In brief | 11 November '25

Reuters: COP30 highlights growing need of countries for resilience to storms, flood and fires

The topic of "adaptation" has grown more important as countries fail to rein in climate-warming emissions enough to prevent extreme warming linked to increasingly frequent weather disasters across the planet. [For more, read CLEW's 2023 Dossier on adaptation in Europe]

Bloomberg: Germany, Spain commit $100 million to climate adaptation programme

The Climate Investment Funds, a 13 billion US dollars multilateral vehicle that sits inside the World Bank, has raised 100 million US dollars in funding from Germany and Spain for a new programme designed to help poor countries withstand the fallout from climate change.

Reuters: Ten charts on global energy and emissions trends since Paris treaty

In the decade since the landmark COP21 Paris agreement, both a lot and a little has changed when it comes to the energy sector makeup and the trajectory of emissions.

E&E News: Germany seeks to avoid becoming next UN climate host by accident

Australia and Turkey both want to host COP31, and if neither back down, the talks will be held in Germany.

The Guardian: This is climate breakdown: Saúl’s story

Farmer from Andean highlands was lead plaintiff in landmark climate lawsuit against RWE, which found emitters could be accountable for the climate impacts under German law.