Bernhard Poetter

Berlin, Germany

Editor at taz

Editor-In-Chief at TABLE MEDIA

Team Lead at Climate Table Decision Brief. Reporter/Author on Climate/Energy/Environment taz - die tageszeitung, Berlin

Articles

European Climate Report 2024: East-West contrast and heat records.

1 week ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter |Lukas Scheid

According to the Copernicus report, Europe experienced the warmest year since records began in 2024. Read about what stands out in Table.Briefings. It has never been so warm on the European continent. In 2024, average temperatures were 1.26 degrees Celsius above the average from 1991 to 2020. At the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, temperatures were 1.2 degrees above average, the highest level since records began.
Merz government: Experts call for Federal Climate Council and climate envoy in the Chancellery.

1 week ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter |Amelie Richter |Stefan Braun

In response to the fact that the CDU/CSU and SPD split climate protection between the Environment and Economics Ministries in the coalition agreement, experts are calling for better coordination. Climate should play a role in the Chancellery. In response to the upcoming government's plans to date, experts are calling for Germany's future climate policy to be better coordinated and to be based in the Chancellery.
Neue Regierung: So nachrangig ist für Schwarz-Rot die Klimapolitik

2 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter

Home|Neue Regierung: So nachrangig ist für Schwarz-Rot die Klimapolitik|Der Klimaschutz dürfte in der kommenden Bundesregierung eine deutlich geringere Rolle spielen als unter der Ampel-Regierung. Was Koalitionsvertrag und Ressortaufteilung verraten, lesen Sie bei Table.Briefings. In der kommenden schwarz-roten Bundesregierung hat die Klimapolitik einen deutlich unwichtigeren Platz am Kabinettstisch als in der Ampel-Koalition.
German coalition contract: The details on climate and energy policy

2 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter

According to the coalition contract, the Christian Democrats/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) are essentially continuing the course of the previous government. Find out more in Table.Briefings. While the issue hardly played a role in the election campaign, the coalition contract between the CDU/CSU and SPD devotes eight out of 144 pages to energy and climate.
Koalitionsvertrag Union/SPD: Die Details zu Klima- und Energiepolitik

2 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter

Laut Koalitionsvertrag setzen CDU/CSU und SPD den Kurs ihrer Vorgänger grundsätzlich fort. Die neue Koalition will aber größeren Wert auf Marktinstrumente, den Abbau von Bürokratie und technische Lösungen wie CCS setzen. Im Wahlkampf spielte das Thema kaum eine Rolle, im Koalitionsvertrag von CDU/CSU und SPD bekommen die Themen Energie und Klima acht von 144 Seiten.
Brasilien: So soll der Milliardenfonds TFFF die Regenwälder retten

2 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter

Als eines der wichtigsten Ergebnisse der COP30 plant Brasilien einen neuen Investmentfonds zur Rettung der Tropenwälder. Wie mit 125 Milliarden US-Dollar Renditen für Investoren, Schwellenländer und Waldschutz erwirtschaftet werden sollen, lesen Sie bei Table.Briefings. Mit einem neuartigen globalen 125-Milliarden-Dollar Investmentfonds will Brasilien den Erhalt der tropischen Regenwälder weltweit sichern und gleichzeitig neue Wege in der Klimafinanzierung beschreiten.
Brazil: How the billion-dollar TFFF fund is supposed to save the rainforests.

2 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter

As one of the most important results of the COP30, Brazil is planning a new investment fund to save tropical forests. Find out how USD 125 billion will be used to generate returns for investors, emerging economies and forest protection at Table.Briefings. With a new type of global investment fund, Brazil wants to secure the preservation of tropical rainforests worldwide and, at the same time, break new ground in climate financing.
COP31: Australia's opposition does not want to host climate conference.

3 weeks ago | table.media | Bernhard Poetter |Alexandra Endres

Australia's opposition does not want to host the COP31 climate conference next year. Read the details at Table.Briefings. Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton wants to back out of plans to co-host the 2026 UN climate summit (COP31) with Pacific nations if he wins the election. He described the idea of hosting COP31 as "madness" that would cost Australian taxpayers "tens of billions" of dollars.
Renewables: Agreement to accelerate expansion.

3 weeks ago | table.media | Manuel Berkel |Lukas Bayer |Bernhard Poetter

Industry, local governments and environmental groups have issued a joint declaration calling for the rapid and environmentally friendly expansion of renewable energies. Read what those involved hope to gain from this in Table.Briefings. The development time for new wind, solar and electricity grid projects in Europe is to be significantly shortened through a construction method that is considered "fair" by all sides.
Environment Council: New CBAM initiative and disagreement over 2040 climate target.

4 weeks ago | table.media | Lukas Scheid |Fabian Peltsch |Bernhard Poetter

Home|Environment Council: New CBAM initiative and disagreement over 2040 climate target.|For the first time since the EU Commission presented the Clean Industrial Deal, the member states discussed the plans from Brussels in the Environment Council on Thursday. This also revealed rifts on fundamental issues.