Climate Update
Une revue de presse hebdomadaire sur tous les aspects de la crise climatique en Suisse et dans le monde entier. Les articles peuvent être filtrés par thème et mots-clés. Chaque semaine, nous recommandons quelques articles particulièrement intéressants.
Édition 44-2025
Le numéro 44 du Climate Update est en cours de rédaction. Il sera terminé dans la soirée.
RECOMMANDÉ
RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES
* GLOBAL COAL EXIT LIST * Kohleboom statt Klimaschutz
Trotz alarmierender Klimaberichte erlebt die Kohleindustrie ein Comeback. Weltweit planen Unternehmen neue Projekte für Kohleabbau und Kohlechemie, zeigt die "Global Coal Exit List" der Organisation Urgewald. Auch Banken scheinen am fossilen Geschäft festhalten zu wollen.
IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ
* LANCET COUNTDOWN OF HEALTH & CLIMATE 2025 * Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’
Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”.
IMPACTS
IMPACTS
* OURAGAN MELISSA * Melissa touche Cuba avec des vents de 195 km/h
L'ouragan Melissa, rétrogradé en catégorie 3, a touché l'île de Cuba mercredi matin après avoir durement frappé la Jamaïque, qualifiée de "zone sinistrée" par les autorités, a indiqué le Centre national américain des ouragans (NHC).
IMPACTS
* HURRIKAN MELISSA * «Der Hurrikan konnte das wärmste zurzeit verfügbare Meerwasser nutzen»
Er zählt zu den stärksten jemals verzeichneten Stürmen auf dem Atlanik. Gemäss Experte Matt Lanza profitierte Melissa vom warmen Karibikwasser und einer speziellen Wetterkonstellation.
IMPACTS
Das Salz der Meere und der Klimawandel
Die schnelle Erderwärmung bringt weltweit auch das austarierte Gleichgewicht zwischen Salz- und Süßwasser durcheinander. Das hat fatale Folgen für die Küsten.
IMPACTS
* HURRICANE MELISSA * Climate Factors Make Jamaica Especially Vulnerable
More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is likely to be hit especially hard by this week’s storm.
IMPACTS
* HURRICANE MELISSA * ‘Storm of the century’ hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba
Minister says parish of St Elizabeth is ‘under water’ and that families were trapped in their homes in the community of Black River in western Jamaica
IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ
* LANCET COUNTDOWN OF HEALTH & CLIMATE 2025 * Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
IMPACTS
Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300
Cutting emissions in line with the 1.5C warming limit, rather than following current climate policies, could curb long-term sea level rise by 64cm.
IMPACTS
What scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastated
Two incredibly valuable animals are now “functionally extinct” in Florida. That should alarm all of us.
IMPACTS
‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels – Inside Climate News
Heat waves, extreme drought and deadly wildfire smoke are just some of the climate-related health hazards that have reached record levels of harm, according to the latest report from a global collaboration of leading scientists and public health professionals. The Lancet Countdown is an annual breakdown of how climate change impacts public health around the […]
IMPACTS
The 1.5 Degrees C Temperature Target: 8 Things to Know| World Resources Institute
Holding global warming to 1.5 degrees C has been the world's North Star for climate action — a critical benchmark against which policies are set and progress is measured. So what happens if we breach it?
IMPACTS
Start der alpinen Skisaison – Skifahren trotz Klimawandel?
Am Wochenende startet die alpine Ski-Saison in Sölden. Und mit dem Start wird auch die Frage wieder aktuell: wie lange gibt es diesen Sport noch so, wie wir ihn kennen?
CAUSES
CAUSES
Global Coal Exit List 2025
The GCEL is shaping new coal policies of financial institutions across the globe. It currently lists over 1400 parent companies from the coal power, mining and services sector as well as all companies developing new coal assets. GCEL covers the whole coal universe.
CAUSES
* GLOBAL COAL EXIT LIST * Rekord beim Kohleverbrauch – kein Klimaschutz-Indikator auf Kurs
Noch nie ist so viel Kohle für Strom verbrannt worden wie 2024. Die Klimaziele geraten zunehmend ausser Reichweite.
CAUSES
Rohstoffhandel: Auf alle Fälle rosige Geschäfte
Der Schweizer Konzern Mercuria macht sowohl mit China wie mit den USA lukrative Geschäfte mit fossiler Energie, will jedoch auch Wälder und Feuchtgebiete schützen. Wie soll das gehen?
RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES
* GLOBAL COAL EXIT LIST * Kohleboom statt Klimaschutz
Trotz alarmierender Klimaberichte erlebt die Kohleindustrie ein Comeback. Weltweit planen Unternehmen neue Projekte für Kohleabbau und Kohlechemie, zeigt die "Global Coal Exit List" der Organisation Urgewald. Auch Banken scheinen am fossilen Geschäft festhalten zu wollen.
JUSTICE CLIM. CAUSES
* USA * America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
CAUSES
What we lost when cars won
Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them.
CAUSES
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* SUISSE * L’irrigation traditionnelle des bisses valaisans, une réponse durable au réchauffement climatique
Face au réchauffement climatique, l'irrigation traditionnelle pourrait offrir une solution durable, notamment dans les régions qui disposent de bisses. En Valais, une quarantaine de personnes, dont plusieurs scientifiques, ont récemment observé la gestion de l’eau sur le Grand Bisse d’Ayent.
MITIGATION & ADAPT. POLITIQUE
* EU * Welchen Preis hat der neue Emissionshandel?
Die EU-Kommission stellt den ab 2027 geplanten Emissionshandel für Verkehr und Gebäude neu auf. Ein drohender Energiepreisschock soll verhindert werden.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Morocco sets date for coal phase-out for the first time in climate plan
The 2040 deadline is dependent on external support, but the phase-out will still be achieved unconditionally in the 2040s, according to the country’s updated NDC
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Angels of Backlands: How Traditional Knowledge is Saving Forgotten Lands
The Caatinga’s story isn’t one of survival in a dryland ecosystem – it’s a lesson of looking for the hidden patterns, finding alliances, and being patient. Well, and about fate of course. Because, if a forgotten biome can regrow from dust, what else might be possible?
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
How to Feed the World and Save the Planet – A View from the Ground
We need people to be involved, consumers to take a stand. We need a global, cross-sectoral movement for localisation.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Copenhague ou la métamorphose d’une ville verte – Le Temps
Pionnière dans la lutte climatique, la capitale danoise regorge de projets et d’initiatives écologiques ambitieux pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre tout en construisant davantage de logements. On vous embarque!
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
How Bogotá Uses Smart Urban Design to Cut Pollution | World Resources Institute
Bogotá is using data, smart design and clean mobility to cut air pollution and create healthier, more sustainable neighborhoods.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The State of Climate Action in 2025: 10 Key Findings | World Resources Institute
A new report assesses the global gap in climate action, measuring progress across 45 different indicators and mapping a path to hold warming to 1.5 degrees C.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Swiss Climate experts: 1.5 degree target is out of reach
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, a survey of Swiss climate scientists shows they no longer expect the world to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
POLITIQUE
POLITIQUE
* SUISSE * Le Conseil fédéral ouvre la consultation relative à la modification de l’ordonnance sur la protection du climat
Selon la loi sur la protection du climat (LCl), la Confédération et les cantons doivent jouer un rôle de modèle. Un an et demi après l'adoption de la LCl, le CF a annoncé comment il compte mettre en œuvre cette disposition.
POLITIQUE
* SCHWEIZ * Bundesrat eröffnet Vernehmlassung zur Änderung der Klimaschutz-Verordnung
Bund und Kantone sollen nach dem Klimaschutzgesetz (KlG) eine Vorbildrolle einnehmen. Anderthalb Jahre nach dem Ja zum KlG hat der Bundesrat bekanntgegeben, wie er diese Bestimmung umzusetzen gedenkt.
POLITIQUE
* DEUTSCHLAND * Wir erleben ein gefährliches Klimaschutz-Theater
Mit der aktuellen Politik wird Deutschland bis 2040 fast 600 Millionen Tonnen CO₂ mehr ausstoßen als laut Klimaschutzgesetz erlaubt, sagt DUH-Chef Jürgen Resch.
POLITIQUE
* BRASILIEN * Lulas Herzstück droht der Infarkt
Nach seiner Wiederwahl versprach Lula da Silva, Klimaschutz zum Herzstück der brasilianischen Politik zu machen. Drei Jahre später hat sein Image gelitten.
MITIGATION & ADAPT. POLITIQUE
* EU * Welchen Preis hat der neue Emissionshandel?
Die EU-Kommission stellt den ab 2027 geplanten Emissionshandel für Verkehr und Gebäude neu auf. Ein drohender Energiepreisschock soll verhindert werden.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Klimaschützer hoffen auf sinkende Emissionen
Zu wenige Pläne, zu wenig Ehrgeiz – das ist kurz vor dem Weltklimagipfel der Stand bei den laut Paris-Vertrag vorzulegenden neuen Klimaplänen.
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’
Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”.
POLITIQUE
Bolivia’s shift to the right renews ambition to mine vast lithium reserves
The election of a centre-right president after 20 years of socialist rule could open up the nation's lithium reserves to foreign investment
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * UN calls for faster emissions cuts for 2035 as first global estimate disappoints
UNFCCC "calculations" suggest a 10% drop in global emissions, but delays by many countries in submitting NDCs cloud official review of climate pledges
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
POLITIQUE
Rich countries are breaking their 1.5°C obligation: CAN study finds no credible commitments to fossil phase-out, finance, or Just Transition in new Climate Plans. – Climate Action Network
CAN International calls for strengthened plans by COP31 Developed countries’ latest national climate plans (NDCs 3.0) expose a stark truth: those most responsible for the climate crisis are still refusing to lead its solution. A new analysis by Climate Action Network (CAN) International finds that every developed economy fails all three tests of a fair […]
POLITIQUE
Die Schifffahrt soll CO2-neutral werden: Das wollten die Schweiz und viele Länder. Dann hörte Trump davon
Die Internationale Organisation für Schifffahrt wollte verbindliche Umweltregeln einführen. Auch die Schweiz war dafür. Doch die USA stoppten die Bemühungen – indem sie massiv politischen Druck aufsetzten.
JUSTICE CLIM.
JUSTICE CLIM. CAUSES
* USA * America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
JUSTICE CLIM.
* COP30 * Global South will need over $300bn a year for climate adaptation
Warning over massive shortfall in climate adaptation funding comes days before COP30 in Brazil, where the issue is set to be a major theme
JUSTICE CLIM.
Konflikt um Rohstoffe: «Wir werden immer weiter erdrückt»
In Nordschweden sollen seltene Erden für Europas Energiewende abgebaut werden. Das bedroht die letzte Rentierroute der indigenen Sami – und damit mehr als ein Stück Land.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Erneuerbare Wärme, die aus der Tiefe kommt
Warmes Wasser aus tiefen Gesteinsschichten kann einen größeren Beitrag für eine erneuerbare und stabile Wärmeversorgung leisten. Im Norden und Süden gibt es gute geologische Bedingungen dafür. Vom Bund und mehreren Ländern kommt Unterstützung für die tiefe Geothermie.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Entre urgence climatique et protection de la biodiversité: en France, le casse-tête de l’éolien en mer – Le Temps
La France veut accélérer l’éolien offshore, mais les projets menés en zones Natura 2000 ou dans des parcs naturels marins attisent une bataille entre transition énergétique et sauvegarde des écosystèmes marins
ÉCONOMIE
ÉCONOMIE
893 Konzerne ziehen sich aus globaler Klimainitiative zurück
893 Unternehmen haben ihre Klimaverpflichtungen bei der Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) zurückgezogen. Darunter sind grosse Schweizer Konzerne wie Swiss Re, Zurich und Sulzer.
ACTIVISME
ACTIVISME
Une manifestation aux Pays-Bas en vue de remettre le climat à l’agenda politique
Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont manifesté dimanche à La Haye pour tenter de remettre au premier plan la lutte contre le changement climatique, un thème peu abordé durant la campagne des élections législatives qui ont lieu mercredi aux Pays-Bas.
ACTIVISME
‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition
Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition. They also pointed to the continued threats, displacement and killings faced by community organizers resisting land grabs by mining companies. The fifth Human Rights Defenders […]
DROIT & LITIGE
DROIT & LITIGE
La CEDH rejette le recours contre les permis pétroliers délivrés par la Norvège
Six militants et deux ONG jugent qu'en délivrant des licences d’exploration de pétrole, la Norvège n’a pas rempli son obligation de protéger la population contre les effets du changement climatique. La CEDH a rejeté leurs recours
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
* SCHWEIZ | AVENERGY-UMFRAGE * «Die Schweiz will klimaneutral werden – doch kaum jemand glaubt daran, dass sie es schafft»
Der Erdöllobbyverband Avenergy hat eine Umfrage machen lassen. Studienleiter Michael Hermann sagt gegenüber dem «Tages-Anzeiger», die Mehrheit der Schweizer:innen hielten das Netto-Null-Ziel 2050 für nicht erreichbar. Gefragt hat Sotomo freilich etwas anderes. (Eine kleine Kritik an dieser Kommunikation hier auf LinkedIn.)
ANTI-CLIMAT MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Comment le lobby pétrolier sabote la transition énergétique
La politique climatique suisse mise avant tout sur des compensations discutables à l'étranger. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? L’explication cachée a pour nom Avenergy Suisse, comme le révèle notre enquête sur ses méthodes problématiques.
ANTI-CLIMAT
ANTI-CLIMAT
* SCHWEIZ | AVENERGY * Wie die Erdöllobby die Energiewende sabotiert
Die Schweizer Klimapolitik setzt vor allem auf fragwürdige Auslandkompensationen. Wie kam es dazu? Die versteckte Antwort heisst Avenergy Suisse, wie unsere Recherche über deren problematische Methoden aufdeckt.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’
Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
ANTI-CLIMAT MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Comment le lobby pétrolier sabote la transition énergétique
La politique climatique suisse mise avant tout sur des compensations discutables à l'étranger. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? L’explication cachée a pour nom Avenergy Suisse, comme le révèle notre enquête sur ses méthodes problématiques.
CULTURE & EDUC.
CULTURE & EDUC.
* SUISSE * La nouvelle exposition permanente du Muséum dʹhistoire naturelle de Berne
"Allô la Terre, le climat en mutation" est la nouvelle exposition permanente du Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Berne. Sur plus de 630 m², elle fait parcourir l’histoire de notre planète des origines à nos jours, des marais préhistoriques aux mégafeux actuels, de l’extinction des dinosaures au réchauffement causé par l’activité humaine.
CULTURE & EDUC.
Mensch, Erde! – Das Klima im Wandel | Naturhistorisches Museum Bern
Von Monstersümpfen über Feuerwelten, vom Dinosauriersterben bis zu Zukunftsvisionen: Auf 630 Quadratmetern lädt die Ausstellung ein zu einer spannenden Zeitreise durch die Erdgeschichte – mit Fokus auf die grösste Herausforderung unserer Zeit: den menschengemachten Klimawandel.
Banque mondiale
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects
The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S. competitiveness on next-generation reactors.
ÉCONOMIE
The World Bank Pivoted to Climate. That Now May Be a Problem.
The Trump administration’s deep cuts to clean-energy programs are raising concerns about U.S. commitments to the lender.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
African leaders seek investments in ailing grid infrastructure to achieve energy goals
The poor state of many networks across Africa is slowing growth in renewable electricity provision, while off-grid solar may be faster and cheaper for rural areas
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Inside a New Plan to Bring Electricity to 300 Million in Africa
Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”
CAUSES
World Bank tiptoes into fiery debate over meat emissions
The bank has advised wealthy nations to cut subsidies for high-emissions foods but stopped far short of promoting veganism
JUSTICE CLIM.
* DEBTS * Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems
JUSTICE CLIM.
Debt swaps could release $100 billion for climate action
World Bank and IMF urged to back plan at Spring Meetings.
ÉCONOMIE
* WORLD BANK MEETING * World Bank approves green reforms, appeals for more money
The World Bank has officially expanded its mission to include climate change, while pushing ahead with reforms that could unlock additional funding and cheaper loans for green projects.
ÉCONOMIE
* WORLD BANK MEETING * World Bank targets dirty subsidies to fund climate action
The World Bank is seeking to persuade governments to take money away from subsidies for fossil fuels and invest it in good causes like climate change.
ÉCONOMIE
* WORLD BANK MEETING * Saudi Arabia, Russia urge World Bank to keep funding fossil fuels
Russia, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have urged the World Bank to keep funding fossil fuel as a way to guarantee energy access across the world, as the lender pursues green reforms.
World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis
Poor countries will be able to pause their debt repayments if hit by climate disaster, under plans announced by the World Bank at the finance summit in Paris.
ÉCONOMIE
World Bank set to take on risk of insuring carbon credits amid market upheaval
The World Bank’s insurance arm is working on plans to protect carbon offsetting projects against political risks in developing countries as a growing number of governments seek to impose new rules onto the market.
ÉCONOMIE
Ajay Banga Era Begins at the World Bank
Ajay Banga officially became the 14th president of the World Bank on Friday and urged staff to join him in developing a “new playbook” for a global institution whose relevance has come into question in recent years. The ascension of Mr.
ÉCONOMIE
Ajay Banga Confirmed as World Bank Leader
Ajay Banga, President Biden’s pick to be president of the World Bank and broaden its ambitions to combat climate change, was approved by its executive board on Wednesday. Mr. Banga will assume the job on June 2 and succeed David Malpass, who was nominated by former President Donald J.
Developing countries call for new government funds for World Bank
A broad group of low and middle-income countries has called for governments to give more money to the World Bank, in an effort to ramp up climate finance.
ÉCONOMIE
World Bank steering committee and US urge for reforms on climate lending
The World Bank’s steering committee and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday called for further reforms this year to expand the bank’s ability to respond to climate change, pandemics and other crises that are reversing development gains.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Saudi Arabia, Russia push for more World Bank money into carbon capture
Saudi Arabia and Russia have called on the World Bank to ramp up its financial support for carbon capture and storage.
ÉCONOMIE
U.S. Nominates Ajay Banga to Lead World Bank
BENGALURU, India — The Biden administration nominated Ajay Banga, the former longtime chief executive of Mastercard, to be the next president of the World Bank, a selection that is likely to drastically reshape the global development institution and broaden its ambitions to combat climate change.
ÉCONOMIE
“First step”: Reformers react to World Bank plan to free up climate spending
The World Bank’s plan to loosen its spending rules and lend more money to climate projects in developing countries does not go far enough, according to officials and campaigners.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
World Bank adaptation funds slept through Pakistan’s record flooding
When it was announced, the World Bank’s Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (Sweep) was touted as one of the lifelines that would help Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, with its urban flooding nightmare. But that hasn’t happened.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT. POLITIQUE
Thirteen critical questions for international climate action in 2023
Last year was shaped by events that barely anyone predicted – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, horrendous floods in Pakistan and a hard-fought breakthrough on finance for victims of climate disaster.
ÉCONOMIE
World Bank moots stronger strategic focus on climate action
The World Bank is considering making climate action more central to its mission, according to a draft “evolution roadmap” drawn up by bank staff.
POLITIQUE
Bekommt das Klima Sonderziehungsrechte?
Früher war eine Million noch viel Geld. Dann wurde begonnen, mit Milliarden zu rechnen.
« Unser Ziel ist es, die Menschen zu schockieren »
Klimareporter°: Herr Persaud, Sie wollen Tausende Milliarden in den Klimaschutz investieren. Ist das nicht etwas zu ehrgeizig? Avinash Persaud: Unser Ziel ist es, die Menschen zu schockieren, damit sie den richtigen Maßstab finden. Wir sind nicht auf einen bestimmten Plan festgelegt.
RECOMMANDÉ JUSTICE CLIM.
Who Pays the Bill for Climate Change?
Last month at COP27, the U.N. climate change conference, a yearslong campaign ended in an agreement.
ÉCONOMIE
* COP27 – FINANCIAL MARKETS * Credibility Questions Dog World Bank President at Climate Summit
David Malpass has faced continuing criticism from those who question his commitment to climate action as well as the bank’s track record. Gelles is with a team of New York Times reporters in Egypt covering the United Nations climate summit.
POLITIQUE
US, Germany back ‘fundamental reform’ of World Bank to scale climate finance
A group of 10 major economies are building momentum to scale-up climate finance for developing countries by reforming how development banks spend money, starting with the largest: the World Bank.
ÉCONOMIE
World Bank criticised over climate crisis spending
The World Bank has come under fire for failing to show that its claimed spending on the climate crisis is real, in a report suggesting up to 40% of its reported climate-related spending is impossible to account for. Of $17.
ANTI-CLIMAT
World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’
The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Climate activists want Biden to fire the head of the World Bank. Here’s why
Climate activists are calling on President Biden to take steps to fire David Malpass, the head of the World Bank, after he publicly waffled on whether he believes that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are causing climate change, saying "I'm not a scientist.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Weltbankpräsident wegen Klima-Äusserungen unter Druck
Weltbankpräsident David Malpass steht wegen Äusserungen zur Klimapolitik unter Druck. «Wir sind mit den Äusserungen von Präsident Malpass nicht einverstanden», sagte die Sprecherin des Weissen Hauses, Karine Jean-Pierre, am Freitag in Washington.
ÉCONOMIE
* WELTBANK-TAGUNG * Weltbank wird auch zur Klimabank
Beim Jahrestreffen der Weltbank und des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) in dieser Woche in Marrakesch haben die Mitgliedsländer der Weltbank deren Aufgabe neu definiert.
ÉCONOMIE
* WELTBANK-TAGUNG * Die Weltbank braucht mehr Geld
Das globale Finanzsystem muss reformiert werden, um vor den aktuellen Herausforderungen zu bestehen. Klima- und Schuldenkrise erfordern eine Kapitalerhöhung. Darum geht es beim Treffen von Währungsfonds und Entwicklungsbanken in Marrakesch.