Green Hydrogen in Africa: Risks and benefits

23.12.2022
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Several countries are currently in the process of developing strategies for their future energy systems. These often include investments in green hydrogen. Especially for African countries with a great potential for renewable energies, reprocessing them into green hydrogen provides a promising opportunity. Co-authored with the Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance, our fact sheet provides an overview of the benefits and potential risks that the new sector offers to producing countries in Africa.

News | 14 December 2022

7 years of legal action

Support Saúl!
Collage mit Portraits von Unterstützer:innen des Falls RWE

Seven years ago, Saúl Luciano Lliuya from the Andean city of Huaraz (Peru) went to a German civil court to hold Europe's largest greenhouse gas emitter - RWE - accountable. What began then is now a globally respected precedent on the question of whether major emitters must pay for protecting people from climate risks. Show him your support!

News | 13 December 2022

Together for a Resilient and Efficient European Energy Transition

Open Letter to the French and German Federal Government
Cover Open Letter

The “Fit for 55” package aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by at least 55% (compared to 1990) by 2030. It is currently being negotiated at EU level. In an open letter, Germanwatch, together with partner organisations from Germany and France, calls for coordinated cooperation between Paris and Berlin in the ongoing trilogue negotiations,

News | 06 December 2022

Negotiations concluded: EU regulation on deforestation-free products

First evaluation of the negotiations outcome by Germanwatch
Ein Transportschiff fährt auf dem Meer.

The EU Commission announced the successful conclusion of negotiations on a regulation for deforestation-free products. Companies will therefore soon have to prove that no forest is cleared for the production of certain agricultural goods and wood products. An important step – but the law also has weaknesses. Germanwatch presents an initial assessment.

ExCom Meeting #17

ExCom meeting #17
Report on the seventeenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage

The 17th meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM) took place ahead of COP27, where countries then agreed to establish new financing arrangements and a fund for Loss and Damage.
At the ExCom meeting, among other things, the 5-year rolling work plan was adopted, reflections on the working methods of the ExCom were debated and the cooperation with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in the context of the Glasgow Dialogue was discussed. This report focuses on the latter.