Tag: Emissions trading
Steel trader Klöckner offers customers CO2 certificates for almost every product
Dusseldorf The largest independent steel trader in Europe creates CO2 transparency for almost all 200,000 products in the group portfolio. “Seven percent of global CO2 emissions come from steel production…
How Germany harms the climate
If climate protectionists have their way, investments in the development of new fossil energy sources should no longer be made worldwide. Accordingly, the future lies solely with renewable energies, the…
Climate saver or environmental sin? This is how LNG affects the German CO2 balance
Dusseldorf Germany is increasingly covering its natural gas needs with liquefied natural gas. According to the market research company Icis, Germany imported around 485,000 gigawatt hours of natural gas from…
Greens urge caution when it comes to storing CO2
Construction of the CCS infrastructure in Kollsnes, Norway Norway creates the possibility for foreign companies to store CO2. (Photo: Klaus Stratmann, Handelsblatt) Berlin The Greens have considerable reservations about the…
No climate neutrality without removing CO2 from the air
afforestation To meet the Paris climate targets, carbon dioxide must be removed from the air. However, conventional methods such as afforestation are not enough. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In addition to…
Climate protectors also want to enable CO2 storage in Germany
CCS in Norway In Norway, the storage technology for CO2 is already being used on a large scale. (Photo: Klaus Stratmann, Handelsblatt) Berlin When Economics Minister Robert Habeck is in…
Emissions trading 2022 brings 13.2 billion euros for climate funds
Ships in the port of Hamburg A new record was set for income from emissions trading. (Photo: imago images/Joerg Boethling) From the sale of carbon dioxide pollution rights, Germany received…
According to an expert report, Minister Wissing violates the law
Volker Wissing The transport minister is criticized for his policies, and now also by Bundestag lawyers. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) violates the requirements of…
From 2023 landlords will also pay
CO2 emissions from buildings The higher the energy efficiency of a building, the lower the landlord’s share of the CO2 tax. (Photo: dpa) Munich In Germany, anyone who causes a…
From 2023 landlords will also pay
CO2 emissions from buildings The higher the energy efficiency of a building, the lower the landlord’s share of the CO2 tax. (Photo: dpa) Munich In Germany, anyone who causes a…
Simply believing in the technology is naïve. It won’t work without renunciation.
When global warming is discussed in Germany these days, it tends to be about the rather soft effects of the climate crisis – for example the fact that the milder…
Climate protection needs free trade
container port The World Trade Organization (WTO) argues that trade is a positive force for climate and part of the solution for a low-carbon, resilient and just transition. (Photo: imago…
Industry & climate protectors promote a quick start together
CO2 emissions The authors of the position paper consider the development of a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in Germany and Europe to be crucial. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Berlin The cement…
Europe: Brussels wants to tighten emissions trading
Good morning dear readers, economics has truly produced many beautiful neologisms. One of them is the so-called present-time preference. A concept that summarizes that today is more important to us…
The EU is increasing hope that the climate can be saved
Oil field in Iraq An effective climate policy must result in the extraction of oil and coal no longer being worthwhile. (Photo: Essam Al Sudani) Anyone who decides to build…
That brings the reform of emissions trading
Brown coal power plant Neurath, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia In future, a certificate should in principle be purchased for every tonne of CO2 produced. (Photo: imago images/imagebroker) Brussels The EU legislators…
Central climate protection instrument to be tightened
emissions trading According to the new EU agreement, companies must buy pollution certificates if they emit CO2. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Consumers and companies in the EU will have to pay…
The search for the formula for the future: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, The more we think about the future in the current crisis, the more we are really dealing with the past. Which brings us to the debate…
Endgame for German industry
Good morning dear readers, some readers have asked me, like my esteemed predecessor, to include occasional quotations from great poets and thinkers in the morning briefing. A reader even sent…
The world’s most important climate law is nearing completion
Brussels Energy prices in Europe have never been as high as they are this year. Nevertheless, the EU wants to stick to the core of its climate protection program, which…