Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber has big plans for this winter. "This will be a pivotal year in a pivotal decade for climate action," he says. And in this crucial year, the sultan will have a crucial seat: he will be the president of the next United Nations climate change conference, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates at the end of the year, in Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the Emirates, made the...
Drought and a record monsoon have devastated the country this summer. But none of the international aid packages was tied to ecological reconstruction. What matters now. source site
Of Josef KelnbergerLaw student Carla Hinrichs held up pictures of 13 people who had been in preventive detention in Bavaria for 30 days during "Anne Will". A craftsman is among them, a high school graduate, a mother of two children. "They are locked up with you," she said to the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, "because they are desperate. Because your government" - she meant the Bavarian state government - "makes sure that our lives are no longer safe." source...
China is the biggest brake on all global cooperation efforts. Climate policy is in danger of falling under the wheels of strategic power. This is more dangerous than ever. source site
With difficulty, the world community agreed on how to proceed at the climate conference. The fund for countries that are particularly suffering from the consequences of the climate crisis has been saved, but the disappointment, especially among Europeans, is great: other important goals remain out of reach.Of Michael BauchmuellerMechanically, Sameh Shoukry reels off the resolutions of the climate summit, one after the other. "Don't hear any objections," he says, always in the same tone. "It is so decided." His hammer...
The world climate conference has agreed on a common pot of money to compensate for climate damage in poorer countries. In their final statement early Sunday morning, the roughly 200 states also reaffirmed their earlier decision to phase out coal. A farewell to oil and gas is not mentioned. The declaration thus falls short of the demands of many states, climate activists and environmentalists who see an end to dependence on dirty energy sources as imperative.The agreed fund is about...
The competition for the energy source is picking up speed: the Biden government is promoting the development of a hydrogen industry with tax breaks. Not only in Germany is the fear of being left behind growing.Of Thomas HummelJorgo Chatzimarkakis says he saw angry reactions from the Egyptians. The European Union wants to obtain hydrogen from the North African country in the future and signed a declaration of intent on the sidelines of the World Climate Conference. Nevertheless, the managing director...
From this Saturday there will always be "Auf den Punkt" on the weekend. We look at what was important this week, what will be important in the coming week and take the time to talk to interesting personalities.This week the COP 27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt comes to an end. And not only was climate protection discussed, but also human rights in the host country. Luisa Neubauer from Fridays For Future in Germany was on site in...
Homepoliticsclimate changeclimate policyClimate Conference COP27:Saving the world in practiceNov 18, 2022 5:06 p.mReading time: 6 minsOpen detailed viewThat's where she always wanted to be: in the very front row at a climate summit. (Photo: Thomas Trutschel/photothek/Imago)Annalena Baerbock has brought international climate policy to the Foreign Ministry for the first time. In Sharm el-Sheikh she ends up in the middle of a global conflict.Of Michael Bauchmüller and Paul-Anton Krüger, Sharm el-SheikhlistenNoticeSplitfeedbackThe German entourage is in a hurry for the last few...
Actually, it would have been over on Friday. But now the world climate conference COP27 in Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh is being extended. It will continue on Saturday to give delegates more time to reach agreement on contentious issues. In the past, UN meetings have often been extended. Participants had already expected this this time. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also expected that. She said, "I've packed my bags for the whole weekend." None of the open questions are unsolvable, said the...