Quite unfortunate that Katherina Reiche deliberately misunderstands the net-zero target. The flexibility she calls for is already built into EU mitigation targets:
net-zero doesn’t mean ‘zero’ emissions in 2050. According to EU scenarios, we’ll still emit ~400Mt CO2 (=gross reduction of ~90%)
1/ New paper in @PLOSClimate worth reading: Pachauri et al. 2026, "Advancing representations of equity and justice in climate mitigation futures." Congrats Shonali Pachuair, @joerirogelj.bsky.social @gidden.bsky.social @wflamb.bsky.social and author team doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000763 🧵
1/ New working paper by Greg Muttitt and me, on equitable fossil fuel transitions. GST called for nationally determined contributions to global efforts, incl “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner”.
commerce.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul...
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📢 I am recruiting a Chapter Scientist to work with me and the author team of Working Group 3 Chapter 3, on projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change.
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Following pushback & reactions on the stock market, Friedrich Merz specified his stance on the ETS.
"I said that this event in Antwerp it is not the right instrument for generating revenue. Instead, it is the right instrument for enabling climate protection.. The ETS 1 .. has been very successful"
Die Ära der Pax Americana geht zu Ende. Europa kann sich nicht länger auf die Partnerschaft mit den USA verlassen. Eine Studie von Barbara Lippert & Stefan Mair (Hg.) zeigt in 14 Beiträgen Wege aus der Abhängigkeit von Washington. (1/4) www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
The new UN High Seas Treaty promises transparency & knowledge diversity. Yet political interests jeopardise this goal. The EU and Germany should make a targeted effort to ensure that knowledge pluralism is institutionally safeguarded, argues Miranda Böttcher. www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
Local opposition to carbon capture, removal, & storage in Louisiana is driving new restrictions on development. It looks a lot like what's happened to renewable energy. What can that sector's experience tell us about what might be in store for carbon capture, removal, & storage? tinyurl.com/3djrpkup
Trump’s takes on windmills are of course lies. The last gasp of a backward-looking petro-state.
“The more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses [..] I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China [..] They sell them to stupid people but they don’t use them themselves”
Today, the European Parliament voted to put the Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice for review.
It was a politically momentous decision, very tight and carried by an unusual majority, so it is worth looking a bit deeper into it.
Wird die EU durch Mercosur ernährungspolitisch abhängiger? »Im Gegenteil«, sagt @bettinarudloff.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social im Interview mit @spiegel.de. »Handel stabilisiert Versorgungssicherheit«. (Paywall) www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
Das neue UN-Hochseeabkommen verspricht Transparenz und Wissensvielfalt. Doch politische Interessen gefährden dieses Ziel. Die EU und Deutschland sollten sich gezielt dafür einsetzen, dass Wissensvielfalt institutionell abgesichert wird, meint Miranda Böttcher. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
📣 PRESS RELEASE
#IPCC authors meet in Paris 🇫🇷 to begin drafting the Seventh Assessment Report
More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the IPCC are gathering in Paris this week to draft IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report.
🔗 bit.ly/4ir09cC
The new UNEP report is out with the latest estimates of 2100 warming outcomes under current policies, NDCs, and net-zero targets. Here is how it compares to both the IPCC scenarios and other estimates (CAT and IEA, who will release their own updates soon!).
1️⃣After tough negotiations, EU environment ministers agreed on their position to amend the EU Climate Law — including a 2040 intermediate target toward climate neutrality by 2050. A hard-fought compromise, and the details show it. 🧵
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
The dominant narrative is that the world is rolling back climate policy. But what does the data say?
The latest Oxford Climate Policy Monitor Annual Review from the Oxford Climate Policy Hub tells three key stories.
bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/climate...
The Climate Obstruction in the IPCC and UNFCCC working group has published a briefing which can be found on our website here: cssn.org/cssn-primer-.... The brief introduces a typology of 14 obstruction tactics which we will watch for as the negotiations proceed through COP30.
This is interesting.
The EU’s #CBAM has become a key point of contention in #UNFCCC talks (see bsky.app/profile/mjfe...).
Brazil is now essentially proposing a bad bank to offload this discussion, so that it won’t hamper #COP30.
Novel use of ye olde yet-another-forum.
To be consistent w/ limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, governments collectively need to produce less than half of the fossil fuels they are planning for 2030 (5 years from now) and then double down to halve production again by 2050, @unep.org, @sei.org, @climateanalytics.org & @iisd.org show 👇
Just out! 🚨
Together with my excellent co-author @Hyeyoon Park, I published a new article on how global green finance governance institutions frame climate risks (1/3)
Concise overview of the upcoming #COP30 climate summit in Brazil and its wider context – by @eamaberg.bsky.social of @chesc.bsky.social
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/what...
📢 #SO & #GHGprotocol have announced a landmark partnership to align greenhouse gas standards and jointly develop a new product lifecycle assessment standard.
This sets the stage for harmonized reporting and faster climate action. Learn more: bit.ly/4nlbtIs
🌍 Carbon storage is not a limitless climate solution.
A new IIASA-led study in @nature.com shows that safe, practical underground carbon storage could reduce warming by only 0.7°C – almost 10 times less than earlier estimates of 6°C.
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/sep-202...
@gidden.bsky.social
Our paper is out today in @nature.com where we assess a Prudent Planetary Limit for Geologic Carbon Storage:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A journal article in Nature titled "A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage".
Released today📢
A new study in @nature.com finds that the global capacity for geological carbon storage is much lower than current estimates, highlighting the importance of responsible management to use this tool wisely and protect future generations:
doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09423-y
Previously headed by the foreign office, Germany’s #climatediplomacy is now consolidated at the environment ministry again.
But some things have survived the recent change of government. (1/2)
www.bundesumweltministerium.de/pressemittei...
Any ocean governance people in Johannesburg at the TC-ESG conference this week? Come join our session! Thursday August 21, 2025 08:30 - 10:00 SAST, more info here: lnkd.in/d2nvPh83
With: D.G: Webster, Leandra Gonçalves, Elizabeth Nyman, Vitor Renck & Rachel Bitoun #TCESG25 @esgproject.bsky.social
Teaser Wohnen Konferen
📢 Einladung am 10. Sep. zu unserer Konferenz
„Wohnen als klimasoziale Frage“
mit einem Auftakt durch Bauministerin @verena-hubertz.de und herausragenden Expert:innen aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Praxis auf Panels und in Workshops
zukunft-klimasozial.de/wohnen-als-k...
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🎯 As the EU shapes its 2040 climate target, international credits return to the spotlight.
@felixschenuit.bsky.social warns: credit quality, permanence and scalability must be ensured – especially for carbon removal.
🔗 buff.ly/QLMG8AK
#EUClimatePolicy #CDR #Article6
The legislative proposal for the 2040 target has landed:
▶️ 90% reduction of net GHG compared to 1990 (no separate target for removals!)
▶️ flexibilities as central element, incl. international credits & domestic CDR
▶️NDC will include an *indicative* 2035 figure
climate.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...