Dear reader, According to the Norwegian Road Association (OFV), the number of electric cars in Norway has exceeded the number of vehicles with a combustion engine for the first time. Of the 2.8 million private cars registered in Norway, 754,303 are purely electric, while 753,905 run on petrol or diesel. Norway, which is home to […]

Dear Readers, The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Matchmaker to bring airlines and SAF suppliers together. The SAF Matchmaker will address three critical issues in particular: Connectivity: SAF producers and suppliers will be able to publish available or planned SAF volumes. Visibility: The platform will contain comprehensive information […]

Dear readers, while 155 countries have pledged to reduce methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 as part of the Global Methane Pledge, new research shows that global methane emissions have increased at a record rate over the past five years. At least two-thirds of the methane emissions produced each year come from human […]

Dear reader, The European Commission has published the Draghi report in which it warns of the risks to European competitiveness, including the risk of falling behind in the transport sector. It calls for an annual investment of 40 billion euros by 2031 to support the transition to alternative fuels. The report ‘The future of European […]

Dear reader, For climate protection reasons, Europe wants to say goodbye to the combustion engine. Other countries, above all India, Brazil and the USA, are focussing on the final development and construction of ‘combustion engines’ that run on up to 100% CO2-neutral fuels. These are already making a greater contribution to climate protection than hydrogen […]

Dear readers, On 28 August 2024, the Federal Cabinet adopted an evaluation report on the greenhouse gas reduction quota, which the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) believes is unsuitable for evaluating this legal framework and must be revised before it is submitted to the German Bundestag. The association criticises the insufficient […]

Dear Readers, The urgency of mitigating climate change and the need to fulfil the global commitment to a net zero world have made it imperative to explore all possible ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of these ways is to change the way we generate energy, with a focus on decarbonising heavy industry, […]

Dear reader, The burning of fossil fuels has brought huge profits to fossil fuel companies while fuelling the fires of climate change and causing increasingly deadly extreme weather events that have destroyed lives, property and livelihoods. The fingerprints of the fossil fuel industry are everywhere. The industry continues to ignore the catastrophic consequences of burning […]

Dear reader, in an address in Belém, Brazil, United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen said the world needs $3 trillion in financing annually to reach its 2050 climate and biodiversity goals. Yellen said transitioning to a low-carbon economy would require far more than the current amount of yearly financing, but that filling that […]

Dear Readers, As global temperatures continue to rise, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a global call to action to more effectively protect the billions of people exposed to extreme heat. The urgent appeal follows the highest temperatures ever recorded on Earth and deadly heatwaves in the United States, the Middle East, the African […]