Double-digit increase in car sales
Car sales in China increased in the double-digit range in 2023. This was due to a price war between manufacturers and the low offers for customers. But exports are also driving up sales.
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Car sales in China increased in the double-digit range in 2023. This was due to a price war between manufacturers and the low offers for customers. But exports are also driving up sales.
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Renew leader Stéphane Séjourné is getting a new job: he is set to become France's foreign minister, as announced by the Élysée Palace on Thursday evening.
By Redaktion Table
Switzerland is the first country in the world to buy carbon offsets from another country and complete the offset trade. The contractual partner is Thailand. Critics complain that the trade has no additional benefit for the climate.
By Nico Beckert
EU data shows that 2023 was a year of record temperatures: The average global temperature climbed to almost 15 degrees. The 1.5-degree limit was almost reached. The reason: El Niño instead of La Niña and record emissions.
By Bernhard Pötter
Despite environmentalists' objections, Norway becomes the first country to engage in commercial deep-sea mining. The aim is to extract minerals such as lithium, scandium and cobalt.
By Lukas Knigge
Has Amazon collected too much data? The company is vehemently defending itself against one of the highest fines in the history of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. A Luxembourg court is now trying to settle the dispute.
By Redaktion Table
A survey in the run-up to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos warns of the dangers of extreme weather and climate change. Climate researcher Friederike Otto also warns that the world is ill-prepared for the consequences of extreme weather conditions.
By Alexandra Endres
The Breko and BDEW associations are calling for changes to the Gigabit Infrastructure Act in order to accelerate the expansion of fiber optics in Germany and Europe.
By Corinna Visser
US greenhouse gas emissions are declining – but not fast enough to achieve the national climate targets.
By Nico Beckert
Xi Jinping has advocated for better relations between China and the United States beyond the political and economic tensions between the two nations. In a letter to long-time acquaintance Sarah Lande from Muscatine, Iowa, US President Xi Jinping encouraged more personal exchanges between the two superpowers.
By Michael Radunski