In den Diskussionen, die auf EU-Ebene über das neue Emissionsminderungsziel für 2040 geführt werden, rückte zuletzt die Rolle internationaler Zertifikate in den Fokus. Die Diskussionen gewinnen auch deshalb an Dynamik, weil die Bundesregierung ihre Unterstützung für das Ziel, die...

In the discussions being held at EU level about the 2040 mitigation target, the role of international credits has recently taken centre stage. The new momentum in those discussions is due in part to the German government having announced its support for a mitigation target of a net 90 per cent...

Die 27. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz (COP 27) der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention im ägyptischen Scharm El-Scheich stand im Zeichen multipler Krisen und angeschlagenen Vertrauens der Entwicklungsländer in den multilateralen Prozess. Trotz allem ist es aber gelungen, beim kritischen Thema Schäden und...

If the EU wants to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, enacting conventional climate change mitigation measures to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases will not be enough. To compensate for unavoidable residual emissions, unconventional measures to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will also be...

The European Union (EU) has been advocating climate policy ambitions from the very beginning of the international climate regime. Climate action to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement (2015) involves nearly all fields of national and international policy-making. In this research...

At the G7 summit in June 2022, the German government intends to promote international climate cooperation by establishing a climate club. This club is envisioned to foster implementation of the Paris climate goals and, ideally, grow into a global alliance of ambitious countries. In light of...

The implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal to reduce emissions by 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 will have an impact on the EU’s trade policy and on its trade relations with its non-EU partners. With the ongoing decarbonisation process of European economic...

The 29th Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku revealed a shift in the balance of power in international climate politics following the US elections. While China played a constructive role in the negotiations on international climate finance, vulnerable countries were forced to make painful...

With the Green Deal, the European Union (EU) has not only significantly increased the ambition of its climate policy in recent years, but it has also added an international dimension to European domestic climate policy. In fact, numerous recently adopted legal acts directly or indirectly affect...