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IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

La proportion de morts causées par le changement climatique ne cesse d'augmenter en Europe. Désormais, presque toutes les régions enregistrent une hausse des décès liés à la chaleur, alors que les menaces sanitaires s'aggravent, montre un rapport scientifique.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

The climate and environment team at The Times spend a lot of time documenting the myriad ways in which human activity is wreaking havoc on Earth’s ecosystems. But ahead of Earth Day tomorrow, we also wanted to highlight some of the many things that are going right in the push to slow global warming and protect the planet.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown.

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

La proportion de morts causées par le changement climatique ne cesse d'augmenter en Europe. Désormais, presque toutes les régions enregistrent une hausse des décès liés à la chaleur, alors que les menaces sanitaires s'aggravent, montre un rapport scientifique.

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected

IMPACTS

Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024

IMPACTS

Research finds global heating has already lengthened the pollen season in addition to worsening heatwaves and droughts

IMPACTS

Die Insel ist nicht mehr mückenfrei. Die Blutsauger sind für Forscherinnen ein Indikator für massive Veränderungen in der Arktis – und haben Folgen für Rentiere und Vögel.

IMPACTS

Selbst heftige Winterstürme können das Mittelmeer nicht mehr nachhaltig abkühlen. Im Sommer könnte es deshalb erneut zu einer maritimen Hitzewelle kommen.

IMPACTS

Circulation océanique majeure dans l'Atlantique et régulateur du climat mondial, l'Amoc pourrait diminuer de moitié d'ici à 2100, selon une récente étude. S'il ralentit encore davantage, les conséquences pourraient être dévastatrices, avec des hivers plus froids en Europe du Nord et des sécheresses au Sahel.

IMPACTS

Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.

IMPACTS

Overshoot, the temporary crossing of climate targets before warming is reversed, has shifted from theoretical models to an urgent reality. Addressing this challenge requires effective strategies, global collaboration of different stakeholders and fair governance systems to manage the unprecedented risks.

IMPACTS

Der steigende Meeresspiegel bedroht die Lagunenstadt. Forscher haben nun vier Massnahmen untersucht: Fluttore, Ringdeiche, ein Superdeich oder gar die Verlegung der Stadt. Kostenpunkt: bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro.

CAUSES

The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

These are 8 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

250 Millionen Franken hat der Kanton Basel-Stadt an verschiedene Förderprojekte gezahlt. Das ist Teil der OECD-Steuerreform – ein Teil der Steuereinnahmen fliesst zurück an Unternehmen. Zu wenig gefördert worden seien allerdings Klimaprojekte, das soll sich nun ändern.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

The climate and environment team at The Times spend a lot of time documenting the myriad ways in which human activity is wreaking havoc on Earth’s ecosystems. But ahead of Earth Day tomorrow, we also wanted to highlight some of the many things that are going right in the push to slow global warming and protect the planet.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Cities today navigate a complex mix of pressures, including inequality, rapid growth, fiscal strain, infrastructure gaps, and mounting climate shocks. A World Resources Insitute analysis shows how climate initiatives can become entry points for broader urban transformations.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Shenzhen is implementing 113 near-zero carbon demonstration projects, an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce energy costs and expand parks and walkways. In the process, it's creating a blueprint for a modern green city.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Eine historische Trendwende bei der Wiedervernässung trockengelegter Moore soll ein neues Bundes-Förderprogramm bringen. Moore können so der Landwirtschaft erhalten bleiben und als regionale Wasserspeicher dienen, wirbt das Umweltministerium.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Die Schweiz hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, bis im Jahr 2050 netto keine Klimagase mehr auszustossen. In einigen Bereichen wie etwa der Kehrichtverbrennung lassen sich Klimagase nicht komplett vermeiden. Nun gibt es Pläne, das CO2 direkt aus dem Kamin zu holen, bevor es in die Luft gelangt.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Once held up as a key solution to climate change, a field that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere is struggling to catch on.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität sollen Holz und andere regenerative Baumaterialien emissionsintensive Baustoffe wo immer möglich er­setzen. Doch wie stark kann die Holzwirtschaft wachsen, bis die Wälder ihre Funktion als Kohlenstoffsenken und biodiverse Lebensräume ver­lieren? Zentral ist, wie wir Holz in unseren Ökobilanzen deklarieren.

POLITIQUE

Energie ist in Italien enorm teuer geworden, auch weil das Land stark vom Gas abhängig ist. Nun diskutiert das Land über mehr Homeoffice bis zu Temperaturgrenzen in Innenräumen.

POLITIQUE

Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support

POLITIQUE

The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projects

RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE

Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

POLITIQUE

Around 50 nations will gather in Colombia to debate ways to “transition away” from fossil fuels, in the face of worsening climate change and high oil prices. A preliminary scientific “synthesis report” includes recommendations such as “halting all new fossil fuel expansion”.

POLITIQUE

Hungary has played a disproportionate role in EU climate and energy policy in recent years, by repeatedly vetoing climate action and by delaying the phaseout of Russian fossil-fuel imports.

POLITIQUE

Die EU-Kommission reagiert mit Vorschlägen zum Energiesparen auf die Teuerung infolge des Iran-Kriegs. In Deutschland gibt es deutliche Mehrheiten für die Fortsetzung der Energiewende als Weg aus der Krise.

POLITIQUE

Dans un contexte de crise énergétique mondiale, la première conférence internationale pour diminuer la dépendance globale au pétrole, au charbon et au gaz se tiendra du 24 au 29 avril dans la ville caribéenne de Santa Marta. La Colombie se rêve en championne de la lutte contre le changement climatique, mais la réalité n’est pas toujours aussi verte

POLITIQUE

Flugreisen schaden dem Klima – doch die Passagierzahlen steigen. Die Flugticketabgabe sorgt darum für Diskussionen

JUSTICE CLIM.

Face au réchauffement climatique et à l'inaction des gouvernements, des citoyens de plus en plus nombreux décident de traduire leurs États devant les tribunaux. Les Aînées pour le climat Suisse font ainsi recours contre une décision du Tribunal fédéral devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme. Un tournant historique pour la justice climatique.

JUSTICE CLIM.

Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend.

JUSTICE CLIM.

As rising oil prices make the case for renewables, experts say the World Bank and IMF must accelerate the shift to solar and wind. And it has raised fresh questions about climate-finance obligations, already under strain from donor-country budget cuts

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Die Bürgerenergie setzt sich für Resilienz und eine demokratische Kultur ein, sagen Lydia Takit und Harald Uphoff vom Bündnis Bürgerenergie. Die aktuellen Pläne des Wirtschaftsministeriums seien ein umfassender Angriff darauf.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

‘Stone age’ system of booking cross-border rail tickets holding back climate action by consumers, says thinktank

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The energy industry is planning for a future where the choke point on Iran’s southern coast is a lot less important.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Als 1973 das Öl knapp wurde, stand der Westen unter Schock. 50 Jahre später streitet Deutschland über Tankstellenpreise.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Alors que les prix des énergies fossiles flambent, la facture s’avère moins salée en Espagne et au Portugal, deux pays en avance dans le déploiement des énergies renouvelables.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Le sommet annuel des matières premières s’est tenu cette semaine à Lausanne. Six grandes thématiques, presque toutes liées à la guerre contre l’Iran, marquent le secteur cette année

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Un bâtiment sur deux dont le monde aura besoin d’ici à 2050 n’existe pas encore! Une occasion historique de repenser l’architecture en puisant dans le «design intentionnel», ces savoirs constructifs ancestraux qui ménagent l’avenir, écrit l'architecte Mariam Issoufou, à l’occasion du Sommet sur les bâtiments et la construction durables à Lausanne

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Der Konflikt im Nahen Osten treibt den Preis des Rohstoffs in die Höhe. Fragen und Antworten zum schwarzen Gold.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Eine knappe Mehrheit der zuständigen Kommission spricht sich für entsprechende Anpassungen im Kernenergiegesetz aus.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Weltweit greifen Staaten zu Tankrabatten und Preisdeckeln, die schon 2022 kaum halfen. Fachleute warnen: Die populären Massnahmen schaden.

ÉCONOMIE

Zu Klimaschutz drängen oder sich zurückziehen? Nicht alle Schweizer Banken nutzen ihre Finanzanlagen genügend.

DROIT & LITIGE

Das Hochwasser 2022 hat in Pakistan ganze Regionen verwüstet. Eine neue Bewegung will mit einer Klage in Deutschland einen Präzedenzfall schaffen. Ein Bericht aus Karatschi.

SCIENCES

Ten years ago, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists now blame a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

SCIENCES

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.

ANTI-CLIMAT

President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas production

ANTI-CLIMAT

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

CULTURE & EDUC.

In a world marked by ecological, social and political crises, the art festival aims to get people talking, thinking and ready to imagine a better world.

CULTURE & EDUC.

The Danish Icelandic artist reflects on his childhood and how it influenced and empowered his art.

LIVRES

Two experts unpack how trends in climate and geopolitics might unfold to shape the far north.

JUSTICE CLIM.

As rising oil prices make the case for renewables, experts say the World Bank and IMF must accelerate the shift to solar and wind. And it has raised fresh questions about climate-finance obligations, already under strain from donor-country budget cuts

ANTI-CLIMAT

Developing countries face possible shelving of crucial green action plan at IMF and World Bank spring meetings

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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 Trump administration’s deep cuts to clean-energy programs are raising concerns about U.S. commitments to the lender.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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

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

The bank has advised wealthy nations to cut subsidies for high-emissions foods but stopped far short of promoting veganism

JUSTICE CLIM.

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.

World Bank and IMF urged to back plan at Spring Meetings.

ÉCONOMIE

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

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

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.

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

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 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, 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.

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

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 and Russia have called on the World Bank to ramp up its financial support for carbon capture and storage.

ÉCONOMIE

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

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.

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

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

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

Früher war eine Million noch viel Geld. Dann wurde begonnen, mit Milliarden zu rechnen.

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.

Last month at COP27, the U.N. climate change conference, a yearslong campaign ended in an agreement.

ÉCONOMIE

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

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

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

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 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 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

Beim Jahrestreffen der Weltbank und des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) in dieser Woche in Marrakesch haben die Mitgliedsländer der Weltbank deren Aufgabe neu definiert.

ÉCONOMIE

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.