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POLITIQUE

* UK | IRAN WAR * Fears net zero is ‘next Brexit’ as oil crisis fuels political climate divide

Rising energy bills give Reform and Tories opening to attack net zero while government hesitant to make case for clean energy

ANTI-CLIMAT SCIENCES

* 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.

ANTI-CLIMAT

* 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.

ANTI-CLIMAT

* SCHWEIZ * «10-Millionen-Schweiz»: Der Statistiker als Missionar

Eine Plakatkampagne warnt in Bahnhöfen vor dem Bevölkerungswachstum. Eine Spurensuche nach den Urhebern zeigt, wie Ecopop-Mitglieder die neuste SVP-Initiative massgeblich geprägt haben.

CAUSES

* DEUTSCHLAND * Das ist ein Naturzerstörungs-Gesetz

Das Infrastruktur-Zukunftsgesetz der Bundesregierung soll den Fernstraßenbau beschleunigen. BUND-Verkehrsexperte Jens Hilgenberg warnt vor Rückschritten für Umweltschutz und Öffentlichkeits-Beteiligung. Er schlägt Maßnahmen zur Beschleunigung umweltfreundlicher Verkehrsprojekte vor.

ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE

As Trump’s attacks on science escalate, Big Oil moves to avoid legal accountability

A case being heard in the US Supreme Court is pivotal to a longtime push by fossil fuel firms to prevent state courts considering the industry's role in the climate crisis

ANTI-CLIMAT

Big Oil has moved on from ‘greenwashing.’ Here’s the new playbook.

Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting their climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.

ANTI-CLIMAT MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

* IRAN WAR * Gas-Lit

If it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that’s because there isn’t one.

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

* SCHWEIZ * So wird die Umsetzung der Schweizer Klimagesetze ausgebremst

Die Schweiz hat ihre Klimagesetze verschärft – doch bei der Umsetzung hapert es. Zentrale Massnahmen werden verzögert oder abgeschwächt.

POLITIQUE

* CANTON VS * Un postulat en faveur de la création d’une loi climat refusé

Le Grand Conseil valaisan a rejeté mardi matin un postulat demandant au Conseil d'Etat de mettre en place un système de financement global lié au climat, aux intempéries et à l'environnement. La majorité des députés de droite a dit non.

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

* SUISSE * Comment la mise en œuvre de la législation sur le climat est freinée

La Suisse dispose d'une nouvelle législation sur le climat depuis un peu plus d'un an. Cependant, la mise en œuvre de nombre de ses règles avance peu. Analyse.

POLITIQUE

* CANTON VD * L’UDC lance son référendum contre la loi sur l’énergie

Mardi, l’UDC lance sa récolte de signatures pour son référendum contre la loi sur l’énergie. Le président du groupe UDC au Grand Conseil vaudois, Cédric Weissert, nous explique pourquoi il estime que le peuple doit avoir le dernier mot

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* GUERRE c. IRAN * «C’est un mythe de dire que les renouvelables sont les énergies de la liberté»: la guerre en Iran relance le débat sur la transition écologique en Allemagne

Dans une pétition, 275 000 personnes appellent le gouvernement allemand à libérer le pays de sa dépendance aux énergies fossiles et à accélérer la transition énergétique. La guerre en Iran suscite de nouvelles craintes

ANTI-CLIMAT

* NAVIGATION EMISSIONS * Gunboat climate diplomacy ratchets up a notch

Trump administration seeks to torpedo carbon price on shipping, once and for all

POLITIQUE

* PLASTICS TREATY * Deep divisions persist as plastics treaty talks restart at informal meeting

The US hits out at EU and Pacific island states over efforts to reduce soaring plastic production, highlighting the challenges ahead for troubled negotiations

ANTI-CLIMAT

How fossil fuel interests are seeping into the voluntary carbon market rulebook

Oil and gas interests pollute the carbon crediting rulebook and invest heavily in a marketplace flush with low-quality carbon credits. A new Carbon Market Watch report demonstrates how some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies use their oversized leverage to influence major decision-making bodies in the voluntary carbon market.

CAUSES

* SCHWEIZ * Warum schützen wir unsere Moore nicht?

Die Gesetze sind glasklar: Moore und Auen sind in der Schweiz streng geschützt. Trotzdem gehen sie vor die Hunde. Ein Skandal, der letztlich politisch gewollt ist.

ANTI-CLIMAT

* USA * Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?

Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent

ANTI-CLIMAT

* 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.

ACTIVISME DROIT & LITIGE

* USA * Existenz von Greenpeace in Gefahr

Die Umweltorganisation soll in den USA 345 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz an einen Erdölkonzern zahlen, weil sie vor zehn Jahren die Proteste der Sioux gegen die Dakota Access Pipeline unterstützt hat.

POLITIQUE

* DEUTSCHLAND * Ministerin Reiche will die Gewinne der fossilen Konzerne sichern

Heimische erneuerbare Energien sind die Lösung in Zeiten von Krisen und Kriegen, sagt Hans-Josef Fell. Der EEG-Miterfinder über die Pläne der schwarz-roten Koalition für Solardächer, Netzausbau, Bioenergie und Heizungen.

RECOMMANDÉ MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

Wenn Kommunikation auf Widerstand stößt

Wer die eigene Freiheit bedroht sieht, reagiert oft mit Ablehnung. Eine Herausforderung für die Klimakommunikation, die von der Notwendigkeit massiver Veränderungen überzeugen muss. Doch wie entsteht dieser psychologische Widerstand genau, und was können wir tun, um diese Abwehrreaktionen zu mildern oder gar ganz zu vermeiden?

ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE

* 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.

CAUSES

* USA * ‘Bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts

Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions

IMPACTS LIVRES RECOMMANDÉ

Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years

Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns

DROIT & LITIGE

* 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.

ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE

* USA * Judge Axes Exxon’s Defamation Suit Against Environmentalists

But the case against the California attorney general, prompted by his lawsuit over Exxon’s plastic recycling program, can proceed in Texas federal court.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?

Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

SCIENCES

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.

CAUSES

* USA * These data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules

Though the companies weren't granted exemptions, their requests illustrate the data center industry's desperate quest for energy.

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

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.

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

* SCHWEIZ * Freundlich, knallhart, juristisch fragwürdig: Die Rösti-Methode setzt sich durch

Der SVP-Bundesrat Albert Rösti drückt in Bern seine Agenda durch. Ob beim Strom, beim Gewässerschutz oder bei den Wölfen: Bedenken der Juristen des Bundes verhallen ungehört.

ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ

* USA * E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule

Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.

ANTI-CLIMAT

The endangerment finding has been killed. What now?

The Environmental Protection Agency tossed out the scientific determination known as the endangerment finding, which gave the government the authority to fight climate change. If it survives legal challenges, the Trump administration’s move could prevent future presidents from reinstating climate rules unless Congress acts.

ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ

* USA * What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action?

Carbon Brief examines the endangerment finding was, how it has shaped US climate policy and what its repeal could mean for the future.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure

Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to EPA’s mandate to protect human health

ANTI-CLIMAT

Trump’s repeal of landmark Obama-era climate rule: four key takeaways

Environmental groups say ‘cynical and devastating’ reversal of endangerment finding has grave implications

RECOMMANDÉ DROIT & LITIGE

* USA * Environmental groups sue Trump’s EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding

Lawsuit from health and environmental justice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’

DROIT & LITIGE

Trump Erased a Bedrock Climate Rule. Here Come the Lawsuits.

The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.

ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ

* USA * What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

POLITIQUE

* USA * Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

POLITIQUE

* USA * As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?

Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and states and cities grapple with the escalating cost of extreme weather and more intense wildfires, the Trump administration this week is expected to formally eliminate the U.S. government’s role in controlling greenhouse gas pollution.

POLITIQUE

* USA * Trump to repeal Obama-era finding foundational to US climate rules

Climate groups vow to fight rollback of 2009 finding determining CO2 and other greenhouse gases harm health

POLITIQUE

* USA * A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’

A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.

ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

Actually, I do know how to do this

In retrospect, paying attention to polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the United States.

ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ

How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you’ve never heard of it

A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

POLITIQUE

* 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

CAUSES

* USA * New U.S. Rule Aims to Speed Up Mining of the Seafloor

The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling the area it hopes to mine.

ÉCONOMIE

* WEF * Time for some courage in the climate fight too

Big business, and its political enablers, have turned tail. They need to take a page from the resistance

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

* 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

POLITIQUE

* DEUTSCHLAND * Wirtschaftsministerium will vom Energiesparen abrücken

Ein Gesetzentwurf des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums will Vorgaben in der Effizienzpolitik zurückfahren. Das gefährde die wirtschaftliche Zukunft der Industrie,

CAUSES

* 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

MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time

Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* 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.)

ÉCONOMIE

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

* 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.

DROIT & LITIGE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* 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.

ÉCONOMIE

BP prévient d’une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars

Le géant pétrolier britannique BP, en plein rétropédalage sur son ambitieuse stratégie climatique, a prévenu mercredi que ses résultats seraient plombés par une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars. Des dépréciations liées à la transition énergétique.

POLITIQUE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* SUISSE * Neutralité carbone en Suisse : désordres de grandeur

« Couper dans des subventions utiles tout en affichant une confiance aveugle dans des technologies immatures constitue les deux faces d’un même immobilisme », alerte Jean-Yves Pidoux, l'ancien directeur des SIL.

POLITIQUE

* USA | UNFCCC * Tabula rasa in den USA

Was der Austritt der Vereinigten Staaten aus der UN-Klimakonvention und vielen weiteren internationalen Umweltgremien bedeutet.

ACTIVISME

* FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE * Ein Einknicken vor der fossilen Lobby und ihrer Regierung wird es nicht geben

Trotz frustrierender Klimapolitik und eskalierender Klimakrise muss die Klimabewegung lernen, damit umzugehen und weiter für eine gerechte Zukunft einzustehen, schreiben Nele Evers und Carla Reemtsma

POLITIQUE

* 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

POLITIQUE DROIT & LITIGE

* 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

POLITIQUE

* 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

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

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.

POLITIQUE TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* 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

POLITIQUE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* 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.

CAUSES

* 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.

DROIT & LITIGE

* USA * Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.

ANTI-CLIMAT

* 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. & ÉNERGIE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* 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

POLITIQUE

* DEUTSCHLAND * Verkehrsressort spielt Poker mit dem Bundestag

2030 soll die Bundesverwaltung klimaneutral sein, schreibt das Klimaschutzgesetz vor. Das Verkehrsministerium interessiert das wenig, zeigt ein Bericht.

DROIT & LITIGE

* 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

SCIENCES

* USA * Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science

8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year.

RECOMMANDÉ MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

Why forcing people to go green can backfire

A new study reveals a conundrum for climate policy and those who make it: People hate it when you tell them what to do.

ÉCONOMIE

* 2025 * Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?

From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped

CAUSES

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-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

* 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.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy

The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.

POLITIQUE

* UE * L’UE recule sur l’interdiction des moteurs thermiques dès 2035

L'Union européenne a renoncé mardi à imposer aux constructeurs automobiles de passer au tout-électrique en 2035, une mesure environnementale phare, face à la crise que traverse le secteur en Europe.

POLITIQUE

* EU * Pyrrhus auf dem Gaspedal

Der Verbrenner darf länger laufen. Für Europas Autoindustrie ist das keine gute Lösung. Mit der globalen Konkurrenz mitzuhalten, wird ihr nun erschwert.

POLITIQUE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

* 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.

POLITIQUE

EU setzt sich neues Klimaziel: 90 Prozent weniger Treibhausgase

Im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel will die EU bis 2040 ihre Emissionen deutlich reduzieren. Für Verbraucher gibts beim Tanken und Heizen Neues.

ANTI-CLIMAT

* 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.

POLITIQUE

EU weakening of corporate sustainability rules ‘jeopardises’ climate action

A major revision to the EU's law on corporate due diligence removes a requirement for large companies to publish plans to align their business model with global climate goals

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

* SCHWEIZ * Wie der Bundesrat den Klima­schutz zusammen­streicht

Einem der erfolg­reichsten Klima­instrumente droht das Aus. Hintergründe einer frag­würdigen Entscheidung.

POLITIQUE

EU-Kommission: Verbrenner-Aus ab 2035 wird in Frage gestellt

Das Ende von Benzin- und Dieselautos ab 2035 steht auf der Kippe. Blick auf den geplanten Rückzieher der EU.

CAUSES

E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement.

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

* COP30 * Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War

Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

POLITIQUE

* COP30 * Luisa Neubauer: Zwischen Meilensteinen und fossiler Vormacht

Die Gründe zur Hoffnung liegen im Zwischenraum. Dort, wo nicht alles verloren ist, nur weil nicht alles gewonnen wurde, meint Luisa Neubauer.