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  • 25 Mar 2020 |

    Too big to just stand by- Germany's financial sector faces climate challenge

    The challenge for government, banks and citizens to raise billions through green finance 25 Mar 2020, 16:00 The German finance sector is among the largest in the world and crucial to the strong industrial base that underpins聽the country's prosperity. ...
  • Germany's new govt promises to put Europe's biggest economy on 1.5掳C path

    SPD, Greens and FDP present "traffic light coalition" treaty with focus on climate neutrality 13 Dec 2021, 19:06 The three parties set to form the new German government have laid out their plans to get the country on a path to climate neutrality ...
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  • 23 Aug 2024

    In brief | 23 August '24

    23 Aug 2024, 10:50 Carolina Kyllmann Fortune: Greenpeace files supreme court case accusing Finland of climate inaction A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday (22 August) that they were suing the Finnish government for violating ...
  • 23 Sep 2022 |

    US likely to become Europe鈥檚 most important LNG supplier 鈥 report

    23 Sep 2022, 14:02 Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Clean ...
  • 15 Jan 2021 |

    Nord Stream 2 gets new construction permit as researchers question pipeline's necessity

    15 Jan 2021, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert DUH- Environmental Action ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

    Climate change effects could double insurance payouts and premiums by 2050, say German insurers

    25 Oct 2024, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Damage caused by natural hazards like flooding cost German insurers 5.6 billion euros in 2023, up from four billion euros the previous year, after the country ...
  • 14 Aug 2024 |

    Germany five years behind EV target as sales slump and carmakers postpone targets 鈥 researcher

    14 Aug 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Cars Die Welt / Handelsblatt A slump in new electric vehicle (EV) registrations in Germany could set the country's electromobility growth target back at least five years, according to industry expert Ferdinand ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    Four German food brands to introduce climate labelling

    13 Sep 2021, 13:52 Jessica Bateman Agriculture Tagesspiegel Four German food brands have announced plans for a common labelling system explaining how environmentally damaging each of their products are. According to an article in Der Tagesspiegel by ...
  • 19 Sep 2024 |

    Rapid rollout, doubling of investment needed for successful use of district heating 鈥 report

    19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating 麻豆无码版 To聽supply a sufficient number of homes聽with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology,聽 a report 聽by ...
  • 16 Aug 2024 |

    Major German companies reduce emissions by combined 4% along entire value chain in 2023

    16 Aug 2024, 12:34 Jack McGovan Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 The 40 large companies listed in the German DAX stock market index reduced their full value chain greenhouse gas emissions by a combined four percent in 2023, compared to the ...
  • 06 Feb 2023 |

    Low investment volumes leave 600-billion-euro gap for Germany鈥檚 energy transition 鈥 report

    06 Feb 2023, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 27 May 2024 |

    Germany set to miss 2030 energy efficiency targets 鈥 report

    27 May 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to miss its 2030 energy efficiency target if it relies only on its existing policy measures, a report commissioned by industry energy efficiency ...
  • 27 Mar 2018

    麻豆无码版 sector drives slight drop in German emissions in 2017

    27 Mar 2018, 00:00 Germany saw its greenhouse gas emissions dip slightly in 2017, as wind power continued to replace coal-fired electricity generation and hard coal power plants were shut down, new estimates released by the Federal Environment Agency show ...
  • 07 Apr 2025

    In brief | 7 April '25

    07 Apr 2025, 13:36 麻豆无码版 Team International 麻豆无码版 Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of Germany鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
  • 06 Jul 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 industry proposes capacity mechanism for Germany鈥檚 electricity market

    06 Jul 2023, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 industry association BDEW has聽 presented a proposal 聽for a new electricity market design in Germany, with a new capacity mechanism at the heart of the plan. 鈥淭he current ...
  • 25 Oct 2023 |

    German industrial associations welcome EU wind power action plan, NGO cautions nature protection must not fall behind

    25 Oct 2023, 12:51 Julian Wettengel Wind EU 麻豆无码版 German energy industry players have welcomed a European Union package of proposals to strengthen the bloc鈥檚 wind power industry. The main goal of the measures in the package should be to ...
  • 21 Feb 2019 |

    Germans remain strongly in favour of energy transition, but want fairer distribution of costs

    21 Feb 2019, 14:36 The vast majority (90%) of Germans are supportive of the country's energy transition. However, more and more are losing faith in the government鈥檚 ability to pursue this landmark project in a socially just way, a new survey finds. ...
  • 25 Jun 2018 |

    Germany lags on energy efficiency

    As the European Union sets itself more ambitious energy efficiency goals for 2030, Germany will miss its 2020 targets, writes Steven Hanke in Welt am Sonntag. 鈥淲e will not reach the efficiency targets we have set ourselves for 2020 in this way,鈥 said ...
  • Former German Left Party MP launches new party, takes aim at energy policies

    09 Jan 2024, 13:41 Edgar Meza Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt / Dlf Former German Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht on 8 January officially launched her much-anticipated political party, the " ...
  • 20 Apr 2022 |

    German e-car charging point subsidies so ineffective they need relaunch- energy industry

    20 Apr 2022, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Cars Utilities 麻豆无码版 The German government's subsidy programmes for the rollout of public e-car charging infrastructure are so ineffective that they should be rebuilt from scratch, the country's ...
  • 22 Jan 2020 |

    Former coal commission members say German government breached landmark exit compromise

    22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
  • Germany ready to unfreeze Amazon Fund donation after Lula win in Brazil 鈥 state sec

    02 Nov 2022, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 / Reuters [CORRECTION: Corrects wrong date for run-off election in Brazil. It took place on 30 October 2022.] Germany is willing to quickly unfreeze funds to help curb ...
  • 04 Apr 2019 |

    Germany sees largest emissions drop since 2009 recession

    04 Apr 2019, 15:12 Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 percent in 2018 as warm weather and higher prices dampened the use of climate-damaging fossil fuels. The government called the largest drop since the 2009 recession the 鈥渇irst notable ...
  • Dispatch from the European Union | July '24

    12 Jul 2024, 15:00 The European elections are over and, as was widely expected, centre-right conservatives finished on top, leaving everybody else in the European Parliament the duty to find common ground with the biggest group and form an alliance. ...
  • 100% green power by 2035 鈥 high hopes for Germany's next renewables reform

    01 Mar 2022, 14:31 Germany鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 麻豆无码版, the economy and climate ...
  • 19 Sep 2018 |

    Cabinet decides energy research programme

    Aligned with the goals of the energy transition, the federal government cabinet has decided Germany鈥檚 7 th energy research programme, the economy ministry said in a press release. 鈥淭he Energiewende is an ambitious modernisation project for our economy. ...
  • 11 Apr 2023 |

    German env min emphasises G7 responsibility ahead of minister meeting

    11 Apr 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 / Bloomberg The G7 countries cause a large part of the world's resource consumption and the associated damage to the climate and environment and thus have to 鈥渁ccept their ...
  • 14 May 2019 |

    Daimler aims for share of 50 percent e-cars in sales by 2030

    14 May 2019, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 麻豆无码版 The world鈥檚 oldest carmaker Daimler has said it aims to bring the share of e-cars in its sales to 50 percent by 2030 and to achieve a 鈥渃arbon-neutral passenger car fleet鈥 by 2039. Plug ...
  • 05 Jun 2023 |

    Last Generation activists say next round of protests will target 鈥渢he rich鈥

    05 Jun 2023, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society The climate protest group Last Generation (Letzte Generation) has announced that in the coming weeks its protest activities will target 鈥渢he rich鈥 and 鈥渟ymbols of modern wealth鈥 in order to ...
  • 10 Jun 2016

    Call for changes to Climate Action Plan / State dispute over power grid

    10 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕abriel hints at changes to environment minister鈥檚 climate action plan鈥 Based on statements by Germany鈥檚 economy minister Sigmar Gabriel,聽 Reuters reports聽 there could be ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    Germany delays gas plant decision, 2030 state coal phase-out uncertain

    12 Dec 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel / WDR The construction of new gas-fired power plants that are supposed to provide backup capacity for the German electricity system amid the transition to renewable power needs ...
  • Lack of skilled workers could delay climate-proofing Europe鈥檚 homes and cities

    16 Jan 2025, 12:00 Europe's ageing buildings are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of climate change, with homes increasingly threatened by floods or at risk of becoming unbearably hot to live in. The job of adapting the spaces where ...
  • 08 Jul 2024

    In brief | 8 July '24

    08 Jul 2024, 11:00 S枚ren Amelang Reuters: France faces coalition puzzle after left-wing surge Left-wing bloc comes first but no majority in parliament Macron's centrists second, far-right RN in third place Unexpected outcome leaves France in limbo ...
  • 06 Mar 2020 |

    Germany's largest landlord calls for state support to increase energy efficiency

    06 Mar 2020, 13:57 Freja Eriksen Heating Die Welt The housing group Vonovia, which acts as Germany's largest landlord, has called on the state to support energy efficient renovations in rented homes, writes Die Welt. Although the group's rental ...
  • 19 May 2025 |

    New German govt should use existing draft law for new gas power plants 鈥 energy industry

    19 May 2025, 17:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Policy 麻豆无码版 [UPDATE adds quotes by minister Reiche, Commissioner Ribera] The new German government should largely adopt the previous government's plans for building new gas power ...
  • 18 Jul 2023 |

    German govt鈥檚 2030 target of 15 million e-cars unlikely to be met as orders drop- industry

    18 Jul 2023, 13:55 Jack McGovan Cars Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The German government is aiming for 15 million electric cars on roads by 2030, but industry insiders say orders for EVs have dropped since the end of 2022, business daily Handelsblatt ...
  • 23 Feb 2024 |

    Following EU pressure, German fashion retailer Zalando abandons 'sustainable' labels

    23 Feb 2024, 13:40 Franca Quecke Company climate claims EU 麻豆无码版 Following a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities,聽Berlin-based fashion retailer聽Zalando has committed to removing "misleading ...
  • 27 Oct 2023 |

    Bavarian government coalition agreement barely includes anything new on climate

    27 Oct 2023, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Renewables Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 The coalition agreement of the renewed government alliance of conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters in southern German Bavaria presents nothing ...
  • Bavaria's government insists on takeover of state-owned Uniper's hydroelectric plants

    31 Jul 2024, 13:46 Edgar Meza Renewables Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der has reaffirmed his government鈥檚 intention to take over more than 80 power plants on the southern German state's rivers from energy company ...
  • Oil or gas boiler, bad insulation devalue residential property in Germany

    18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
  • 08 Jul 2024 |

    Europeans over 30 understand climate change causes better than youngsters 鈥 survey

    08 Jul 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Society 麻豆无码版 Europeans aged over 30 show a better grasp of the causes and consequences of climate change than younger generations- but awareness of solutions is lacking across age groups, found a聽 survey by ...
  • 01 Sep 2023 |

    Transport transition won't cost municipalities extra money if they do it right 鈥 report

    01 Sep 2023, 12:02 Milou Dirkx Mobility Transport 麻豆无码版 Municipalities will face no additional financial burden if they align necessary investments to maintain and expand rail networks and roads in Germany with the move to a sustainable ...
  • German state environment ministers call for 60% EU emission cut target

    16 Nov 2020, 14:15 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International Der Spiegel Germany's state environment ministers back the European Parliament's call for raising the bloc's 2030 emission target to a 60 percent ...
  • 22 Jun 2020 |

    Electricity watchdog challenges Germany's local e-car charging monopolies

    22 Jun 2020, 12:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Cars Der Spiegel Local electricity monopolies have so far prevented ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25: Reactions to Germany's snap election results

    24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
  • 24 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | April 2025

    24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an 鈥渆conomic nationalism鈥 policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
  • Denmark and Norway making strides towards net zero, Germany and UK lagging behind 鈥 report

    02 Oct 2024, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 麻豆无码版 Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making 鈥渟ignificant strides鈥, according to a report by the ...
  • 01 Nov 2022 |

    Chancellor Scholz criticises artwork targeting by climate activists

    01 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised the actions of climate activists targeting artworks and blocking traffic by gluing themselves to streets. 鈥淭here are other ways in which people can ...
  • Reactions from energy and climate community to Germany's 2025 coalition treaty

    11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Isolating Trump, 19 G20-members say Paris climate deal "irreversible"

    08 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nineteen members of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies underscored their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States isolated. The US also was the only country to opt-out of a first ...
  • 16 Dec 2022 |

    鈥淲aterbed effect鈥 threatens coal exit's climate impact as govt shuns deleting allowances- media

    16 Dec 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal EU Die Zeit The shut down of German coal plants in 2021 is set to have only a minor impact on European emissions reduction because the government might not report plant decommissionings to the European Commission, ...
  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    麻豆无码版 price hike erodes approval of phase-out in eastern German coal regions 鈥 survey

    07 Feb 2022, 13:51 Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Rising energy costs have led to a drop in approval ratings for Germany鈥檚 coal exit in eastern German mining regions, according to the Central Germany Monitor ...
  • The stakes for energy and climate policy are high in EU elections

    22 May 2019, 13:45 Voters across the EU will head to the polls between 23 and 26 May to elect a new European Parliament. It鈥檚 one of three major European institutions 鈥 along with the European Commission and Council 鈥 due for elections or leadership ...
  • 19 Dec 2023 |

    Preview 2024: Germany must act swiftly if electric car sales are off track 鈥 think tank

    19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
  • 25 Nov 2024 |

    One in three people in Germany dissatisfied with local public transport 鈥 survey

    25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 麻豆无码版 A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
  • 02 Jul 2024 |

    German railway faces major disruptions due to extreme weather in June

    02 Jul 2024, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Transport dpa / 麻豆无码版 Germany's railway service reliability took a severe hit in June 2024 due to the effects of extreme weather events, reported news agency dpa. Ageing and ...
  • 26 Sep 2023 |

    Heating costs in Germany increased by up to 81 percent in 2022 鈥 analysis

    26 Sep 2023, 12:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 Heating costs in Germany increased by up to 81 percent during the winter of 2022, an聽 analysis 聽conducted by non-profit consultancy co2online has found. At a time when the ...
  • 05 May 2023 |

    Germany tables solar power strategy as 2023 expansion could surpass goal

    05 May 2023, 14:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 In a bid to greatly improve ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    German companies increasingly adopting science-based climate targets 鈥 report

    14 Jun 2022, 13:09 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A new report by the German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy and sustainability consultancy Better Earth indicates that climate protection has a major impact on the strategic decisions ...
  • Fears of populist climate policy backlash loom over Germany鈥檚 two southern state elections

    04 Oct 2023, 10:11 Against the backdrop of a faltering economy and heated national debates about climate policies, two of Germany's key economic regions, Bavaria and Hesse, head to the polls in the first week of October. A change of government is not ...
  • 18 Mar 2025

    In brief | 18 March '25

    18 Mar 2025, 12:02 麻豆无码版 Team BETD: German government hosts 11th Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue聽 Event brings together representatives from over 130 countries to discuss the financing and roll-out of the global energy transition. S&P Global: Gascade ...
  • 08 Oct 2024 |

    Every tenth of a degree in global warming matters for international security- German foreign min

    08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 麻豆无码版 The climate crisis is 鈥渢he biggest security crisis of our time,鈥 said German foreign minister Annalena ...
  • Climate change most important security issue of our time鈥 鈥 German foreign minister

    19 Jul 2022, 13:30 Industrialised countries are taking pains to convince developing nations at the 13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue that they will live up to their emission reduction and climate finance commitments despite the fallout from the Russian war ...
  • 10 Dec 2024 |

    Germany's steel industry 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥, will receive subsidies 鈥 Scholz

    10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥 for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
  • 07 Apr 2021 |

    Choice of candidates to kick off German chancellor race

    07 Apr 2021, 08:47 Germany鈥檚 ruling conservatives and the Greens are about to kick off the 2021 national election race in earnest by naming their respective leading candidates to take over the helm of Europe鈥檚 biggest economy in autumn. While the country ...
  • Ahead of EU vote, French and Danish citizens see climate as most transformative crisis of last decade 鈥 survey

    17 Jan 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society Elections & Politics EU 麻豆无码版 For people in France, Denmark and Switzerland, climate change is the most important of five major crises which Europeans say have changed the way they look at the ...
  • NGO triggering diesel bans now eyes speed limit on German Autobahn

    19 Dec 2018, 14:19 Diesel driving bans in numerous German cities are a major blow to many car drivers, the country鈥檚 carmakers, and its leading politicians. Now, the NGO that set the ball rolling on the bans is eyeing legal steps to end the world-famous ...
  • 09 Jun 2022 |

    Climate friendly home modernisation to cost average German family 鈧49,000- analysis

    09 Jun 2022, 13:26 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 Undertaking a climate friendly refurbishment of an average one-family home, including the installation of a heat pump, solar panels and insulation measures, will cost about 49,000 ...
  • Siemens Gamesa to acquire assets from wind turbine maker Senvion

    22 Oct 2019, 14:13 Edgar Meza Renewables Wind Business & Jobs Reuters / 麻豆无码版 German-Spanish wind energy company Siemens Gamesa has agreed to buy major assets from insolvent German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion for 200 million euros, ...
  • 21 Mar 2023 |

    Two thirds of Europeans favour stricter rules to curb individual emissions- survey

    21 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society EU 麻豆无码版 Two-thirds of the people in Europe (66%) support stricter government measures to change people鈥檚 individual behaviour to tackle climate change, according to the second part of the European ...
  • 20 Jun 2024 |

    Two thirds of Germans want mobility transition, one third willing to give up car 鈥 survey

    20 Jun 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 Almost 70 percent of Germans say that the climate crisis means a "fundamental rethink is needed in the area of mobility," shows a survey by Germany鈥檚 leading technical ...
  • 12 Apr 2024 |

    Germany must support other EU countries in preparing for social impacts of new CO2 price 鈥 env agency

    12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU 麻豆无码版 The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
  • 05 Sep 2023 |

    Europe should ensure domestic production of critical transition technologies to lessen import dependence 鈥 report

    05 Sep 2023, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Europe and Germany should ensure that certain elements of the supply chain of industries critical for the move to climate neutrality happen on their home turf to make the ...
  • 28 Feb 2024 |

    Germany to adopt 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions

    28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
  • 23 May 2023 |

    Chancellor Scholz labels Last Generation climate activists鈥 protests as 鈥渃ompletely nutty鈥

    23 May 2023, 13:44 Carolina Kyllmann Politics Society Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz labelled the protest actions from climate activist group Last Generation, who glue themselves to artwork or roads, as 鈥渃ompletely nutty ...
  • 18 Aug 2021 |

    German subsidies double but only half have positive climate effect 鈥 report

    18 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government has nearly doubled subsidies within three years, but less than half of them have a positive effect on climate and the environment, ...
  • Reactions to Germany's coalition agreement

    08 Feb 2018, 00:00 After weeks of intensive negotiations, Germany's would-be government partners have agreed on a coalition draft treaty. The 麻豆无码版 presents first reactions to texts on transport, climate and energy. [UPDATE adds VDA, VDMA ...
  • Preview 2021: 鈥楪erman CO2 price can only be a start of energy taxes reform鈥

    10 Dec 2020, 11:02 With the EU presenting its Green Deal implementation packages next summer, Germany鈥檚 autumn election will be a climate election, says Christoph Bals, Policy Director at NGO Germanwatch. He has a long list of changes that the new ...
  • 08 Oct 2019 |

    Extinction Rebellion protesters block main roads in Berlin, urge climate action

    08 Oct 2019, 11:00 Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have begun two weeks of blockades and acts of civil disobedience by occupying two main traffic intersections in Berlin, demanding that Germany's government "tells the truth" ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Consumers avoid businesses linked to greenwashing claims 鈥 survey

    24 Jul 2023, 13:42 Jennifer Collins Company climate claims Handelsblatt The vast majority of consumers avoid companies linked to greenwashing, a survey seen by business daily Handelsblatt has found. Some 72 percent of respondents in the survey聽conducted ...
  • Germany 鈥渟tands by existing climate targets鈥 鈥 chancellery chief

    14 Mar 2017, 00:00 The Chief of the Federal Chancellery, Peter Altmaier, threw his weight behind Germany's self-imposed plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, after calling national climate targets the "wrong path" last week. Germany will ...
  • 11 Jul 2017 |

    Views on the G20 summit results on climate and energy

    11 Jul 2017, 00:00 The G20 group of the leading industrialised and emerging economies has agreed on a statement that shows the commitment of 19 of them to implement the Paris agreement on climate protection, including a first-ever plan for action on ...
  • Climate action requires economic growth to prove it doesn't undermine prosperity 鈥 Scholz

    11 Oct 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 麻豆无码版 Effective climate action in Germany and Europe will require sustained economic growth to demonstrate that a more sustainable way of living is possible without giving ...
  • 16 Jan 2023 |

    Coal protest in Germany deepens rift between Green Party and climate movement

    16 Jan 2023, 14:08 The Green Party's leadership has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the village of L眉tzerath to expand a neighbouring mine as part of a larger deal to exit coal in western Germany by ...
  • 04 Sep 2024 |

    Germany should push domestic green hydrogen production as import quantities 'uncertain'- researchers

    04 Sep 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany is betting big on green hydrogen imports but the country should strengthen its own production as well because it is "uncertain" where those imports will come from in relevant ...
  • 26 Jul 2024 |

    Germany's grid expansion picking up pace- operator

    26 Jul 2024, 13:37 Joey Grostern Grid 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel A key operator of Germany鈥檚 electricity grid, TenneT, has hit several important milestones in its goal to expand the grid and help the country meet its decarbonisation plans, according ...
  • 27 Apr 2021 |

    Germany could reach climate neutrality by 2045 鈥 report

    27 Apr 2021, 13:43 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
  • 02 Aug 2021 |

    Germany reaches one-million electric vehicles target with half a year delay

    02 Aug 2021, 12:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany has reached its target of one million registered battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, said the government in a press release. This means the country has reached ...
  • 01 Jun 2023 |

    Germany, Denmark, UK, EU launch 鈧100 mio funding contest for climate action in developing countries

    01 Jun 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Germany, Denmark, the UK and the EU will provide 100 million euros for climate change mitigation projects in developing countries, economy minister Robert Habeck said at the Global NDC ...
  • Reaching climate neutrality by 2045 鈥渦nrealistic鈥 for Germany without CCS 鈥 research academies

    15 Apr 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Germany cannot realistically reach climate neutrality by 2045 without using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, several research academies have said in a ...
  • 28 Nov 2024 |

    Vast majority of Germans continue to support renewables roll-out 鈥 survey

    28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 麻豆无码版 [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 05 Sep 2024

    In brief | 5 September '24

    05 Sep 2024, 11:01 麻豆无码版 Team Le Monde: France's Macron appoints Michel Barnier, former European commissioner, as prime minister The appointment of the EU's former Brexit negotiator, a member of the right-wing Les R茅publicains party, comes after ...
  • 02 Jan 2023 |

    Germany unfreezes 35 million euros for Amazon Fund

    02 Jan 2023, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang International 麻豆无码版 Following the inauguration of Brazil鈥檚 new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on 1 January, Germany has released 35 million euros for the country鈥檚 Amazon Fund, which is dedicated to ...
  • 23 Mar 2023 |

    German states have now fundamentally embraced wind power 鈥 minister

    23 Mar 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 states have understood the importance of renewable energy for the future of local industry as they gear up for a fast expansion of onshore wind power, economy and climate ...
  • 13 Sep 2024 |

    Dispatch from France | September '24

    13 Sep 2024, 15:00 The fate of France鈥檚 green transition remains on hold despite President Emmanuel Macron finally appointing a new prime minister in Michel Barnier. The decision to name a new prime minister had been a long time coming, following the ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Nuclear controversy flares up as Germany shuts down last reactors

    14 Apr 2023, 13:42 The decade-long debate about the the role of nuclear power in Germany flared up for a last time before the remaining three reactors are shut down on Saturday 15 April. Politicians from government coalition party FDP and the opposition ...
  • 24 Apr 2015

    In the media: Siemens boss swipes at Energiewende on US visit

    24 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Siemens boss jokes about the Energiewende At a conference of oil industry executives in Texas, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said that anyone making energy policy for a ...
  • 18 Oct 2021 |

    Industry appears more content with 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥檚鈥 climate proposals than activists

    18 Oct 2021, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / RND Industry representatives in Germany have largely welcomed the ideas proposed by the possible next government coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and ...
  • 29 Jan 2024 |

    U.S. freeze of new LNG projects on environmental grounds should be blueprint for Germany 鈥 activists

    29 Jan 2024, 13:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 麻豆无码版 The U.S. government鈥檚 decision to put a halt to licensing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |
    Gas

    German gas demand set to rapidly decline by 2030, new investments questionable 鈥 consultancy

    25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 麻豆无码版 Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, Germany鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    G7 say they won't compromise on climate goals as they tackle fallout of war against Ukraine

    28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
  • 18 Nov 2024 |

    Electrification of German railways falling behind

    18 Nov 2024, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany plans to electrify only around 66 kilometres of railway lines in 2025, falling well short of its targets to expand overhead electricity lines and replace diesel-powered ...
  • 04 Mar 2015

    In the media: Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 to take legal action over UK nuclear support

    04 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) 鈥淣o capacity payments to coal- and gas-fired power plants鈥 Additional payments to operators of coal- and gas-fired power plants are currently not ...
  • 12 Mar 2018 |

    Next government needs emergency programme for climate protection 鈥 The Greens

    Germany鈥檚 next government must introduce an 鈥淓mergency Programme for Climate Protection鈥 to reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2020, write several Green Party and Green parliamentary group members in a paper seen by the Clean ...
  • 17 Jul 2024 |

    NGO calls for more funds for railway as German government agrees draft state budget for 2025

    17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 麻豆无码版 The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    War will not push climate off German G7 summit agenda 鈥 political analyst

    14 Jun 2022, 08:55 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine will throw the agenda of the upcoming聽G7 summit off course, but it will not derail the climate focus host country Germany has set, political analyst Ella Kokotsis told 麻豆无码版. As a leading ...
  • 23 Jun 2022 |

    Conservative-Green coalition takes shape in Northern German state

    23 Jun 2022, 13:02 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Hamburger Abendblatt The recently elected conservative Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and Green Party alliance in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein has hammered out a coalition agreement with ...
  • Farmer protests continue in Germany after govt backtracks on cuts for climate-damaging subsidies

    05 Jan 2024, 11:43 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Cost & Prices Society Government 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel / Table.Media Following a noisy backlash from farmers, the German government coalition has decided to backtrack on planned cuts to climate ...
  • 06 Oct 2023 |

    Governments pledge USD 9.3 billion for climate action in developing countries

    06 Oct 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Finance 麻豆无码版 Twenty-five countries including Germany, France and Japan have pledged a total of 9.3 billion U.S. dollars to support climate action in developing countries from 2024 to 2027 ...
  • 23 Jan 2025 |

    German energy industry weighs benefits of new U.S. fossil fuel policy for blue hydrogen approach

    23 Jan 2025, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices Die Welt Representatives of the German energy industry say that the policy announcements by the new U.S. administration could benefit their country鈥檚 competitiveness if the next government ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Continued use of conventional technologies will significantly increase costs of energy transition- report

    16 Nov 2021, 13:50 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 revamped climate neutrality target, which the Bundestag brought forward to 2045 earlier this ...
  • Major German companies鈥 CO2 emissions jump back to 2019 levels after pandemic dip

    10 Aug 2022, 12:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Half of the major companies listed in Germany鈥檚 Dax 40 stock market index increased their聽CO2 emissions in 2021, as recovery effects from the pandemic allowed many ...
  • 18 Feb 2022 |

    Germany must push for EU CO2 price in transport and buildings 鈥 govt advisors

    18 Feb 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 The German government should intensify its efforts for introducing a new EU carbon emissions trading system for the transport and buildings sectors, a group of climate science ...
  • German 鈥渟olo attempt鈥 on CO鈧 pricing should be cancelled 鈥 opinion

    08 Jul 2019, 13:26 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Augsburger Allgemeine / FAZ / General Anzeiger Commentators are debating the effect of increasing existing taxes on petrol, diesel, heating oil and natural gas as proposed by federal ...
  • 30 Oct 2023 |

    One fifth of people in Germany know their personal carbon footprint 鈥 survey

    30 Oct 2023, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 About a fifth (22%) of people in Germany know their personal "carbon footprint", with younger people more likely to engage with the topic than older ones, shows an ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

    German budget plans set to push train ticket prices up 鈥 NGOs and trade unions

    11 Sep 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Transport 麻豆无码版 Rail passengers and freight customers are set to be hit by higher prices as a result of a German government railway funding proposal aimed at ensuring a federal budget in line with the ...
  • 10 May 2021 |

    Germany's largest union warns new CO2 target will speed up car industry job losses

    10 May 2021, 14:22 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport S枚ren Amelang Cars Industry Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Government聽 ...
  • 22 Jun 2021 |

    Environmental experts, industry reps call for more concrete policy in Climate Action Law

    22 Jun 2021, 13:45 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Leading experts and representatives from civil society, environmental NGOs and industry sharply criticized the planned amendment to the German federal Climate Action Law during a public ...
  • 03 Jun 2025 |

    Industry welcomes Germany鈥檚 planned 75% tax write-offs for new company EVs

    03 Jun 2025, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / ARD The energy industry has welcomed the new German government鈥檚 鈥渋nvestment booster鈥 to stimulate growth in Europe鈥檚 biggest economy, which includes tax incentives for ...
  • 22 Apr 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 conservatives double down on criticism of EU鈥檚 planned 2035 combustion engine phase-out

    22 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Bild / Die Welt Politicians from Germany鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance have reinforced their criticism of the planned end of new registrations of combustion engine cars in the EU by 2035. Bavaria鈥檚 state ...
  • 16 Sep 2021 |

    'We need climate policy that is as cost-efficient as possible'- FDP's Lukas K枚hler

    16 Sep 2021, 13:52 Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to argue the case for using emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate change if they become part of the next federal government. The party wants to extend the ...
  • 21 Jul 2023 |

    Looming collapse of sustainable building retrofitting threatens climate targets, social peace 鈥 associations

    21 Jul 2023, 12:23 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' ...
  • 23 Apr 2021 |

    Car supplier Bosch invests one billion euros in fuel cell development

    23 Apr 2021, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Transport Industry Handelsblatt / Financial Times In contrast to a growing number of truckmakers, car parts supplier Bosch bets heavily on hydrogen fuel cell trucks,聽 reports 聽Martin Buchenau in Handelsblatt. The company ...
  • 28 Aug 2024 |

    German govt co-funds conversion of natural gas cavern into hydrogen storage

    28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / 麻豆无码版 The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
  • German carmakers plan 鈧58 billion investment in e-mobility, self-driving cars

    04 Mar 2019, 13:33 Rachel Waldholz Cars Hydrogen Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / The Daily Telegraph / Die Welt / Deutsche Welle German carmakers are planning a major investment in electric vehicles over the next three years, the German ...
  • 18 Oct 2019 |

    Most Germans support expansion of renewable energy, favour solar PV

    18 Oct 2019, 14:06 Expert Renewable Energies Agency Agentur f眉r Erneuerbare Energien Citizens' energy Renewables Technology Sven Egenter Solar Society 麻豆无码版 An overwhelming majority of people in Germany continue to support the expansion ...
  • UBA head calls for comprehensive road charge to curb car emissions

    Maria Krautzberger, head of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), says Germany should introduce a road charge linked to mileage for all vehicles, to cut emissions from the transport sector. 鈥淭here has been no emissions reduction whatsoever from the ...
  • 13 Mar 2024 |

    Labour shortage could lead to "collapse" of German public transport by 2030- union

    13 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Public transport in Germany could be headed for a 鈥渃ollapse鈥 if the government does not take measures to abate the 鈥渕assive labour shortage鈥 in the sector, labour union ...
  • 14 Oct 2019 |

    German govt should back banning natural gas from EIB support list 鈥 researcher

    14 Oct 2019, 13:28 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Finance EurActiv / ...
  • 05 Feb 2024 |

    EU's 90% emissions reduction target by 2040 must be flanked by supporting measures 鈥 energy industry

    05 Feb 2024, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 The European Union could achieve an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 percent by 2040, compared to 1990, but the bloc must "consistently" implement the ...
  • 27 Jul 2023 |

    Court rules German drugstore chain must stop advertising certain products as 鈥climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥

    27 Jul 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 German drugstore chain DM is no longer allowed to advertise several of its own brand products as 鈥climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥 or 鈥榚nvironmentally 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥, a court ruled on 26 July. In a ...
  • Conservatives criticise environment minister鈥檚 CO鈧 price proposal

    08 Jul 2019, 13:32 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • 09 Jun 2023 |

    Cost of living fears set scene for tough climate debates a year before 2024 EU vote

    09 Jun 2023, 13:41 Europeans will head to the polls one year from now to elect a new EU legislature that will shape the bloc鈥檚 energy and climate policy in the years leading to the 2030 climate target deadline. With its Green Deal strategy to make Europe ...
  • 12 Mar 2024 |

    Germany launches first auction for pioneering industry decarbonisation subsidy scheme

    12 Mar 2024, 14:07 With a novel subsidy system that supports energy-intensive industries in Germany switch to more climate-friendly production processes, the country counts as a pioneer in Europe by linking climate action with increased competitiveness, ...
  • 30 May 2022 |

    EU carbon border tariff could push countries to step up climate action 鈥 foreign office

    30 May 2022, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU Der Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 The German foreign ministry鈥檚 special envoy for international climate action, former Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan, has said she supports the idea of higher import ...
  • 22 Feb 2024 |

    Dirty construction habits block path to truly climate-friendly buildings

    22 Feb 2024, 14:30 The climate impact of construction has mostly remained an afterthought in Europe's efforts to make its buildings climate-friendly, which has largely focused on heating emissions. Yet, as homes and offices become more energy ...
  • 26 Sep 2018 |

    Sustainability concept bolsters Germany鈥檚 football Euro 2024 bid

    26 Sep 2018, 13:14 The German Football Association (DFB) has included a sustainability concept in its bid to host the 2024 European Football Championship. UEFA is set to select the host country this week. The DFB says it wants the tournament to contribute ...
  • 29 May 2019 |

    NGOs criticise EU member states for receiving energy transition funds without plan to exit coal

    29 May 2019, 15:11 Julian Wettengel Coal International 麻豆无码版 [Update adds reaction by non-profit environmental law organisation ClientEarth.] Environmental NGOs Climate Action Network Europe (CAN) and Sandbag criticised some EU member states ...
  • 'Climate neutral' products are counterproductive greenwashing bluff- NGO

    08 Sep 2022, 13:00 Products labelled as 鈥climate neutral鈥 deceive consumers and undermine progress in reducing emissions, argues Environmental Action Germany, an NGO specialising in fighting environmental cases in court. 鈥淭hey are totally ...
  • 05 Aug 2022 |

    Berlin forest fire at ammunition storage site continues to rage in hot and dry climate

    05 Aug 2022, 14:16 Hannah Naylor Climate & CO2 Cities RBB / ZDF Emergency fire services are struggling to contain a forest fire in the state of Berlin, which started early on Thursday 4 August in the popular Grunewald district. The fire broke out at a ...
  • 17 Mar 2023 |

    Transition state of play 鈥 Germany is emerging from the energy crisis

    17 Mar 2023, 14:25 A year after the launch of Russia's attack on Ukraine, Germany appears to be emerging from the energy crisis relatively unscathed. Russia鈥檚 war has dealt a heavy blow to Europe鈥檚 biggest economy, because it was particularly ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Onshore wind power continues dynamic growth in Germany in early 2025

    17 Apr 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 onshore wind power capacity continued to grow apace in early 2025 after four gigawatts (GW) of new turbines were licensed in the first three months of the year, industry ...
  • 18 Aug 2023 |

    Companies lament German coalition row over tax relief for climate investments

    18 Aug 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Government Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung An internal government coalition row over a new 鈥済rowth opportunities act鈥 is causing a stir among business leaders in Germany, newspaper Handelsblatt ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

    Day 12 at COP26: "Must defend good proposals on the table" 鈥 German env min

    12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
  • 25 Nov 2024 |

    German law on new gas power plants hangs in balance ahead of snap election

    25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
  • 14 May 2025 |

    A quarter of Germans want solar systems on their balcony or garden 鈥 survey

    14 May 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 麻豆无码版 A quarter of people in Germany either already have or plan to install a mini solar module on their balcony or in their garden, found a survey by comparison portal Verivox. Around nine percent of ...
  • 30 Mar 2023 |

    Deal to raise renewables target 鈥渉uge success鈥 for EU 鈥 German econ min

    30 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed a deal among EU institutions to raise the target share of renewable energy in the bloc鈥檚 overall energy consumption. 鈥淭oday's ...
  • 22 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭here鈥檚 no way around a coal exit law鈥

    22 Jun 2017, 00:00 Germany's energy transition can only be successful if it is created by citizens themselves in a socially fair way, the Left Party writes in its election campaign programme. The Left is currently the largest opposition group in the ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    G7 climate club could strike 鈥済rand bargain鈥 on climate and health 鈥 advisor to German govt

    12 Jan 2022, 12:00 As some of the richest democracies in the world, the Group of Seven (G7) have the opportunity to strike a 鈥済rand bargain鈥 with developing nations on combatting climate change at the same time as health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
  • 01 Aug 2019 |

    German cabinet decides tax break package for electric company cars

    01 Aug 2019, 12:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
  • 18 Feb 2021 |

    Nord Stream 2 saves European industry several billion euros 鈥 German gas group

    18 Feb 2021, 14:24 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas International 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 gas industry has said additional natural gas import infrastructure such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is essential for keeping competition in Europe ...
  • 25 Sep 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 housing renovations pick up, but remain far off target

    25 Sep 2024, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating Society 麻豆无码版 The rate of energy-efficient housing renovations in Germany improved slightly in the last couple of years, but remains far below the levels needed to reach the country鈥檚 climate ...
  • 17 Feb 2020 |

    Looming solar power support cap impedes funding of new projects 鈥 industry

    17 Feb 2020, 14:11 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The unresolved question of future ...
  • 05 Jun 2024 |

    German govt鈥檚 climate-neutral aviation working group calls for ramp-up of sustainable aviation fuel

    05 Jun 2024, 13:58 Edgar Meza Transport 麻豆无码版 A working group made up of government officials and industry representatives focusing on climate-neutral aviation is calling for clear commitment by political leaders and industry to the market ...
  • German industry has large untapped potential for flexible electricity use 鈥 survey

    16 Jun 2025, 12:53 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Industry 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Germany's industry has significant potential to make its electricity demand more flexible, which would better suit renewable generation and could also ...
  • 02 Sep 2024 |

    Far-right extremists score big in eastern German state elections, government parties flounder

    02 Sep 2024, 13:19 The far-right party AfD scored its first ever state election win in eastern Thuringia and came a close second in neighbouring Saxony, while the parties of the federal coalition government in Berlin recorded heavy losses. One year ahead ...
  • 04 Aug 2021 |

    German energy use on the rise after pandemic dip, natural gas top source for first time

    04 Aug 2021, 13:06 Germany's energy use in the first half of this year exceeded 2020 levels, as the economy recovers from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, figures by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) show. However, total ...
  • 30 Apr 2024 |

    CLARIFICATION: German foreign ministry supports EU proposal to reduce emissions by 90 percent by 2040

    30 Apr 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 Please note: This article has been updated to clarify that support for the target so far has been voiced only by the foreign ministry, while the government cabinet has yet to agree ...
  • 22 Jun 2021 |

    Cabinet set to pass emergency climate programme allocating 8 bln euros

    22 Jun 2021, 13:48 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government aims to spend some 5.2 billion euros next year in climate protection investments as part of an emergency climate pact that is expected to be approved by ...
  • 30 Oct 2024 |

    German coal use continues downward trend in 2024

    30 Oct 2024, 11:41 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 coal consumption continued its downward trend in 2024, helping to reduce the country鈥檚 climate-damaging CO2 emissions, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based ...
  • 10 Jun 2020 |

    German govt approves long-delayed 10-year national energy and climate plan

    10 Jun 2020, 13:45 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    鈥淧ositive signals鈥 as last German wind power auction 2019 oversubscribed

    20 Dec 2019, 14:23 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • COP23- 'Our guests will be surprised how much Germany relies on coal'

    23 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year鈥檚 international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn while in Berlin ongoing coalition talks will shape the future of national climate actions. Annalena Baerbock, climate spokesperson of the Greens, which are ...
  • 18 Apr 2024 |

    Skills shortage threatens transformation to a sustainable industry 鈥 engineers' association

    18 Apr 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A shortfall of skilled labour is threatening Germany鈥檚 transition to a sustainable industry, engineers鈥 association group VDI director Adrian Willig has warned. The number of ...
  • 19 Dec 2019 |

    Merkel says govt supports raising EU鈥檚 2030 climate target but little on consequences for Germany

    19 Dec 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The German government supports European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 proposal to increase the bloc鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to between 50 and 55 percent, ...
  • 13 Dec 2018 |

    Germany invests in zero-emission shipping research

    13 Dec 2018, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Transport 麻豆无码版 The German government has set aside 45 million euros for research in zero-emission ship engines to 鈥渕ake a significant contribution to the energy ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    German conservatives pick leader set to shape handling of Merkel's climate legacy

    11 Jan 2021, 13:32 Three men compete to take the lead of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany's largest party, and to possibly follow in the footsteps of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who leaves office after 16 years in September amid a global ...
  • 11 May 2023 |

    Regional elections litmus test for German govt after months of climate policy discord

    11 May 2023, 11:58 A regional election in the northern German city-state of Bremen is set to shed light on how much the weeks of wrangling over key climate policy in the federal government coalition have left their mark on public approval. Issues like ...
  • 17 Jul 2024

    In brief | 17 July '24

    17 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel EU Council greenlights 鈧2.3 billion energy transition support for Germany The EU approved Germany鈥檚 amended recovery and resilience plan, which now includes an additional 鈧2.3 billion to contribute to accelerating ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Germany鈥檚 finance minister questions need of state support for batteries, hydrogen, semiconductors

    07 Dec 2023, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche German finance minister Christian Lindner has questioned the need for generous state support to attract investments in future industries, such as battery, hydrogen or ...
  • 21 Jul 2023 |

    EU Commission approves funding for largest industry decarbonisation project in Germany so far

    21 Jul 2023, 13:58 Jack McGovan Industry EU 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt Germany鈥檚 largest industry decarbonisation project to date has been approved for funding by the EU Commission,聽 according to 聽the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

    Rail to grow in Germany but cars, trucks set to remain dominant- govt 2040 forecast

    25 Oct 2024, 13:52 Jennifer Collins Mobility Policy 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Rail passenger and freight transport is set to see strong growth over the next 16 years in Germany, but trucks and cars are expected to remain the dominant ...
  • 13 Aug 2021 |

    Majority of Germans believe scientists鈥 climate change warnings are correct

    13 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent global warming, a survey among 1,000 consumers commissioned by heating technology company ...
  • 04 May 2023 |

    NGOs criticise government decision to speed up motorway upgrades

    04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
  • 30 Oct 2019 |

    Solar energy makes 'spectacular comeback' in Germany- report

    30 Oct 2019, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Solar Wind Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Solar energy has made a "spectacular comeback" in Germany- in sharp contrast to struggling wind power,聽 reports Anna Steiner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The ...
  • 14 Jun 2023 |

    Germany gears up for rising temperatures with federal heatwave plan

    14 Jun 2023, 13:06 Jessica Bateman Adaptation Society Tagesspiegel Germany is drafting its first-ever nationwide plan to prevent heat-related deaths as heatwaves have become more severe as a result of climate change, health minister Karl Lauterbach said. ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    Germany plans additional 鈧550 million for green hydrogen cooperation

    15 Nov 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The German government is setting up two new funds with a total of 550 million euros to support the development of the global hydrogen economy through cooperation, especially with emerging and ...
  • 21 Sep 2022 |

    German state Baden-W眉rttemberg approves ambitious new climate law

    21 Sep 2022, 13:22 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 SWR The state government of Baden-W眉rttemberg has passed a new version of its Climate Protection Act in an effort to further reduce greenhouse gases with ambitious new goals, but critics say the legislation ...
  • 20 Aug 2021 |

    City of Berlin agrees to cut 2030 emissions by 70 percent

    20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Cities 麻豆无码版 The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament聽 agreed 聽to reduce CO2聽emissions by at least 70 ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Lower-than-expected electricity demand in Germany could cut grid expansion costs- report

    20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce Germany鈥檚 bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
  • CO2 footprint to become 鈥榙ecisive competitive factor鈥 in travel 鈥 industry association

    07 Mar 2023, 12:28 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Transport Company climate claims Welt Climate action is set to play an increasingly important role in the travel industry, according to the German Travel Association (DRV). 鈥淚'm sure the CO鈧 footprint ...
  • 05 May 2023 |
    Gas

    German households, industry and power plants reduced gas use by a quarter in second half 2022

    05 May 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Fossil gas use by private households, industry and power stations in Germany fell 23 percent in the second half of 2022, compared to the same period in the previous year, according to a report by ...
  • 23 May 2024 |

    Climate bonus鈥 scheme could increase Germans鈥 acceptance of energy transition- survey

    23 May 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 Acceptance of the energy transition in Germany would greatly improve with the introduction of a compensation mechanism for citizens to counter cost increases caused by CO2 ...
  • 10 Apr 2024 |

    European populists exploit climate view divide between city and countryside 鈥 researcher

    10 Apr 2024, 12:10 Europe is set to face a climate backlash caused by the divide between urban and rural views, with populists increasingly capitalising on rural resistance against policies seen as elitist, argues Daphne Halikiopoulou, Chair of ...
  • 26 Aug 2024 |

    Public optimism towards Germany鈥檚 energy transition grows after energy crisis 鈥 survey

    26 Aug 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society dpa / ZfK Optimism that Germany can achieve its national energy transition targets is moderately growing in Germany, a survey by consultancy EY has found. The share of respondents saying that the ...
  • 08 Jan 2024 |

    German farmers kick off protest week against diesel subsidy cuts amid worries far-right is hijacking cause

    08 Jan 2024, 13:54 Workers from agricultural companies across Germany have launched a week of authorised protests in the country by blocking roads and motorways with their tractors. They are demonstrating against cuts to tax breaks for diesel fuel widely ...
  • 23 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017 鈥 Elections, G20 set to dominate Energiewende policy

    23 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germany is heading into a year filled with international top-events and elections that will determine the future course of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project. The uncertainties about the new US administration and the exact details of ...
  • 13 May 2024 |

    Expert council raises Germany's projected 2030 hydrogen demand

    13 May 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany will need more hydrogen than previously expected across all economic sectors by 2030, said the national hydrogen council in an updated assessment of future demand. The council gauged ...
  • 14 Feb 2022 |

    German transport ministry opposes raising ambition in EU fleet emission target proposal 鈥 media report

    14 Feb 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Spiegel Online The German transport ministry wants to prevent attempts to step up the climate ambitions of the EU's future car fleet emission targets,聽 reports 聽Der Spiegel. According to documents seen by the ...
  • 16 Nov 2023 |

    Capacity of electrolysis projects planned by 2030 in Germany rises to 8.7 GW 鈥 E.ON

    16 Nov 2023, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The expansion of green hydrogen production efforts Germany is slowing down, says a聽 report 聽commissioned by utility E.ON. 鈥淭he hydrogen generation capacity planned by 2030 has risen from 8.1 ...
  • 30 Mar 2023 |

    Three-quarters of Germans dissatisfied with energy transition progress 鈥 survey

    30 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 73 percent of participants in a German online survey said they are dissatisfied with the progress of the country's landmark energy transition. Most (77%) see too much ...
  • 15 Aug 2017 |

    Climate protection needs more researchers and inventors鈥

    According to many scientists, simply lowering emissions will not be enough to slow down global warming, and we need better technology or at least research into and discussions about ridding the atmosphere of CO鈧 already emitted, writes Andreas Mihm in ...
  • 03 Feb 2025

    In brief | 2 February '25

    03 Feb 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Germany opens way for gas beyond 2035 with subsidy extension Germany鈥檚 parliament has extended a support scheme for some gas plants by four years to 2030, in a law hurried through just before the general election on ...
  • 05 Nov 2014

    In the media: Climate action plan, industry concerns and power lines

    05 Nov 2014, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt Steel industry says its concerns over energy policy go unheard Various voices from the steel industry raise concerns about the Energiewende in an article in Die Welt. Industry representatives are ...
  • 02 Nov 2022 |

    Lower Saxony鈥檚 new govt plans to make state climate neutral by 2040

    02 Nov 2022, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Politics Tagesspiegel Background The northwestern German state of Lower Saxony plans to become climate neutral by 2040. Following a regional parliamentary election in October, the ruling Social ...
  • Debt limit ruling must not undermine Germany's climate action plans 鈥 economy minister

    22 Nov 2023, 12:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Spiegel / Tagesspiegel German economy minister Robert Habeck has insisted that planned climate action measures must continue to be financed despite a constitutional court ruling which ...
  • German companies鈥 climate action investments increase 18% in 2022

    15 Nov 2023, 11:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Finance 麻豆无码版 Climate protection investments by German companies rose by 18 percent in real terms in 2022 to 72 billion euros, said KfW, a government-owned development ...
  • 10 May 2022 |

    Climate takes over as most pressing issue for majority of Germany鈥檚 city leaders 鈥 survey

    10 May 2022, 13:30 Edgar Meza Cities Society 麻豆无码版 City leaders in Germany have for the first time named the climate as the most pressing issue they are currently facing, according to a survey by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). ...
  • 20 Jun 2023 |

    Last Generation climate activists target Germany's 鈥渟uper-rich鈥 island of Sylt

    20 Jun 2023, 12:18 Jessica Bateman Society Focus Online German climate activists from the Last Generation ('Letzte Generation') group are turning their attention to the 鈥渟uper-rich鈥 with a number of actions on the North Sea island of Sylt. ...
  • Chances 鈥渂etter than ever鈥 for CO鈧 pricing in Germany 鈥 government advisor

    06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Germany has a rare window of opportunity to introduce CO鈧 pricing as part of a comprehensive reform of the country鈥檚 energy taxes and levies and must urgently use it, according to economist and government advisor Andreas L枚schel. To ...
  • Germany bolsters climate foreign policy with new strategy

    06 Dec 2023, 13:31 To help the world get on a path that ensures the global temperature rise is limited to 1.5掳C, Germany has presented a new strategy to coordinate its climate foreign policy efforts across all ministries. The government unveiled the long ...
  • German researchers propose 鈥渘othing less than relaunch of climate 辫辞濒颈肠测鈥

    03 Dec 2018, 14:37 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Politics Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 German magazine Der Spiegel has run a cover story on the climate crisis and the proposal by German economic and ...
  • Quarter of German SMEs already compiling sustainability reports 鈥 survey

    11 Oct 2023, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 About one in four companies classified as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany has compiled its own sustainability report in recent years, technical ...
  • 22 Mar 2021 |

    German regulator paves way for converting natural gas infrastructure to hydrogen

    22 Mar 2021, 12:17 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 ...
  • German importers 鈥渋nsufficiently prepared鈥 for EU carbon border tax 鈥 consultancy

    18 Aug 2023, 14:06 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs International 麻豆无码版 Large swathes of German industry will be impacted by the incoming carbon border tax, but a survey among affected companies shows they are 鈥渋nsufficiently prepared鈥 for ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Renewables cover 57% of Germany's electricity consumption in first half 2024

    18 Jul 2024, 13:29 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable power sources covered around 57 percent of Germany's gross ...
  • 10 Jul 2023 |

    EU should triple size of high-speed railway network 鈥 Deutsche Bahn report

    10 Jul 2023, 13:46 James Jackson Transport 麻豆无码版 To meet the EU鈥檚 goal of shifting millions of passengers to rail in order to reduce transport emissions, the continent鈥檚 high-speed track network should be expanded from 11,000 kilometers today ...
  • Large Oktoberfest beer tents want to become 'climate neutral' by 2028

    23 Jun 2023, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society dpa / 麻豆无码版 The largest beer tents at Munich鈥檚 famous Oktoberfest are to become "climate-neutral" within five years at the latest,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa. The聽 ...
  • 25 Jul 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 onshore wind power expansion threatens to grind to a halt

    25 Jul 2019, 14:46 Onshore wind power is a key element of Germany's energy transition and a leading force of the country's renewables industry. But after years of rapid growth, the sector's expansion has almost come to a standstill in the ...
  • 22 May 2024 |

    One in five teenagers in Germany have never heard of climate change 鈥 survey

    22 May 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Society 麻豆无码版 About one in five teenagers in Germany say they have never heard of climate change or the climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and ...
  • 16 Apr 2024 |

    German suppliers using dubious CO2 offsets to sell 'climate-neutral' gas 鈥 media report

    16 Apr 2024, 12:01 Jennifer Collins Company climate claims CORRECTIV The carbon offset market is a billion-dollar business that promises buyers they can compensate their climate-damaging emissions in one place by funding a green scheme elsewhere. But an ...
  • Climate action law draft would enable 鈥渞eliable climate 辫辞濒颈肠测鈥 for first time- commentary

    22 Feb 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The environment ministry鈥檚 climate action law draft shows how words on climate protection can become deeds, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a commentary in the ...
  • 11 Dec 2023 |

    Climate to become cross-cutting priority during Italy鈥檚 G7 presidency 鈥 special envoy

    11 Dec 2023, 12:20 Italy aims to become an important player once again at the table of international climate negotiations, the country鈥檚 recently appointed special envoy for climate Francesco Corvaro said. The university professor and engineer said that ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

    Germany mulls compensation fee for environmental impact of renewable energy projects

    08 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Renewables Germany鈥檚 ministries for the economy, the environment and construction have released a draft for translating the EU鈥檚 renewable energy directive (RED) into German law to speed up the roll-out of ...
  • 07 Dec 2015 |

    COP21- Day 7/8: A German facilitator, a climate action plan 2050

    07 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 7/8 at the UN climate conference: Environment state secretary Flasbarth becomes facilitator / EU fights for new differentiation / Germany plans decarbonisation by 2050 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 10 Aug 2015

    In the media: Fossil fuel divestment and eco-labels for more efficient boilers

    10 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Spiegel / Spiegel Online State premier criticises coal compromise Torsten Albig (Social Democrat), state premier of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, has criticised the capacity reserve ...
  • 14 Feb 2022 |

    Climate change creates dangerous state of 鈥渃ollective helplessness鈥 in society 鈥 security report

    14 Feb 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Security 麻豆无码版 [Adds paragraph on related study about climate policy perception by science platform WPKS] The 鈥渋ncreasingly tangible鈥 threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the ...
  • 28 Sep 2023 |

    Limiting global warming to 1.5掳C has 鈥渇actually failed鈥 鈥 German scientists

    28 Sep 2023, 14:17 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 The Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees ...
  • 05 May 2025 |
    Gas

    NGOs call for clear stance against Russian gas supplies by next German government

    05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Several environmental and political NGOs have called on Germany鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
  • 15 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 10: Merkel disappoints hopes for clear words on coal

    15 Nov 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor calls on world to walk the talk, fails to deliver strong statement on German coal / Representatives from science, climate and environmental NGOs, and vulnerable small island states appealed to Merkel to meet the ...
  • 11 Dec 2024 |

    Record bids in German onshore wind tender will spur rollout from next year 鈥 regulator

    11 Dec 2024, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Onshore wind power auctions held in November in Germany have led to a new record in submitted bids, the country鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. Bidders submitted ...
  • 15 Aug 2024 |

    Majority of Germans in favour of wind power expansion, eastern rural areas exception 鈥 survey

    15 Aug 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 A majority of Germans continue to be in favour of further wind power expansion in the country, with 68.9 percent in western states and 54.4 percent in the East supporting the industry, showed a ...
  • 17 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- Bring ideological coal debate "back to civilised level"

    17 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 23 Apr 2025 |

    Germany needs concrete steps to overcome hydrogen's chicken-and-egg problem 鈥 engineering association

    23 Apr 2025, 13:39 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany should act quickly to kickstart the hydrogen economy with concrete steps as not enough has been done in practice so far, said the Association of German Engineers ...
  • 13 May 2020 |

    Survey reveals brighter outlook in German wind power industry

    13 May 2020, 13:32 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Business & Jobs Business confidence within the German wind power industry has reversed its downward trend for the first time in two years. While still in negative territory, market sentiment in both the ...
  • Denmark tops climate index, Germany down three places on slow renewables expansion

    14 Nov 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Denmark tops the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by NewClimate Institute, Climate Action Network and Germanwatch, which saw Germany fall ...
  • 21 Mar 2023 |

    EU should refrain from subsidy race with the U.S. 鈥 econ research institute

    21 Mar 2023, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry EU 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has urged the European Union to refrain from further debt-financed subsidies as a response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "The EU ...
  • German top court forces companies to explain 鈥climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥 claims in adverts

    28 Jun 2024, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Companies are no longer allowed to label their products 鈥climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥 in Germany without adding a detailed explanation to ...
  • 06 Nov 2023 |

    Earlier 2030 coal phase-out achievable for Germany if 鈥渇uture-proof gas plants鈥 are built 鈥 RWE CEO

    06 Nov 2023, 13:51 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Bloomberg The CEO of Germany鈥檚 largest power company RWE insists the country can still achieve an earlier ...
  • 17 May 2024

    Farmers鈥 interests in focus as populists enter Dutch government

    17 May 2024, 11:28 After months of negotiations, politicians in the Netherlands reached a deal to form a new government that will include populist parties: the nationalist Party for Freedom (PVV) and the agrarian-populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB). ...
  • 07 Jun 2024 |

    Environment minister says frequent floods are 鈥渘ew reality鈥 in Germany as farmers count losses

    07 Jun 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Agriculture Der Spiegel / ARD Severe floods like those affecting large parts of southern Germany in June are no longer a 鈥渙nce-in-a-century鈥 event, but rather 鈥渁 new reality鈥 that the country must come to ...
  • 01 Aug 2019 |

    Majority wants climate action to become part of German Basic Law 鈥 online survey

    01 Aug 2019, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Spiegel Online Climate action belongs in Germany鈥檚 Basic Law as a 鈥渂inding state task鈥, a majority (59%) of respondents in an online climate policy survey by Spiegel Online say. About 70 percent of ...
  • 16 Jan 2019 |

    Cities must decouple urban growth from emissions, says Berlin senator

    16 Jan 2019, 14:18 Berlin aims to slash carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2050. For a city growing at a rate of 50,000 inhabitants a year, that鈥檚 no mean feat. But Ramona Pop, Berlin鈥檚 Senator (minister) for Economy, ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    German energy company slows investments due to lack of green hydrogen demand

    11 Oct 2024, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen FAZ German energy company Uniper has postponed its target to invest eight billion euros in growth and the green transformation by 2030 also due to a lack of demand for green hydrogen, CEO Michael Lewis told ...
  • Merkel wins respect for G20 climate result at "B-"-summit

    08 Jul 2017, 00:00 The German presidency and chancellor Angela Merkel pulled off a 鈥渟olid鈥 diplomatic success on climate policy by closing the ranks of all G20 members except the United States at the summit in Hamburg, experts for climate diplomacy said. ...
  • Inaction on climate exacerbates energy dependence on Russia 鈥 IPCC author

    04 Apr 2022, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Die Zeit Slow climate action has increasingly risked missing the world鈥檚 climate targets and also keeps Europe and Germany dependent on energy imports from Russia, UN climate panel IPCC ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from the European Union

    24 May 2024, 15:00 The curtain is coming down on five years of EU energy and environment legislative drama. Since the 2019 鈥済reen wave鈥 that helped put the spotlight on sustainable policy, dozens of laws have passed through the complex process of EU ...
  • Call for open debate on CCU and CCS to save industry emissions

    27 Sep 2018, 13:57 Germany needs to have a rational and open public discussion about carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) as ways to avoid releasing climate-harmful emissions from industry into the environment. A position paper by the ...
  • 24 Oct 2017 |

    Civil society demands emergency programme climate protection 2020

    Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), WWF Germany and other environmental and development NGOs in the umbrella organisation DNR have presented a proposal for Germany to reach its 2020 goals. The emergency climate protection programme includes concrete ...
  • 14 Sep 2023 |

    Rains in Greece and Libya dwarf Germany鈥檚 2021 disaster, must spur actionclimate researcher

    14 Sep 2023, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation International BR The record rainfalls triggering deadly floods in Libya and Greece dwarf the precipitation that caused Germany鈥檚 2021 flood catastrophe, and are a grim reminder of the need to act on and ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

    Most Germans say state is incapable of tackling urgent tasks like climate change

    16 Aug 2023, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 麻豆无码版 Only about one in four people in Germany believe that the state is able to fulfil its tasks and implement effective policies to tackle the important topics of migration, education, ...
  • 20 Nov 2020 |

    G20 important for global climate action in 2021 鈥 German official

    20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
  • 17 Jan 2024 |

    German environment minister signals openness to using biofuels in agriculture

    17 Jan 2024, 13:25 Edgar Meza Bioenergy Policy ARD / Die Welt Germany's environment minister Steffi Lemke is moving away from her opposition to the use of biodiesel, at least in the agricultural sector, public broadcaster ARD reports. While there are ...
  • 23 Jan 2018 |

    Germany may have to buy way out of EU climate goal- ministry paper

    23 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany may have to resort to an unusual measure to comply with the EU's 2020 climate targets in sectors not covered by the union's emissions trading scheme (ETS). Achieving the non-ETS goal looks increasingly unfeasible, a ...
  • 11 Jun 2020 |

    Car comparison websites say new govt support pushes up e-car demand

    11 Jun 2020, 14:11 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Der Spiegel The doubling of government subsidies for electric cars agreed last week as part of Germany's economic stimulus programme has considerably boosted interest for such vehicles on ...
  • 02 Dec 2024 |

    Germany needs to focus support for EV rollout on low-income households 鈥 report

    02 Dec 2024, 12:44 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 / taz The switch to electric vehicles is not yet possible for all income groups equally in Germany, according to a report by clean mobility NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).聽聽 ...
  • 19 May 2022 |

    Majority of Germans favour higher top tax rate to finance climate protection- poll

    19 May 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 Some 66 percent of German households are in favour of raising the top tax rate to finance climate action, according to a survey conducted by the ifo Institute in cooperation with ...
  • 03 Aug 2022 |

    EU greenlights Germany鈥檚 3-billion euro district heating subsidy programme

    03 Aug 2022, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 The European ...
  • 05 Apr 2024 |

    Nearly third of German companies offer climate protection products and services

    05 Apr 2024, 11:50 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The number of companies in Germany which say they offer goods and services that contribute to climate protection has reached 30 percent, according to results of survey by the state-owned ...
  • 14 Apr 2025 |

    East German coal plant partially put in reserve in summer amid expected renewables surge

    14 Apr 2025, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables RBB East German energy company LEAG plans to put a major lignite plant in partial reserve from May to September due to the projected high output of renewable power installations in that period, public ...
  • 27 Jun 2024 |

    Germany's planned auctions for backup gas power plants delayed by one year 鈥 media report

    27 Jun 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Der Spiegel Germany's highly anticipated government strategy for constructing gas power plants as a backup for rapidly increasing renewable generation will be delayed by one year, news magazine Der ...
  • 28 Jun 2023 |

    Domestic green hydrogen from Germany 鈥渕ore competitive than expected鈥 鈥 renewables lobby

    28 Jun 2023, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A new analysis shows that domestic green hydrogen is 鈥渕ore competitive than expected鈥 compared to imports of the snythic gas made with renewable power sources, which are the focus of the ...
  • 麻豆无码版 companies propose new incentives for much-needed new gas power plants

    26 May 2023, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Gas Grid Utilities Handelsblatt German energy companies have called for the introduction of a new incentive mechanism to trigger the construction of new gas power plants, which the country plans to use ...
  • 28 Apr 2025 |

    Must better connect 鈥渆nergy island鈥 Iberian Peninsula with rest of Europe to reap benefits 鈥 Spain

    28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain鈥檚 secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
  • 29 Nov 2022 |

    No one-size-fits-all solution to decarbonise heating in Germany 鈥 report

    29 Nov 2022, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany will have to employ different technologies and solutions to get the heating sector to climate neutrality, as the country鈥檚 regions have vastly varying conditions to start with, ...
  • 31 Jul 2023 |

    Germany aims to halve number of excess deaths due to heat in 2023 with new protection plan

    31 Jul 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 German health minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) aims to halve the number of excess deaths due to heat this year compared to 2022 with a nationwide heat protection plan. Lauterbach, who ...
  • 09 Apr 2021 |

    Extreme weather results in 13 billion euros in damage to German forests

    09 Apr 2021, 12:17 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / FAZ Extreme weather events in Germany have hit the forestry sector hard, resulting in damages of 13 billion euros over the past three years, according to a new report by the German ...
  • 22 Oct 2018 |

    Must Germans give up sausage and schnitzel to cut agri-food emissions?

    22 Oct 2018, 16:34 Eating and producing less meat is one way to curb emissions from the agriculture sector, but giving up sausages and schnitzel is a tough sell in Germany 鈥 not just for consumers but also for farmers and the government. There are a lot ...
  • 28 Aug 2023 |

    German farmers blame climate change for 'enormously challenging' weather

    28 Aug 2023, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Germany is expecting a below-average grain harvest due to difficult weather conditions that are likely to worsen with climate change, according to a preliminary harvest ...
  • 06 Jul 2022 |

    Political uncertainty in U.S. bodes ill for German chancellor鈥檚 climate club initiative 鈥 opinion

    06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
  • 28 May 2024 |

    Insured damages from extreme weather events in Germany rise to 5.7 bln euros in 2023

    28 May 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Extreme weather events, such as storms, hail and heavy rainfall, caused insured losses to the tune of 5.7 billion euros in Germany in 2023, the German Insurance ...
  • 28 May 2019 |

    Germans want more climate action and faster Energiewende 鈥 study

    28 May 2019, 13:21 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
  • 08 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | November '24

    08 Nov 2024, 13:46 After an exhaustingly hot summer, the end of September and beginning of October ushered in extreme rainfall events and flooding in several Croatian cities along the coast and in the hinterland. At the start of November, higher ...
  • 28 Mar 2024 |

    German postal service discontinues domestic airmail service over costs, climate concerns

    28 Mar 2024, 13:42 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 German postal service Deutsche Post has ended its domestic air transport service after nearly 63 years in order to reduce costs and limit its climate footprint, the company said. This will ...
  • 17 May 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 economy ministry presents key points for coal region support

    17 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy The German economy and energy ministry (BMWi) has presented its main fields of action for the economic restructuring of coal mining regions amid Germany鈥檚 coal exit, which a government-appointed commission ...
  • 02 Mar 2023 |

    Federal govt, eastern German states clash over supply security effects of 2030 coal phase-out

    02 Mar 2023, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Die Zeit The possible earlier coal phase-out in eastern Germany continues to lead to clashes between the federal government and state governments in the east, with views differing on how a coal exit in ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Entrepreneur initiative from Germany joins Fridays for Future appeal for more climate action

    22 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A group of more than 1,000 companies from Germany has joined the appeal by student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) for greater climate action efforts. Under the label ...
  • 14 Dec 2021 |

    German gas mix emissions incompatible with climate targets- report

    14 Dec 2021, 12:12 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Gas 麻豆无码版 A new report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions conducted by the International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS) on behalf of renewable energy consultancy DWR ...
  • 27 Jul 2023 |

    Germany strengthens lightweight construction to save emissions and raw materials

    27 Jul 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The German government has agreed on a 鈥榣ightweight construction strategy鈥 set to reduce raw material consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The strategy puts forth measures to ...
  • "Mammoth" energy transition key to German climate efforts- minister

    18 Mar 2016, 00:00 Renewable energy sources already play a key role in keeping Germany's carbon emissions in check, the country's environment minster told an international conference on Friday in Berlin. However, completing the energy transition ...
  • 25 Apr 2018 |

    Cabinet decides reform programme 2018 report

    The federal government has published its National Reform Programme 2018, a report to be sent to the European Commission, in which Germany explains its policy reform plans. The section on energy and climate largely contains the provisions that Angela ...
  • 28 Jan 2019 |

    German politicians and energy experts praise coal exit deal, say real work starts now

    28 Jan 2019, 11:36 The agreement by Germany's coal exit commission to end the fossil power source's use by 2038 the latest is welcomed by the country's climate activists and energy industry representatives alike. They praise the final ...
  • 08 Jul 2024 |

    Over a third of houses in Germany鈥檚 largest cities supplied by district heating 鈥 report

    08 Jul 2024, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 District heating already supplies more than a third of houses in Germany鈥檚 three largest cities of Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, according to utility E.ON. In Munich and Hamburg, the share ...
  • 09 Jul 2024

    In brief | 9 July '24

    09 Jul 2024, 11:00 S枚ren Amelang Carbon Brief: What record global heat means for breaching the 1.5C warming limit Recent warming has led to renewed debate around whether the world might pass the 1.5C Paris Agreement limit sooner previously estimated. ...
  • 24 Apr 2017 |

    鈥淢illions of euros for climate protection remain untapped鈥

    In 2016, the German government spent only 1.6 billion euros of its 2.4-billion-euro 麻豆无码版 and Climate Fund on projects to save energy, according to an unreleased finance ministry report, seen by Berliner Morgenpost. 鈥淭he economy ministry simply let 800 ...
  • 30 Jun 2022 |

    Germany's plan to install half a million new heat pumps annually "ambitious but feasible"- industry

    30 Jun 2022, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany wants to rapidly increase the expansion of heat pumps and install 500,000 new units annually from 2024 onwards, said the economy and climate ministry, after agreeing a joint declaration ...
  • 05 Sep 2024 |

    German government agrees easier approval procedures to boost geothermal heating

    05 Sep 2024, 13:57 Jennifer Collins Technology Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 / n-tv Germany wants to accelerate the use of geothermal plants coupled with large heat pumps and heat storage facilities by easing approval procedures hindering their ...
  • 21 Feb 2023 |

    Delayed draft law to increase renewable energy use in German heating making 鈥榞ood progress鈥 鈥 media

    21 Feb 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Tagesspiegel Background / ARD A draft law that would require all newly installed heating systems in Germany to run on 65 percent renewable energy from 2024 is making 鈥済ood progress鈥 after many delays, energy ...
  • 17 Apr 2020 |

    German states and utilities say Energiewende central to economic recovery

    17 Apr 2020, 13:45 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Green stimulus Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

    骋谤别别苍蝉鈥 climate ministry proposal faces opposition by other parties鈥 candidates

    05 Aug 2021, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Rheinische Post / 麻豆无码版 Chancellor candidates Armin Laschet (conservative CDU/CSU) and Olaf Scholz (Social Democrats 鈥 SPD) have come out against the Green Party proposal to install ...
  • 21 Nov 2024 |

    Electric trucks clearly advantageous over hydrogen in road freight transport 鈥 report

    21 Nov 2024, 13:11 Ruby Russel Freight 麻豆无码版 Battery-electric trucks are the best option to reduce emissions from road freight transport, and market forces are working in their favour, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic ...
  • German meat consumption needs to be halved to reduce emissions 鈥 Environment Agency

    29 Mar 2021, 13:54 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Mobility Agriculture Hamburger Abendblatt Germany鈥檚 meat consumption needs to be reduced by half in order ...
  • 13 Jun 2023 |

    Eastern German coal phase-out threatens regional water supply 鈥 report

    13 Jun 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Coal 麻豆无码版 The planned coal phase-out in eastern Germany could threaten water supply in and around the country鈥檚 capital, as significantly less groundwater will be pumped into the river Spree ...
  • 25 Jul 2023 |

    German lignite projects receive support worth 鈧1.7 bln in 2022 鈥 report

    25 Jul 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Coal 麻豆无码版 Lignite projects in Germany received around 1.7 billion euros worth of support throughout 2022, according to an analysis by think tank Green Budget Germany (F脰S). Despite the country鈥檚 ambition ...
  • 12 Sep 2024

    In brief | 12 September '24

    12 Sep 2024, 10:53 Julian Wettengel IEEFA: European LNG import terminals are used less as demand drops European Union (EU) LNG import terminals are being utilised less as demand for the fuel continues to decline across the continent. ECA: EU recovery fund ...
  • Trump win triggers calls for focus on European autonomy and competitiveness

    06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
  • 麻豆无码版 ministry prepares new calculations for higher German electricity demand 鈥 minister

    14 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables WirtschaftsWoche German economic affairs and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said his ministry will submit new calculations for Germany鈥檚 expected energy demand in the coming years due to ...
  • 28 Aug 2015

    In the media: Report sees good outlook for energy transition

    28 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche Report paints favourable outlook for Energiewende After the business-owned Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) recently warned that the transition to renewable power ...
  • 05 Apr 2022 |

    Local utility installs one of Europe鈥檚 largest heat pumps in Rhine River

    05 Apr 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 麻豆无码版 A local utility in southern Germany city Mannheim is building one of Europe鈥檚 largest heat pumps in a trial project attempting to use energy from the Rhine River for heating. The ...
  • 13 Oct 2023 |

    World Bank reform crucial 鈥渦pdate鈥 for organisation鈥檚 role in climate action 鈥 German dev min

    13 Oct 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International 麻豆无码版 The agreement among shareholders of the World Bank on a reform that will facilitate investments in climate action and development assistance projects is a sign that significant ...
  • 13 Oct 2021 |

    German climate law needs reform to include early warnings of target miss 鈥 researchers

    13 Oct 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 07 Oct 2024 |

    Dispatch from Germany | October '24

    07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
  • 03 Jun 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 SPD demands clear stance on coal exit from conservative partner as coalition wavers

    03 Jun 2019, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Tagesspiegel The German Social Democrats (SPD) have demanded a clear stance on the country鈥檚 envisaged coal exit from their bigger partner in the governing coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 ...
  • 01 Jul 2021 |

    Electricity demand in Germany set to soar to 700 billion kWh by 2030 鈥 energy industry

    01 Jul 2021, 12:38 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Electricity Industry 麻豆无码版 As ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    Germans say incentives better than bans to promote climate-friendly behaviour 鈥 poll

    02 Aug 2019, 12:18 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 ARD A majority of Germans (72 %) say incentives are a better way of persuading the population to adopt more climate-conscious behaviour, while just 15 percent said bans were most effective, according to a ...
  • 01 Aug 2018 |

    One year after German "diesel summit," air quality challenge remains

    01 Aug 2018, 17:31 With a national 鈥渄iesel summit鈥 in early August 2017, the German government tried to curb the fallout of the country鈥檚 emissions fraud scandal and avoid being sued by the European Commission over excessive air pollution. One year on, ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    Persisting slump in German wind power expansion poses 鈥渄rastic鈥 threat to jobs, climate targets 鈥 VDMA study

    25 Oct 2019, 14:17 Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A ...
  • Next German govt will need to make unpopular decisions on emission cuts, say scientists

    20 Sep 2021, 13:21 Jessica Bateman 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy Elections & Politics Whoever forms the next federal government in Germany will need to make unpopular decisions if they are to meet the emissions cuts dictated by the country's ...
  • 24 Nov 2021 |

    German environment ministry launches project to decarbonise glass industry

    24 Nov 2021, 12:14 Jessica Bateman Industry The Federal Environment Ministry in Germany (BMU) is funding two projects researching alternatives to fossil fuel use in the glass industry. Glass manufacturer Schott, based in Mainz, will receive around 4.5 ...
  • 28 Apr 2023 |

    Renewables cover half of Germany鈥檚 electricity demand in first quarter of 2023

    28 Apr 2023, 13:21 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable ...
  • 08 Aug 2018 |

    Fund should be created to finance urban climate adaptation efforts 鈥 interview

    A 2-billion-euro fund should be created to assist German cities in the adaptation to climate change, Annalena Baerbock, chairwoman of the Green Party, says in an interview with the Neue Ruhr Zeitung. This money could be used not only to make agriculture ...
  • Just transition in Germany could help counter populism- state sec

    28 Nov 2018, 15:20 If Germany manages its coal exit in a socially fair way, this will not only prevent the success of populists in the country, says Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the German environment ministry. It could serve as a model for other ...
  • 23 Jan 2025 |

    France and Germany vow resolute EU industry policy in response to new U.S. administration

    23 Jan 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU 麻豆无码版 French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have vowed to uphold close Franco-German cooperation to ensure European sovereignty in key industrial areas as the new U ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    Special Dispatch: Europe reacts to German snap election results

    28 Feb 2025, 15:00 Last week鈥檚 parliamentary snap election changed Germany鈥檚 political landscape: The former tripartite 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥 of chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clearly voted out- and conservative CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz ...
  • 12 Oct 2023 |

    German government scales down expectations for economic growth, stresses need for climate investments

    12 Oct 2023, 11:38 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & ...
  • 13 Jan 2025 |

    Uncertainty abounds over German government鈥檚 backtracking on EU鈥檚 sustainability reporting rules

    13 Jan 2025, 10:15 A last-minute move by Germany鈥檚 government to call for a delay to key EU sustainable finance legislation has caused dismay among observers from the finance industry and beyond. At a time when economic and political uncertainty is ...
  • 17 May 2022 |

    Germany presents energy efficiency "work plan" to reduce fossil fuel demand

    17 May 2022, 12:51 Edgar Meza Efficiency 麻豆无码版 The economy and climate ministry has presented plans to make Germany save more energy and increase efficiency, particularly in view of the impact of the war in Ukraine on Russian fossil fuel ...
  • EU should subsidise CO2 removal, establish carbon central bank 鈥 researchers

    02 Apr 2024, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Carbon market 麻豆无码版 The European Union should set up a carbon central bank as part of a proper regulatory structure to effectively remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere to help reach ...
  • 15 Aug 2023 |

    Installation of solar panels on German residential buildings to be made easier in draft law

    15 Aug 2023, 14:19 Jack McGovan Solar Government Table.Media A new draft law that makes it easier to install solar panels on residential buildings and agricultural land is set to be adopted this Wednesday (16 August),聽 according to Table.Media. Government ...
  • 22 Nov 2016 |

    麻豆无码版 and climate policy to play minor role in conservative party鈥檚 campaign programme

    麻豆无码版 and climate policy is likely to play a minor role in the 2017 election campaign programme of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The party leadership on Monday decided on the ...
  • 27 Apr 2023 |

    Bavarian municipalities demand more funding, clear legislative framework to reach state鈥檚 2040 net zero target

    27 Apr 2023, 13:00 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Policy dpa Cities and municipalities in the state of Bavaria have demanded more money from the state government for climate protection measures, according to a dpa report in Die Zeit. The state government ...
  • 26 Jun 2019 |

    Spike in heat waves poised to drive up Germany's demand for cooling systems

    26 Jun 2019, 12:57 The second summer in a row with record temperatures has fuelled worries about the global climate crisis in Germany and sparked a sudden interest in room cooling systems, which remain a rarity in the central European country. Researchers ...
  • 02 Aug 2024 |

    Expert opinion casts doubt on German government鈥檚 2025 budget plans 鈥 report

    02 Aug 2024, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A draft agreement on a budget for 2025 by the German coalition government might have to be re-opened after advisors to the finance ministry (BMF) found that it might ...
  • 05 Feb 2018 |

    Carmakers鈥 contribution to 鈥渃lean air emergency programme鈥 secured

    The financial contribution German carmakers BMW, Daimler and VW will make to the 鈥渃lean air emergency programme鈥 has been secured, acting transport minister Christian Schmidt has said in a press release. 鈥淭he German manufacturers will pay the share of 250 ...
  • 29 May 2024 |

    Climate-friendly cement and steel production economical by 2045 鈥 German govt report

    29 May 2024, 14:07 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 麻豆无码版 The production of low emissions cement and steel is set to become cheaper than that of counterparts produced with fossil fuels before the middle of the century, according to a report by the ...
  • 04 Mar 2024 |

    Grid agency confirms plans for five new large-scale power transmission lines in Germany

    04 Mar 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has confirmed plans by electricity grid operators to build five additional large-scale power transmission lines across several regions to support the ...
  • 14 May 2024 |

    German municipalities urgently need climate risk assessments and protection plans 鈥 report

    14 May 2024, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 Germany's towns and cities are insufficiently prepared to deal with more frequent and more severe flooding, periods of high heat, and drought and water shortages, a report by ...
  • 14 Jul 2025 |

    Rhine river could warm drastically by 2100 hitting ecosystems, economy 鈥 report

    14 Jul 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Water temperatures in one of Europe's major rivers, the Rhine, could rise significantly by the end of the century, with severe consequences for ecosystems and the ...
  • 07 Oct 2020 |

    German utility EnBW pledges to become climate neutral by 2035

    07 Oct 2020, 13:39 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 麻豆无码版 German power company EnBW has committed to becoming climate-neutral within 15 years. "The ...
  • 07 Oct 2022 |

    Second east German state government leader rejects faster 2030 coal phase-out

    07 Oct 2022, 14:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables dpa / Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 The state premier of Brandenburg, Germany's second largest coal mining region, has rejected calls to bring the end of coal use forward to 2030, becoming the ...
  • 22 Mar 2024 |

    New nuclear reactor types will not solve waste and safety issues 鈥 German agency

    22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology鈥檚 fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by Germany鈥檚 Federal Office for ...
  • Government needs to rethink its energy and climate policy 鈥 joint commentary

    Radical changes in global energy supply require a 鈥渃hange of historical dimensions鈥 in Germany鈥檚 climate and energy policy, comparable to the social welfare policies of Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890, ...
  • 11 Nov 2014 |

    German minister warns against quick exit from coal power

    11 Nov 2014, 00:00 Germany still needs electricity from coal while shifting to a green economy, 麻豆无码版 Minister Sigmar Gabriel said, reassuring utilities that a quick phase-out of the fossil fuel was not his plan. Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for ...
  • Germany must increase flexibility, efficiency for 100% renewables power system 鈥 researchers

    20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
  • 20 Sep 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland | September '24

    20 Sep 2024, 15:02 The worst floods in at least a decade hit southern Poland and neigbouring regions in mid-September due to extreme rainfall, which scientists said was likely more intense due to climate change. The situation has received wide political ...
  • Germany, China call on US to remain in Paris Agreement

    Germany and China reiterated their calls on the US administration to commit to international climate protection efforts and stay in the Paris Agreement at a climate conference in Berlin. Germany is currently trying 鈥渙n all levels鈥 to persuade the US ...
  • 25 Jun 2024 |

    Slow German hydrogen infrastructure buildout risk to climate goals- advisors

    25 Jun 2024, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Four years after the launch of Germany鈥檚 national hydrogen strategy, the buildout of hydrogen infrastructure is behind schedule and could run into serious trouble that scares away ...
  • 12 Oct 2023 |

    Global temperature rise feared to impact beer production in Europe- researchers

    12 Oct 2023, 11:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Rising temperatures in Europe could have a negative impact on one of the world's most important regions for growing hops, a key ingredient in beer ...
  • 24 Oct 2017 |

    German rail company ratchets up climate ambition ahead of UN climate conference

    Germany鈥檚 biggest power consumer, Deutsche Bahn (DB), has set itself new climate protection targets ahead of the COP23 UN climate conference in Bonn next month, Henrik Mortsiefer reports聽for the Tagesspiegel. The company 鈥 including its global logistics ...
  • 08 Jan 2024 |

    Germany's shift to electric cars slows down in 2023 as subsidies axed

    08 Jan 2024, 14:22 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 / electrive / Auto Motor und Sport Germany's transition to battery-electric cars slowed in 2023,聽 data on new registrations 聽by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) show. ...
  • 23 Dec 2021 |

    Government coalition plans legal framework for climate adaptation

    23 Dec 2021, 12:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Society Tagesspiegel Background The new German government plans to develop a legal framework for climate adaptation measures that could be a first in Europe, Kristina Thomas reports in Tagesspiegel Background. The ...
  • 26 Jan 2023 |

    German drugstore Rossmann to remove 鈥climate neutral鈥 labelling from own-branded products

    26 Jan 2023, 12:56 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims Die Zeit German health and beauty products retailer Rossmann said it will remove 鈥climate neutral鈥 labels from its own-branded products following a joint investigation by newspapers the Guardian ...
  • 24 Sep 2024 |

    Public German EV charging rollout advances as demand remains low 鈥 energy industry

    24 Sep 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Cars 麻豆无码版 The rollout of public electric vehicle charging points in Germany continued to progress at pace in the first half of 2024, despite existing charging networks not being well utilised, said the ...
  • 14 Jun 2024 |

    Broad civil society alliance in Germany calls for 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥

    14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥 to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
  • 鈥淭he right path鈥- Germany welcomes first G7 renewables targets

    17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
  • 15 Jul 2025 |

    Renewables share slightly down in Germany in first half of 2025, but wind expansion gains steam

    15 Jul 2025, 14:30 Despite the ongoing expansion of Germany's wind and solar power capacity, renewables provided 54 percent of electricity consumption聽between January and the end of June 2025, a slight drop compared to the same period last year (57%) ...
  • 05 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

    German Baltic LNG terminal ready for entering operations, lacks demand 鈥 report

    05 Aug 2024, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Gas NDR Germany鈥檚 controversial new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen is ready to start commercial operations 鈥 but the project lacks demand, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. ...
  • 09 Oct 2024 |

    German finance minister proposes tax exemption for combustion engine 'e-fuel-only' cars

    09 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen FAZ / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner, a Free Democrat (FDP), has proposed several tax exemptions for combustion engine cars that run exclusively on renewables-based ...
  • 20 Dec 2024

    In brief | 20 December '24

    20 Dec 2024, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Ember: EU generated record 30% of electricity from wind and solar in first half of 2024, surpassing fossil fuels for first time Ember's 2024 review shows highlights of energy transition's development. The Guardian: & ...
  • 30 Nov 2015 |

    COP21- Day 1: Merkel says decarbonisation needed, but mum on coal

    30 Nov 2015, 00:00 Day 1 at the UN climate conference: Paris must deliver an ambitious, comprehensive, fair and binding agreement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the climate conference in Paris / Germany's Environment Minister called for ...
  • 05 Sep 2023 |

    Tunisia, Spain, Brazil could be among green hydrogen import hotspots for Germany 鈥 report

    05 Sep 2023, 12:11 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Algeria, Tunisia and Spain could be the best and most cost-effective countries from which Germany can import green hydrogen if pipelines are ready for transport, according to an analysis by ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Climate movement demands fossil fuel embargo, will strike on Friday

    23 Mar 2022, 12:35 Paul Gordon Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Climate activist group Fridays for Future (FfF) will stage its next global climate strike on Friday (25 March), calling not only for more action to prevent global warming but also ...
  • 28 Nov 2014

    In the media: Environment Minister says Germany on track for climate targets

    28 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RBB Info Interview with Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks With the Climate Action Programme, due to be passed by cabinet next week, Germany is on track to reach its greenhouse gas reduction ...
  • 26 Feb 2024 |

    City of Berlin鈥檚 climate plans in shambles as 5-billion-euro funding scheme deemed illegal

    26 Feb 2024, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / taz The City of Berlin鈥檚 plans for massive climate investments are on the brink of collapse after legal experts have deemed the current funding scheme as illegal, according to ...
  • 18 Oct 2019 |

    Engineering association rings alarm as next German wind power auction undersubscribed

    18 Oct 2019, 14:27 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und ...
  • 22 Dec 2022 |

    贬耻苍驳补谤测鈥檚 climate activists struggle to make their voices heard

    22 Dec 2022, 09:12 贬耻苍驳补谤测鈥檚 climate movement is struggling to build on the earlier success of the country's Fridays for Future student protests to make their voices heard. Nonetheless, many activists believe that spectacular acts of civil ...
  • 04 Feb 2022 |

    More cooperation on renewables and green hydrogen benefits Europe and Africa 鈥 EIB president

    04 Feb 2022, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Renewables Hydrogen EU Tagesspiegel Background Europe and Africa should intensify their cooperation on renewables like wind and solar as well as green hydrogen production, which would have benefits for both sides, ...
  • 13 Jun 2024 |

    Bavaria will force Uniper to sell its local hydropower plants if necessary 鈥 state premier

    13 Jun 2024, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Utilities n-tv Bavaria wants to take over numerous hydropower plants in the southern German state, if necessary by forcing a sale from operator Uniper, state premier Markus S枚der has said. He added the state would exercise ...
  • 27 Aug 2024 |

    EU鈥檚 planned battery carbon footprint index worries German manufacturers

    27 Aug 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage EU Die Welt Plans by the European Union to measure the carbon footprint of battery production based on the host country鈥檚 electricity mix are causing concerns among Germany鈥檚 automotive industry, which fears ...
  • 04 Oct 2024 |

    European Commission鈥檚 Chinese EV tariffs plan to proceed despite German opposition

    04 Oct 2024, 13:29 Joey Grostern Cars International 麻豆无码版 / Euronews The European Commission will proceed with its proposals to impose additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles following a key vote among member states on 4 October, said ...
  • 29 May 2024 |

    France and Germany sideline energy spat during state visit as far-right threat looms over EU elections

    29 May 2024, 15:19 One year later than originally planned, French president Emmanuel Macron paid a three-day state visit to Germany that allowed him to reinforce calls for closer European cooperation in the week before the EU elections. Both Macron and ...
  • 29 Jun 2023 |

    Gas industry welcomes Germany鈥檚 compromise on phasing out fossil fuel heating

    29 Jun 2023, 12:38 S枚ren Amelang Gas Heating Welt / 麻豆无码版 / Zeit / taz Germany鈥檚 gas industry has welcomed the coalition government鈥檚 compromise on the transition to climate-friendly heating, while some media commentators and environmental ...
  • Germany's old wind turbines will be given new lifelines at end of 20-year support

    14 Oct 2020, 14:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 Germany will try to retain most of its wind power capacity that will lose its guaranteed remuneration after dropping out of the 20-year feed-in tariff support scheme ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Delayed gas plant planning threatens agreed 2030 coal phase-out in western Germany 鈥 state premier

    07 Dec 2023, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Zeit Online The German government must quickly present a strategy for the building of new gas-fired power plants to avoid missing the 2030 end date for coal-fired power production in western state North ...
  • Climate pledges put companies in crosshairs of consumer litigation

    03 Nov 2022, 13:10 Boasting about 鈥climate neutral鈥 products or vague plans to become 鈥渘et zero鈥 is turning into a legal risk for companies, as activists drag firms into courts over deceiving consumers with questionable climate pledges. A raft of landmark ...
  • 24 Sep 2020 |

    Lack of incentives biggest hurdle for climate-neutral gases 鈥 German energy industry

    24 Sep 2020, 12:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The lack of ...
  • 27 Jun 2023 |

    Incoming govt coalition in city state Bremen bets on green hydrogen

    27 Jun 2023, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Cities 麻豆无码版 The prospective future government coalition of Germany鈥檚 smallest state, the City of Bremen, is betting on green hydrogen and its derivates to decarbonise local industries, such as ...
  • 03 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's coal exit on track, no forced closures needed

    03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
  • 09 Jan 2023 |

    Police to start vacating protesters from German village standing in way of coal mine

    09 Jan 2023, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Coal Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The climate activists occupying the western German village of L眉tzerath, which is slated for demolition to make way for a nearby lignite mine, are set to be evicted by 鈥渕assive鈥 police ...
  • 24 Oct 2024 |

    Bidirectional electric vehicle charging on the cards for 2025 in Germany 鈥 media

    24 Oct 2024, 13:45 Jennifer Collins Mobility Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to open the way for bidirectional charging of electric vehicles, which聽enables car owners to both withdraw power from the grid and to supply it back when the car is idle, ...
  • 04 Feb 2025 |

    Germany largely on track for offshore wind expansion targets 鈥 industry

    04 Feb 2025, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany is likely to reach its target of having a total offshore wind electricity capacity of 30 gigawatt (GW) in 2031, one year later than planned, said several industry groups in a joint press ...
  • 17 Jun 2021 |

    Chancellor candidates agree Germany must cut red tape to speed up renewables roll-out

    17 Jun 2021, 12:00 As the German election campaign kicks into its next gear, the chancellor candidates of the country鈥檚 major parties met face to face on Wednesday to discuss climate and energy issues at an event organised by energy industry association ...
  • 17 Jul 2024 |

    Germany set to miss 2030 offshore wind expansion target 鈥 industry

    17 Jul 2024, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany will likely miss its target for offshore wind power expansion by 2030, wind energy consultancy Deutsche WindGuard said in a status report commissioned by the main industry associations. ...
  • 29 Apr 2022 |

    RWE shareholders reject lignite spinoff request, but call for faster renewables shift

    29 Apr 2022, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt A vast majority of RWE shareholders have rejected a request to force management to start preparations for a spinoff of the company's brown coal activities, but major ...
  • 05 Oct 2020 |

    EU climate target of-55% would mean near-exit from coal in 2030 鈥 experts

    05 Oct 2020, 10:45 Stepping up the 2030 EU climate target to an emission reduction of at least 55 percent as proposed by the European Commission would very likely require the bloc to phase out coal almost entirely by that date, according to experts. The ...
  • 01 Oct 2020 |

    Solar, storage hybrid projects win majority of Germany's new 鈥渋nnovation auctions鈥

    01 Oct 2020, 13:25 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband ...
  • Environmental groups want guaranteed coal exit path before joining commission

    Several German environmental organisations say they want to have a range of assurances from the German government before they participate in the so-called coal commission meant to prepare the end of coal-fired power production in the country, the news ...
  • 26 Aug 2024 |

    Eastern German households face much higher relative energy costs than western ones 鈥 analysis

    26 Aug 2024, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 Households in East Germany on average pay nearly a quarter more for energy than those in the West if adjusted for purchasing power, an聽 analysis 聽by price comparison website ...
  • 23 May 2024 |

    Automotive industry calls on German government to expand hydrogen infrastructure

    23 May 2024, 14:41 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Jack McGovan Cars Hydrogen Handelsblatt The head of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard M眉ller, has called on the government to expand ...
  • 10 Feb 2022 |

    Definitions and supply chain troubles stall Germany's climate investment 'super write-offs'

    10 Feb 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Government Handelsblatt The new German government鈥檚 promise to grant companies so-called 鈥渟uper write-offs鈥 for investments in climate-friendly projects could be obstructed by a lack of clear definitions and ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    Chemical company BASF begins geothermal tests in bid to reduce gas consumption

    28 Feb 2025, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Heating Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Chemicals company BASF has started tests in the depths of the Upper Rhine Plain to explore the potential of using geothermal energy, business daily Handelsblatt ...
  • 29 Sep 2020 |

    鈥淕lyphosate is a means to making agriculture climate-neutral鈥 鈥 Bayer board member

    29 Sep 2020, 13:01 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Expert WBAE- Scientific Advisory Board ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Climate strikes announced in more than 500 German cities on eve of UN climate conference

    27 Nov 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 More than 500 German cities will see protests for more ambitious climate action on Friday, 29 November, the activist movement Fridays for Future Germany has announced. The ...
  • 05 May 2020 |

    German govt coalition members at odds over energy and climate ambitions 鈥 report

    05 May 2020, 13:35 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • 19 Apr 2023 |

    German cabinet adopts ban of new fossil fuel boilers, but consumers remain uncertain

    19 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy Society The majority (79%) of homeowners in Germany are in favour of replacing fossil heating systems with climate-friendly alternatives, but uncertainty reigns as to how this heating transition will be ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    German grid agency sees need for back-up coal power plants until March 2031

    22 Dec 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Die Welt Germany鈥檚 energy regulator BNetzA has said that several coal power plants should remain as a reserve until the end of March 2031 to ensure grid stability in times of need, reports Die Welt. The plants ...
  • Industry says Germany must no longer ignore raw material supply risks for transition

    11 Nov 2024, 13:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 German industry's dependence on ...
  • 10 Feb 2025 |

    First German solar PV tender in 2025 more than twice oversubscribed

    10 Feb 2025, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Solar 麻豆无码版 Bids for Germany鈥檚 latest solar photovoltaics (PV) support tender exceeded the auctioned total capacity by more than twice, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. Projects ...
  • Coalition treaty grasps challenges, lacks detail- Energiewende expert

    09 Feb 2018, 00:00 The provisions on climate, energy, and transport in the coalition treaty agreed by Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) recognise the big challenges of Germany鈥檚 energy transition project, but ...
  • 25 Jul 2024 |

    German railway records fewer passengers, lower freight transport numbers in H1 2024

    25 Jul 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany's railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) recorded a six percent drop in long-distance train passengers in the first half of 2024, compared to the first six months of the previous year. ...
  • 19 Jun 2024 |

    Abolishing priority for underground power lines in Germany could save billions 鈥 energy industry

    19 Jun 2024, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Allowing several key electricity transmission lines to be built above ground, as well as improved planning to connect offshore wind parks to the shore, could drastically reduce ...
  • 17 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淎 target evaporates鈥

    Aspiration and ambitious targets are needed to make the transition to a low-carbon economy, but the German federal government has done too little, according to emissions data by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an ...
  • 16 Aug 2019 |

    Young Germans consider climate most important issue 鈥 survey

    16 Aug 2019, 12:14 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
  • 07 Mar 2018

    Merkel puts long-time confidant in charge of energy transition

    07 Mar 2018, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen her close ally and former head of the Chancellery Peter Altmaier as the next economy and energy minister. This puts the political heavy-hitter in charge of shaping Germany鈥檚 Energiewende at a ...
  • 17 Oct 2023 |

    German govt agrees "green mobility update" in decarbonisation push for transport sector

    17 Oct 2023, 13:35 Edgar Meza Transport Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 governing coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP), has- after long negotiations- agreed on a far-reaching ...
  • 15 Mar 2024 |

    Leading German investment funds continue to neglect climate targets in portfolio- Greenpeace

    15 Mar 2024, 13:44 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Finance 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 largest investment funds continue to put billions of euros in fossil fuel companies whose business ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    Renewables on rise in Germany, but faster growth needed for 2030 target 鈥 report

    02 May 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy capacity has increased rapidly in Germany in the past year, but the expansion must be accelerated further for the country to meet its target of sourcing ...
  • German gov鈥檛 advisors call for CO2 price to revamp inefficient climate policy

    13 Jul 2019, 13:04 Germany should introduce a price on carbon emissions for sectors such as transport and buildings currently not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, the government鈥檚 top economic advisors have proposed. This would work as an ...
  • 20 Feb 2023 |

    German finance ministry eyes tax cuts for firms' efficiency and climate investments

    20 Feb 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Business Policy Handelsblatt The German finance ministry is preparing a law to support companies that invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation through tax rebates, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Tax ...
  • 20 Oct 2022 |

    Germany steps up installation of charging infrastructure to become "lead market for electromobility"

    20 Oct 2022, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany is to accelerate the expansion of its electromobility charging network to facilitate the switch to electric vehicles, transport minister Volker Wissing (FDP) announced after ...
  • 09 May 2023 |

    Germany must address structural weaknesses to reach ambitious climate targets 鈥 OECD

    09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport 麻豆无码版 The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country鈥檚 economy in order to achieve international ...
  • German citizens鈥 assembly calls for mandatory food label indicating climate impact

    15 Jan 2024, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society 麻豆无码版 A citizens鈥 assembly on improving nutrition in Germany has聽 called for 聽a mandatory government food label that includes information on the product鈥檚 climate impact, as well ...
  • 25 Oct 2023 |

    Germany must use more land for agriculture and renewables at same time 鈥 report

    25 Oct 2023, 12:53 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Renewables 麻豆无码版 Land used for agriculture has been declining in Germany over the past decades 鈥 a trend that is set to continue in the coming years 鈥 and the country must put more focus on the ...
  • 19 Jan 2024 |

    Share of electric leisure boats on German inland waters is picking up

    19 Jan 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Transport dpa Electromobility is slowly gaining ground on Germany's lakes and rivers as the proportion of electric boats used for recreation is now estimated at 2.5 percent of the total, compared to less than one ...
  • 骋谤别别苍蝉鈥 Baerbock refines proposal for carbon contracts for difference to support industry

    18 Jun 2021, 11:17 Julian Wettengel Industry Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The German Green Party鈥檚 chancellor candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has refined her party鈥檚 proposal to introduce so-called Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) to ...
  • 31 May 2023 |

    Four million fossil fuel heating systems in Germany reach legal runtime limit in 2024

    31 May 2023, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung About four million fossil heating systems in Germany will reach their legal runtime limit of 30 years in 2024, newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung聽 reported 聽based on a ...
  • Road-blocking German climate activists consider founding political party 鈥 media report

    22 Mar 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics Die Welt German climate activist group 鈥淟ast Generation,鈥 known for its controversial forms of protest, such as road blockages and attacks on artworks, is considering the establishment of a ...
  • 17 Jan 2023 |

    Businesses' sustainability investments in Germany rising despite economic uncertainty 鈥 survey

    17 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Business Finance 麻豆无码版 Around three quarters (76 %) of businesses in Germany increased investments in sustainability measures in 2022 despite high economic uncertainty, a survey by consulting firm Deloitte ...
  • 28 Apr 2022 |

    Skilled crafts and trades groups warn that labour shortages imperil energy transition

    28 Apr 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany's ambitious plans for making the economy more climate-friendly are in jeopardy because of skill shortages, a union and craft group alliance has warned. "The ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    German onshore wind growth achieves turnaround in 2020 but still off target

    28 Jan 2021, 13:25 Onshore wind power- the cornerstone of Germany's decarbonisation plans- 聽has suffered from chronically low additional installations in the past years. The industry seems to have achieved a turnaround in 2020, connecting almost 50 ...
  • 27 Aug 2024 |

    Uniper to trial large salt cavern hydrogen storage in northern Germany

    27 Aug 2024, 13:29 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Hydrogen NDR German state-run energy company Uniper is trialling the use of a former salt mine in northern Germany for large-scale hydrogen storage, public broadcaster NDR聽 ...
  • 27 May 2022 |

    Germany and US formally launch climate and energy partnership

    27 May 2022, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
  • Deep lithium deposits in Germany could cover country's demand for decades- report

    06 Mar 2025, 13:20 Jack McGovan Storage Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Deep bodies of water in northern Germany have been found to contain large amounts of lithium that could be used to help produce batteries for the energy transition, ...
  • 29 Jun 2022 |

    Germany will miss 2030 e-car target due to lack of charging points 鈥 consultancy

    29 Jun 2022, 13:00 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany will ...
  • Per capita refund of transport CO2 price fairest form of climate action 鈥 researchers

    16 Jun 2021, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 A CO2 price as a surcharge on the fuel price, with the entire revenue flowing into a uniform per capita refund, is by far the fairest form ...
  • 21 Sep 2023 |

    Chancellor Scholz calls 2023 potential turning point in fight against climate change

    21 Sep 2023, 13:40 Jack McGovan International Zeit Online / 麻豆无码版 German聽chancellor Olaf Scholz called 2023 a potential turning point in the fight against climate change, reports Zeit Online. "2023 could be a defining moment," he ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

    Germany spent only ten percent of funds earmarked for electric mobility charging in 2023

    08 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Deutsche Verkehrszeitung Germany has only spent about ten percent of the 1.8 billion euros earmarked for the expansion of electric mobility charging infrastructure in its Climate and ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

    German econ min calls for large-scale green hydrogen production in highly anticipated strategy- report

    30 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

    Court ruling forces govt to rethink climate policy to stay within CO2 budget 鈥 law professor

    30 Apr 2021, 14:41 Germany鈥檚 constitutional court verdict that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they endanger future generations' freedoms is the 鈥渕ost far-reaching ruling in the world to date鈥 on climate protection, ...
  • 16 Dec 2021 |

    Support for Germany鈥檚 lignite regions must be better focused in order to succeed 鈥 ifo Institute

    16 Dec 2021, 12:23 Edgar Meza Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Institute for Economic Research (ifo Institute) has warned that the planned economic transformation of lignite mining regions could fail if subsidies are not better targeted. The federal ...
  • 21 Oct 2020 |

    EU Council votes for climate measures in future farming subsidies, critics say effects will be minimal

    21 Oct 2020, 13:41 The EU鈥檚 27 agriculture ministers have found a compromise on how the 387 billion euros in farming subsidies should be spent in the years until 2027, agreeing to make certain environmental and climate standards mandatory and earmarking a ...
  • 05 Apr 2022 |

    'The world is on fire'- German reactions to IPCC report link conflicts and fossil fuels

    05 Apr 2022, 13:43 The new chapter of the 6th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focuses on mitigating climate change effects. Commentators from Germany regard the report as 鈥渁 clear call to society and policymakers for ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Increase in living space stumbling block for climate-friendly housing sector

    21 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 The living space per capita in Germany has grown significantly in recent years which has ...
  • Hot summer turns up the heat on Germany鈥檚 coal commission

    09 Aug 2018, 14:07 Record-breaking temperatures and a prolonged drought have increased public pressure on Germany鈥檚 coal-exit commission to make climate change mitigation its top priority. Countless media reports are invoking the extreme weather as a ...
  • 02 Dec 2022 |

    German hydrogen strategy revision aims to solidify target to double electrolysis capacity by 2030- media

    02 Dec 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German economy ministry (BMWK) aims to solidify targets to double the country鈥檚 electrolysis capacity- which is needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen- by 2030 by revising ...
  • 18 Mar 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 military gears up for new geopolitical tensions with climate strategy

    18 Mar 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media / The Guardian Germany鈥檚 defence ministry expects climate change to have a profound impact on security issues and has presented a plan to prepare its military for the new ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    German agriculture minister proposes climate action payments to forest owners

    02 Jun 2021, 12:09 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 German agriculture minister Julia Kl枚ckner has presented a model for financially rewarding ...
  • 21 Sep 2021 |

    Closing of wind turbine plant in eastern Germany raises questions about coal region鈥檚 future

    21 Sep 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / rbb Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced the closure of a blade factory in eastern German state Brandenburg. The company is axeing over 450 jobs in the town ...
  • VW group raises target for 2030 emission cuts in production to 50 from 30 percent

    22 Apr 2022, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 The Volkswagen Group aims to cut CO2聽emissions from car production much faster than previously planned. The world's second largest carmaker raised its targets for 2030 ...
  • 09 Apr 2019 |

    German finance minister lays out vision for climate policies including changes to taxes, levies

    09 Apr 2019, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ahead of tomorrow鈥檚 first meeting of the so-called climate cabinet, German finance minister Olaf Scholz has launched his vision for Germany鈥檚 energy transition. In his ...
  • 28 Jan 2022 |

    Conservatives announce legal measures against German govt鈥檚 climate action budget

    28 Jan 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel The new German government鈥檚 supplementary budget that includes the rededication of about 60 billion euros of credit authorisations from the country鈥檚 ...
  • 26 Feb 2025

    In brief | 26 February '25

    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
  • 23 Oct 2024

    In brief | 23 Oct '24

    23 Oct 2024, 11:47 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Germany bets on India to reduce reliance on China From cars to logistics, German companies are largely optimistic about India's growth potential, tapping into a wealth of skilled young workers, a cheaper cost ...
  • 16 Aug 2024 |

    Large drop in sales of combustion engine cars in China affecting German car industry

    16 Aug 2024, 13:05 Jack McGovan Cars Handelsblatt Falling sales of combustion engine cars in China, the world鈥檚 largest market for passenger cars, is having a negative impact on the German car industry, reports Handelsblatt. Data by automotive market ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German service union under fire for joining climate activists鈥 strike

    03 Mar 2023, 13:16 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Expert Verdi ver.di Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Society taz / DLF / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German service sector labour union Verdi has come ...
  • 27 Nov 2024

    In brief | 27 November '24

    27 Nov 2024, 11:03 麻豆无码版 Team Euronews: Parliament gives final approval for new European Commission A majority of Members of the European Parliament gave the final approval to the new European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen, allowing the executive to ...
  • 20 Nov 2019 |

    German govt refuses to name CO鈧 budget, says depends on int'l agreements

    20 Nov 2019, 13:34 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 tageszeitung (taz) [UPDATE adds Left Party quote] The German government has declined to specify the amount of greenhouse ...
  • 14 Apr 2021 |

    City of Berlin plans to raise climate targets

    14 Apr 2021, 15:06 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cities dpa / Tagesspiegel The city of Berlin's government has approved a draft law that would significantly step up the German capital's climate protection ambitions, according to a dpa report ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 crisis price cap for gas and electricity led to desired effect, German govt says

    17 Aug 2023, 13:30 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Expert VKU- German Association of Local ...
  • 15 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | November '24

    15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country鈥檚 fourth floods within a year, triggered by intense rainfall on 19 and 20 October. Parts of Sicily, in the south, were also severely impacted. The floods came as Italy鈥檚 ...
  • 21 Jun 2024 |

    Would a far-right election victory in France knock down EU鈥檚 green hopes?

    21 Jun 2024, 14:14 On the night of the European elections, French president Emmanuel Macron did not wait until the official results were called to announce the dissolution of the country鈥檚 parliament and, consequently, to call new elections already by the ...
  • 15 Feb 2024 |

    Germany deletes EU CO2 allowances freed up by coal exit

    15 Feb 2024, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Coal EU Table.Media CO2 allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) no longer used by coal power plants which were shut down as part of Germany's coal exit will be deleted to make sure they are not ...
  • 04 May 2021 |

    Germany to spend additional 5 bln euros on decarbonising steel industry

    04 May 2021, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 14 Feb 2020 |

    German coal exit too late, climate targets require completion by 2030 鈥 report

    14 Feb 2020, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany must exit coal much quicker than planned to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). "A coal ...
  • 26 Oct 2021 |

    International experts see Germany as energy transition role model but doubt it will reach own targets

    26 Oct 2021, 13:23 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A new survey published by the World 麻豆无码版 Council Germany has found that a majority of international energy experts regard the country's energy transition, the Energiewende, as a ...
  • 23 Sep 2022 |

    2030 coal exit unachievable, German state premier says ahead of vote dominated by energy crisis

    23 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics WirtschaftsWoche The energy crisis forces Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, Stephan Weil, state premier of ...
  • 03 Feb 2020 |

    German econ min鈥檚 draft strategy criticised for including 鈥榖lue hydrogen鈥

    03 Feb 2020, 13:44 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Gas ...
  • 03 Dec 2021 |

    New govt鈥檚 renewables expansion plans could double Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 鈥 report

    03 Dec 2021, 13:18 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 / dpa Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 could more than double as a ...
  • 03 Dec 2018 |

    Germany tops up clean air programme with one billion euros to prevent diesel bans

    03 Dec 2018, 14:43 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Cities Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government has vowed to provide an additional one billion euros to the country鈥檚 clean air programme in a bid to prevent diesel ...
  • Rise of radical actions risks dividing German climate movement 鈥 protest researcher

    15 Mar 2022, 10:46 More drastic forms of climate protest such as recent hunger strikes and motorway blockades risk widening the divisions within the German youth climate movement, says social movements researcher Dieter Rucht from the Berlin Social ...
  • 09 Apr 2018 |

    Germany's clean air programmes for cities will become "export hits" - transport min

    Speaking to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung鈥檚 Kerstin Schwenn, German transport minister Andreas Scheuer said Germany would see a transport turnaround as his ministry seeks to implement its 鈥渆mergency programme for clean air,鈥 which includes 1 billion ...
  • 17 Jun 2025 |

    Half of Germany's districts under groundwater stress 鈥 report

    17 Jun 2025, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Groundwater levels in half of Germany's districts are acutely endangered by excessive extraction and climate change, a report by the Institute for Social-Ecological ...
  • 26 Jul 2023 |

    Germany aims to accelerate hydrogen market ramp-up with strategy update

    26 Jul 2023, 13:36 The German government coalition has presented a long-expected update to its National Hydrogen Strategy with the aim of speeding up the development of a market for the fuel, which it sees as essential on the path to climate neutrality by ...
  • Germany to use tenders to build 25 gigawatts of new gas power plants by 2030 鈥 econ min

    09 Mar 2023, 11:53 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Germany will use auctions to ensure new gas power plants are built, which the government sees as necessary to secure supply at times when renewable energy does not deliver ...
  • 02 Dec 2014

    In the media: E.ON and the age of dinosaurs, climate action ready for government approval

    02 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he end of dinosaurs鈥 In the end, the large dinosaurs who had ruled the world disappeared 鈥 Germany鈥檚 big energy companies face a similar fate, writes Markus Balser in the ...
  • Colour codes: How energy & climate policy differs in German coalitions

    04 Sep 2017, 00:00 The next German government is almost certain to be a coalition of two or more parties. That means the country鈥檚 energy and climate policy will be a compromise between different party priorities. 麻豆无码版 and climate issues on a national ...
  • 25 May 2020 |

    "Dieselgate"- a timeline of the car emissions fraud scandal in Germany

    25 May 2020, 12:00 "Dieselgate" started out as a scandal exclusively affecting Germany's largest car company Volkswagen. But since it broke in September 2015, it has morphed into a global issue involving many industry giants. In Germany, ...
  • 19 Feb 2025 |

    Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions and energy transition targets

    19 Feb 2025, 13:10 This factsheet provides an overview of Germany's greenhouse gas emissions and the government's energy transition targets. [UPDATES to include price for emissions allocations Germany had to buy from EU neighbours] Climate & ...
  • 09 Mar 2016 |

    Energiewende in transportation: Vague goals, modest strides

    09 Mar 2016, 00:00 (UPDATE with new data on e-car registrations in paragraph 3)- The European Union wants to reduce CO2 emissions in the transportation sector of its 28 member states by 60 percent by 2050. Germany has no stated goal for its own ...
  • 20 Apr 2017 |

    Key publications on Germany鈥檚 Energiewende

    20 Apr 2017, 00:00 Reporting on Germany鈥檚 generational Energiewende can be challenging for even the most seasoned journalist. Government institutions, NGOs and researchers publish a myriad of studies, reports, data collections and analyses every year. ...
  • Global surveys show people鈥檚 growing concern about climate change

    20 Jun 2024, 11:00 Polls show that climate change has become a key concern for a majority of people across the globe. However, views about personal impacts or on how to tackle the global challenge differ widely. Some call for more ambition, others ...
  • 20 Mar 2020 |

    High-profile advisory group lays out proposals for Germany's sustainable finance push

    20 Mar 2020, 17:00 Germany's government has aimed to make the country the leading location for a sustainable financial system. In a bid to establish a coherent strategy for aligning public and private investments made in the country with ...
  • 28 Aug 2018 |

    From ideas to laws 鈥 how Energiewende policy is shaped

    28 Aug 2018, 17:11 Ministerial bureaucracy, objection bills, informal agreements with interest groups, green and white papers 鈥 energy transition policy shaping in Germany鈥檚 parliamentary system is a complex process. This factsheet provides a brief ...
  • 21 Mar 2019 |

    The task force in charge of steering Germany to clean mobility

    21 Mar 2019, 11:52 Germany struggles to lower emissions in the transport sector and has launched an advisory panel to clean up the sector according to national climate targets. Its findings, to be published by spring, are meant to feed into the government ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Carbon farming explained: the pros, the cons and the EU's plans

    23 Mar 2022, 10:27 Climate neutrality forces all parts of the economy to cut emissions to near-zero, and to capture remaining greenhouse gases in natural sinks, or using technical removal. Reducing the carbon footprint of industry, electricity generation, ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    How energy systems and policies of Germany and France compare

    03 Jul 2023, 14:45 Germany and France are the most populous countries in the EU and also the bloc's largest energy consumers. The neighbours therefore wield enormous influence over EU energy policy and are pivotal to implementing a sustainable ...
  • German commission proposes coal exit by 2038

    17 May 2019, 09:20 The final report of Germany's coal exit commission sets out a pathway for the country to phase out the fossil power source and make progress on its slow emissions reductions. Delegations from industry, environmental NGOs, civil ...
  • 19 Jun 2023 |

    Q&A 鈥 Germany faces heated debates over climate policy in 2024 EU election

    19 Jun 2023, 12:45 Voters in Germany, alongside other EU citizens, will head to the polls one year from now to elect a new European Parliament and lay the groundwork for the next European Union executive to shape energy and climate policy for five years. ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    Vote21: climate & energy in German parties' election programmes

    26 Jul 2021, 17:11 Climate and energy are two of the key issues that dominate Germany's 2021 general election. 麻豆无码版 provides a compact overview of major parties' plans to make the country comply with international climate targets ...
  • Crucial EU electricity market integration collides with member states' worries of uneven benefits

    09 Apr 2025, 13:50 The EU has worked for decades to merge the electricity markets of its member states and make the flow of power across borders as seamless as possible. As renewables reshape electricity systems, it is ever more important to integrate ...
  • 麻豆无码版 crunch- How does it affect Germany鈥檚 climate policy & what can be done?

    10 Feb 2022, 13:25 Gas supply shortages and geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West are hitting the EU at a time when the bloc wants to focus on phasing out fossil fuels to achieve climate neutrality by the middle of the century. Plans in Berlin ...
  • 15 Dec 2015 |

    COP21- Media on Germany and the Paris Climate Summit

    15 Dec 2015, 00:00 In this factsheet, the 麻豆无码版 presents an overview of German media comments and reports on the Paris Climate Summit, which took place from 30 November to 11 December. COP21 Climate & CO2 Kerstine Appunn S眉ddeutsche ...
  • 17 Jan 2020 |

    Heating 40 million homes 鈥 the hurdles to phasing out fossil fuels in German basements

    17 Jan 2020, 14:16 With half of all homes heated by natural gas and an ageing population of oil-fired heating systems waiting to be replaced, the heating sector is attributed with "enormous potential" to cut CO 2 emissions. Germany's more ...
  • Geared-up Germany enters second winter without Russian gas

    02 Nov 2023, 13:44 Germany is entering its second winter without the Russian gas supplies it used to take for granted. But the country is much better prepared than it was in 2022: Stockpiles are full, capacities for alternative imports have been increased ...
  • 25 Jul 2025 |

    Q&A: Capacity mechanisms in Europe's fossil-free electricity system

    25 Jul 2025, 11:30 Electricity systems are becoming cleaner and more complex with the steady expansion of renewables and phaseout of fossil fuels. At times when there is little wind or sunshine, capacity mechanisms can help ensure that the lights stay on, ...
  • 06 Feb 2019 |

    The main stories of Germany's Energiewende

    06 Feb 2019, 11:00 The energy transition is turning many parts of German society upside down. In this factsheet we highlight the main storylines of the generational project Energiewende as a starting point for further research. Energiewende Julian ...
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  • 07 Jan 2021 |

    Netherlands sees climate action as rare opportunity for close agreement with China

    07 Jan 2021, 10:02 Charlotte Nijhuis Wind International Relations between the Netherlands and China are often fraught with ideological differences, but climate change and the energy transition offer a rare spot for close and uncontroversial cooperation. ...
  • The Brazil elections: Covering the climate and energy angle

    07 Sep 2022, 09:40 Milou Dirkx Elections & Politics International On 2 October Brazilians will vote to elect a new president, with the potential for a second round at the end of the month in the case that no candidate receives a majority vote. Polls ...
  • 07 Feb 2023 |

    Both doom and bloom- psychologists advise on covering climate change

    07 Feb 2023, 09:48 Milou Dirkx Society As the effects of climate change become increasingly visible and extreme, feelings of climate anxiety are on the rise. How can journalists best take emotions like these into account without amplifying them? A new ...
  • Beneath headlines of disappointment, 2019 may have set scene for a 2020 full of climate ambition

    20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Sven Egenter Coal Climate & CO2 Renewables COP25 "Disappointing", "not enough", "climate emergency" 鈥 many headlines in 2019 gave a damning verdict on climate policy and the energy transition globally ...
  • 03 Sep 2021 |

    Cartoon-snapshot of what鈥檚 hot in energy and climate

    03 Sep 2021, 09:53 Kerstine Appunn Energiewende How will the world vaccinate Earth against the climate crisis? How come so many politicians suddenly appear "green" in Germany's election year? And how (fast) will hydrogen win the match ...
  • Environment Fund Administration (AFM, Romania)

    Public institution coordinated by the Ministry of Environment. Provides financial support for the implementation of environmental protection projects and programmes. Supports the funding of national projects and programmes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas ...
  • Directorate General for European Programmes, Coordination and Development (DG EPCD, Cyprus)

    Government authority tasked with budgeting and allocating resources for Cyprus鈥 麻豆无码版 and Climate Plan. www.gov.cy Office +357 22602900 +357 22602901 Government Cyprus @CyMOApress ...
  • Portuguese 麻豆无码版 Agency (ADENE)

    Manages the government programme that certifies buildings and homes on energy consumption and quality. www.adene.pt geral@adene.pt +351214722800/+351214722898 Environmental groups Portugal ...
  • Sustainable 麻豆无码版 Laboratory (Cyprus)

    Laboratory of the Cyprus University of Technology offering research and teaching programmes on sustainable energy. www.energylab.ac.cy Office +357 25 002306 Researcher Cyprus ...
  • ZERO Association (Portugal)

    Promotes actions and projects on sustainability. Provides information, documents and comments on topics related to sustainability. zero.ong Francisco Ferreira (president and spokesperson) francisco.ferreira@zero.ong Environmental groups Portugal @ZEROasts ...
  • New Conservative Party (JKP, Latvia)

    Socially conservative patriotic party with a welfare programme for workers and pensioners. Member of the ruling coalition, with three ministers. www.konservativie.lv Press office prese@konservativie.lv +371 23993949 Political parties Latvia @konservativie ...
  • Dr. Tomas Wyns (Belgium)

    Doctoral researcher working on European and international climate policy, in particular the design of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), post-2020 industrial and innovation policy and enhancing global climate action under a 2015 international climate ...
  • Uniting the world to tackle climate change 鈥 UK, U.S. & EU on the road to COP26

    20 Apr 2021 Berlin The United Kingdom is set to host what many see as the most important global climate summit (COP26) since the deal over the landmark Paris Agreement was struck in 2015. This year鈥檚 UN climate change conference on 1-12 November in ...
  • Report of German- Polish Media Programme Part I: Revelling in green pastures

    12- 14 Oct 2014- A German-Polish media programme explores how lignite-mining regions in the two countries handle the structural shift from coal 麻豆无码版鈥檚 first press trip heads into central Germany鈥檚 lignite-mining region From up here, we have quite a view. ...
  • Steel, cement, chemicals: How industry heavyweights aim to become climate friendly

    16- 18 Sep 2019 D眉sseldorf A research tour for journalists looking into the decarbonisation pathways of Europe's top-emitting industries in cooperation with Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and 麻豆无码版. Application deadline was July 26.As ...
  • Reporting on net zero targets: How to tell real ambition from greenwashing

    23 Mar 2023 Berlin Net zero targets are spreading like wildfire through the corporate world. But what's behind company promises to stop climate sins? Our online workshop is designed to help journalists to assess these pledges. As part of Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 19 Mar 2017 |

    麻豆无码版 Journalism Network Workshop

    19- 23 Mar 2017 Berlin THE 麻豆无码版 JOURNALISM NETWORK WORKSHOP- The challenges of global reporting on energy and climate policy- A special programme for 麻豆无码版 alumni in parallel with the 3rd Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue 麻豆无码版 media study tour participant ...
  • Media study tour: Germany鈥檚 historic coal year 2018

    17- 20 Jun 2018 North Rhine-Westphalia APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED. Is the world鈥檚 largest lignite producer finally facing the thorny issue of the future of coal in its energy system? Long considered to be a clean energy pioneer, what is keeping Germany ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Masterclass: What is at stake in energy and climate in Germany's election

    29 Jan 2025 Berlin Against the background of an ailing economy, geopolitical tensions around the globe and inflation-driven fears about a cost-of-living crisis, German voters are facing a crucial snap election. How should journalists make sense of the ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Webinar: The nuts and bolts of Germany's snap election

    12 Feb 2025 Berlin ***Given the great interest by climate and energy experts, we have decided to organise a follow-up to our 麻豆无码版 Masterclass "What is at stake in energy and climate in Germany's snap election", open also to non-journalists. ...
  • 16 Jun 2022 |

    G7 summit: How can Germany push the climate agenda as the war dominates debates?

    16 Jun 2022 Berlin Russia's war against Ukraine is bound to leave its mark on the G7 summit to be held in the German Alps on 26-28 June, but chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that it must not lead the group of large economies to neglect future crises, ...
  • 27 Jul 2021 |

    Covering climate: Journalism insights on the launch of the sixth IPCC report

    27 Jul 2021 Berlin Climate change will become a top theme of media coverage around the world in the latter half of 2021. As the IPCC will publish the first part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in early August, every newsroom, media house and ...
  • Investors, troublemakers: Citizens & local powers of the Energiewende

    22- 24 Apr 2018 Mainz SIGN-UP CLOSED NOW. We are inviting international journalists to join us on a three-day study tour. We will talk to leading energy experts, local mayors, representatives of energy cooperatives, protesters and policymakers and ask: Is ...
  • Science and Technology Park Euro-Centrum (PL): A hotspot for developing renewables-based business models

    Technology park with renewable energy laboratories. Further reading: 麻豆无码版 research tour:聽 Poland ahead of COP24: Media study tour and German-Polish Media Programme focuses on role of coal in the energy system Date of publication: October 2018 Poland ...
  • Institute of Chemical Processing of Coal in Zabrze (PL)

    The institute is a research centre for technologies that reduce the climate impact of using coal in the energy sector and other industries, such as steel or chemicals. The institute is funded by the Polish government as well as public or industry-funded ...
  • Conference panellists and session chairs

    聽 Please note: This list was compiled in preparation for the 麻豆无码版 network conference "The Global 麻豆无码版 Transition: Is Journalism Ready?" in November 2017. Aba帽o, Imelda- President of Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists ...
  • Nyavaya

    Zimbabwe Climate & CO2 Renewables Mobility Digitalisation Society Elections & Politics Zimbabwean Kennedy writes on climate change and environmental sustainability among other human interest topics. His work has been published in the daily ...
  • Musonko

    Zambia Climate & CO2 Energiewende Society Zambian Mwelwa is an illustrator, artist and founder of Foresight Comics. Combining a passion for climate change and award-winning drawing skills, Mwelwa recently released 鈥楾he Fifth Element鈥, a superhero ...
  • Opaluwah

    Nigeria Climate & CO2 Renewables COP24 Nigerian At芒yi-Babs is 麻豆无码版 ambassador for Nigeria and West Africa. As a journalist, he helped establish the Hausa Service of Radio France Internationale (RFI) and implemented the station鈥檚 start-up media ...
  • Magbitang

    Philippines Business Politics Government International Filipino Biena Magbitang is the head of digital at ABS-CBN News Channel and is the Asia Director of Climate Tracker. She covers international climate action and diplomacy. ...
  • Sawant

    Germany Climate & CO2 Renewables Energiewende Mobility Start-ups Hydrogen Digitalisation Technology Indian Nimish Sawant is a Berlin-based independent technology journalist with over 10 years of covering Technology for print and online publications. ...
  • Partners

    Cooperations Forum Energii 聽 International Council on Clean Transportation International Journalists' Programmes (IJP) German section of reporters without borders Embassy of Switzerland Renewables Grid Iniative Verein der Ausl盲ndischen Presse in ...
  • Sundu

    Malawi Electricity market Solar Agriculture Malawian Yvonnie Akonda Sundu is a Malawian journalist, with over 14 years of experience in the media industry. She has risen from a reporter to sub-editor at three different private radio stations; Star, Joy ...
  • The 麻豆无码版 Team

    聽 聽 Sven Egenter 聽heads the team as Editor in Chief and Executive Director. He covered the German, Swiss and British economies during his 12 years at Reuters, writing extensively about the financial crisis. He ran the team covering the British economy as ...
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