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.
COP31
POLITIK
* COP31 * Wissen, Macht, Beteiligung und Gerechtigkeit in der globalen Umweltpolitik
COPs gibt es nicht nur zum Klimawandel. Auf UN-Vertragsstaatenkonferenzen wird auch über den Erhalt der Biodiversität oder den Schutz von Böden verhandelt. Was sagt ein Vergleich dieser Verhandlungen über den Wandel in der globalen Umweltpolitik? Eindrücke aus Nairobi, Ulan Bator, Peking und Sha
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP31 * Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels
URSACHEN
* COP31 * The methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* COP31 * Pacific leaders rail at climate finance failures at pre-COP
Island nations seek invest in their own Pacific Resilience Facility, as they struggle with the red-tape of international climate funds
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. POLITIK
* COP31 * Life Below Sea Level: Can a Country Survive Losing Its Land?
A ship rams a canoe. The canoe starts to sink. The ship's crew lean over the rail and offer a loan to repair it. That is how Surangel Whipps Jr., President of Palau, describes climate finance in the Pacific, a region responsible for around 0.03% of global emissions. He speaks to Christiana Figueres a few weeks into his year as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, and as pre-COP talks wrap in in Fiji and Tuvalu ahead of COP31. – Podcast Outrage + Optimism – 40 Min.
POLITIK
* COP31 * Au-delà du seuil de 1,5 degré
A la COP31, la communauté internationale doit resserrer les rangs
POLITIK
* COP31 * Auf der anderen Seite der 1,5 Grad-Schwelle
An dieser Klimakonferenz COP31 müssen die Länder aufeinander zugehen
TECH. & ENERGIE
* COP31 * All Hail Electrification. But Let’s Talk About the Hard Part
The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity. Upfront costs are just one of the obstacles.
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP31 * Fossil Fuel-Tied PR Agency Supporting U.N. Climate Conference
New York-based public relations agency Teneo is advising the organisers of this November’s United Nations COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, despite its close ties to the fossil fuel industry.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. POLITIK
* COP31 * From Belém to Antalya – gains, gaps and challenges for a new Just Transition Mechanism
Civil society wants a mechanism to be launched at COP31 but insists it must be more than a talking shop and include different social groups and a wide view of transition
POLITIK
* HEAT * As marine heat breaks records, countries seek ocean roadmap at COP31
Africa and the EU are leading a push for COP31 to deliver a roadmap that lays out measures to protect fast-warming oceans
POLITIK
Klimakonferenz in Bonn: Familientreffen der Klimadiplomatie
Vor der COP im Herbst treffen sich Delegationen der teilnehmenden Länder so wie jedes Jahr zu Vorverhandlungen in Bonn. Man kennt sich.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. POLITIK
* BONN-GESPRÄCHE * Klimafinanzierung ist keine Hilfszahlung
Auf der Bonner Vorbereitungskonferenz zum Klimagipfel COP 31 ging es zwei Wochen lang um die Frage, wer wie viel finanzielle Mittel für Klimagerechtigkeit bereitstellt. Der Streit könnte auf dem Gipfel in der Türkei weiter eskalieren.
POLITIK
COP31 ‚open‘ to reflecting Santa Marta in UN climate process
The two co-hosts want the gathering of over 60 governments in Colombia to be reflected in the official UNFCCC climate process
POLITIK
* COP31 * Countries rally behind electrification push as «powerful weapon» against fossil fuels
A group of dozens of countries seeks to build momentum for a COP31 pledge to electrify 35% of global energy use by 2035 as an alternative to fossil fuels
POLITIK
* UNFCCC BONN TALKS * Bonn climate talks end in «gridlock» on adaptation and emissions-cutting
Splits between developed and developing countries over finance and science held back progress on key areas of climate action, leaving disappointment and much work for COP31
POLITIK
* BONNER KLIMAGESPRÄCHE * Die Klimadiplomatie lebt noch
Während andernorts der Multilateralismus infrage gestellt wird, gehen die UN-Klimaverhandlungen fast stoisch weiter. Ein erster Zwischenbericht von der Bonner Vorbereitungskonferenz zum Klimagipfel COP 31.
POLITIK
European, island states seek clear future for global roadmap to cut fossil fuels
Some European, small island and other nations argue the forthcoming roadmap should be part of UN climate talks, while Russia has resisted this idea
KLIMAGERECHTIGK. POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * Adaptation Fund stalemate puts people at risk, says head
Governments are divided on how to categorise countries on the fund's new board, potentially delaying project developer access to funds
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * ‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 host
A third of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Turkish minister Murat Kurum, as he sets out priorities priority for this year’s UN climate summit
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * Tackling climate crisis is “hardest” challenge ever, Stiell says
The June Climate Meetings open with a reminder to delegates of the tough but ever-clearer imperative of shifting away from fossil fuels to clean energy
POLITIK
* BONN CLIMATE TALKS * COP31 leaders unveil global targets, with spotlight on electrification
Co-hosts Türkiye and Australia want countries to sign on to global targets in three of their priority areas for this year’s COP climate negotiations
POLITIK
* IRAN WAR * COP negotiations chief on how Iran war oil shock paves road to climate talks in Turkey
Exclusive: As countries meet at key climate crisis meetings, Australia’s Chris Bowen says war underlines need to move away from fossil fuels
POLITIK
Tuvalu, tiny Pacific nation at the forefront of climate crisis, to host world leaders before Cop31 summit
Conference president expresses ‘complete faith’ in Chris Bowen to lead tough negotiations
POLITIK
Australia’s Cop31 chief negotiator plans to lobby petrostates on fossil fuel phaseout
Exclusive: Chris Bowen says key to next UN climate summit will be ‘engagement, engagement, engagement’ with countries such as Saudi Arabia
POLITIK
* COP31 * COP31 will be hosted by Türkiye but run by Australia
COP31 will be hosted in the city of Antalya, Turkiye, but Australia will hold the presidency of the next UN climate summit
RECHT
* COP30 * ISDS und IGH-Gutachten: Wie internationales Recht in den COP-Prozess Eingang finden soll
Investorenklagen könnten den Schutz von Amazonaswald und Klima gefährden, so eine neue Studie. Fachleute verlangen, das Thema müsse im COP-Prozess behandelt werden – auch aufgrund der Gutachten von IGH und anderen Gerichten.
URSACHEN
Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid
Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host summit
POLITIK
* UNFCCC * Here’s how we take back control of COP from the world’s biggest polluters
From scrutinising delegates at UN climate summits to tightening rules on which countries host them and the deals they do, COPs can be cleaned up
POLITIK
Coal will be a central pillar of COP31, wherever it’s held
In the shadows of COP29, two of the world’s most coal-dependent countries are still bidding to host the UN climate summit in 2026, offering what could be a unique moment to renew focus on coal, write two climate analysts