Tag: Climate conference
The political haggling at the climate conference is pathetic
Friday’s For Future demo Many people are demonstrating in Egypt to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. (Photo: IMAGO/TT) Sharm el-Sheikh It is a pathetic performance that the states afford…
“Hope and frustration close together” – This is how the agreement was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock The Foreign Minister on Sunday morning after the closing ceremony at the world climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Photo: dpa) Sharm el-Sheikh The German foreign…
“Hope and frustration close together” – This is how the agreement was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock The Foreign Minister on Sunday morning after the closing ceremony at the world climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Photo: dpa) Sharm el-Sheikh The German foreign…
The political haggling at the climate conference is pathetic
Friday’s For Future demo Many people are demonstrating in Egypt to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. (Photo: IMAGO/TT) Sharm el-Sheikh It is a pathetic performance that the states afford…
Negotiations at the climate conference in Egypt are tough
Sharm el-Sheikh Before the final spurt of negotiations begins in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Germany once again makes it clear what the central topic of this climate…
How Foreign Minister Baerbock is trying to get started
Berlin Palau, an island state in the Pacific Ocean, a South Seas dream. But also a place of terror. “The sea is devouring our crops, our beaches, our islands, our…
EU can save more CO2 than promised – but there is criticism
Frans Timmermans at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 Frans Timmermans, Ursula von der Leyen’s deputy, is responsible for environmental and climate protection within the EU Commission. (Photo: dpa) Brussels…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Along with Denmark and Sweden, Chile and Morocco are the countries that can count themselves among the pioneers in climate protection thanks to the rapid expansion of renewable energies.…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Along with Denmark and Sweden, Chile and Morocco are the countries that can count themselves among the pioneers in climate protection thanks to the rapid expansion of renewable energies.…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Anyone looking for climate protection pioneers usually thinks first of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Sweden and Norway rely heavily on renewable energies and have been among the pioneers in…
The struggle for aid worth billions begins
Berlin There is not much time left to agree on controversial points. This Monday, the second and decisive week of negotiations begins at the world climate conference in Egypt. By…
The struggle for aid worth billions begins
Berlin There is not much time left to agree on controversial points. This Monday, the second and decisive week of negotiations begins at the world climate conference in Egypt. By…
The Problem with Confidence: The Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Recap
Good morning dear readers, A number shook me this week. According to a survey by Civey pollsters, only 25 percent of Germans state that they are confident about the future.…
CO2 emissions 2022: Greenhouse gas emissions will also increase in 2022
Berlin The fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise – contrary to the goals that the countries set themselves in the Paris climate agreement. In 2022 they will be slightly higher…
“Let the others make an effort”
Young activists at the UN climate change conference COP27 “After decades of largely unsuccessful climate negotiations, the question is whether we are pursuing the right strategy. Other negotiation formats are…
The world community can hardly reach the 1.5 degree target – but every tenth of a degree counts
COP27 The world community meets at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Center for the annual climate conference. (Photo: Reuters) Before the start of the most important annual meeting on global…
USA and China sign climate pact – but crucial details are missing
Washington There has not been so much agreement between the rivals USA and China for a long time. “As great powers of the world we have to accept our responsibility…
How Japan wants to promote climate protection with concrete
Asia Techonomics In the weekly column we alternately write about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo Concrete fans will get their money’s worth on the homepage…
UNDP boss Steiner has great expectations of the traffic light government
Berlin He has already attended many climate conferences: Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Organization (UNDP). The German-Brazilian, the highest-ranking German at the United Nations, has for years…
Two new crises for Joe Biden – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
when Joe Biden landed back in the USA last night back from the climate summit in Glasgow, the situation for the US president had changed drastically. Eleven months after taking…