Despite geopolitical headwinds, the EU has an essential role to play

COP30 will take place from 10 to 21 November in Belém, Brazil. Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the international community is facing a major challenge: current ambitions are far from sufficient t...

Die diesjährige Weltklimakonferenz findet vom 10. bis 21. November in Belém statt. Zehn Jahre nach dem Pariser Abkommen ist die internationale Klimapolitik mehr gefordert denn je: Denn die bisherigen ...

Die Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch bedauert, dass der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission zum Klimaziel für 2040 hinter das Notwendige zurückfällt. „Dieser Entwurf kommt spät und bleibt hint...

European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera was quizzed on Euronews' Europe Today morning show and asked for reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron's call to delay the Commission's 2040 climate targets. #EuropeNews

Im Pariser Klimaabkommen hat sich die internationale Staatengemeinschaft 2015 darauf verständigt, die Erderwärmung möglichst auf 1,5 °C zu begrenzen. Das vorliegende Papier beleuchtet die Bedeutung de...

Germany’s new coalition has adopted a climate stance shaped by talks with the EU’s top climate official, signalling where the bloc may land on a likely upcoming 2040 emissions target.

Finland supports a European Union target to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, the country's state secretary for climate told Reuters, as governments prepare for tough negotiations on the EU's next climate goal.

The US's share of the cleantech trade is too small to dictate the terms of the energy transition, but Trump's tariff decisions will do harm

Der Petersberger Klimadialog hat nach Ansicht der Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch ein wichtiges Signal für den internationalen Klimaschutz gesendet: Trotz des Rückzugs der USA bekräft...

Der morgen beginnende Petersberger Klimadialog steht in diesem Jahr unter besonders großem Erwartungsdruck: Er soll nach dem Ausfall der USA ein starkes Signal für wirkungsvollen Klimaschutz senden. D...

February 21st, 2025

With debt soaring, aid budgets shrinking, and the climate crisis escalating, the need for bold solutions is urgent. In this brief, we explore how rechannelling SDRs through IMF funds and MDBs, SDR bon...

Carbon Brief tracks commitments made by the main parties in Germany's 2025 election, across a range of issues related to climate and energy.

The official deadline for submitting the new #NDCs ends today. More than half of the countries - including India, China and the EU - will not meet the United…

The first Global Stocktake revealed that global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C are insufficient, with COP29 failing to deliver significant progress. Now, it is high time for policymakers to correct...

Germany's conservatives were able to pass a strict immigration motion with votes by the far-right party, marking a historic breach of the "firewall" on working with the far-right on policy. Has the "f...

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Ana Toni sees the main task in Belém, Brazil, as accelerating the implementation of existing agreements.

The Africa Energy Summit on 27 and 28 January 2025 in Tanzania is a cornerstone of Mission 300. It aims to bring electricity to 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Though commendable at ...

Germanwatch fordert zum Amtsantritt von Donald Trump von der EU und der amtierenden sowie der kommenden Bundesregierung, sich den autoritären Kräften an der Spitze der USA klar entgegen zu stellen, wo...

On 23 November, the 29th UN Climate Conference came to a close in Baku. In this blog article, our Germanwatch experts report on the difficult negotiations, detail the most important decisions, and dra...

The 29th World Climate Conference will take place from 11 to 22 November 2024 under the presidency of Azerbaijan. Germanwatch will be on site and will provide background information, press releases, a...

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), is an independent monitoring tool for tracking countries’ climate protection performance.

Floods, heatwaves, and record temperatures have seen the climate crisis reach a new peak in 2024. However, there have also been positive signs. The energy transition, for example, is gaining momentum ...

COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, offers a pivotal chance to build on the historic agreements made at COP28, where nations committed to transition away from fossil fuels, triple renewable energy capacity, an...

As climate impacts intensify globally, the Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationall...

The German Pavilion at COP29 is hosted and supported by the German Federal Government. It includes voices from both government and civil society. Our programme is broadcasted live from Baku during COP...

Business leaders rally for support ahead of UN COP29 summit despite many global companies backtracking

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the climate plans of countries that have signed the Paris Agreement. Every five years, these plans need to be updated, adding more ambition to reduce emi...

Over the next few months, countries will be releasing the next generation of climate plans known as National Determined Contributions (NDCs). Read our open letter detailing the '10 tests' for global l...