This policy brief identifies five priorities from Germany’s foreign trade objectives and shows how they can be supported through strategic and ambitious international climate policy.

This report assesses five of the largest agrifood companies, focusing on how their climate strategies align with key transitions needed to cut emissions.

The report guides foundations on aligning endowments with climate goals, urging a shift from portfolio decarbonisation to real-economy impact through tailored capital allocation, stewardship, and credible impact strategies.

Yogee Chandrasekaran designs visual content for a range of projects at NewClimate Institute. Prior to this, she worked as a freelance editorial illustrator for newspapers and magazines. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Communication from Universität der Künste Berlin and a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design, New York.

Regions are at the centre of the European just transition. This paper examines a selection of regional policies and draws their main success factors and challenges, to provide useful insights to other subnational policymakers in the integration of the just transition to their climate and energy policies.

Viet Nam’s energy transition is gaining momentum. This report explores how shifting to renewables under PDP8 and the JETP will shape the country’s power sector workforce through to 2050.

With the urgent need to cut emissions and ramp up its climate ambitions, the European Union introduced the world’s first carbon border adjustments: the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). CBAM, which introduces a carbon price on carbon-intensive imports to prevent “carbon leakage,” is widely regarded as a pioneering step in aligning trade policy with climate goals. However, concerns remain over its potential impact on international trade, particularly for exporters in regions heavily reliant on carbon-intensive industries. This report examines its potential impact on export-oriented...

With this position paper, NewClimate feeds into the public consultation on the SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard v2.0 draft and shares interpretations of current developments in climate standard-setting.

Dr. Janna Hoppe focuses on tracking countries’ progress towards net-zero emissions by assessing mitigation actions, climate policies, and key drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. Before joining NewClimate, Janna worked at the climate policy think tank Agora Energiewende, where she focused on decarbonisation efforts in the German buildings sector. Prior to that, she was a doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, where she examined the effectiveness of different mitigation policies and public support for the phase-out of carbon-intensive technologies in demand sectors. Janna holds a MSc in...