The climate news of the week: Does the energy transition really need new gas power plants?

There are phases in which wind turbines and solar systems hardly provide any electricity due to the weather - and then what? In the first tender to secure the electricity supply, the Federal Network Agency awarded eleven contracts, exclusively for gas power plants. Electricity storage systems were not considered, although there had been applications for them. Susanne Schwarz and Verena Kern talk about why and whether the energy transition needs new gas power plants in the klima update°.

Climate protection and nature conservation are closely linked. The World Nature Conservation Conference has now come to an end in Armenia. It should take stock of how the implementation of the historic Kunming-Montreal Agreement is progressing. A central goal: At least 30 percent of the world's land and water areas should be effectively protected by 2030. However, the efforts made so far are not enough.

The European move away from combustion engines is becoming increasingly clear: the European Parliament's Environment Committee has now voted to relax the CO2 rules for new cars. This means that new cars with combustion engines could also come onto the market after 2035.

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