Coronavirus could help Germany hit its emissions goals
There’s a possible policy upside to the coronavirus crisis — Germany may just reach its 2020 emissions reduction goal. The target is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent compared with 1990...
View ArticlePlastic and cigarette litter costs German towns €700M a year
Cleaning up and disposing of cigarette butts, plastic cups and other single-use plastic products left in parks and streets cost German cities and communities around €700 million annually, the German...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg’s climate movement targets Angela Merkel
The pandemic has hobbled the weekly student protests that made Greta Thunberg and other campaigners a global phenomenon — so they’re now hitting up politicians in person. German Chancellor Angela...
View ArticleUN chief warns against ‘postponement of climate action’
The U.N.’s climate change secretariat Friday warned of inaction over climate change and a widening gulf between climate negotiations and societal demands. Releasing its annual report, the U.N. said in...
View ArticleEU should pull support for Nord Stream 2, says German leadership hopeful
Berlin is coming under growing pressure domestically to stop the Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 after Germany announced that Kremlin opposition activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned by nerve...
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Climate pledges depend on what happens to Trump
China and many of the world’s other big greenhouse gas emitters are waiting for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election before deciding whether — and by how much — to boost their climate pledges....
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4 things to know about the EU’s battle to cut emissions
The European Parliament’s environment committee on Thursday called for the bloc to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2030 — part of an ongoing political fight over just how deeply the EU...
View ArticleThe 15 percentage points of emissions cuts that change everything
Cut emissions so deeply and so fast in just a decade that it would be roughly the same as shutting down Germany, Ursula von der Leyen is set to ask EU countries this week. That request, expected from...
View ArticleThe race to New York to save the world’s most unloved climate treaty
Documents signed by leaders from Jamaica and two other countries must reach New York by midnight Friday to avoid a global climate treaty becoming an orphan. To enter legal force, the Doha Amendment...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament backs 2030 emissions cuts of 60 percent
The European Parliament voted in favor of a 60 percent greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030, MEPs said today based on the release of first voting results. That goal is up from a current cut of 40...
View ArticleEU climate clash looms as Parliament backs ‘bloody hard’ emissions cuts
The European Parliament narrowly backed slashing the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2030 — setting up a clash with member countries balking at such a deep cut. The Parliament’s...
View ArticleEU leaders to chew over climate conflicts at summit dinner
For some, Europe’s new climate target will be hard to swallow. With German Chancellor Angela Merkel intent on brokering a stronger 2030 emissions reduction goal before her country’s EU Council...
View ArticleEngland could face new lockdown next week: Reports
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a month-long lockdown across England to stem a surge in coronavirus cases, several media outlets reported on Saturday. The new “stay at home” order...
View ArticlePriest wounded in shooting in Lyon: Reports
An Greek Orthodox priest was shot and injured at a church in Lyon on Saturday afternoon, police told French media. The priest was closing his church at around 4 p.m. when an assailant shot him twice...
View ArticleParis is passé as climate green deals become chic
Joe Biden promises his first act as U.S. president will be to rejoin the Paris Agreement. But that’s no longer where the action is. Rather it’s about who’ll set the rules for a decarbonized world by...
View ArticleWorld pushes ahead with climate action as US remains in limbo
The United States government will be missing from a global climate summit for the first time next month, and the timing couldn’t be more inconvenient for other world leaders. They are desperate to...
View Article‘No new coal,’ UN chief tells EU
The EU, the world’s self-proclaimed climate leader, got an earful Thursday from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. He called on the EU to drop coal for good and urgently raise its 2030 emissions...
View ArticleClimate deal ‘difficult’ unless EU budget stalemate broken
Climate change and rule of law collide in Brussels this week, as EU leaders try to reach an agreement to slash emissions by 2030. To get the climate deal, the European Council summit will have to...
View ArticleNordic neighbors split on fossil fuel phase-outs
There’s a lot of similarities between Denmark and Norway — from having spent 300 years in a united kingdom to both making fortunes from oil and gas — but their views on the future of fossil fuels...
View Article‘Rather exhausted’ EU leaders sign off on higher 2030 climate goals
Europe will surge ahead with its effort to stamp out greenhouse gas emissions and climate change in this decade, after a hard-fought deal among EU leaders on Friday. During a long night of...
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