If you're prepping for war, build wind / solar, CEO of Ukraine's main energy company says. They're harder to destroy than thermal power plants: www.thetimes.com/article/4843...

🚨 EU’s 2040 climate target? Still not enough. @germanwatch.bsky.social: allowing CO₂ certificates weakens the real ambition. 🗣️ "The EU must aim for at least -76% by 2035 in its NDC to safeguard future generations." - Petter Lydén, Germanwatch Read more (in German): www.germanwatch.org/de/93201

Mit Blick auf #COP30 bedeutet die mangelnde Klarheit bei den Verhandlungen in Bonn, dass die künftige brasilianische Präsidentschaft ihre Bemühungen beschleunigen muss, um die Voraussetzungen für ein erfolgreiches Ergebnis in Belém zu schaffen. #SB62

It would be a mistake for the European Commission to follow French President Emmanuel Macron’s advice and slam the brakes on its proposals for 2040 climate targets, the Commission's Executive Vice-President @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu said this morning: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

"A clear, legally binding 2040 target from the EU, gives cities and investors the certainty they need," says @mathiasdeclercq.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu, @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu, Mayors count on your leadership to ensure that Europe stays on track for climate neutrality by 2050.

🌍 1.5°C to Stay Alive – Why this limit still matters. Happy to share our latest paper that lays out why the 1.5°C limit is not just symbolic – it’s vital for global stability, human rights, and ecosystem survival. So far in German, translation will follow: www.germanwatch.org/de/93174

Relevant for more countries than Canada, not least certain oil and gas producers among the Gulf Countries

Debates on the EU 2040 #climate target are picking up (again) and the position of the new German was a main driver for that. It is a good sign that #Germany is once again taking an early and clear position on climate in Brussel! More from @nkurmayer.bsky.social ⬇️ www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

Interesting opening speech by Alaa Murabit at the Global Solutions Summit #GSS2025, about how trust in government can be restored

Small update from German politics: International climate policy including UNFCCC will be moved from the foreign office back to the environment ministry in the new government. Meaning it will be under social democrats rather than conservatives, and a possibly more interested minister - more on Monday

One more EU country joining the -90% for 2040 fan group: "We think it's a good target," Finland's state secretary for climate Mika Nykänen said in an interview of the 90% commitment: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Comment: Trump’s tariff tantrum won’t stop the global energy transition The US’s share of the global cleantech trade is too marginal to dictate its terms – but the trade tariffs will harm American workers and developing countries 🖋 @350.org's @andreassieber.bsky.social

Der Petersberger Klimadialog bekräftigt Engagement für internationalen Klimaschutz, bis zur Weltklimakonferenz @cop30amazonia.bsky.social geht es nun darum, konkreter zu werden - weitere Kommentare von @germanwatch.bsky.social hier: www.germanwatch.org/de/93110 #PCD2025

Livestream from PCD in Berlin, starting in around 15 min

This week in Berlin: the Petersberg Climate Dialogue- we have put together our comments for the PCD in a press release (in German): www.germanwatch.org/de/93100

The European Commission is expected to propose an emissions reduction target for 2040 in the first quarter of 2025. Environment ministers, who traditionally negotiate the target, will meet on 27 March. The Commission may want to propose the target before this. www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...

Brazil has published its official #COP30 website: cop30.br/en, which also reveals naming the COP 'Amazonia'. A number of social media accounts have also been set up, including on this platform: @cop30amazonia.bsky.social

The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) about the ongoing @ipcc.bsky.social meeting right now: "We must protect climate science. We have to make decisions about our planet’s future on the basis of the best evidence & knowledge..." Full statement here: www.highambitioncoalition.org/statements/c...

How can Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) unlock much-needed finance for development & climate? Why has Germany been blocking key innovations - and are their concerns valid? Our new policy brief by my colleague Chris Groeber debunks common concerns from German policymakers: www.germanwatch.org/en/92014

On 23 Feb, Germans will elect a new parliament, and a new government will be formed. Here an overview by @carbonbrief.org of where the political parties stand on climate and energy policy: www.carbonbrief.org/germany-elec...

Today is the official deadline for #NDCs. More than half of all countries - including India, China and the EU - will not meet the deadline. However, it is certainly better to get ambitious climate targets a few months later than less ambition on time. More info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/petter...

Next Monday is the deadline for countries to submit their new NDCs. Some have already submitted, but many will follow later. For those, we have recommendations in our paper "Life after the Global Stocktake - Six Steps from Diagnosis to Third Generation NDCs": www.germanwatch.org/en/91893?mtm...

Germany's largest political party, the conservative CDU, just opened the door to the extreme right (AfD) to get a motion through parliament. This was a door repeatedly stated to be very firmly shut, but has now been opened by Friedrich Merz, Chancellor candidate. www.dw.com/en/afd-firew...

🧵1/X #Switzerland has a new #climate target as the basis for their #NDC How good or bad is it? Rather bad, here is why - thoughts and comments welcome! www.admin.ch/gov/en/start... #UNFCCC #COP30

"In 2023, the world generated 57.1 billion tons of greenhouse gases, leading to a CO2 surface concentration of 420 ppm. The last time Earth’s CO2 concentration was so high was 14 million years ago." - just look at that last sentence again. Full text here: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...

Ahead of the Africa Energy Summit, we outline 5 issues that need to be resolved in the WBG and AfDB’s Mission 300, which aims to bring electricity to 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, to avoid it risking fuelling the debt, climate, and democracy crises: www.germanwatch.org/en/91995

Exciting! President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu launches the Global Energy Transition Forum at #Davos! This is great leadership on energy and climate by von der Leyen and other leaders at times when the world needs it most. This Forum will advance the energy decarbonisation in line with #COP28.

In light of what a certain newly installed president is up to, we've put together some thoughts on what could be done, to be found in this press release (in German), where the translated title reads "Europe must confidently counter national authoritarianism in the USA": www.germanwatch.org/de/91986

New on Bluesky? Want to easily follow a bunch of accounts relevant for international climate policy? Here is my take: go.bsky.app/8kBQvRE - BUT, when I put this list together, I noticed the gender inbalance in the accounts I follow, so tips on similar starter packs with a female focus are welcome!

There is currently a surge in people & institutions joining Bluesky (and in many cases leaving X/twitter), which is great. I'm putting together a starter pack of accounts useful to follow if you're into international climate policy, check back soon for updates. And to close: welcome, all new users!

New arrivals on #climatesky that you are not yet following but should: @thomasnhale.bsky.social @joannadepledge.bsky.social @haraldwinkler.bsky.social @climatemorgan.bsky.social go.bsky.app/93cHeXk

Our comprehensive analysis of #COP29 is online, looking both at the bigger geopolitical picture, the negotiations dynamics, the COP host and of course the outcomes of the negotiation streams, most notably the new goal for climate finance - and on top an outlook to COP30: www.germanwatch.org/en/91843

300bn USD, that’s where the new climate finance goal is starting. Just decided at #COP29 in Baku.

At #COP29, we are close to the final hours (and they can be many!). Countries are still far from agreeing, but there is a fighting spirit. Once there is a final result, you'll find our assessment shortly thereafter here: www.germanwatch.org/en/cop29

We will publish the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) update for 2025 on 20 Nov at #COP29 and online. The #CCPI2025 tracks and compares climate action of 63 countries and the EU. Head to ccpi.org to find the results and join the live stream.

Expectations for each agenda item at #COP29 by experts at @germanwatch.bsky.social outlined over 22(!) pages - but there are summaries for each chapter. Read now or on your way to Baku: www.germanwatch.org/en/expectati... #NCQG #NDCs

Do we need a cover decision at #COP29? Yes we do, and in this policy brief we outline what it should include, including the need for 1.5c-aligned #NDCs: www.germanwatch.org/en/91714?mtm...

"Despite rhetoric on climate leadership and Pacific solidarity, Australia’s fossil fuel exports are second only to Russia." - quoting and showing the visual work of Matt Golding, since I don't post on twitter (X) anymore, where I would have simpy retweeted.

The new Emissions Gap Report finds - to no surprise - that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years. www.unep.org/resources/em...

We will discuss what good NDCs 3.0 look like at #COP29 in Baku, come join us (also live streamed): german-climate-pavilion.de?nav=Program-...

More than 100 CEOs and Senior Executives from Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders share open letter to world leaders ahead of #COP29: www.ft.com/content/d937...

What are those NDCs? And what needs to go into one for it to be a good NDC? You'll find the answers in our new Primer to Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0: www.germanwatch.org/en/91540 Credits to my @germanwatch.bsky.social colleague @lalitch.bsky.social, who wrote most of the paper.

We call on leaders worldwide to show true climate leadership that ensures NDCs pave the way for a just and resilient transition. Read our open letter detailing the '10 tests' for global leaders to stay on track and limit global warming to 1.5°C: www.germanwatch.org/en/91530

The UN Pact for the Future has just been adopted at #UNGA79. That means that heads of state and heads of government have taken the same decision as their climate and environment ministers did at COP28 last year: To transition away from fossil fuels. www.un.org/en/summit-of...

The new EU Commission has been presented, and it looks pretty good for climate: - Teresa Ribera as Executive VP covering Clean, Just & Competitive Transition - Wopke Hoekstra as Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero & Clean Growth - Dan Jørgensen as Commissioner for Energy & Housing

Together with over 40 organisations, Germanwatch has decided to leave the platform X (twitter), which I fully understand - the reasoning laid out on this website (byebyeelon.de), unfortunately only in German. I myself stopped posting on that platform last year, and have no intention to start again.

Today the climate negotiations #sb60 started in Bonn, here’s an overview of what they are about: www.dw.com/en/climate-f...

Logo for #COP29 revealed: The incoming presidency of Azerbaijan has opted for a paisley (buta) based logo, website content still to come though

The council of the EU has agreed conclusions on green diplomacy - good, but far from enough: „The EU is committed to support the development of new NDCs in partner countries and to address barriers to the implementation of key commitments“ www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Head of UNFCCC, Simon Stiell, just sent a letter to all countries encouraging them to develop and submit real ambitious new NDCs: „Targets for 2030 and beyond will determine the benefits of climate action for people, jobs and economies.“ - I couldn’t agree more. 👉 bit.ly/43jgqJ9