By now it is obvious to everyone involved: the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris – which has the central goal of reaching a new agreement on limiting global warming – will only be a success if it attains solid... more
In the days before the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), it’s worth taking a quick look at the state of German climate finance. The German government is likely preparing to make further commitments in Paris; climate finance is also going... more
Well, yes, it is indeed the task of the co-chairs of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP), the body that negotiates the new climate agreement to be adopted in Paris in just a few weeks, to trim... more
Pressure is mounting on rich countries to ramp up financial support for developing countries to the promised $100 billion a year by 2020. It’s been said several times, including by French President Francois Hollande, that failing to deliver on that... more
Ever since rich countries promised, at the disappointing 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, to ramp up climate finance support to poor nations to $100 billion a year by 2020, they refused to provide a roadmap how the promise would be met.... more
Just before the summer recess, the European Commission presented its proposal for the forthcoming revision of the EU emissions trading system. Its primary objective is to adapt the existing policy for the time after 2020. The proposal largely reflects the... more
“Elmau delivered,” was Greenpeace’s comment on the results of the G7 conference, specifically the commitment by the G7 leaders in the summit’s final declaration to decarbonize the global economy in the course of the century and transform our energy systems.... more
Two weeks ago, representatives of around 40 governments gathered for the annual Petersberg Climate Dialog on the invitation of German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. This forum for discussion at the ministerial level is... more
Climate change will rank high on the agenda when the leaders of the seven major developed economies – Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the USA and Canada (G7) – meet in Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau in June. The focus... more
Financial support for developing countries is one of the key issues that need to be addressed if a global climate agreement is to be adopted in Paris in late 2015. In particular, the industrialized countries will be judged on the... more
