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Hobbled by Bureaucracy, a German R&D Program Falls Short of Climate-Friendly Goals

Inside Climate News · By Evan Robinson-Johnson · last updated
The $440 million Kopernikus effort aimed to develop innovative energy systems. But the initial results have tamped down hopes of a payback.

By Evan Robinson-Johnson

Even as Germany leads European countries in bulk research investment, it is struggling to turn the money into solutions for a transformative climate goal: the largest national energy transition in history.

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State of Play

Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. 

Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.

The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21). 

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