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.
Trump
WISSENSCHAFTEN
US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’
Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator, joins Democrats in bid to stop dismantling of Ocean Observatories Initiative
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
US public still favours action on climate change despite Trump’s fossil fuel drive
Two-thirds of Americans say they are worried about climate but level of media coverage does not reflect this
WISSENSCHAFTEN
USA bauen weltweit führende Tiefsee-Messstationen ab – Forscher warnen
Die USA demontieren Messstationen, die Forschenden weltweit Daten liefern. Gleichzeitig pumpt die Trump-Regierung 700 Millionen Dollar in die Kohleindustrie.
URSACHEN
* USA * Arctic Refuge Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
POLITIK
* USA * California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy
Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader
RECHT
* USA * The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* EL NIÑO | USA * Trump’s cuts at sea could make the coming super El Niño harder to predict
The world’s “eyes and ears of the ocean” monitor storms, climate, and biodiversity. Now they’re being “descoped.”
URSACHEN
* USA * Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years
The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.
RECHT
* USA * Seven US states sue Trump administration over deal to kill windfarm project
State attorneys general argue $1bn deal to terminate major offshore wind lease off the coast of New York is unlawful
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Trump aid cuts could close database storing ‘world’s memory of disasters’
The world’s most comprehensive disaster database is at risk of closing as a result of cuts to US foreign aid by the Trump administration
RECHT
* USA * Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump
The lead attorney for the 22 plaintiffs said the court has “slammed the courthouse doors on children fighting for their lives.”
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Trump streicht wichtiges Forschungsprojekt zur Erwärmung der Ozeane
Die US-Regierung hat beschlossen, ein Beobachtungsnetz für den Atlantik zu demontieren, das seit einem Jahrzehnt wichtige Klimadaten liefert. Forschende warnen vor dem Verlust essenzieller Messreihen.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Scilencing
The Trump Administration would just as soon we didn't know stuff, especially about our planet
WISSENSCHAFTEN
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Breaking Up Climate Research Center
A judge has temporarily blocked the National Science Foundation from dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, a globally significant weather and climate research center based in Boulder, Colorado.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* DEBATTE ÜBER RCP8.5 * Neue Szenarien: Keine Entwarnung bezüglich Klimaerwärmung
Das schlimmste und das bestmögliche Szenario sind vom Tisch. Was das heisst, erklärt SRF-Redaktor Klaus Ammann.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry
Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis
ANTI-KLIMA
* CANADA * Once a climate leader and now doubling down on oil
Mark Carney is counting on Alberta’s oil sands to help him survive Trump’s trade agenda.
ANTI-KLIMA
* RCP8.5 DEBATE * Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario
Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* RCP8.5 DEBATE * Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In
Largely because of the growth in renewable energy, a committee of climate experts from around the world has revised down its projection of a possible worst-case scenario for global warming. President Trump said, falsely, it shows that climate scientists were wrong all along. (PS: Auch Schweizer Klimaleugner wie Philipp Gut in der Weltwoche rufen: «Der Weltuntergang ist abgesagt!»)
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions
Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to stay open.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
Trump is trying to kill a carbon tax on global shipping. He may not succeed.
The U.S. has threatened countries supporting the tax with visa restrictions, tariffs, and port fees. A slim majority of nations still back it.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
US policy, gangs and climate change are reshaping Central America
Migration and democratic decline in Central America cannot be understood separately from the intertwined impacts of US intervention, gang violence, economic instability and climate disruption. As droughts, displacement and insecurity deepen, the region faces growing pressure toward both migration and authoritarian rule.
POLITIK
* G7 * La lutte contre le changement climatique, victime plus que jamais d’un déni de réalité
CHRONIQUE. Réunis la semaine dernière à Paris, les membres du G7 ont sciemment occulté un sujet brûlant au menu de leurs discussions. Par couardise face à l’administration de Trump? Pas seulement. Une poétesse iranienne disparue trop tôt nous éclaire
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms
In exchange, the companies will invest in oil and gas projects, echoing an earlier deal with the French energy giant TotalEnergies.
RECHT
* USA * Court Rejects Trump Administration Climate Lawsuit Against Hawaii
In a setback for federal efforts to thwart climate litigation, the judge ruled that the suit, which tried to block the state from suing oil companies, was too speculative.
POLITIK
* USA * Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects
The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projects
TECH. & ENERGIE
* USA * Growth of Renewable Energy in the US
Data shows that 90% of new energy capacity added in the U.S. last year came from clean sources, but fossil fuels are also growing.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’
President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas production
ANTI-KLIMA
Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll
The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”
ANTI-KLIMA
* IMF | WORLD BANK | TRUMP * Don’t mention the climate: ‘beyond absurd’ situation at global finance talks
Developing countries face possible shelving of crucial green action plan at IMF and World Bank spring meetings
RECHT
* USA * Youths Who Sued Trump Over Orders to ‘Unleash’ Energy Try to Revive Case
Appealing the dismissal of their suit, they argued that executive orders to promote fossil fuels endangered their futures and violated their constitutional rights.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * In a Boost to Coal, E.P.A. Moves to End Biden’s Toxic Ash Disposal Rules
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the changes would help U.S. “energy dominance.” Environmentalists said they threaten drinking water.
URSACHEN
* IRAN WAR * Oil CEOs Raked in Money From Trump’s Iran War
Energy executives sold stock worth $1.4 billion in the first quarter on the back of a historic shock to the world’s crude supplies.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Mission and the Message of the E.P.A.
More than any administrator in decades, Lee Zeldin talks about the Environmental Protection Agency's work in economic terms, reflecting President Trump’s desire to boost industry while downplaying environmental consequences.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump’s EPA chief Zeldin gives keynote speech at climate-denying group’s event
Lee Zeldin opens conference for Heartland Institute, which once compared climate advocates to the Unabomber
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* IRAN WAR * ‘Fossil-fuel imperialism’: Trump’s hankering for Iranian oil runs deep
Experts say the US believes it is entitled to resources it desires – a perspective president has supported for decades
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG WISSENSCHAFTEN
To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code
Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. Grist tracked the changes.
URSACHEN
* USA * ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.
TECH. & ENERGIE WIRTSCHAFT
How Clean Energy Firms Are Trying to Survive the Trump Era
Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRAN WAR * White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality
At CERAWeek, Energy Secretary Chris Wright urges a patriotic surge in oil production, but industry titans warn that the U.S.-Iran war has fractured the global energy map beyond the reach of a quick fix.
RECHT
* USA * 24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change
The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Administration Targeted Climate Lab in Effort to Free Trump Ally, Lawsuit Claims
The complaint says efforts to dismantle an atmospheric research center are part of a broader political campaign that endangers climate and weather studies.
EMPFOHLEN MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* IRAN WAR * Leave Tyrants in the Ground
By unhooking ourselves from fossil fuels, we release ourselves from a world of harm.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
IPCC: Wie sich die Berichte und die Kommunikation verändern werden
Der IPCC steht vor einer schwierigen Plenarsitzung. Es geht um den Zeitplan zum nächsten Bericht, Geopolitik und die US-Angriffe gegen die Wissenschaft. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz erklärt, wo und warum die IPCC-Berichte in Zukunft anders aussehen werden.
URSACHEN
Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan
The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to help produce up to 10 billion barrels of oil by the end of this decade. Critics say it could endanger people and marine life.
POLITIK
* IRAN WAR * Everything is a political weapon since Trump’s re-election, says Germany’s ex-economy minister
Robert Habeck says world has moved on from weaponising energy to using tariffs, technology and more to inflict harm
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRANKRIEG * USA schaden sich mit Fokus auf Öl selbst
Die USA haben unter Präsident Donald Trump auf eine Renaissance der fossilen Energie gesetzt. China dagegen setzt auf Erneuerbare. Es ist auf Ölschocks vorbereitet. Amerika nicht.
URSACHEN
* IRANKRIEG * Christof Rühl: USA erlauben Kauf von russischem Öl
Die US-Regierung reagiert auf den wegen des Iran-Kriegs stark gestiegenen Ölpreis: Länder dürfen vorübergehend russisches Öl kaufen, das bereits auf Tankern unterwegs ist. Was sind die Folgen? Einschätzungen von Energieexperte Christof Rühl von der Columbia University in New York.
RECHT
* USA * How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give states new tools in climate suits
Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ
ANTI-KLIMA
* NAVIGATION EMISSIONS * Gunboat climate diplomacy ratchets up a notch
Trump administration seeks to torpedo carbon price on shipping, once and for all
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility.
WIRTSCHAFT
* IRAN WAR * Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War Less Costly
So far, the energy price shocks have been relatively contained. But a prolonged conflict in the Middle East carries enormous economic risks.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRAN WAR * Iran & The Energy Transition
Michael & Bryony offer their thoughts on the conflict in Iran.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRAN WAR * The Oil Price Shock Is Here. Its Arrival Provides a Familiar Warning.
With gasoline and oil prices rising, U.S. consumers already are already feeling the effects of the Iran conflict and the consequences of a slow transition to cleaner alternatives.
URSACHEN
* USA * Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers
No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior Department said Wednesday.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Washington macht dicke Luft mit Kohle-Politik
Die Trump-Regierung erhöht die Gesundheitsgefahren durch Kohlekraftwerke, indem sie Grenzwerte für Quecksilber und Feinstaub wieder abschwächt. Ob sich der Niedergang der Kohle damit aufhalten lässt, bleibt fraglich.
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* USA * Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges
More than two dozen contributors to the manual criticized the deletion of a chapter on climate science by the Federal Judicial Center.
URSACHEN
* USA * ‘Bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts
Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions
RECHT
* USA * Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing
A federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program are unlawful. The federal government is reviewing its legal options, including an appeal.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
The Colorado River is nearing collapse. It’s Trump’s problem now
The Interior Department must force seven bickering states to agree on drastic water cuts — after the driest winter in decades.
URSACHEN
* IRAN WAR * War profits, quantified
As Middle East regional war upends global gas markets, US LNG exporters stand to pocket a multi-billion-dollar windfall
URSACHEN
* IRAN WAR * Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War Less Costly
So far, the energy price shocks have been relatively contained. But a prolonged conflict in the Middle East carries enormous economic risks.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IRAN WAR * Surviving on Trump’s Dangerous Planet
Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil. By Bill McKibben
URSACHEN
* IRAN WAR * US Energy Dominance laid bare
Trump’s war of choice is a bonanza for US LNG exporters, and a catastrophe for everyone else
WISSENSCHAFTEN
How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions
Carbon Brief speaks to experts about what Trump’s sweeping changes could mean for climate science at Earth’s poles.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
US Tells IEA to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change
The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Wir werden immer wieder ein paar überraschende Möglichkeiten finden, die Welt zu retten
Klimaforscher Hans Joachim Schellnhuber über die USA unter Donald Trump, die kommende Overshoot-Welt und die Möglichkeiten, die Atmosphäre wieder zu entlasten.
POLITIK
Grönland und die Souveränität Europas – ein neues Argument für Klimapolitik und Fossil-Ausstieg?
Wo steht der gesellschaftliche Diskurs rund um die Klimakrise? Das analysiert unsere monatliche Rubrik Manometer! In dieser Ausgabe: Die geopolitische Lage schafft neuen Begründungsrahmen für den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energie; dazu eine inspirierende Liste neuer Ansätze zur Klimakommunikation
RECHT WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful
The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.
POLITIK
* GEOPOLITIK * Gas aus den USA statt aus Russland: Was, wenn Trump diesen Hebel nutzt, um Europa zu erpressen?
Aus Amerika kommt immer mehr Flüssiggas per Schiff nach Europa. Was, wenn Präsident Donald Trump diesen Hebel nutzen will, um Europa zu erpressen?
ANTI-KLIMA AUSWIRKUNGEN
* USA | WINTER STORM * Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong
US president asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse
POLITIK
* USA | PARIS AGREEMENT * Out of Paris, but will the US formally quit the UN climate regime?
The Trump administration has decided to withdraw the US from the broader UN climate convention, raising questions about the legality of the move and what it means in practice
URSACHEN
* USA * The climate contradictions in MAHA’s new food pyramid
A Q&A with Sam Kass, a former Obama nutrition advisor, on the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines and what they mean for the climate.
POLITIK
* TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON GREENLAND * A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous
Climate change is opening previously inaccessible land and sea to development and shipping, boosting global interest in Greenland.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* USA | PARIS AGREEMENT * ‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time
Experts are watching for how other countries will react as the ‘real economy’ shifts to cheaper, cleaner energy
POLITIK
* USA | PARISER ÜBEREINKOMMEN * Pariser Klimaabkommen ab heute ohne USA – was nun?
Der Austritt der USA aus dem Pariser Klimaabkommen tritt heute in Kraft. UN warnen vor direkten Folgen durch Trumps Entscheid.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 AN DE TRUMP * En vidéo : pendant un an, Donald Trump a multiplié les mesures contre le climat
La première année du second mandat de Donald Trump à la Maison-Blanche a été agitée dans bon nombre de domaines. L’administration MAGA a pris près de 300 mesures en lien avec l’environnement
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says
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