Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge
$100 billion a year in aid was promised over a decade ago to help developing nations curb carbon pollution and adapt to climate impacts. But rich countries haven't delivered
The world’s slow transition to cleaner energy
The transition towards cleaner energy has made progress but not quick enough to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, as agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement
Nuclear option: Earth’s climate panacea or poison?
For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best -- perhaps only -- hope to avoid catastrophic climate change. Opponents say it is too expensive, too risky and totally unnecessary
Polish ruling against EU law: A step towards ‘Polexit’?
Poland's Constitutional Court has issued a ruling that experts say could threaten the country's membership of the European Union. Is Warsaw heading towards a 'Polexit'?
Key questions on the global tax movement
Ireland has signed up to a global minimum corporate tax rate. What does it mean for the global reforms and how will it affect multinationals?
Offshore companies at the heart of ‘Pandora Papers’
Offshore companies are a lynchpin in the system used by leaders and the ultra-rich to hide assets that was exposed in the leaked documents dubbed the "Pandora Papers". So what are they?
Federal Election 2021
A 2021 federal election overview: Vote share, losses, gains - what is the seat distribution in the new Bundestag? In addition, graphics showing direct mandates and the proportion of second votes the parties received. Last but not least: possible coalitions - who can form a government with whom?
Zero net emissions by 2050: a huge challenge for the airline industry
How can passengers take 10 billion flights a year without contributing to global warming? The question of "greening" the international aviation sector by 2050 constitutes a huge task whose stakes can make the head spin, according to the airlines themselves
Half a degree makes a big difference in a warming world
Half a degree Celsius may not seem like much, but climate experts say a world that has warmed 1.5C above 19th-century levels compared to 2C could be the difference between life and death
1.5C is the climate goal, but how do we get there?
To cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius means slashing carbon pollution in half by 2030 and to zero by 2050. How can we do that? What will this mean for our economies and daily lives?