The search for money to finance climate change dominates the debate this year. What is often overlooked: UN countries spend trillions on subsidies for fossil fuels.
By Bernhard Pötter
Get to know the "Top of the Table": 100 key minds of the international climate scene. Selected by the Climate.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics to administration, consulting, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. Today: the most important personalities from the associations.
By Redaktion Table
Several participants were late for the SB60 UN Interim Conference in Bonn due to visa problems. People from the Global South are particularly affected. NGOs are calling for the procedure to be simplified.
By Fabian Löhe
In the run-up to this year's COP29 World Climate Change Conference in Baku, host Azerbaijan had several journalists and activists arrested last year, as Human Rights Watch has reported. Some of them are still in custody.
By Lukas Bayer
The late Klaus Töpfer was not only the German Environment Minister. He also made a unique contribution to international politics and the development of the UN. A tribute by his former press officer.
By Nick Nuttall
The German government has promised six billion euros annually for international climate action from 2025. Cuts to Germany's national budget have put this pledge in jeopardy. The government can get around the problem in the short term with "creative budget management."
By Bernhard Pötter
The UK has increased its contribution to international climate finance, but a significant portion of this increase is due to accounting tricks.
By Nico Beckert
The floods in southern Germany at the beginning of June were influenced by climate change, according to a rapid study. It was found that there was up to a ten percent increase in rainfall.
By Lukas Bayer
The US has nearly doubled its solar production capacity in the first quarter of 2024. In the first three months of the year, nearly twelve gigawatts of new solar installations were also added.
By Nico Beckert
By early 2025, new climate plans for 2035 are due. However, a study by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) warns that if existing plans are not tightened beforehand, there is a significant risk.
By Bernhard Pötter
