COP30: New avenues for cooperation on climate finance
Even though governments are increasingly prioritising national interests in their economic and financial policies, these very [...]
Year: 2025
New recharge-to-recycle reactor turns battery waste into new lithium feedstock
As global electric vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. [...]
Climate Risk Index: ranking shows how extreme weather events hit many poor countries particularly hard
New edition of Climate Risk Index by Germanwatch: Dominica, Myanmar, and Honduras most affected by extreme [...]
How electric cars and heat pumps can help Switzerland implement its Energy Strategy
In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity [...]
UNH Researchers Harness AI to Discover Magnetic Materials
New research could reduce dependence on rare-earth elements to power technology Magnets are at the core [...]
Climate change particularly pronounced in Switzerland
Switzerland will become drier and hotter, experience less snow and face heavier rainfall in the future. [...]
UNHCR report reveals extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities
Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious [...]
Climate protection is improving
When the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted 10 years ago, tears of joy were shed. According [...]
Report provides 10 New Insights in Climate Science
On the eve of the UN climate change negotiations in Brazil, a new report delivers a [...]
New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections
Under a third of Parties to Paris Agreement submitted new NDCs by 30 September 2025 – Global [...]
Tree mortality from insects is rising across Europe
Insect-driven tree mortality is rising across Europe, finds an international study led by the Czech University [...]
Heatwaves in Northern and Central Europe becoming more intense and unpredictable
Due to climate change, heatwaves in Europe are not only becoming more frequent and hotter but [...]
What does Remembrance Sunday tell us?
This year, Remembrance Sunday falls on 25 November, as always on the Sunday before the first [...]
COP30 must show that Climate Progress is Bigger than any Single Leader
Wuppertal Institute formulates expectations for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Belém. From 10 to [...]
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October – a call to make [...]
Study by KfW Research and Deloitte for COP 30:
Climate action offers opportunities to strengthen competitiveness and resilience of the German economy. The global market [...]