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COP28: Everything you need to know

The COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai sought solutions to climate change, humanity's biggest threat.

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Reports & Analysis

a flares light up a LNG facility

Germany helps fuel explosion in US gas exports

Germany helps fuel explosion in US gas exports

A boom in LNG exports from the US to Europe, and especially Germany, is driving massive fossil fuel expansion.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 25, 2024
Simbabwe Elefantensterben durch Dürre

Zimbabwe: Climate change kills scores of elephants

Zimbabwe: Climate change kills scores of elephants

As weather forecasters predict drought across Southern Africa, elephants face serious risks — including death.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 18, 202401:39 min
The Vinh Tan coal power plant in southern Vietnam's Binh Thuan province

Can Southeast Asia afford to retire its coal plants?

Can Southeast Asia afford to retire its coal plants?

Indonesia and Vietnam will need to balance their sustainability ambitions with the reality of the need for coal power.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 27, 2023
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above houses in West Kelowna

2023: Defining moments for the climate and environment

2023: Defining moments for the climate and environment

From Germany's nuclear phaseout to skyrocketing temperatures, DW looks back at the year's environmental highs and lows.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 27, 2023
A view of COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber (bg, center) attending a plenary session

COP28 decides to transition away from fossil fuels

COP28 decides to transition away from fossil fuels

All-night negotiations in Dubai resulted in a historic agreement to phase out fossil fuels.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 13, 202301:57 min
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, left, and COP28 Director-General Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi talk at the climate summit in Dubai

Dubai climate talks: What did they achieve?

Dubai climate talks: What did they achieve?

After a year of record-high temperatures, COP28 brought two weeks of tense talks. What did it ultimately deliver?
ClimateDecember 13, 2023
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A closer look

Loss and damage through climate change

Rising temperatures are leading to increasingly extreme weather events, most impacting countries that have contributed least to warming. They have long called for a designated fund to compensate for loss and damage.

A firefighter in protective gear directs a blast of water at flames engulfing a shed

US: Wildfire near Los Angeles forces thousands to flee

US: Wildfire near Los Angeles forces thousands to flee

A massive wildfire is spreading across southern California, fanned by the powerful Santa Ana winds.
CatastropheNovember 7, 20246 images
An aerial view of Carti Sugtupu Island in the Guna Yala Comarca on the Caribbean coast of Panama. The island appears to be overcrowded with dwellings, presumably displaced and pushed back by the advancing coastline.

Coastal communities worldwide brace for rising sea levels

Coastal communities worldwide brace for rising sea levels

Sea levels are rising at an ever faster speed, putting more than a billion people at risk globally.
ClimateSeptember 25, 202403:22 min
The dark silhouettes of firefighters wearing breathing masks illuminated by a massive forest fire

Wildfires in Greece: Blazes in front of the gates of Athens

Wildfires in Greece: Blazes in front of the gates of Athens

Amid government inertia, fires in Greece have destroyed forests, emptied towns, and claimed at least one life so far.
CatastropheAugust 13, 2024
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In the spotlight

A young person holds a tiny fan to their face in intense heat

Fossil fuel phaseout — is it actually possible?

The science on why we should phase out fossil fuels is clear. Do we have what we need to pull it off?
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 11, 2023
A row of shiny new red, green, yellow and blue tuk-tuks line the inside of a warehouse

Kenya positions itself as Africa's climate champion

President William Ruto is promoting Kenya as a green energy champion, but the country has a way to go.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 7, 2023
A person lies in the shade holding a fan and a phone

Climate change witnesses describe evolving weather impacts

DW asked people around the world how their lives have been impacted by global heating.
ClimateDecember 7, 2023
Steam rises from four nuclear plant cool towers

Is nuclear energy the way to achieve climate goals?

A declaration to triple capacity at UN climate talks suggests a nuclear revival. Not everyone agrees.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 6, 2023
Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire burning at the Dadia National Park in the region of Evros

Climate: What is the global stocktake?

At key climate talks in Dubai, the world's first global climate progress report will set the agenda.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 5, 2023
Chinese flags flutter in front of chimneys from a coal-fired power station

Is China a climate hero or a fossil fuel baddie?

Is China revolutionizing the energy transition, or are its fossil ambitions unstoppable?
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 4, 2023
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