On Tuesday 7 April 2020, the French Senate's Economic Affairs Committee held a videoconference hearing with Elisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, on the impact of the covid-19 crisis on the Government's energy and climate policy. According to President Sophie Primas, "placing the energy transition at the heart of the recovery plan is the sine qua non condition to emerge from the economic crisis without deviating from our climate commitments, as they result from the Energy-Climate Law, adopted by the Senate in a spirit of consensus".

Find the full article, in French though, here.

"Are financial giants contradicting their own climate pledges?" asks Ben Piven for Aljazeera. And sums up a report saying that corporate-level financing by five big firms contributes to oil drilling in the Amazon.

As we know, renewables are already cheaper than new coal-fired power stations in all major markets. They are exposing almost a trillion dollars of new investments and denting Australia's coal export. Peter Hannam from The Sydney Morning Herald gives further information on the analysis publish by Carbon tracker.

The climate protection measures measures adopted so far are of little use, says economists and publicist Hans Baumann. A look back at the 1930s and 1940s could teach us what is needed. Read his article (in German, though) on Infosperber.