Climate Update
Climate Update Archiv Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge sind thematisch sortiert und lassen sich nach Themen und Schlagwörtern filtern. Jede Woche empfehlen wir eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
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WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science
In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”
POLITIK
* WEF * Can a defensive Europe stick with decarbonisation in Davos?
With the US doubling down on fossil fuels, maintaining the clean energy transition is central to reducing geopolitical exposure and preserving Europe’s ability to act strategically Maintaining the clean energy transition is key to reducing geopolitical exposure and preserving Europe’s ability to act strategically
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 YR TRUMP * The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
POLITIK
* TRUMP | UNFCCC * What does Trump’s UNFCCC exit mean for climate diplomacy?
What happens when the world’s most powerful country walks away from the system it helped to build? – Outrage + Optimism Podcast (38 min.)
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* TRUMP * Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.
RECHT
* USA * In a Setback for Trump, Judge Says N.Y. Wind Farm Can Resume Construction
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Venezuela’s Gas: The World’s Most Expensive Bonfire
DEEP DIVE: As the world fixates on oil, Venezuela burns $1.4bn of gas — while sitting on an untouched methane empire that could redraw regional power
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * USA ziehen sich aus 66 internationalen Organisationen zurück
Die USA ziehen sich aus 66 internationalen Organisationen zurück. Bei vielen der genannten Organisationen geht es etwa um Bereiche wie Umwelt und Klima oder Geschlechtergerechtigkeit.
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * Donald Trump ordonne le retrait des Etats-Unis de 66 organisations internationales et d’un traité de référence sur le climat
Le président américain a signé un décret ordonnant le retrait des Etats-Unis de 66 organisations internationales qui "ne servent plus les intérêts américains". La mesure concerne notamment un traité et le comité scientifique de référence sur le climat.
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * Tabula rasa in den USA
Was der Austritt der Vereinigten Staaten aus der UN-Klimakonvention und vielen weiteren internationalen Umweltgremien bedeutet.
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * ‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit will have little effect outside US
For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigence
POLITIK
* TRUMP | GREENLAND * Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice
Forecasts suggest that global heating could create a shortcut from Asia to North America, and new routes for trading, shipping – and attack, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
POLITIK RECHT
* USA | UNFCCC * Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say
President’s memo stating US ‘shall withdraw’ from UNFCCC marks first time any country has tried to exit the agreement
URSACHEN
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget
Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe
URSACHEN
* USA * US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions
Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last year
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * World’s biggest historic polluter is pulling out of UN climate treaty
The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action
Carbon Brief speaks to experts about the contested legality of leaving the UNFCCC and what practical changes will result from US departure.
POLITIK TECH. & ENERGIE
* USA | IRENA * Governments defend clean energy transition as US snubs renewables agency
Trump's move to withdraw the US from IRENA would cut a fifth of the agency's core budget, but other countries tell its assembly clean energy is here to stay
RECHT
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.
POLITIK
* USA | UNFCCC * Trump just took his most dramatic step yet against global climate action
Unlike the Paris Agreement, Trump’s withdrawal from a bedrock U.N. climate treaty may be difficult to reverse.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * How Chevron played the long game in Venezuela
Chevron met with Trump and spent millions lobbying him to continue operating in Venezuela. Now it is uniquely positioned to profit from that.
POLITIK
* USA * Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air pollution rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Trump’s reckless grab for power, riches, and oil in Venezuela
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay? “Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil's excrement" – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso…
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Air pollution denial is now EPA policy
Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.
URSACHEN
* USA * Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet
The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* USA * Billions at Stake in the Ocean as Trump Throttles Offshore Wind Farms
The Trump administration has repeatedly ordered work to stop on offshore wind farms along the East Coast, pushing at least two projects to the brink of collapse.
POLITIK
* USA * Trump to pull US out of UN climate convention and climate science body
The decision will make the US the only country to leave the UNFCCC, with the UN climate chief calling it a "colossal own goal" that will harm the US economy The decision by the Trump administration will make the US the only country to leave the UNFCCC
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Democrats Seek Answers About Oil Industry’s Knowledge of Venezuela Operation
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela’s oil industry.
POLITIK
* USA | GREENLAND * Climate Change Has Turned Greenland Into a Target for Trump
A warming planet has opened up new shipping routes and turned Greenland into a geostrategic asset for the Trump administration.
POLITIK
* US-ANGRIFF AUF VENEZUELA * Drill, baby, drill in Venezuela
US-Präsident Donald Trump versucht offenbar, sich die fossilen Reserven des südamerikanischen Landes unter den Nagel zu reißen – eine Attacke auch aufs Klima.
POLITIK
* US-ANGRIFF AUF VENEZUELA * Trumps letzte Ölung
Dass der US-Präsident seinen Venezuela-Coup nicht mit dem Parlament, sondern mit den Ölkonzernen besprach, ist ein weiteres Argument für die Energiewende.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Why Chevron Could Reap the Biggest Rewards From Venezuela
The second-largest U.S. oil company, which kept pumping oil in the country after others left, could find it relatively easy to expand its operations if the political conditions there improve.
RECHT
* USA * Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science
8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Trump says he’ll unleash Venezuela’s oil. But who wants it?
As oil prices fall and demand nears a peak, exploiting Venezuela’s heavy crude reserves won’t be as easy as Trump thinks.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON GREENLAND * Greenland has a ‚vital strategic asset‘
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Venezuela’s ‘Dirty’ Oil and the Environment: Three Things to Know
Most of the reserves in the country are extra-heavy oil that’s tough to extract and generates more greenhouse gases.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* NCAR * Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry. By Michael Mann and Bob Ward
ANTI-KLIMA
* 2025 | TRUMP * From ‘global cooling’ to ‘beautiful coal’: Trump’s startling climate claims of 2025
Trump ratcheted up his often questionable claims about the environment and how to deal, if at all, with the threats to it
EMPFOHLEN TECH. & ENERGIE URSACHEN
What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything
Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples.
URSACHEN
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry
The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 2025 REVIEW | TRUMP * How Trump’s First Year Reshaped U.S. Energy and Climate Policy
The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* NCAR * Le sabordage de la science climatique américaine décrété par Donald Trump bat son plein, et ce n’est pas fini
Le détricotage de la science climatique américaine s’accélère. Un responsable de la Maison-Blanche a annoncé mercredi que le principal centre de recherche du pays, à Boulder (Colorado), sera démantelé. De son côté, l’Agence de protection de l’environnement va déréglementer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
POLITIK
* USA – EU * US Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* NCAR * Trump is breaking apart a scientific crown jewel
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is a treasure. The Trump administration wants to dismantle it.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* NCAR * Major Climate Research Center, Targeted for Closure in Trump Dispute with Colorado
The president’s political feud and his budget chief’s drive to end climate research have put the National Center for Atmospheric Research at risk.
POLITIK
* 2025 REVIEW * The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us
While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced to build renewables and commit to climate action.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
POLITIK
* COP30 | USA * Ohne die USA sind die Klimaverhandlungen demokratischer
Die USA sind aus den Klimaverhandlungen ausgestiegen und niemand glaubt, dass sie so bald zurückkommen. Wer nun die Lücke füllt, ist aber die falsche Frage.
POLITIK
* COP30 | OBSTRUCTION * Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
POLITIK
* COP30 * The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum
The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
RECHT
* COP30 | ICJ OPINION | USA * Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Trump ist abwesend, Kalifornien setzt dennoch ein Zeichen
Die offizielle US-Regierung boykottiert die UNO-Klimakonferenz. Vertreter aus den USA handeln trotzdem.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Klimakonferenz beginnt in widrigem geopolitischem Umfeld
Die USA blockieren derzeit alle Umweltverhandlungen. Wenn der UN-Klimagipfel in Belém ein Erfolg werden soll, müssen sich die Staaten ohne sie neu sortieren.
POLITIK
* COP30 | USA * Tackling Climate Change Without the U.S.
This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil. So far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending.
URSACHEN
ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness
The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives.
POLITIK
* COP30 | USA * Climate Diplomacy and Hardball Tactics
With this year’s global climate summit opening in Brazil, we offer a glimpse of how the Trump administration sometimes operates behind closed doors.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN
Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
RECHT
* USA * Federal Courts Divided, So Far, on Trump’s Environmental Retreat
Judges curbed rollbacks during Trump’s first term. But the courts and the law have changed thanks to Trump’s own appointments. Those votes will be critical as his team seeks to erase the legal basis for climate action in his second term.
POLITIK
* USA | ELECTIONS * Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs
Voters’ frustration with high power bills helped propel Democrats to victory in New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia. Climate advocates stressed how Trump’s rollbacks of clean energy add to the pain.
POLITIK
* USA | ELECTIONS * It was a very good election for the climate
In the first election of President Trump's second term, voters make it abundantly clear that they still care about climate action.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the climate-driven disease kala-azar.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* USA * Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
URSACHEN
* USA * 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.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
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.
POLITIK
Schifffahrt sollte 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.
POLITIK
Die Arktis erhitzt sich – politisch wie klimatisch
Russische Cybernangriffe, Trumps Grönland-Ambitionen und Sorgen um die transatlantische Meeresströmung: In Reykjavík berieten Arktis-Anrainer die aktuellen Bedrohungen.
POLITIK
Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure
Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics
POLITIK
* USA * Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.
POLITIK
Klimaschutz als Glaubensfrage
Papst Leo sagt wie sein Vorgänger klare Worte zu Klimawandel und ökologischer Verantwortung. In den USA ruft er damit den Zorn der Maga-Bewegung hervor.
ANTI-KLIMA
The strategy behind Trump’s climate catchphrase, the ‚Green New Scam‘
The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.
RECHT
Youth plaintiffs test out a new legal strategy to counter Trump’s support for fossil fuels
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they’re suing the government again.
TECH. & ENERGIE
As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Les sciences du climat peuvent-elles encore être enseignées dans les écoles américaines ?
Pourtant considéré comme une référence dans le domaine des connaissances sur le réchauffement climatique, le site www.climate.gov a été fermé par l’administration Trump au début de l’été. De quoi compromettre sérieusement les cours sur le climat dans les écoles américaines mais les enseignants ne restent pas les bras croisés.
WIRTSCHAFT
Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments
NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
RECHT
Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IEA RENEWABLES REPORT * Trump and China’s reforms dent renewables hopes
The IEA downgrades its forecast for renewables growth due to the US cutting renewable tax credits and China's electricity market reforms
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
ANTI-KLIMA URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
ANTI-KLIMA URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Why Trump Wants to Revive the Coal Industry
The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand
Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone
ANTI-KLIMA
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science
In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * U.S. Stands Alone
On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.
ANTI-KLIMA
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN
The U.S. president promoted himself and criticized a wide variety of targets, including renewable energy.
RECHT
Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?
In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part II: A Provocation
The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President marked a turning point in the politics of climate action – not just in the US, but around the world. The airwaves are suddenly awash with commentators, claiming that the transition has failed, that it was always a fool’s errand, and that we must resign ourselves to a fossil-based future forever.
POLITIK
US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
RECHT
Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders
Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago