Climate crises

Yet while wildfires command headlines every summer, putting out the flames is only the start for affected farming communities, who say the lack of promised state support is hampering their long road to recovery.

Article 6 is emerging as the institutional hub of international carbon markets. While financing and adaptation issues remain stalled, registries, standards, and digital infrastructures are growing rapidly. This development could entrench power dynamics.

The mood of COP29 in Baku can be characterised by global and national uncertainties and contradictions about achieving the net zero and 1.5-degree targets. Turkey's strategy can be similarly characterised.

The Egyptian military dictatorship hosting this year's COP poses a political challenge for all participants. But upon close inspection, reference points for demanding human rights emerge.

Rich nations must prove they are willing to hold up their end of the climate bargain of the Paris Agreement at COP27

This analysis outlines the main critical areas of the upcoming negotiations and key demands from civil society ahead of the COP27 Opening Plenary.

The Inflation Reduction Act is seen as an expression of climate pragmatism by some and a Faustian bargain with the fossil fuel industry by others. What exactly is it?

At the third session of the 22nd Heinrich Boell Foundation Foreign Policy Conference, the penultimate panel will focus on the German-Indian relationship - and the blurred lines between environmental and climate issues.