The EU must immediately and comprehensively reform the CO2 fleet regulation of passenger cars. This is the demand of a group of researchers led by Thomas Koch from Karlsruhe KIT. Otherwise, the sector will be at odds with the Paris climate targets in 2030.
By Lukas Knigge
In addition to the constitutional complaint against the new Climate Change Act, Environmental Action Germany (DUH) also filed another climate complaint against the German government for failing to submit the 2023 Climate Protection Report on time. DUH argues that the government is thus failing to use a key control instrument.
By Alexandra Endres
Germany has promised to provide six billion euros annually from public funds for global climate financing from 2025. However, the government's draft budget is around one billion euros short of this target.
By Bernhard Pötter
She knows everyone on the climate scene and everyone knows her: Laurence Tubiana, architect of the Paris Agreement and head of the European Climate Foundation ECF, is being considered as the new prime minister of France. She champions social transformation.
By Redaktion Table
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has signed the revised Climate Protection Act. Environmental associations are now filing three constitutional complaints against it.
By Lisa Kuner
Mineral oil companies are alleged to have cheated to improve their carbon footprint. The German Environment Agency has filed a complaint. Now the police are taking action.
By Lisa Kuner
In California, five times as much land has already burned as usual for the time of year. This is partly due to the wet winter, heatwaves, and warm nights.
By Lisa Kuner
Because the Norwegian state-owned oil company Equinor is doing too little to reduce its emissions, the Science Museum is terminating an eight-year support contract. The background to this is the large fossil deposits in the North Sea.
By Alexandra Endres
More solar and wind energy, financial support for heat pumps – but no ban on combustion engines. A recent survey shows which form of EU climate policy a majority of Germans could support in the future. Another result is that the Green Deal is unknown to many.
By Alexandra Endres
