Carbon Critical

Germany’s Greens have been forced to compromise on many of their core beliefs while in government. To maintain their electoral support, they need to continue to combine pragmatism with climate-centered policies.

Efforts to mitigate climate damage are not going well ahead of COP26. But they could also be going much worse.

A Chinese announcement made clear that coal power is finished. But there’s a way to go before the same can be said of oil and gas.

Price-based or quantity-based mechanisms, which offer the more effective and fairer way to achieve carbon neutrality? In fact, the debate is somewhat artificial—EU climate policy needs both.

All the German parties want credit for raising climate targets. But none wants to be blamed for raising carbon prices to achieve them.

The ruling by the German constitutional court that the country’s climate law is unconstitutional is causing German politicians to press fast forward on the radical change needed to protect the climate.

Phasing out a particular fuel source can prove tricky. The experiences of the United Kingdom with coal and Germany with nuclear power are harbingers of fuel exit debates to come.

Carbon dioxide removal is on the agenda, even if most politicians won’t admit it.