinrich will head the Ecologic Institute think tank in the future.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The US Vice-President is a fierce critic of the fossil fuel industries and is calling for more money for climate action and even more green investments. She would secure Joe Biden's climate policy record, which Donald Trump wants to destroy. But as POTUS, she would probably be much less radical.
By Bernhard Pötter
As the host country of COP29 in Baku in November, Azerbaijan has now defined goals for the conference and published its plans. Among other things, the country wants to collect one billion dollars from fossil revenues in a voluntary fund for climate action.
By Bernhard Pötter
At the "Third Plenum", China named the reduction of CO2 emissions as an important political goal. Politicians are currently negotiating a new climate plan (NDC). The rapid expansion of renewables and reports that CO2 emissions have peaked should not obscure the challenges. Three factors are slowing down China's climate policy.
By Nico Beckert
Severe wildfires in the Northern Hemisphere are currently causing high CO2 emissions. Russia is particularly affected by the fires. Siberia could be approaching a dangerous tipping point.
By Lisa Kuner
If the Republican Party has its way, fossil fuels still have a long life ahead of them. The election program emphasizes the importance of expanding them for the benefit of the country and its economy. Existing regulations should be abolished.
By Carsten Hübner
The International Energy Agency has calculated that if SUVs were a country, they would be the fifth-largest carbon emitter in the world. Large cars cause more global emissions than Japan and Germany.
By Nico Beckert
