New Insights into the Jet Stream Make Better Climate Predictions Possible
Researchers uncover how climate change impacts the “weather motor”. Jet streams are often referred to as [...]
Year: 2025
The global solar revolution – the solar age begins
Climate change deniers seem to be gaining ground at the moment – not only through Donald [...]
Global Electric Vehicle Sales Set for Record-Breaking Year, Even as US Market Slows Sharply, BloombergNEF Finds
BloombergNEF’s annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) expects nearly 22 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle [...]
Underestimated sources of marine pollution
A study published in Nature reveals for the first time the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes [...]
Making fuels from sunlight
The ocean serves as Earth’s largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide [...]
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Detrimental to Prosperity, Public Finances and the Climate
New ZEW Study Shows Existing Potential for Climate Protection and Economic Progress Reducing explicit and implicit [...]
Germany is missing the energy transition – again
Scientists agree: climate change is accelerating at an ever-increasing pace. Sea levels are rising faster, glaciers [...]
Years of drought turn pine forest into source of CO₂
A new study conducted at the University of Freiburg shows that recurring years of heat and [...]
Electric cars are the cleanest—and getting cleaner faster than expected
A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates that battery electric cars [...]
Study shows how a common fertilizer ingredient benefits plants
The findings could enable new ways to increase plants’ resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling [...]
Renewables Boom Highlights Growing Regional Divide
Over 70% of renewable energy capacity growth occurred in Asia, while other regions particularly Africa lagged [...]
For the first time ever, Poland generates more energy from renewable sources than from coal!
According to estimates by the Forum Energii think tank, in June, renewable energy sources surpassed coal [...]
Nature Credits Roadmap to reward nature-positive action and boost private finance
The European Commission launched a ‘Roadmap towards Nature Credits’, to incentivise private investments into actions that [...]
On the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday
“We owe him more than we realize” – by Franz Alt The Dalai Lama was born [...]
Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of Dalai Lama July 2, 2025
On 24 September 2011, at a meeting of the heads of Tibetan spiritual traditions, I made [...]
Why does Norwegian hydropower play an important role in curbing climate change in Europe?
Norway plays a key role in tackling climate change in Europe, mainly because it relies so [...]