Mit Sorge blickt die Weltgemeinschaft auf die nahende Präsidentschaft der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate bei der diesjährigen Vertragsstaatenkonferenz (COP) der UN‑Klimarahmenkonvention (UNFCCC). Bisher glänzte der Ölproduzent nicht mit Anstrengungen für den Klimaschutz, und Sultan Al...

Climate experts are apprehensive about the approaching Presidency of the United Arab Emirates at this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). So far, the oil producer has not set a shining example with its climate protection efforts; and...

The United States will play a crucial role in global climate protection in what has been called the "super election year" of 2024. After three-and-a-half years of having scored huge successes in climate protection, President Joe Biden could be succeeded by Donald Trump in January 2025, according...

The signatories of the Paris Agreement are required to submit new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) by 10 February 2025, laying out targets for 2035. These third generation NDCs - "NDCs 3.0" - are supposed to serve as comprehensive investment and transformation plans and incorporate the...

Die Vertragsstaaten des Pariser Klimaabkommens (PA) sind verpflichtet, bis zum 10. Februar 2025 neue national festgelegte Klimabeiträge (nationally determined contributions, NDCs) mit Zielen für das Jahr 2035 einzureichen. Diese "NDCs 3.0" sollen als umfassende Investitions- und...

International cooperation in support of a global energy transition is on the rise, and official develop­ment assistance (ODA) in the energy sector is increasingly being directed to renewable energy sources. Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that investment towards achieving the SDG 7 on...

International cooperation in support of a global energy transition is on the rise. Initiatives and venues for multilateral cooperation are complemented by growing bilateral engagement to foster international lesson-drawing and exchange. Official development assistance (ODA) in the energy sector...

Für den weltweiten Klimaschutz spielen die USA im "Super-Wahljahr" 2024 eine herausragende Rolle. Denn nach bisher dreieinhalb Jahren, in denen Präsident Joe Biden immense Erfolge im Klimaschutz gelangen, könnte ihm nun laut aktuellen Prognosen Donald Trump folgen. Trump nutzte bereits seine...