In brief | 30 August '24
DW:
For the first time in post-war German history a far-right party could win a state election.
Euractiv:
EU member states have not helped European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her quest for a gender-balanced EU executive, with little time left to weigh the factors that would allow her new line-up to pass parliamentary scrutiny.
Reuters:
With less than three months until this year's COP29 UN climate negotiations, countries remain far from agreement on the summit's biggest task: to agree a new funding target to help developing countries cope with climate change.
Carbon Brief:
Global food prices have seen huge fluctuations in recent years, soaring to record highs in 2022 before dropping in 2023 and rising again slowly this year.
IEA:
Negative electricity prices are becoming increasingly common in some markets.
The Guardian:
Had fires been ranked alongside countries they would have been world鈥檚 fourth-largest emitter, study finds
Influence Map:
An analysis of industry advertising since the January 2024 US pause on LNG exports.