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  • Carbon offsetting 鈥 Reports of flawed projects fuel greenwashing concerns

    What role will carbon offset trading play in German and EU climate policy on the way to net-zero? 01 Jun 2023, 14:14 Thanks to more and more businesses publicly making "carbon neutrality" or "net zero" commitments, the voluntary market ...
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  • 29 Oct 2019 |

    Germany's CO2 emissions set to fall 鈥渕arkedly鈥 in 2019 as energy use declines

    29 Oct 2019, 17:41 Germany is headed for second consecutive year of substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as a sharp drop in coal consumption is driving a decline of the country鈥檚 overall energy use in 2019. If this trend continues, the ...
  • 30 Mar 2023 |

    Germany to further expand cooperation on climate and energy with Chile and Uruguay

    30 Mar 2023, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Industry International 麻豆无码版 Germany has signed agreements to intensify its cooperation on climate and energy with Chile and Uruguay, with strong focus on decarbonising emission-intensive industry. At the ...
  • 11 Apr 2022 |

    War-fuelled energy crisis must not erode climate action 鈥 govt advisor

    11 Apr 2022, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Security Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland Climate action must not be eroded as governments focus on Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine and its effects on the economy, the head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment agency ...
  • 13 Jan 2020 |

    Hub for climate-friendly aviation launched at Frankfurt Airport

    13 Jan 2020, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Transport 麻豆无码版 A new "competence centre" for climate action in the aviation sector has been launched at Germany's most important airport in Frankfurt am Main to facilitate progress in ...
  • 03 Dec 2024 |

    Circularity strategy to future-proof German economy 鈥 environment ministry

    03 Dec 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Germany's government cabinet is set to adopt a national circular economy strategy tomorrow (4 December), said the environment ministry. The ministry spells out targets ...
  • Germany will reach its 2030 climate targets if it gets to work now, and will use coal for many years 鈥 economy minister

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier said that the country will reach its 2030 climate targets if it starts to work towards them without delay. Addressing a joint press conference with North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 (NRW) state premier Armin ...
  • 09 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淪tructural change can wait鈥

    Delays in approving the Climate Action Plan 2050 聽are the reason projects for structural change in eastern 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 lignite mining regions aren't yet receiving funding, writes Kurt Stenger in the socialist newspaper Neues Deutschland. The 2016 ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    Plans for new German motorways clash with transport emissions targets- NGO

    09 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Transport 麻豆无码版 The ...
  • Germany needs 鈧860 billion investment in industry to reach climate goals, lobby group tells next govt

    23 Nov 2021, 14:23 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The new German government should enable ...
  • 08 Aug 2019 |

    鈥淧art of German soul鈥 under threat as forests die

    08 Aug 2019, 14:10 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 The Guardian Heat, drought and storms, as well as beetle and fungi plagues, have damaged an area of German forest the size of 200,000 football fields this year, leading politicians to raise the issue to a ...
  • 05 Jul 2023 |

    Majority in Germany strongly supports energy transition, is dissatisfied with implementation 鈥 survey

    05 Jul 2023, 14:02 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 There is high acceptance for ambitious climate policy in Germany, although many citizens are dissatisfied with the political implementation of the energy and transport transitions, the largest ...
  • EU Commission approves Germany's 鈧6.5 bln 'carbon leakage' scheme

    11 Aug 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Industry Policy EU 麻豆无码版 The European Commission has greenlighted a German 6.5 billion euro scheme to prevent energy-intensive companies from relocating production to countries with less stringent ...
  • 14 Jan 2020 |

    Germans ready to change habits to reduce emissions 鈥 EIB survey

    14 Jan 2020, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Most people in Germany are ready to implement changes to their lifestyle in order to reduce their individual impact on the climate, a survey commissioned by the European ...
  • 01 Jul 2025

    In brief | 1 July '25

    01 Jul 2025, 13:40 麻豆无码版 Team E3G: European Commission must not further delay 2040 climate target Achieving at least 90% emissions reduction "is feasible and necessary" for net-zero in 2050 and EU competitiveness, think tank says.聽 Euractiv: ...
  • 09 Nov 2021 |

    Climate 鈥減erhaps the most important point鈥 in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned coalition treaty 鈥 SPD

    09 Nov 2021, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics DLF Climate action will become 鈥減erhaps the most important point鈥 in the planned coalition treaty of the next German government, the Social Democrats鈥 (SPD) secretary general Lars Klingbeil has ...
  • 15 Jan 2025 |

    Industry groups hopeful after 2024 record year for onshore wind power in Germany

    15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The past year was 鈥渁 record year鈥 for ...
  • 17 Nov 2020 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 e-car target of 10 million by 2030 unrealistic 鈥 study

    17 Nov 2020, 15:33 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 The goal of the German government to get ten million electric cars on the road by 2030 is unrealistic, according to a study conducted by the consulting firm Deloitte. Under the current ...
  • 24 May 2017 |

    Action plan without action

    The proposal for a G20 energy and climate action plan, prepared for the summit in Hamburg on 7 and 8 July, remains vague and lacks ambition- and might yet be stopped completely by the United States, the tageszeitung (taz) newspaper writes. The 13-page ...
  • 21 Dec 2020 |

    Major German car suppliers warn higher EU climate target will cost many jobs

    21 Dec 2020, 12:54 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 Raising the EU climate target will lead to job losses in the German car industry, the world's largest industry supplier Bosch and rival Schaeffler have warned. "In order to achieve the ...
  • 25 Oct 2021 |

    Mining union and coal state premier oppose plans for earlier coal exit

    25 Oct 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal dpa / Stern Germany's mining labour union and the premier of a lignite mining state have warned against speeding up the country's coal exit under a new government. In their current ...
  • 17 Aug 2020 |

    Merkel meeting with Thunberg must be more than symbolic act- activists

    17 Aug 2020, 13:40 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society dpa / die Welt / taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with climate activists including Greta Thunberg and Luisa Neubauer on Thursday (20 August) to discuss climate policy,聽 dpa reports in an ...
  • 18 Oct 2018 |

    Industrial-scale power-to-gas 鈥渋nteresting prospect鈥 for lignite mining region - env min

    Large-scale installations used for storing renewable power as gas (power-to-gas) would be an interesting prospect for the east German lignite mining region of Lusatia, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Speaking at an event organised by the ...
  • 24 Aug 2022 |

    German farmers feel effect of climate change as harvests remain meagre

    24 Aug 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year鈥檚 harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German ...
  • 19 Dec 2023 |

    Fed state minister worried about 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈧49 transport ticket due to budget crisis

    19 Dec 2023, 13:25 Jack McGovan Transport Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government鈥檚 decision to cut its climate budget by 45 billion euros over the next three years could put the country鈥檚 鈥楧eutschlandticket鈥 at risk, the transport minister for ...
  • 09 Sep 2020 |

    City of Berlin wrangles over clean mobility concept including combustion engine ban

    09 Sep 2020, 14:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cities rbb24 The government coalition in the City of Berlin has failed to reach an agreement on a new climate action package that would include a ban on cars with fossil-fuelled combustion engines within the next ...
  • 24 Jul 2018 |

    Two-thirds of today鈥檚 lignite workers will retire by 2030 regardless of coal exit - report

    Two-thirds of employees in the German lignite sector are older than 45 years (2015 data), according to a report published by the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰koinstitut) for the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Therefore, 63 percent of the employees ...
  • 10 Jun 2025

    In brief | 10 June '25

    10 Jun 2025, 11:23 麻豆无码版 Team EEA: 鈥淟eave no one behind鈥 must be central to Europe鈥檚 climate resilience efforts New report from the European Environment Agency shows that most vulnerable groups are often overlooked in climate adaptation. NYTimes: Europe ...
  • 29 Jan 2020 |

    German govt adopts coal exit, fixes hard coal compensation

    29 Jan 2020, 14:32 The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet adopted a law detailing plant shutdowns and compensation payments for coal companies, confirming a ...
  • 04 Feb 2019 |

    Germany to face EU sanctions if it does not lower heating sector emissions

    04 Feb 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Efficiency Die Welt The sluggish emissions reduction in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector could mean the country will face severe financial sanctions by the European Union for failing to ...
  • 01 Jun 2022 |

    Science academies call on G7 to provide leadership on climate action

    01 Jun 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The G7 countries have to deliver a breakthrough in international climate policy that is commensurate with the urgency of protecting natural habitats in grave danger due to ...
  • 10 Jul 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 economists call for splitting up Germany into different power price zones

    10 Jul 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 Leading energy economists have called for splitting Germany into different electricity price zones to reflect regional differences in power availability, and to stop ...
  • 06 Nov 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 charging point network is growing rapidly, outpacing new EV registrations

    06 Nov 2024, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Cars dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau / 麻豆无码版 The expansion of Germany's charging network for electric vehicles is making fast progress. The network grew by 45,000 charging points to a total of nearly 146,000 ...
  • 02 Aug 2022 |

    Resurgent coal power could cause 30 million tonnes of extra emissions in Germany 鈥 think tank

    02 Aug 2022, 14:06 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Coal S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The decision by ...
  • 22 Jul 2025

    In brief | 22 July '25

    22 Jul 2025, 12:33 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Vulcan 麻豆无码版 gets 104 mln euros in German grants for clean lithium production聽 Grants to go towards project "designed to assist with building Germany's and Europe's critical raw materials supply chain ...
  • German construction ministry to limit lifecycle emissions of buildings

    16 Jul 2025, 11:13 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Construction 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Germany's buildings and construction ministry is set to introduce limits on the greenhouse gas emissions that buildings can emit throughout ...
  • 24 Sep 2021 |

    鈥淪upport direct air capture like Germany supported wind and solar鈥- Climeworks

    24 Sep 2021, 11:20 Their goal is to create an entirely new industry, one that will become as important as today鈥檚 oil and gas giants, because the world will be in desperate need of removing carbon to mitigate climate change. Swiss company Climeworks has ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Fridays for Future accuses new German government of failing on climate promise

    11 Feb 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Society 麻豆无码版 The German Fridays for Future climate protest movement has said the new German government is nowhere near to implementing the policies necessary to address the climate emergency. "It's ...
  • Sharp drop in German emissions sign of Energiewende turnaround- think-tank

    07 Jan 2015, 00:00 Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany dropped in 2014 to the second-lowest level since 1990, a sign that the country鈥檚 ambitious Energiewende project is back on track, German think-tank Agora Energiewende* said on Wednesday. Kerstine ...
  • 19 Aug 2021 |

    Combustion engine ban most effective step for reaching German transport climate targets 鈥 report

    19 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and 麻豆无码版 Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 A ban on sales of new combustion engines by ...
  • 26 Jun 2025

    In brief | 26 June '25

    26 Jun 2025, 12:27 麻豆无码版 Team Environment Agency (UBA): The German GreenTech industry has become key for national economy Industry provides stable employment and contributes significantly to value creation, says environment agency report. Politico: Germany ...
  • 08 Apr 2021 |

    Tesla calls for speedy permits for climate-friendly projects, as Berlin gigafactory awaits approval

    08 Apr 2021, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cars Tagesspiegel / The Driven U.S. e-car company Tesla has criticised that slow approval processes for German industry and infrastructure projects stand in the way of urgent climate action efforts, as the carmaker ...
  • 30 Aug 2022 |

    Germany's popular 9-euro public transport ticket a boon for climate action- market analysis

    30 Aug 2022, 13:11 Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The popularity of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 temporary 9-euro public transport ticket has not only shown that people are willing to embrace public transport and stop using their cars if such ...
  • 16 Feb 2022 |

    Germany will not call for stricter EU car emission limits 鈥 media reports

    16 Feb 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Handelsblatt / Reuters / Spiegel The German government has settled its dispute over future CO2 rules for cars and will not call for more stringent EU fleet emission limits than currently proposed by the European ...
  • 27 Apr 2023 |

    International govt talks in Berlin opportunity for Olaf Scholz鈥檚 climate credibility 鈥 think tank

    27 Apr 2023, 12:44 Julian Wettengel International Table.Media German chancellor Olaf Scholz will have an opportunity to improve his 鈥 and the country鈥檚 鈥 international credibility on climate when the government invites ministers from several dozen ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    EU gas supply secure without Russia, German LNG plans oversized 鈥 researchers

    24 May 2024, 14:00 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Clean ...
  • Coordinated Dutch-German climate action is critical for Europe 鈥 researchers

    12 Aug 2019, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Post / 麻豆无码版 Coordinated action on climate by Germany and the Netherlands is critical for Europe, several researchers wrote ahead of a joint German-Dutch climate ...
  • 18 Dec 2018 |

    German economy minister should not call for climate action but rather deliver it- opinion

    18 Dec 2018, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Government COP24 Zeit Online 麻豆无码版 minister Peter Altmaier correctly said that Germany needs a new approach to climate action by the government and businesses, but it is now up to him and ...
  • Germany generates record 鈧3.9 bln EU emissions trading revenues in first half of 2023

    02 Aug 2023, 14:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 [Update adds link to report] Germany has generated a record 3.89 billion euros from the sale of allowances under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ...
  • 20 Oct 2023 |

    Germany must anticipate fuel price jump from 2027 EU emissions trading 鈥 think tank

    20 Oct 2023, 13:25 The German government has been urged to quickly devise a plan on how to regulate and manage the start of the European Union carbon emissions trading system for transport and heating fuels in 2027. Measures need to be put in place to ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    Pandemic turns Fridays for Future activists into lobbyists

    11 Jan 2021, 13:51 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics Die Zeit Since the start of the pandemic, climate activists from Fridays for Future have shied away from organising mass demonstrations and turned to soft lobbying instead, Nele Spandick ...
  • 19 May 2023 |

    German chancellor must push for faster fossil fuel phase out at G7 summit 鈥 NGO

    19 May 2023, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann International 麻豆无码版 / Financial Times 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz must push for an accelerated phase-out of fossil fuels at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, as the issue has not featured prominently enough ...
  • 28 Oct 2016 |

    Approval of Climate Action Plan 2050 uncertain

    The approval of the government鈥檚 long-awaited Climate Action Plan 2050 in cabinet in the coming weeks remains uncertain, according to the environment ministry. 鈥淲e would like to have a Climate Action Plan before the start of the COP 22 in Marrakesh, but ...
  • 27 Oct 2021 |

    Germany needs "ambitious mix of measures" to get 2030 transport emissions target in reach- report

    27 Oct 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany's new government must agree on a wide variety of policy instruments to achieve the 2030 climate target in the transport sector, a聽 report 聽by consultancy ...
  • 18 Aug 2021 |

    SPD chancellor candidate Scholz says Germany should stick to coal exit agreement

    18 Aug 2021, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal dpa / rbb / Spiegel Online Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has said Germany should stick to its existing timetable for exiting coal no later than 2038. "We have made ...
  • 10 Mar 2023 |

    Denmark keeps on dithering over climate adaptation plans

    10 Mar 2023, 11:27 Despite its reputation as a nation at the forefront of green technologies like wind power, Denmark has been slow to focus on climate adaptation. Since a cloudburst shocked the capital Copenhagen with massive flooding in 2011, some steps ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Germany says it will stick to international climate finance commitment despite budget crisis

    25 Apr 2024, 13:57 Germany will continue to aim to provide 6 billion euros annually in funds to developing countries for climate mitigation and adaptation by 2025, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said. The government would do so despite a recent ...
  • 13 Jun 2019 |

    Climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict 鈥 study

    13 Jun 2019, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Security Nature Intensifying climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict within countries, according to a study published in the journal Nature co-authored by an ...
  • 09 Jan 2024 |

    German government will stick to planned diesel fuel subsidy cuts for farmers 鈥 Scholz

    09 Jan 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel / Rheinische Post The German government will continue with its plans to rollback tax breaks for agricultural businesses, said ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

    Many German corporations actively setting their own ambitious climate targets 鈥 survey

    12 Nov 2021, 13:39 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A large number of German companies are聽pursuing sustainability strategies and have ambitious climate protection goals to reduce their carbon footprint, according to ...
  • 12 Dec 2023 |

    Construction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 crucial north-south power link starts in reluctant state Bavaria

    12 Dec 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 麻豆无码版 With several years of delay, construction of a key piece of grid infrastructure in Germany has started in the southern state of Bavaria. The SuedOstLink connection built by grid operator TenneT ...
  • German chancellor pledges 鈧4 bn for Africa-EU Green 麻豆无码版 Initiative

    20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet鈥檚 role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
  • 24 May 2017 |

    Social Democrats tone down CO鈧 floor price ambition in campaign programme draft

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has toned down its ambition regarding the introduction of a carbon floor price in its proposal for a party programme, to be decided at a federal party conference on聽25 June. The party, which currently governs together ...
  • 06 Oct 2023 |

    Economists reject proposal for industry power price subsidies 鈥 survey

    06 Oct 2023, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The majority of over 200 economists surveyed by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) reject German economy minister Robert Habeck鈥檚 proposal to subsidise electricity for ...
  • 13 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 8: German climate responsibility/ Protest against US event

    13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on developed nations to advance technology and make investments to combat climate change / Protesters interrupt US event on "cleaner fossil fuels" / Peruvian farmer effected by climate change ...
  • 06 Aug 2021 |

    Green Party list in small state of Saarland excluded from ballot during German election

    06 Aug 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesschau The regional list of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party will be excluded from the ballot in the state of Saarland during the national election, the federal election committee announced on 5 ...
  • 01 Sep 2023 |

    German coalition鈥檚 energy and climate policy dissent continues after government retreat

    01 Sep 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The row between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition partners over key climate and energy policies such as industry support shows no sign of letting up despite a two-day retreat ...
  • 15 Jun 2022 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining CO2 emission budget 鈥渞apidly shrinking,鈥 say govt advisors

    15 Jun 2022, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 For a 鈥渇air and adequate鈥 German contribution to efforts to reach the international climate target of keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5掳C, the country may emit no more ...
  • 12 Jul 2024

    In brief | 12 July '24

    12 Jul 2024, 12:26 S枚ren Amelang S&P Global: Germany's gas storage operators warn demand curtailments still required ahead of winter Storage sites 84% full by mid-July but extreme cold could prompt gas shortages and empty reserves by February ...
  • 25 Jun 2019 |

    Unusually early heatwave fans talk of climate crisis in Germany

    25 Jun 2019, 13:36 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 A heatwave with temperatures expected to rise to around 40掳 Celsius has fanned calls ...
  • 14 Nov 2019 |

    Germans face exposure to air pollution and heatwaves as health effects of climate change grow

    14 Nov 2019, 13:33 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Outdoor air pollution contributed to over 44,800 premature deaths in Germany in 2016, more than 8,000 of which were linked to coal, says a policy briefing on Germany based on the Lancet ...
  • 08 Aug 2017 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 vaunted vocational training programme strains to meet Energiewende鈥檚 demand for skilled workers

    08 Aug 2017, 00:00 Since 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Energiewende shifted into gear in the early 2000s, the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors have created over a million jobs, many of them in technical branches, such as renewable energy production, power ...
  • Germany pushes for global renewables targets at G20 summit

    08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
  • Germany on track to widely miss 2020 climate target 鈥 government

    13 Jun 2018, 00:00 The German government has conceded that the country is on course to widely miss its 2020 climate target. The economic boom, the pressure of immigration, and high emissions in transport mean that the energy transition pioneer is headed ...
  • 09 Aug 2023 |

    German wind industry decries 鈥渟abotage鈥 of turbine rollout by Autobahn operator

    09 Aug 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Wind Policy Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind industry has accused the operator of the country鈥檚 motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines, which are key to reaching climate targets. The government-owned ...
  • Germany must reduce non-ETS emissions by 38 percent by 2030 鈥 EU Council conclusions

    The EU Environment Council has agreed on its position regarding emissions targets for member states聽from 2021 to 2030, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in sectors outside the scope of the EU emissions trading system (ETS). For 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 buildings ...
  • 07 Nov 2023 |

    Germany funds Africa鈥檚 first green ironworks in Namibia

    07 Nov 2023, 13:05 Edgar Meza Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 The German government is supporting the establishment of Africa鈥檚 first green ironworks with a grant of 13 million euros. A consortium consisting of three German companies, CO2Grab, TS ...
  • Renewables and energy industry lobby groups criticise German energy policy

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policy has not lived up to its climate and renewables expansion targets and has failed to adequately integrate citizens in planning procedures, Simone Peter of the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) and Stefan Kapferer of the German ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    Germany already experiencing serious consequences of climate change 鈥 weather service

    01 Apr 2025, 12:50 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD ...
  • 12 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淗endricks attacks CSU minister for insufficient climate 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥

    Federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks rebuked her cabinet colleagues, the Christian Social Union transport and agriculture ministers, for insufficient climate protection, writes Reuters. 鈥淟ike the transport sector, agriculture 鈥 of course 鈥 is ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    German coal exit will be quicker due to CO2 price 鈥 chancellor candidate Laschet

    26 Jul 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Coal ZDF The CO2 price will cause the coal exit in Germany to happen faster than agreed, said conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF. 鈥淧ersonally, I believe the exit ...
  • High metal prices could thwart energy transition 鈥 institute

    26 Jan 2022, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Resources & Recycling Rising metal prices could slow the shift towards a low-emission energy system, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) said in a聽 report. "If we ...
  • 09 Jul 2025 |

    麻豆无码版 industry calls for wider electricity tax relief, hydrogen support from German budget

    09 Jul 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 The German energy industry association BDEW has called on lawmakers to use the ongoing federal parliamentary budget negotiations to ensure wider electricity tax relief and ...
  • 07 Jan 2021 |

    European energy companies to invest up to one trillion euros in renewables by 2030

    07 Jan 2021, 13:57 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Business & Jobs Utilities Handelsblatt European ...
  • 24 Nov 2023 |

    German states fear debt brake鈥檚 climate impact as federal gov鈥檛 suspends rule again

    24 Nov 2023, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Die Welt / Stern / NDR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Governments in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states are concerned that the recent ruling by the country鈥檚 highest court declaring parts of the federal government鈥檚 budget ...
  • German minister calls for greater investment in CO2 removal research

    12 May 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Handelsblatt German education and research minister Anja Karliczek is calling for immediate investment in research and development of technologies to remove CO2 from ...
  • 22 Sep 2023 |

    Europe isn鈥檛 sufficiently exploring domestic potential for hydrogen production 鈥 report

    22 Sep 2023, 13:37 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 There鈥檚 a large imbalance between current investment and the potential for cheap hydrogen production in individual European regions, according to a new report. Regions with high potential to ...
  • 05 Oct 2022 |

    State premier says east German coal region won鈥檛 follow early phase-out agreed in west

    05 Oct 2022, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Coal dpa The premier of eastern German lignite mining state Saxony-Anhalt has said his state will not follow an聽 agreement 聽on an early coal phase-out made in the heavy industry state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in ...
  • 11 Jul 2025

    In brief | 11 July '25

    11 Jul 2025, 11:33 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters:聽 Ford agrees voluntary redundancies for troubled e-car site in Cologne Ford has agreed to a job protection scheme at its Cologne plant covering over 10,000 workers, with voluntary redundancies planned in response to ...
  • 12 Dec 2023 |

    Bosch to cut up to 1,500 jobs in German home region, arguing e-mobility requires fewer workers

    12 Dec 2023, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs ARD Automotive industry supplier Bosch will cut up to 1,500 jobs in its home region in southern Germany, arguing that the transition to electric vehicles would lead to a permanently lower ...
  • Germany needs to exit coal by 2030 to meet Paris Agreement 1.5掳C limit 鈥 report

    Germany needs to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2030 to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement and help limit global warming to 1.5掳 Celsius, according to a report by Berlin-based non-profit climate science and policy institute Climate ...
  • 07 Jul 2022 |

    Critics blast EU Parliament鈥檚 taxonomy decision to label nuclear and gas 鈥榮ustainable鈥

    07 Jul 2022, 13:28 Edgar Meza Finance EU Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The German government has joined environmentalists in condemning the European Parliament鈥檚 decision to support the inclusion of nuclear and gas power plants in the list of ...
  • Climate activists demand faster energy transition after flood disaster hits Germany

    23 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版, Welt Activists are protesting for better climate protection measures after ...
  • 04 Oct 2018 |

    A power grid fit for a clean energy future

    04 Oct 2018, 14:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
  • 20 Nov 2017 |

    Germany reacts to collapse of coalition talks

    20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
  • 12 Dec 2015 |

    COP21- Day 13: "Historic" global climate agreement adopted

    12 Dec 2015, 00:00 Countries have agreed to a new global deal to limit global warming and address climate change impacts / 鈥淧aris will forever be connected to this historic watershed,鈥 says Chancellor Merkel / 鈥Climate neutrality鈥 still in the text, just ...
  • 25 Feb 2021 |

    Cutting climate-damaging subsidies can reduce social injustice in Germany 鈥 report

    25 Feb 2021, 13:14 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 If ...
  • Patrick Graichen: Dropping of 2020 target no surprise

    In an interview with taz, Agora Energiewende* director Patrick Graichen says he expected the prospective government to abandon 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 climate targets. "Saving 150 million tonnes of CO2 within two years is clearly urealistic unless you want to ...
  • 11 Apr 2019 |

    2030 climate goals in agriculture can only be reached by reducing livestock 鈥 report

    11 Apr 2019, 12:59 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Julian Wettengel Agriculture Climate-Alliance ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    German aviation industry offers comprehensive plan for CO2 neutrality

    15 Dec 2020, 14:23 Edgar Meza Transport 麻豆无码版 / Reuters 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aviation industry has presented a joint master plan to bring air transport more in line with climate protection. Presented by leading industry groups, including the German ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Long-term climate strategies should be key focus of COP26 鈥 German govt advisors

    06 Jul 2021, 13:20 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 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 The ...
  • 13 Jul 2023 |

    Germany to make climate adaptation legally binding as municipalities call for better financing

    13 Jul 2023, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Steffi Lemke aims to better prepare cities and municipalities for the consequences of climate change with a聽 national climate adaptation law, as many are unprepared to ...
  • 10 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕abriel dumps climate 辫濒补苍鈥

    Social Democratic economy minister Sigmar Gabriel has lost his credibility regarding climate and environment policy with his last-minute decision to block an agreement on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 out of consideration for unions and industry, ...
  • Germany increases climate finance to poorer nations to 鈧5.3 billion

    20 Oct 2022, 14:27 The German government has said it increased public climate finance for developing and emerging countries to 5.34 billion euros last year, meaning the country is on track towards reaching its target of 6 billion euros by 2025. Together ...
  • 05 Jun 2020 |

    Plug-in hybrids unlikely to lower transport emissions- Greenpeace report

    05 Jun 2020, 13:06 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Cars 麻豆无码版 [CORRECTION: Greenpeace corrected its press release clarifying that currently available plug-in hybrids in Germany have the average ...
  • 25 Apr 2023 |

    Cyclist satisfaction increases in major German cities but room for improvement remains 鈥 survey

    25 Apr 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 麻豆无码版 Many German cities have improved their cycling infrastructure in recent years, but the majority of cyclists in the country continue to consider road traffic to be unsafe for them, according ...
  • North Sea CO2 storage should be confined to unavoidable emissions due to limited capacity, environmental risks 鈥 report

    04 Apr 2025, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Limited capacity and environmental risks mean that carbon storage in the German North Sea should only be used for residual emissions that remain unavoidable, said ...
  • 04 Jun 2025 |

    EU 2040 climate target, ending Russian energy imports priorities for Denmark's EU Council presidency

    04 Jun 2025, 16:37 The Danish government intends to use its EU Council presidency in the second half of this year to prioritise reaching an agreement among member states on a 2040 climate target for the European Union, said climate and energy minister ...
  • 29 Aug 2023 |

    Germany reaches 鈧6 bln climate finance target three years early

    29 Aug 2023, 13:36 Milou Dirkx Finance 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany reached its target of raising six billion euros from its state budget for international climate finance three years ahead of time, said the development ministry (BMZ). ...
  • 04 Oct 2024 |

    Germany doubles number of solar balcony power plants since start of 2024 鈥 agency

    04 Oct 2024, 12:19 Joey Grostern Solar dpa The number of plug-in solar systems dubbed 鈥渂alcony power plants鈥 in Germany has surpassed 700,000 as of 2 October, having doubled since the start of 2024, according to reporting from news agency dpa, citing data ...
  • Some countries will wait out US elections before deciding on climate targets 鈥 policy expert

    11 Mar 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Some countries are likely to wait and see whether U.S. President Donald Trump wins another four years in office in November before committing to stepping up their ...
  • Slow progress in transport and efficiency endangers EU climate targets

    10 Apr 2019, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Energiewende International 麻豆无码版 The European Commission has published its fourth report on the state of the 麻豆无码版 Union, the 贰鲍鈥檚 framework to overhaul its energy and climate policy to ensure a secure, ...
  • 05 Nov 2020 |

    German farmers understand need for climate action, seek economically viable solutions- association

    05 Nov 2020, 14:17 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥 Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture 麻豆无码版 German farmers have understood the need for making agriculture more sustainable and integrate food production in ...
  • 10 Oct 2018 |

    German parties fiercely debate IPCC's 1.5掳C report in parliament

    10 Oct 2018, 17:18 Two days after the UN's latest IPCC report on global warming urged greater international efforts against climate change, the German parliament saw a heated debate about the implications for Germany. While the Green Party, which had ...
  • German government should use coronavirus stimulus funds to reduce renewables levy 鈥 think tank

    26 May 2020, 12:40 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Cost & Prices ...
  • 27 Jun 2018 |

    Climate goal failure warrants high Energiewende priority- gov advisors

    27 Jun 2018, 16:59 Germany will likely fail on many of its self-imposed energy transition targets, says the government-appointed expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German Energiewende in its opinion on the federal economy ...
  • 15 May 2025 |

    Merz promises economic boost, neglects climate policy in first govt declaration

    15 May 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, ...
  • Rapid emissions reductions would keep CO2 removal and costs in check

    Rapid greenhouse-gas emissions reductions are needed to keep in check both the costs of the transition towards climate stabilisation and the amount of CO2 that will have to be removed from the atmosphere, write researchers from the Potsdam Institute for ...
  • 05 Oct 2023 |

    Germany allows lignite plants back online to secure supply in coming winter

    05 Oct 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 Several lignite power plants in Germany will be allowed to return to the market this winter to help secure supply and save gas during the heating period, said the economy ministry in a press ...
  • 23 Jun 2023 |

    France and Germany 鈥渁gree on 90 percent鈥 of energy issues, must close ranks- researcher

    23 Jun 2023, 11:00 The role of nuclear power within Europe鈥檚 energy transition is a clear point of contention between Paris and Berlin. However, there is much more agreement between the 贰鲍鈥檚 two largest powers on major strategic priorities, including the ...
  • EU elections wake-up call to make "future-proof" decisions- opinion

    28 May 2019, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The results of the European elections, in which the Greens surged driven by concerns over global climate change, mean that energy companies must ...
  • 23 Jan 2023 |

    German environment minister hopes to phase out biofuels from 2030

    23 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Policy 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media A draft bill that would seal a deal to phase out biofuels derived from food or feed crops should be voted on by ministers 鈥渁s soon as possible鈥, German environment ...
  • 26 Jun 2024 |

    Lower electricity prices leave German government short of 鈧8.7 bln in renewables funding

    26 Jun 2024, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices dpa / n-tv / 麻豆无码版 Falling wholesale power prices have torn a hole in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 financing of renewable energy sources, whose operators receive state support if revenues from ...
  • 21 Oct 2024 |

    Solar PV on the rise on German cities' rooftops 鈥 report

    21 Oct 2024, 14:18 Jennifer Collins Solar 麻豆无码版 Solar energy expansion in major German cities is picking up speed, according to a report by renewable electricity provider LichtBlick, which looks at growth in installed roof-mounted solar ...
  • 22 Sep 2022 |

    Prices for firewood and wood pellets almost double due to energy crisis

    22 Sep 2022, 14:02 Jessica Bateman Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 Prices for firewood and wood pellets are almost double what they were the same time last year, figures from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal statistics office (Destatis) have shown. In August ...
  • 22 Nov 2018 |

    Environment ministry wants to fix sectoral targets as CO2 budgets in Climate Action Law

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry plans to use the concept of CO 2 聽budgets in next year鈥檚 much-anticipated Climate Action Law, reports Nora Marie Zaremba in Tagesspiegel Background. A ministry spokesperson told the publication that it wants to define the ...
  • 09 Jun 2022 |

    Car lobby says EU vote on 2035 combustion engine ban will slow climate action

    09 Jun 2022, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Transport dpa / 麻豆无码版 German industry groups and other car lobby organisations have said the European Parliament鈥檚 decision to back a ban of new combustion engine cars in 2035 is a blow to climate protection ...
  • 04 Jul 2016 |

    Ratifying and implementing Paris / Climate Action Plan for climate neutral economy

    Germany will strive to get parliamentary approval for the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement before the next climate summit gets underway in Marrakech in November 2016, environment minister Barbara Hendricks said at the opening press conference ...
  • 31 Mar 2022 |

    Dutch-German hydrogen infrastructure development could boost decarbonisation 鈥 report

    31 Mar 2022, 13:53 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Transnational cooperation in the development of a common hydrogen market and the construction of hydrogen infrastructure can strengthen the Netherlands and Germany in the decarbonisation of their ...
  • 17 Jan 2022 |

    New German agriculture minister sets out plan for sustainable farming

    17 Jan 2022, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Agriculture Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir has used his maiden speech in parliament to outline an ambitious climate protection plan, Tagesspiegel Background reports. As well as ...
  • 09 Jun 2023 |

    鈥淯nique鈥 French-German district heating project to connect grids across Rhine River

    09 Jun 2023, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating International 麻豆无码版 The French city of Strasbourg and the German town of Kehl, which are located on opposite sides of the river Rhine, are planning to connect their heating systems in a cross-border ...
  • Preview 2023: Germany must avoid exodus of energy-intensive companies 鈥 trade union

    20 Dec 2022, 13:19 The new year is going to pose the great challenge for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to ensure that companies hit by the ongoing energy price crisis do not choose to relocate their business, according to Frederik Moch, head of energy policy at ...
  • 23 Nov 2016

    Businesses should make own proposals to reach climate goals - govt official

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry should work with the government to reach the goals in the country鈥檚 newly adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 rather than just criticise the plan or individual measures, energy state secretary Rainer Baake told the 鈥 Agenda 2017 鈥 ...
  • 22 Jun 2023 |

    Germany bets on timber to advance decarbonisation of construction sector

    22 Jun 2023, 13:58 Carolina Kyllmann Technology 麻豆无码版 Timber is set to displace other emission-intensive building materials like cement and steel as Germany looks to decarbonise its construction sector, according to a聽 government strategy. ...
  • German grid operators require 鈧7.8 billion more than planned for renewables support this year

    26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Handelsblatt German power transmission grid operators have said that an additional 7.8 billion euros from the country's budget is needed to pay out renewable energy support in 2024, reports ...
  • 鈥淩enewable energies enable the achievement of EU climate target at lower cost鈥

    The European Union can reach its 2030 climate targets at a much lower cost than predicted by the European Commission because the recent drop in renewables鈥 costs has exceeded expectations, according to a discussion paper published by energy think tank ...
  • 30 Oct 2019 |

    Government expects decrease in electricity use by 2030 despite e-mobility

    30 Oct 2019, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables energate Germany's government expects the country will use less electricity in 2030, even though renewable power is meant to replace fossil fuels in many sectors from transport to heating,聽 ...
  • 22 Feb 2022 |

    Reactions from Germany to halt of Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression

    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
  • 18 May 2022 |

    Bavaria aims to double renewable power share by 2030

    18 May 2022, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Southern German state Bavaria aims to double power production from renewable sources to reach a share of 80 percent by 2030 as part of its government鈥檚 new energy strategy. 鈥淭he main drivers ...
  • 21 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淟eft Party in Brandenburg gives up ambitious climate 驳辞补濒蝉鈥

    The Left Party in the state of Brandenburg has joined its government coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), in abandoning the ambitious climate targets which they had agreed on in 2014, dealing a new blow to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy, report ...
  • Coalition treaty: 鈥淣ew promises for the fourth time in a row鈥 - opinion

    The coalition treaty agreed by Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) is filled with promises and vaguely worded provisions on climate, energy and transport and it remains to be seen if 2030 climate targets will ...
  • 28 Nov 2023 |

    German govt and industry pledge support for 2030 electric car target at mobility summit

    28 Nov 2023, 14:31 Edgar Meza Transport Cars Tagesspiegel The German government and leading automakers reiterated their goal of putting at least 15 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2030 at an industry summit in Berlin on Monday (27 November). ...
  • 19 Sep 2023 |

    Industry association calls for revision of German long-term renewable energy forecast

    19 Sep 2023, 13:47 Edgar Meza Renewables 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) has called for a revision of long-term renewable power scenarios detailed in an analysis by the economy ministry (BMWK). The ...
  • 10 Sep 2019 |

    German building energy draft law unfit for emissions reduction, critics say

    10 Sep 2019, 13:43 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Efficiency 麻豆无码版 The draft law aimed ...
  • 16 Nov 2023 |

    German solar PV additions to reach 13 GW this year 鈥 engineers鈥 association

    16 Nov 2023, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Germany will likely far exceed the government target for installing new PV arrays this year, the country鈥檚 engineering association VDI said. Additional capacity installations are set to ...
  • 14 Mar 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 e-car charging infrastructure grows over a third in 2022, capacity rising even faster

    14 Mar 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility 麻豆无码版 The roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure has made good progress in 2022, with the number of public charging points growing 35 percent to more than 80,500, energy industry ...
  • Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal illustrates USA's abdication as leader 鈥 opinion

    06 Nov 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The fulfilment of US President Donald Trump's election promise to pull the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement might impress his own voters but ...
  • 09 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淲idespread misbelief鈥

    Environment minister Barbara Hendricks wants to have her Climate Action Plan 2050 approved before the climate conference in Morocco in November, 鈥渢o send a signal to the global community鈥, she writes in a guest commentary in the Handelsblatt. 鈥淲hat ...
  • 04 Jul 2025

    In brief | 4 July '25

    04 Jul 2025, 12:20 麻豆无码版 Team Ember: Heat and power: Impacts of the 2025 heatwave in Europe Heatwaves push up daily power demand by up to 14% as thermal plants are hit by outages. Euronews: Wildfires in eastern Germany injure two firefighters and force ...
  • 07 Mar 2024 |

    Salt caverns in Germany could be effective hydrogen storage- report

    07 Mar 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Salt caverns could be an effective location for storing hydrogen in Germany due to their geological, physical and chemical properties, according聽 to a report published 聽by the Institute of 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 26 May 2020 |

    CO鈧 removal necessary to reach EU climate neutrality 2050 鈥 study

    26 May 2020, 12:43 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 An active removal of several hundred ...
  • 20 Sep 2024 |

    Local public transport users 6% up in Germany in first half of 2024

    20 Sep 2024, 12:19 Edgar Meza Transport 麻豆无码版 The Deutschlandticket, a subscription public transportation ticket, likely contributed to a six percent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers using local bus and train services in ...
  • 14 Jan 2022 |

    German steelmaker Salzgitter says it will stop using blast furnaces by mid-2030s

    14 Jan 2022, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hydrogen Reuters / Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German steelmaker Salzgitter wants to shift its entire steel production from blast furnaces to low-emission technologies by the middle of the next ...
  • 24 Jun 2020 |

    Negative emissions not part of countries鈥 and companies鈥 climate strategies yet 鈥 WEC

    24 Jun 2020, 14:20 Expert World 麻豆无码版 Council Germany Weltenergierat Electricity market Fossil fuels Kerstine Appunn Technology EU 麻豆无码版 More and more countries and businesses have set the goal of becoming climate neutral but few of them have ...
  • Conservative climate group says Germany could reach 100% renewables by 2030 at low cost

    29 Jun 2021, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics The conservative climate group KlimaUnion (ClimateUnion),聽which is made up of party members of the governing CDU/CSU alliance, released a position paper in which the members argue ...
  • Govt Energiewende report: 鈥渆normous efforts needed鈥 in transport and buildings

    18 Apr 2019, 15:15 Germany must make 鈥渆normous efforts鈥 to reach its climate and energy targets in the transport and buildings sectors, according to a draft of the government鈥檚 2019 progress report on the energy transition. The leaked paper includes new ...
  • German and French finance ministers warn against green tech trade conflict with the U.S.

    08 Nov 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices International Tagesspiegel / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner has warned against a 鈥渢rade conflict鈥 between the EU and the U.S. as a result of the American government鈥檚 ...
  • German states call for 30% wood quota as sustainable solution to housing shortage

    13 Apr 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Resources & Recycling Rheinische Post / 麻豆无码版 Agriculture ministers in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 states have called to make the use of wood in new housing projects easier in a bid to increase the sector鈥檚 ...
  • 14 Jun 2021 |

    German government paves way for CO2 exports 鈥 media report

    14 Jun 2021, 12:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Welt am Sonntag The German government is preparing the necessary regulatory steps to make it possible to export and store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in seabeds outside Germany, reports ...
  • 26 Mar 2020 |

    Nobody can be happy about any positive climate effect now- German climate researcher

    26 Mar 2020, 14:00 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Rundschau Emissions reductions due to the coronavirus crisis cannot be considered good news, ...
  • 贰鲍鈥檚 2030 energy targets insufficient to meet Paris goals 鈥 foundation

    The EU needs much higher 2030 renewable energy and energy efficiency targets than are currently on the table, Radostina Primova and Rebecca Bertram from Green political foundation Heinrich B枚ll-Stiftung said in an interview with EURACTIV. In negotiations ...
  • 09 Dec 2022 |

    German state and federal government leaders clear way for 49-euro public transport ticket

    09 Dec 2022, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Transport 麻豆无码版 Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the leaders of German state governments have agreed to each shoulder half of the costs for a nationwide 49-euro-per-month local public transport ticket next year, ...
  • 11 Jan 2022 |

    Environment minister says Germany prepares 鈥渃lear no鈥 on nuclear in EU taxonomy

    11 Jan 2022, 13:40 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance Watch Germany Finance Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Home owners in Germany support change to climate-friendly heating systems, worry about costs

    14 Apr 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Efficiency 麻豆无码版 Most homeowners in Germany support climate-friendly modernisation of heating systems, according a survey by non-profit consultancy co2online. Nearly 80 percent said it is ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    Climate debates and war in Ukraine on citizens鈥 minds as city of Berlin votes again

    03 Feb 2023, 12:05 After election day irregularities caused Berlin鈥檚 2021 election results to be declared invalid, the city will head to the polls for a repeat vote on 12 February. The campaign has focused largely on perceived dysfunction of public ...
  • 08 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淎 document of fear鈥

    The current draft of the environment ministry鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 showed that Chancellor Angela Merkel 鈥 weakened by the refugee crisis 鈥 avoided a dispute over climate targets with the economic wing of her party, writes Bernhard P枚tter in an ...
  • 16 Mar 2020 |

    Steep emissions plunge puts Germany's original 2020 climate target back on the cards

    16 Mar 2020, 14:19 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carbon emissions have fallen sharply in 2019 for the third year in a row, bringing the country closer to climate targets it had already written off. But progress in emissions reduction is heavily tilted towards the energy and ...
  • 鈥淣o harmless rebranding鈥 鈥 Investment funds drop sustainability claims following new EU guidelines on names

    28 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Finance Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 EU rules have pushed many investment funds to drop terms like 鈥渟ustainable鈥 or 鈥climate鈥 from their names if they could not live up to the promise, even though guidelines ...
  • 22 Jan 2020 |

    麻豆无码版 efficiency rules raise financial burden for Germany's tenants 鈥 association

    22 Jan 2020, 13:35 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating Welt Online / 麻豆无码版 Tenants in Germany will be placed under further economic pressure by the new climate action ...
  • 13 Oct 2023 |

    EU plan for scaling up green technologies lacks focus and funding- German NGOs

    13 Oct 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Industry EU 麻豆无码版 The 贰鲍鈥檚 proposed strategy for scaling up energy transition technologies would soften environmental standards across the board, is too broad in scope, and also lacks the necessary funding,聽 ...
  • 23 Aug 2024 |

    July brings new German solar power output record in a single month

    23 Aug 2024, 12:39 Jack McGovan Solar n-tv Germany saw a record level of solar power output in July despite sunshine levels being lower than the previous year, broadcaster n-tv reported. At 10.1 terawatt hours (TWh), solar power accounted for around 43 ...
  • 08 Oct 2024 |

    Number of registered cars in Germany reaches new record level but EV registrations slow down

    08 Oct 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 The number of cars on German roads has reached a record high of 49.1 million at the start of 2024, according to a new report from the government鈥檚 statistical office Destatis. From January ...
  • 03 Feb 2022 |

    German politicians reject EU green label for nuclear power, welcome gas provisions

    03 Feb 2022, 12:13 Economy minister Robert Habeck and environment minister Steffi Lemke have reiterated 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 opposition to labelling nuclear power as a sustainable activity, but did not react to provisions on gas projects the European Commission ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    Security tops Germans' priorities for energy supply, followed by climate protection 鈥 survey

    03 Jul 2023, 14:14 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany rank security as their top priority when it comes to energy supply, according to a survey by consultancy EY. The majority (61%) of those surveyed ranked energy supply ...
  • COP23- 'Firms need certainty on climate policy to unlock investments'

    06 Nov 2017, 00:00 The UNFCCC conference in Bonn needs to see more states make ambitious climate mitigation pledges, Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director of the Foundation 2掳- German Businesses for Climate Protection, tells 麻豆无码版. The outcome could spur the ...
  • 22 Aug 2024 |

    Half of young German drivers consider buying electric vehicle 鈥 survey

    22 Aug 2024, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Cars 麻豆无码版 About a third of drivers under the age of 30 in Germany expect to buy an electric vehicle (EV) the next time they change cars, according to a survey by opinion research institute Bilendi. The ...
  • 25 Apr 2023 |
    Gas

    Germany must not create overcapacity of gas power plants 鈥 renewables industry

    25 Apr 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany must avoid building too many new gas power plants in the country鈥檚 efforts to secure electricity supply at times of little wind or sunshine, said renewables association BEE during an online ...
  • 19 Aug 2020 |

    Climate change remains big public concern despite pandemic- survey

    19 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society 麻豆无码版 Climate change is still perceived as the top problem facing humanity, a survey 聽carried out in seven European ...
  • 20 Oct 2023 |

    Germany steps up industry recycling to bolster raw material supply security

    20 Oct 2023, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 The German government wants to strengthen the role of recycled raw materials in the country's industry in a bid to increase supply security of metals and industrial ...
  • 17 Apr 2020 |

    German Fridays for Future takes climate strike online

    17 Apr 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Society 麻豆无码版 Amid the coronavirus crisis, German Fridays for Future student climate activists are focusing on online activities for the announced聽 Global Climate Strike 聽on 24 April. The protesters are ...
  • 15 Nov 2016 |

    Climate outrage in the housing sector鈥

    The housing industry has criticised the federal government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, because of last-minute changes at the expense of the sector, writes Henrike Ro脽bach for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). After economy minister Sigmar Gabriel ...
  • 05 Jan 2021 |

    German energy stocks rise as investors bet on renewables

    05 Jan 2021, 12:53 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Utilities manager magazin / Handelsblatt Stocks of German wind and solar park operators had a successful start to 2021 as ...
  • 29 Mar 2023 |

    German econ min warns against new global rifts on way to climate neutrality

    29 Mar 2023, 13:19 Sven Egenter International Security Increasing competition and new global power structures caused by the shift to climate-neutral industries and energy sources risk splitting the world anew into conflictive spheres, German economy and ...
  • 13 Jun 2025

    In brief | 13 June '25

    13 Jun 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Bid to refill key German gas storage site ends in failure 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 race to fill its vast gas storage sites ahead of next winter is entering crunch time after one of the country鈥檚 largest facilities failed to find ...
  • 26 Oct 2022 |

    Households reduced heating during pandemic, but not enough to reach climate targets

    26 Oct 2022, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Despite reductions in heating energy demand in German households during the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, CO2 emissions haven鈥檛 dropped enough to reach climate targets, results from the ...
  • 06 Dec 2023 |

    Erasing environmentally harmful subsidies could close 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2024 budget gap 鈥 gov鈥檛 agency

    06 Dec 2023, 13:16 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt The German government鈥檚 budget crisis could be largely solved by cancelling ...
  • 16 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y banks on carbon plan for sustained riches鈥

    As the first government to adopt a long-term, economy-wide strategy towards decarbonisation, the German leadership expects its Climate Action Plan 2050 to trigger innovation and boost economic development, writes Richard Black for businessGreen. Black鈥檚 ...
  • Business puts pressure on Merkel to back controversial EU-Mercosur pact

    25 Aug 2020, 13:31 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost ...
  • Third German energy relief package introduces power price brake, windfall taxes, and freezes CO2-price

    05 Sep 2022, 13:10 With its third energy cost relief package since the start of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, the German government hopes to alleviate concerns over skyrocketing prices for heating and electricity in the coming winter. The large package worth ...
  • 19 Aug 2024 |

    German government to reform state support for biomass electricity generation

    19 Aug 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Finance RND / dpa / Handelsblatt Biomass could continue to play an important role in Germany's future energy system, economy minister Robert Habeck told dpa as reported by media house RND. He announced a ...
  • 10 Oct 2016

    German states 鈥 New cars in EU should be emission-free by 2030

    German federal states want to ensure that the sale of new diesel and petrol cars in the European Union ends by 2030 in order to protect the climate. In a resolution of the parliament's upper house (Bundesrat), Germany's sixteen states asked the ...
  • Germany could struggle to find investors for new gas power plants, utilities warn

    24 Oct 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Electricity market Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Germany's plan to secure the supply of electricity at all times through hydrogen-ready gas power plants could not materialise ...
  • 06 Sep 2021 |

    German taxpayer association demands end to e-car subsidies following critical study

    06 Sep 2021, 13:49 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices Focus / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel The German Taxpayers Federation is calling for an end to the high state subsidies for electric vehicles, news weekly Focus reports. The federation鈥檚 call follows on ...
  • Climate plan: Hendricks demands Merkel put down her foot鈥

    Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks has demanded Chancellor Angela Merkel put down her foot in the聽 dispute 聽over the聽 Climate Action Plan 2050. According to news agency dpa, Hendricks told the Funke Mediengruppe 聽she had discussed her proposals with ...
  • 06 Jun 2025

    In brief | 6 June '25

    06 Jun 2025, 11:37 麻豆无码版 Team Financial Times: Hotter world will drive more wars, EU climate chief warns Military staff increasingly concerned about rising sea levels, droughts and floods, according to EU commissioner. Montel: French-German energy ...
  • 16 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淓U 鈥榠ncreasingly likely鈥 to implement electric car quota, despite denials鈥

    Despite public denials, the European Commission is considering implementing an e-car quota to be achieved by automakers by 2030, writes Arthur Nelson for Climate Home. 鈥淚t is looking increasingly likely that [the Commission] will come forward with a ...
  • 24 May 2019 |

    Fridays For Future: Students protest for climate action ahead of EU election

    24 May 2019, 17:25 Young climate activists across Europe took to the streets Friday to demand more ambitious climate action from politicians two days ahead of the main day of the EU elections. In Germany, 鈥淔ridays For Future鈥 students protested in more ...
  • 13 Dec 2023 |

    Average price of electric cars rises to 鈧52,700 in Germany

    13 Dec 2023, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Cars dpa The average price of newly registered electric cars, excluding optional extras and subsidies, rose by more than 4,000 euros to 52,700 euros in Germany this year, slowing the transition to climate-friendly mobility ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    CDU and SPD blame each other for poor climate record, Greens stress coal exit in second TV debate

    13 Sep 2021, 14:00 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 A second televised debate between the three chancellor candidates for the German federal election has again seen the Social Democrats鈥 (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz come out on ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    Technology-neutral approach in car industry 'excuse for doing nothing' 鈥 Daimler union rep

    11 Jan 2021, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Kontext The German car industry association's call for a technology-neutral approach in the shift to low-emission vehicles is an excuse for inaction, according to a union representative on Daimler's ...
  • 08 Jun 2018 |

    German environment ministry pushes for tougher EU car emission rules

    08 Jun 2018, 00:00 The German environment ministry has called for much more ambitious EU targets to lower car emissions than those proposed by the European Commission. In a position paper seen by the 麻豆无码版, the ministry says car emissions must ...
  • 18 Jun 2024 |

    German states aim to strengthen consumer rights as district heating prices rise

    18 Jun 2024, 13:23 Edgar Meza Heating Tagesspiegel Background Representatives of federal and state consumer protection ministries report an "urgent need for action" in view of recent price hikes in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 district heating market, energy ...
  • Gabriel defends not naming an end date for coal

    Federal economy minister Sigmar Gabriel does not support setting an end date for coal-fired power generation in Germany, he said in the plenary of the German Bundestag, reaffirming his position that had held up the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050. ...
  • Blog: Germany pushes for joint global energy transition

    10 Apr 2019, 13:44 German ministers, high-level policymakers, as well as representatives from industry, science and civil society gather at the Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue on 9-10 April 2019 to discuss the progress of a global energy transition. ...
  • 19 Sep 2016 |

    Environment minister Hendricks criticises coalition partner

    Environment minister Barbara Hendricks criticised her federal coalition partners for obstructing her ministry鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel. 鈥淭he objections of the ministries of agriculture and transport show ...
  • 28 Apr 2025 |

    Grid operators recommend splitting German power price zone, industry disagrees

    28 Apr 2025, 13:38 European transmission system operators (TSOs) have recommended that Germany split its single electricity price zone into up to five bidding zones. This should maximise economic efficiency across the whole market area, ensuring security ...
  • 13 Dec 2022 |

    Need for supply security drives acceptance of renewables in Germany 鈥 survey

    13 Dec 2022, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 A need for energy supply security has increased acceptance in the German population towards the expansion of renewables, a survey by the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) found. ...
  • 11 Apr 2022 |

    Governments agree to preserve eco areas amid wheat supply worries

    11 Apr 2022, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Agriculture 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state governments have agreed not to use fallow land and special eco areas for regular food production and instead preserve them for biodiversity and climate action. Large farm ...
  • 'Green wave' vs right-wing populism: Europe faces climate policy polarisation

    05 Jun 2019, 16:00 The European elections delivered major gains for Green parties in several countries, as voters signalled a strong desire for more aggressive action on climate change. In Germany, the Green surge was especially strong. The party doubled ...
  • 25 Jul 2019 |

    Germany sets new heat record as climate debate continues

    25 Jul 2019, 14:48 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Society Germany hit its highest temperature ever on July 24, when the town of Geilenkirchen in the state North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 40.5 degrees Celsius, yet the record may stand of only one day as ...
  • German Trade Union Association set to distance itself from German climate targets 鈥 report

    The German Trade Union Association DGB is set to reposition itself on climate policy at its upcoming annual congress, reports Malte Kreutzfeldt in daily taz. In a draft paper on energy, the unions only say they support the Paris climate goals, thereby ...
  • 26 Nov 2019 |

    Germany must adapt as local temperature increase already at 1.5 degrees 鈥 govt

    26 Nov 2019, 17:36 The effects of global warming are becoming increasingly felt in Germany, shows a government report on climate change adaptation. The average air temperature in the country rose by 1.5掳C from 1881 until 2018, and more frequent heat waves ...
  • 11 Apr 2025 |

    Dry topsoil across Germany could impact crop yields following March dry spell 鈥 researchers

    11 Apr 2025, 13:21 Joey Grostern Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Topsoil across much of Germany is significantly drier than usual for the beginning of April which could impact crop yields, with some of the driest springtime conditions since records began, ...
  • 19 Oct 2023 |

    Germany could run 40% of its heating on geothermal energy 鈥 association

    19 Oct 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Zeit Online / 麻豆无码版 Geothermal energy is a key tool for reaching climate neutrality and could cover 40 percent of Germany's heating needs, the head of the country's geothermal association ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    Germany, U.S. launch energy and climate partnership

    16 Jul 2021, 13:04 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 International 麻豆无码版 Germany and the U.S. have entered a partnership aimed at strengthening climate ambition and deepening the countries鈥 collaboration on policies and sustainable ...
  • 05 Aug 2025 |

    Green hydrogen in north, battery storage in south key to cheaper German energy transition 鈥 researchers

    05 Aug 2025, 13:16 Jennifer Collins Storage Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany can slash the costs of its energy transition by deploying green hydrogen predominantly in the north and battery storage in the south, a report by Leibniz University Hannover ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Northern and southern German state each take lead in national renewables ranking

    27 Nov 2019, 14:08 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 Renewable Energies Agency ...
  • 21 Nov 2022 |

    Truly climate-neutral products still only possible in theory- German env agency

    21 Nov 2022, 10:32 It remains virtually impossible to make truly "climate neutral" products in a modern economy, despite the rapid increase of such labels, says Susanne Spies of Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Entirely ...
  • 20 Feb 2023 |

    Fight against climate change will fail if it neglects states' economic interests 鈥 econ min

    20 Feb 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann International 麻豆无码版 The economic interests of all states need to be accounted for in the fight against climate change, as moral reasons won鈥檛 be enough to motivate a successful green transition, German ...
  • EU top job candidate promises "Green Deal" and "Climate Law" for Europe ahead of crunch vote

    16 Jul 2019, 13:08 German defence minister and European Commission candidate Ursula von der Leyen told Members of the European Parliament that if elected, she would introduce a "Green Deal" for Europe in her first 100 days in office, including a ...
  • Two in three of Germany's small and medium companies aim to reduce CO2 emissions 鈥 survey

    08 Aug 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 About two thirds of 444 German small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) surveyed by the Trier University say they aim to reduce their CO2 emissions by 2030, while a ...
  • Moving too slowly on climate targets could become expensive- Court of Auditors

    27 Oct 2020, 13:31 Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚聽Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) is warning of the potentially high costs to the federal budget of moving too slowly to reach climate goals, Malte Kreutzfeldt writes in taz. The report ...
  • Europe must coordinate carbon infrastructure buildout for CCS success 鈥 report

    11 Jul 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Fossil fuels Industry 麻豆无码版 The buildout of a sizeable infrastructure for CO2 transport and storage is key to enable the market ramp-up for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in ...
  • Climate must not 鈥渄ominate鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission, conservative politician warns

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 upcoming coal phase-out commission must not be 鈥渄ominated鈥 by climate action and should instead focus on supply security and economic considerations in the affected regions, conservative (CDU) energy politician Joachim Pfeiffer told the news ...
  • 鈥淒riving Europe鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon 别肠辞苍辞尘测鈥

    EU Member States must together reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 for the transport, buildings, agriculture, waste, land-use and forestry sectors, according to a proposal by the European Commission. The Effort ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    G7 energy ministers discuss ways to support Ukraine鈥檚 energy security

    11 Mar 2022, 13:45 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 Security G20 & G7 Clean ...
  • On her way out, Merkel could set stage for Germany as even more progressive climate partner

    11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate diplomacy push in need of improvement 鈥 report

    06 Oct 2022, 13:52 Expert NewClimate Institute Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate diplomacy initiative has made a promising start ...
  • 27 May 2022 |

    Making 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests climate-resilient will cost 50 billion euros- forestry industry

    27 May 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Die Zeit Following massive damages in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests due to extreme weather, the country鈥檚 forestry industry has called for long-term support for making woodlands more climate-resilient. Between 2018 and ...
  • 17 Jan 2024 |

    Number of solar batteries doubles to over one million in Germany in 2023

    17 Jan 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Solar Storage 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 boom in stationary batteries linked to solar PV systems accelerated last year, doubling the total number of units to more than one million, reports solar industry association BSW. ...
  • 25 Nov 2020 |

    IT industry says digitalisation can get Germany halfway to 2030 climate targets

    25 Nov 2020, 14:24 S枚ren Amelang Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation can induce almost half of the emissions reduction Germany needs to reach its 2030 climate targets, according to the country's digital industry association Bitkom. A ...
  • 14 Aug 2023 |

    German economy remains sluggish despite falling energy prices

    14 Aug 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The German economy looks set to remain on a low-growth track in the coming months even though challenging factors such as price inflation and supply chain problems appear to ...
  • 09 Dec 2022 |

    German government draft report proposes to change legal framework on CCS

    09 Dec 2022, 13:52 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Table.Media / 麻豆无码版 In a bid to achieve its climate targets, the German government aims to bet more strongly and more quickly than previously thought on the controversial technologies of ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    EU delays crucial 2035 car emissions vote after German insistence on combustion engines

    03 Mar 2023, 12:55 By insisting on a future for new combustion engine vehicles after 2035, German finance minister Christian Lindner has upended hopes for those aiming to agree an effective ban for the technology at a vote on EU car emissions initially ...
  • 03 Aug 2023 |

    Must focus on social dimension of climate-friendly transformation, survey shows 鈥 UBA head

    03 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 While the vast majority (91%) of Germans support a climate and environmentally-friendly economic transformation, many worry that it could lead to social injustice and threaten ...
  • 28 Nov 2019 |

    Germany's emergency services start fuel cell programme as backup system

    28 Nov 2019, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Cars Hundreds of radio masts in several German states will be equipped with fuel cell technology to serve as a聽 backup system for emergency services 聽in case of a power blackout, the industry association Clean ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    German Greens hope to win chancellorship in upcoming elections

    11 Jan 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Politics Spiegel Online Despite coming second way behind chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU coalition in current polls, Germany鈥 Greens have a chance of becoming the strongest party and winning the ...
  • 27 Apr 2016 |

    Federal government decides on 4,000 euro buyer's premium for e-cars

    27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In paragraph five: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; in paragraph eight: government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
  • Liberal state energy minister welcomes coalition draft agreement on energy and climate

    Andreas Pinkwart, Free Democratic (FDP) state energy minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, welcomed several energy and climate provisions of the draft coalition treaty between the conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD). Admitting that the ...
  • 13 Jan 2021 |

    Farmers must contribute more to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate neutrality goal 鈥 Env Min

    13 Jan 2021, 13:39 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 farmers will have to make greater efforts to contribute to the country鈥檚 goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, environment Minister Svenja Schulze has said at her ministry鈥檚 annual Agriculture ...
  • German government parties weigh climate policies' impact after state election debacle

    10 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung One day after being thrashed by voters in two state elections, the three parties of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government coalition went into damage ...
  • 29 Apr 2025 |

    Grid regulator says Iberia-like power outage unlikely in Germany as Europe investigates causes

    29 Apr 2025, 13:37 Germany is unlikely to face the kind of massive power outage which hit Spain and Portugal on 28 April, as the country鈥檚 system is based on redundancies and many safeguard measures are in place, said grid agency BNetzA. The two countries ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    German regional govt aims to shield Nord Stream 2 against U.S. sanctions

    06 Jan 2021, 18:13 A German state government attempts to circumvent looming U.S. sanctions on the contentious natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 with the help of a 鈥climate鈥 foundation. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the pipeline will land, ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    EU's Fit for 55 package must leave national flexibility- Germany

    09 Jun 2021, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy International Tagesspiegel Background The EU's Fit for 55 package must reconcile climate protection with a prosperous economy and leave member states with enough flexibility, the German ...
  • 26 May 2023 |

    UN calls for protection of climate activists following crackdown in Germany

    26 May 2023, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Society dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The UN has highlighted the importance of climate activists and their right to hold demonstrations following a crackdown on a street-blocking group in Germany. "Climate ...
  • 11 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕overnment reaches agreement on Climate Action Plan 2050鈥

    Chancellor Angela Merkel, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel and environment minister Barbara Hendricks have agreed on the Climate Action Plan 2050, which they had heavily debated in the run-up to the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, writes news agency ...
  • 10 Oct 2023 |

    Germany's Schaeffler eyes major takeover to become "leading electromobility supplier"

    10 Oct 2023, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Schaeffler, a major Bavaria-based automotive supplier, has said it wants to acquire Vitesco, a specialist in vehicle electrification technologies, with ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 minister proposes 2030 review of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit strategy

    21 Jan 2019, 13:30 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 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace ...
  • 11 Jul 2018 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal phase-out could serve as model for just transition to low-carbon energy supply 鈥 opinion

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal-exit commission could provide useful lessons for other countries and sectors seeking to both decarbonise and protect workers, Pieter de Pous writes in a blog post published by E3G, a climate-change think-tank. However, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    Rebound effect undoing decade of Germany's home efficiency investments- housing companies

    02 Jul 2020, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency 麻豆无码版 / Welt Online / Handelsblatt German housing companies have invested over 340 billion euros in energy modernisation since 2010 but household energy consumption is stagnating regardless, the ...
  • 05 Mar 2015

    In the media: Energiewende indices show progress

    05 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt /McKinsey Germany 鈥淢cKinsey: Energiewende indices improve鈥 The McKinsey Energiewende Index, a bi-annually published analysis of how well Germany is achieving its energy transition targets, ...
  • G20 currently not able to send 鈥渟trong joint messages on climate鈥- Germanwatch

    01 Jul 2019, 13:35 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 / Financial Times Environmental and development organisation Germanwatch聽 has said it is 鈥渞elieved鈥 that 19 of the G20 countries at ...
  • Industry slams Germany's plans for 鈥淗2-ready鈥 gas power plants

    12 Jul 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Industry Policy 麻豆无码版 / WirtschaftsWoche The German government鈥檚 plans for a so-called capacity market, which would reward power plant operators for providing generation capacity rather ...
  • 19 Sep 2024

    In brief | 19 September '24

    19 Sep 2024, 09:33 麻豆无码版 Team Electric-Vehicles.com: Nio in talks to buy Audi鈥檚 factory in Belgium Move is part of its strategy to establish local production in Europe and avoid European Commission tariffs on imported Chinese EVs. Euractiv: Europe's ...
  • 08 Mar 2023 |

    German hydrogen strategy update draft fails to match US subsidies 鈥 industry

    08 Mar 2023, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A leaked draft update to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 National Hydrogen Strategy does not yet set the right conditions for the investments needed to build up the country鈥檚 hydrogen economy according to the ...
  • Climate policy eases pressure on EU defence spending by lowering Russian oil revenues 鈥 research report

    02 Apr 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Europe could reduce its spending on security and defence by cutting its reliance on fossil fuels 鈥 thereby starving Russia of funds from oil exports which are critical ...
  • Old EV batteries can increase renewable power use while reducing resource demand 鈥 agency

    12 Oct 2023, 11:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Making greater use of old electric vehicle (EV) batteries could greatly help reduce waste and stabilise the power grid in the shift towards renewable power, the ...
  • Climate friendly construction not a cost driver over new buildings' entire lifecycle 鈥 report

    15 May 2025, 13:43 Expert DGNB 鈥 German Sustainable Building Council Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Nachhaltiges Bauen Climate & CO2 Efficiency Cities Construction Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Construction 麻豆无码版 Climate-friendly homes ...
  • Merkel must use Council presidency to help make EU future-proof 鈥 opinion

    09 Jul 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) Chancellor Angela Merkel must now walk the walk when it comes to making sure climate action 鈥渢ops鈥 the German EU Council presidency agenda and ensuring that ...
  • 28 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淒iesel summit comes two years too late鈥

    28 Jul 2017, 00:00 [CORRECTION, due to mistake in transcription: in reply to 4th question, diesel cars have "always been allowed to emit more NOx than petrol cars", not CO2] On 2 August, the CEOs of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major car manufacturers will meet ...
  • Study says rapid coal exit would enable Germany to meet 2020 and 2030 climate targets

    A quick end of coal-fired power production in Germany and a parallel expansion of wind and solar power capacities would reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to meet the 2020 and 2030 climate target in line with the Paris Agreement, a study by research ...
  • German electricity sector should be climate neutral by 2040s- Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act reform

    15 Sep 2020, 14:27 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background The latest version of amendments to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) includes a tougher climate goal for the electricity sector, which should ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Limited potential for marine CO2 removal in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Baltic and North Seas

    30 Apr 2025, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 In the waters of the German North and Baltic Seas, the options for marine carbon dioxide removal and geological storage are limited to just a few approaches, said researchers from the ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new 2030 goal of 65 percent renewables to make power prices more volatile

    The provision in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition agreement that the country will source 65 percent of its power consumption from renewables by 2030 is likely to make power prices 鈥渕ore volatile and lower鈥 than previously thought, Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research says in an ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淕19 merely point out reporting on climate 谤颈蝉办蝉鈥

    G20 members commend private commitment to climate risk reporting but do not universally recommend it in the climate and energy action plan, which was annexed to the G20 Hamburg summit leaders鈥 communiqu茅, writes Dagmar Dehmer for Tagesspiegel Background. ...
  • 22 Dec 2022 |

    New German nutritional strategy highlights environmental impact of food

    22 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Edgar Meza Agriculture Government 麻豆无码版 / Welt Reducing the environmental impact of food is one of the key priorities of the German government's upcoming nutritional strategy, presented by the ...
  • 28 Feb 2022 |

    Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine forces Germany to come clean on energy transition strategy

    28 Feb 2022, 13:58 The outbreak of war in eastern Europe is sending shockwaves through 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 political class and is reshaping the energy transition debate, as the country鈥檚 most important energy trading partner Russia increasingly turns into a ...
  • Commission watch 鈥 Managing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal phase-out

    31 Jan 2019, 13:30 In a bid to improve Germany's poor emission reduction record and to identify economic perspectives for people employed in the waning coal industry, the grand coalition government in 2018 set up a commission tasked with managing the ...
  • 04 Mar 2020 |

    Quick renewables boom required to cushion Germany's nuclear and coal exit 鈥 think tank

    04 Mar 2020, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Germany must move quickly to get its renewables expansion back on track if the country wants to avoid a "green power gap," forcing it to rely on power imports or fossil reserve ...
  • 01 Aug 2018 |

    Bavarian cabinet announces climate action policies

    Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der and his ministers are planning to expand existing measures, such as building insulation, support for community climate action, and growth of renewable energies, in order to fight climate change, they announced after a ...
  • 12 Apr 2022 |

    Critics blast government relief package as fossil fuel prices stabilise

    12 Apr 2022, 11:52 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background The German government鈥檚 planned relief package to shield consumers from rising energy costs exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine is facing increasing criticism partly due to ...
  • 29 Jun 2022 |

    EU ministers reach agreement on climate bills, zero emission cars by 2035

    29 Jun 2022, 12:51 Kerstine Appunn Cars Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 EU member states have approved the end of fossil fuelled passenger cars in 2035 and found compromises on emissions trading and a 鈥淪ocial Climate Fund鈥. The fund will be used ...
  • 30 Jun 2023 |

    Making electricity distribution grids fit for renewable future is 鈥渕ammoth task鈥 鈥 energy industry

    30 Jun 2023, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 New regional projections for future electricity consumption and production show that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity distribution grid operators will face massive challenges in the coming years of the ...
  • 19 May 2025

    In brief | 19 May '25

    19 May 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable energy in EU legislation, ...
  • 10 Feb 2022 |

    East German state premier says 2030 coal exit "not possible in current framework"

    10 Feb 2022, 14:18 Jessica Bateman Coal n-tv The state premier of easterm German coal mining state Saxony Anhalt has said he believes the goal for an earlier coal phase-out date in 2030 is unlikely to be achieved, news website n-tv reports. Speaking ...
  • 13 Dec 2022 |
    EU

    Preview 2023: Reform of 贰鲍鈥檚 fiscal rules key climate debate next year 鈥 E3G

    13 Dec 2022, 11:30 European countries will continue to deal with the energy crisis throughout next year, and seek sufficient gas supply on world markets while boosting renewable energy and key technologies such as heat pumps. However, the biggest climate ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    New Just 麻豆无码版 Transition Partnership with Indonesia important signal for COP27 鈥 env minister

    15 Nov 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 / Reuters The G7, along with Norway and Denmark, have announced a 20 billion U.S. dollar partnership to support Indonesia in moving away from fossil fuels and speeding up its energy ...
  • PV auctions: More competition, but critics warn of target shortfalls

    26 Aug 2016, 00:00 In August, Germany held the fifth tender in its new auction pilot scheme for payments to large-scale solar projects. While officials overseeing the programme continue to praise its results and declining price levels, critics warn that ...
  • 28 Sep 2023 |

    Germany has subsidised a total of two million electric cars

    28 Sep 2023, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars Handelsblatt The German government has spent a total of 9.5 billion euros to subsidise the purchase of two million electric cars, reports business daily Handelsblatt. The Federal Office for Economic Affairs ...
  • 09 Feb 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 north-south power line SuedWestLink will extend to Bavaria

    09 Feb 2024, 13:07 Franca Quecke Grid 麻豆无码版 The planned high-voltage power line SuedWestLink, which is intended to transport renewable energy from the windy north of the country to industrial centres in the south, will have a direct branch to ...
  • 07 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淟ignite: The endgame has begun鈥

    A new draft of federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 contentious Climate Action Plan 2050 says that there would be no new coal-fired power plants or expansions of existing open pit mines, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淲ith ...
  • 29 Oct 2020 |

    German car industry commits to 2050 climate neutrality, insists on combustion engines

    29 Oct 2020, 17:50 The German car industry has committed to climate-neutral mobility by 2050 for the first time, but continues to reject a sole focus on electric mobility. Following a fierce quarrel within the lobby group, industry association VDA said ...
  • 03 Mar 2022 |

    German growth in climate action technology innovation lagging behind competitors 鈥 report

    03 Mar 2022, 12:46 Edgar Meza Technology 麻豆无码版 While Germany remains a leading source for environmental technology patents 鈥 currently holding a 13 percent global share 鈥 its growth rates in the area are clearly lagging behind in an ...
  • 20 Feb 2024 |

    Eastern German coal mining region faces labour shortage instead of unemployment amid phase-out

    20 Feb 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Over the course of the planned coal phase-out in Germany there will be a net increase in available jobs in eastern mining region Lusatia that employers might struggle ...
  • 08 Nov 2021 |

    German politicians affirm rejection of nuclear power in EU sustainable finance taxonomy

    08 Nov 2021, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Finance Funke Mediengruppe / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany will work towards an exclusion of nuclear power from the EU taxonomy for sustainable investments, the country鈥檚 environment minister ...
  • German conservative party head calls for serious discussion on climate action law 鈥 media

    19 Feb 2019, 13:19 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 ...
  • 28 Apr 2020 |

    VW CEO calls for economic stimulus, includes combustion engine cars

    28 Apr 2020, 12:31 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Transport Cars ARD / 麻豆无码版 In an interview with public ...
  • German state aid for car industry highly probable, decision in June 鈥 report

    06 May 2020, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Cars Hydrogen Green stimulus Handelsblatt A stimulus package for the German car industry looks highly likely following a conference call between Chancellor Angela Merkel and industry executives, but details will remain ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    Renewables climb to 22 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 total energy consumption in 2023

    11 Mar 2024, 12:52 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Corrected: The renewable share in energy consumption in 2022 was 20.8 percent and ...
  • 22 Feb 2023 |

    East German region rejects earlier coal phase-out as econ minister presents funds for structural change

    22 Feb 2023, 13:47 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Carolina Kyllmann Coal Zeit Online / Frankfurter Allgemeine Regional representatives of the eastern German coal region Lusatia renewed their ...
  • 24 Apr 2025 |

    Number of sunshine hours in Germany up significantly in recent years 鈥 meteorological service

    24 Apr 2025, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Solar Tagesspiegel The number of sunshine hours registered in Germany has constantly been on the rise over the past few decades, data by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Meteorological Service (DWD) has shown. Between 2011 ...
  • 06 Aug 2019 |

    Germans consider climate change top issue facing the country

    06 Aug 2019, 14:12 S枚ren Amelang Society International 麻豆无码版 Germans consider "the environment, climate and energy" the most important issue facing the country at the moment, according to a EU poll. 36 percent of respondents named it ...
  • 13 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's plans for hydrogen storage fall well short of future demand, utilities warn

    13 Sep 2024, 12:06 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Planned hydrogen storage projects remain significantly behind forecasted demand, an issue which could affect 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 attempts to move towards a renewable energy system, found a report ...
  • 13 Jul 2022 |

    Higher gas prices make market-driven 2030 coal phase-out much harder, report finds

    13 Jul 2022, 12:58 Jessica Bateman Coal 麻豆无码版 Rising gas prices mean the 2030 coal phase-out date set by the coalition government will be much harder to achieve without political intervention, a short report by the Friedrich-Alexander ...
  • 26 Oct 2020 |

    Consumers and politicians share blame for slow climate action, Germans say

    26 Oct 2020, 13:57 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities S枚ren Amelang Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany believe that politicians and consumers share equal blame for slow progress in climate action. In a survey ...
  • 18 Jun 2019 |

    Germany faces new protests against coal and for climate action

    18 Jun 2019, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 麻豆无码版 Anti-coal activists and the student protest movement Fridays for Future are planning a series of demonstrations in Western Germany in the coming days. On Friday 21 June, Fridays For Future ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

    Remote offshore wind parks in Germany should deliver green hydrogen and electricity 鈥 consultancy

    11 Sep 2024, 12:56 Julian Wettengel Wind Handelsblatt Offshore wind parks located far away from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coast would be more profitable if they produce green hydrogen to send to the mainland by pipeline as well as having a direct electricity connection, ...
  • 20 Jul 2023 |

    Finance ministry advisors reject plans for lowering industry power prices in Germany

    20 Jul 2023, 13:12 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Plans by Germany's economy and climate ministry to lower industry power prices with ...
  • Head of governing conservatives says environmental protection must "get the priority it deserves"

    19 Jun 2019, 12:03 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit Humankind cannot continue living and economising the way it has, ...
  • War in Ukraine: Tracking the impacts on German energy and climate policy

    24 Feb 2023, 11:00 One year after Russia started its devastating war on Ukraine, the energy policy landscape of Germany and most of Europe has changed radically. European states to a large extent lowered or even completely cut their reliance on Russian ...
  • 16 Jun 2025 |

    German buildings minister bets on serial construction to cut costs, sticks to heating law targets

    16 Jun 2025, 12:50 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Construction Bild Assembling building parts in factories, also known as serial construction, could greatly reduce building costs in Germany, construction minister Verena Hubertz told tabloid Bild. "We can ...
  • 10 Oct 2018 |

    EU governments agree to cut car emissions faster than proposed by Germany

    The environment ministers of the EU member states have agreed to seek more ambitious CO鈧 car emission cuts by 2030 than both the European Commission and the German government had initially proposed. Average CO鈧 emissions of new passenger cars registered ...
  • Scholz promises new national ports strategy to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 maritime industry fit for climate targets

    15 Sep 2023, 11:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Gas Wind Freight 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to strengthen the country鈥檚 ports to support the expansion of offshore wind power and LNG and ...
  • 04 Jan 2023 |

    Germany intensifies energy transition cooperation with Norway and Portugal

    04 Jan 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 Germany plans to intensify its international cooperation on the energy transition with Norway and Portugal, with government ministers visiting both countries this ...
  • 29 Jun 2023 |
    Gas

    Germany must consider climate risks during LNG buildout 鈥 govt advisors

    29 Jun 2023, 12:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 quest for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a substitute for halted Russian pipeline supplies entails significant risks regarding climate change mitigation, as the country鈥檚 demand could ...
  • 12 Feb 2025 |

    Italy, Greece, Spain among top ten countries most affected by extreme weather 鈥 report

    12 Feb 2025, 13:33 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Extreme droughts and floods hit Italy, Greece and Spain more than most other countries across the globe in the past 30 years, causing many deaths and high economical losses, ...
  • 鈥淐DU debates ending green power support鈥

    The debate about an end to Germany's core renewable energy support within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) continues, according to Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The party's federal expert committee on finances, economy and ...
  • 06 Nov 2023 |

    Taxation rules prevent German fund managers from roof-mounted solar power investments 鈥 association

    06 Nov 2023, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Finance Handelsblatt Raising private capital to fund the fast expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacity could face difficulties due to regulatory challenges in taxation law, fund manager association BVI said in ...
  • Germany to auction 鈥渉uge number鈥 of hydrogen power plants 鈥 minister

    10 Feb 2023, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Politics 麻豆无码版 The transformation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy system away from fossil fuels must quickly be reinforced by sufficient 鈥渕olecule-based鈥 power plant capacity that can back up the ...
  • 08 Feb 2024 |

    German energy company plans to store at least 250 GWh of hydrogen in salt caverns by 2030

    08 Feb 2024, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy company Uniper plans to operate salt caverns as large-scale hydrogen storage within around six years. 鈥淭he initially envisaged storage capacity will be 250 to 600 GWh, ...
  • 15 Nov 2018 |

    German truckmakers: new emission limits agreed by European Parliament 鈥渦nworkable鈥

    German truckmakers are outraged about the more ambitious emission limits for heavy duty vehicles adopted by the European Parliament, report Till Hoppe and Franz Hubik in the Handelsblatt. Industry association VDA said it was 鈥渦nworkable鈥 to reduce ...
  • Bavarian CSU presents climate plan ahead of crucial 20 September govt meeting

    09 Sep 2019, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics The Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥 sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU 鈥 has agreed on what it calls a " ...
  • 16 Mar 2016

    Trade union could come round to coal exit / A lignite foundation?

    16 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淰erdi lets go of pro-coal attitude鈥 Trade union Verdi is open to more climate action and a coal exit before 2050, board member Andreas Scheidt told the Frankfurter Rundschau. ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍 climate targets unattainable 鈥 because of coal鈥

    German power plant operators would likely not be overburdened by a partial coal exit aimed at meeting the country鈥檚 climate targets, but emissions would shift to neighbouring countries, according to a new study by British consultancy Aurora 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 11 Nov 2019 |

    G20 need more ambitious climate strategies 鈥 report

    11 Nov 2019, 08:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 No G20 country has a climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement鈥檚 ambitious end of its main target- to limit global warming to 1.5掳C- although most are technically capable and have ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    German gas network to grow by 1746 kilometres, hydrogen grid is the future

    02 Jul 2020, 13:03 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 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Hydrogen Clean ...
  • 13 Sep 2023 |

    Small and mid-sized towns hold enough solar potential to power all German households- EON

    13 Sep 2023, 14:20 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Jack McGovan Solar Cities 麻豆无码版 Rooftop solar panels in small and mid-sized German towns technically could generate enough electricity for the 41 million ...
  • 13 Sep 2023 |

    BP wants to build 20,000 'ultrafast' electric vehicle charging stations in Germany

    13 Sep 2023, 14:20 Jack McGovan Cars Die Welt British oil company BP wants to build around 20,000 鈥渦ltrafast鈥 charging stations for electric cars as part of a larger investment push in Germany, reports Die Welt. By 2030, the company aims to invest a total ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    Germany must start fossil gas heating phase-out to avoid costs 鈥 think tank

    09 Jun 2021, 13:23 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany should immediately increase its national carbon price and better support renewables to initiate the phase-out of fossil gas in buildings heating, said think ...
  • 13 Dec 2022 |

    G7 establish climate club with focus on industry decarbonisation

    13 Dec 2022, 13:37 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, with a focus on pushing the climate-friendly ...
  • 23 Apr 2024 |

    German industry aims high with green steel definition and sustainable cement production

    23 Apr 2024, 14:16 Two new projects for the climate-friendly production of steel and cement illustrate the ambition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry to meet sustainability targets without ceding market share to foreign competitors. Economy minister, Robert Habeck, ...
  • 19 Apr 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 industry wants to scrap 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 target of one million car charging points

    19 Apr 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Cars Utilities 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry wants to give up on the government target of installing one million charging points for electric cars in the country by 2030, but faces headwind from ...
  • CO鈧 price must not put additional burden on citizens 鈥揝ocial Democrat leader

    13 May 2019, 14:12 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices A CO鈧 price can be a useful building block of a package of climate ...
  • 21 Nov 2019 |

    Scientists should speak up if politicians ignore climate research 鈥 survey

    21 Nov 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Three out of four Germans say it is right for scientists to get involved in the climate policy debate if political decision-making does not take into account their research ...
  • 06 Mar 2019 |

    Missing climate targets in transport could cost Germany billions of euros 鈥 report

    06 Mar 2019, 11:26 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Transport 麻豆无码版 Missing its聽 2030 climate targets for the transport sector could cost Germany billions of euros,聽 according to a report by the NewClimate Institute ...
  • 12 Oct 2022 |

    World Bank must put more focus on climate 鈥 German development minister

    12 Oct 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Finance 麻豆无码版 / Financial Times / Guardian The German government is advocating a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis. 鈥淢y goal is a World Bank which is well ...
  • 13 May 2025 |

    Cooperation on energy security priority for Germany, new minister tells EU partners

    13 May 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Security 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has emphasised the value in working with European partners to ensure energy supply for the continent. 鈥淐ooperation with European ...
  • 09 Mar 2020 |

    Germany's hydrogen strategy doesn't include green gas for heating 鈥 report

    09 Mar 2020, 13:42 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity ...
  • 12 Sep 2019 |

    Merkel: Cutting transport emissions will be 鈥渉erculean task鈥 for govt and industry

    12 Sep 2019, 14:08 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars 麻豆无码版 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said reaching the country's climate targets in the transport sector will be a great challenge for the car industry and the government. Reducing ...
  • 14 Nov 2018 |

    Germany has set ambitious climate goals, but failed to introduce right instruments to reach these 鈥 opinion

    Germany and other industrial nations have in the past set ambitious climate targets, but failed to decide and introduce concrete instruments and measures to reach these, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece for German business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • E.ON head calls for CO鈧 price in all sectors

    13 May 2019, 14:08 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Johannes Teyssen, CEO of German energy company E.ON, has called for the introduction of a price on CO鈧 emissions in all economic sectors in ...
  • 30 Jun 2023

    German environment minister supports EU push to reign in false green claims

    30 Jun 2023, 12:20 Julian Wettengel NOZ / 麻豆无码版 / Zeit German environment and consumer protection minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) supports the European Commission鈥檚 push to reign in false 鈥済reenwashing鈥 claims by companies, she told Neue ...
  • 27 Jan 2023 |

    Germany and Australia to strengthen energy and climate ties with focus on hydrogen

    27 Jan 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 Germany and Australia plan to intensify their cooperation in the areas of energy, climate protection and emissions reduction, German economy minister Robert Habeck together with ...
  • 31 Jan 2019 |

    Ahead of meeting with Merkel: Saxony state premier expects timetable for mining region support

    31 Jan 2019, 13:19 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Deutschlandfunk Coal state Saxony鈥檚 premier, Michael Kretschmer (CDU), expects decisions ...
  • Merkel calls for high-tech investments as industry demands clarity on climate goals

    23 Jun 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, Zeit Online, Handelsblatt Chancellor Angela Merkel has said both the private sector and the state have a duty to invest ...
  • 22 Jan 2024 |

    Heat pump sales reach record in 2023, but controversial law causes uncertainty

    22 Jan 2024, 15:09 Franca Quecke Heating 麻豆无码版 / Welt am Sonntag Heat pump sales in Germany reached a record of almost 400,000 units last year, but the positive development is at risk in 2024, the German Heat Pump Association (BWP) has said. ...
  • 05 Jul 2023 |

    Solar PV auction for roofs and sound barriers in Germany oversubscribed

    05 Jul 2023, 14:06 Carolina Kyllmann Solar 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest auction for photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs and noise protection walls was far oversubscribed. A volume of 342 megawatts (MW), distributed amongst 155 bids, far surpassed the ...
  • 27 Sep 2018 |

    France and Germany team up with world鈥檚 biggest investment fund to act on climate

    The governments of France and Germany have entered into an unusual alliance with BlackRock, the world鈥檚 biggest investment fund, to achieve progress in unlocking private capital for investments in climate action, Astrid D枚rner and Peter K枚hler write in ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German govt greenlights first phase-out support payments of 260 million euros to coal regions

    05 Apr 2019, 12:44 Julian Wettengel Coal Cost & Prices Reuters / ZDF 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government and coal mining states have agreed on a programme worth 260 million euros to provide fast support to regions affected by the exit from coal-fired power ...
  • Judge 鈥渃annot yet鈥 see sound claims in landmark climate case by Peruvian farmer against RWE

    20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
  • 01 Oct 2020 |

    Activists aim to unite small parties under one climate roof to gain seats in next German parliament

    01 Oct 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Die Welt Climate activists want to get small and niche parties in Germany to unite as one political party to overcome the five percent threshold to gain seats in parliament after the 2021 ...
  • 10 May 2022 |

    Politicians from major German coal state say 2030 phase-out possible despite Russia鈥檚 war

    10 May 2022, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Rheinische Post Local politicians in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) say the region that heavily relies on coal power and mining can achieve its goal to end the fossil fuel鈥檚 use ...
  • 09 May 2025

    In brief | 9 May '25

    09 May 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Montel: German zone split plan 鈥渉alf-baked鈥, may lead to extreme prices聽 Large impact of weather on green output expected in the smaller of five proposed areas. Reuters: Germany's energy transition hits reverse so far in ...
  • 15 Jul 2024 |

    Share of new electric car registrations down in Germany in first half of 2024

    15 Jul 2024, 13:57 Jack McGovan Cars 麻豆无码版 The share of newly registered battery electric passenger cars (BEV) in Germany decreased to 12.5 percent in the first six months of 2024 (H1 2023: 15.8%), said the Federal Motor Transport Authority ...
  • 03 Apr 2023 |

    German government settles heating row, relaxes rules on new fossil fuel systems

    03 Apr 2023, 13:47 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has reached an agreement over rules for the transition to climate-friendly heating, settling a months-long debate over the details of a law that would de facto ban fossil heating systems. From next year, ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    NGO urges 鈥減ause to think鈥 about LNG expansion as Germany overshoots gas storage target

    03 Feb 2023, 12:56 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 The hasty buildout of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
  • 25 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淎dieu Paris!鈥

    Angela Merkel鈥檚 chancellery officials have "shredded" the formerly ambitious Climate Action Plan 2050 proposal by environment minister Barbara Hendricks, Der Spiegel reports. The chancellery, which was to evaluate the draft over the summer, has ...
  • 28 Jun 2018 |

    Opposition parties clash over pathway to Germany's 2030 renewables goal

    At an event held by the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) on 27 June, parliamentarians from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Greens, and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) called the government鈥檚 climate and energy policy measures misguided. ...
  • 07 Jul 2025

    In brief | 7 July '25

    07 Jul 2025, 10:59 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Euro zone investor morale hits three-year record as recovery broadens聽 Germany, Europe's largest economy, also showed continued improvement. Financial Times: Berlin explores 鈧4bn subsidies for German heavy ...
  • Peruvian farmer's climate lawsuit against RWE faces crucial step

    18 Mar 2025, 13:57 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 / ZDF A landmark court hearing initiated by a Peruvian farmer and ...
  • 13 Jan 2021 |

    Share of renewables in German buildings sector stagnates as clear target is lacking

    13 Jan 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency Heating RND Although the building sector is considered a key part of Germany's energy transition, the share of renewable energies used for heating and cooling buildings has stagnated at a low level for ...
  • 25 Aug 2023 |

    Chancellor Scholz pledges tenfold increase of geothermal energy in heating networks

    25 Aug 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to greatly expand the use of geothermal energy in Germany. The Social Democrat (SPD) said his goal was to tap into the renewable energy鈥檚 ...
  • 21 Sep 2022 |

    German wholesale power prices to rise steeply before falling from 2024- report

    21 Sep 2022, 13:23 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Wholesale electricity prices in Germany will be significantly higher in the next few years than they were during the 2019-2020 period due to the country鈥檚 energy mix and their continued dependence on gas ...
  • 20 Sep 2022 |

    More than half of all new trucks will be electric by 2035- McKinsey

    20 Sep 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 More than half of all newly registered trucks in Europe, the US and China will be electric by 2035, according to a new study by McKinsey & Company presented at this year鈥檚 German car show ...
  • 27 Nov 2015

    Minister's 'coal solo' criticised / Consumers want to be 'climate friendly'

    27 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 dpa Criticism of environment minister鈥檚 鈥榮olo鈥 push for coal exit North-Rhine Westphalia鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft and her economy minister Garrelt Duin have criticised Federal Environment ...
  • 02 Aug 2023 |

    Germany must double annual e-car registrations to reach 2030 target of 15 million 鈥 researchers

    02 Aug 2023, 13:10 Julian Wettengel Cars 麻豆无码版 For Germany to reach its self-set target of 15 million electric vehicles on the road by the end of 2030, at least double the amount of new e-cars than in 2022 will need to be registered every year ...
  • 01 Nov 2016 |

    No Climate Action Plan 2050 before Marrakesh

    Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks does not expect the cabinet to approve her Climate Action Plan 2050 before COP22 in Marrakesh next week. 鈥淢y assessment at this moment is that it will be ready for approval in December,鈥 Hendricks said at a ...
  • 11 Oct 2023 |

    Agreement on EU power market reform imminent, Scholz and Macron say, shrugging off nuclear dispute

    11 Oct 2023, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU 麻豆无码版 France and Germany could soon agree on a reform of the EU electricity market, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have said after their meeting in ...
  • 16 Jul 2025

    In brief | 16 July '25

    16 Jul 2025, 10:43 麻豆无码版 Team Montel: Green push must not mean 鈥渄eindustrialisation鈥 鈥 German industry Many sceptical about government efforts to tackle spiralling energy bills, energy-intensive industry told Montel. Agora Energiewende: A new investment ...
  • 21 Aug 2023 |

    Berlin could use disused airfields for wind turbines, says state govt official

    21 Aug 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cities Tagesspiegel Berlin could use its two disused airfields to build wind turbines on, Christian Gr盲ff, member of the Berlin House of Representatives with the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), told ...
  • 30 May 2025 |

    Grid planning requires realistic assumptions on prosumer behaviour and weather 鈥 operator

    30 May 2025, 12:41 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer ...
  • 24 Jun 2024 |

    German economy minister ends China visit 鈥渃ontent鈥 with progress in looming EU tariff conflict

    24 Jun 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU ARD / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A visit by German economy minister Robert Habeck to China has led to hopes that a diplomatic solution to the looming trade conflict about possible illicit state support for electric ...
  • 30 Nov 2020 |

    Bavaria's state premier says Conservative-Green coalition is many Germans' favoured option

    30 Nov 2020, 14:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Welt Markus S枚der, Bavaria's state premier and head of the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU, has said that climate policy will ...
  • Fridays for Future activists call for 100-billion-euro climate fund for Germany

    13 Sep 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Activists from the Fridays for Future student group have called on the German government to set up a special fund for 鈥渕assive鈥 investments in climate action. 鈥淲e ...
  • 20 Jun 2017 |

    NGOs urge Merkel to push G20 on climate despite US opt-out

    20 Jun 2017, 00:00 NGOs from all over the world have called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to fight for a strong stance on climate at the G20 summit in little more than two weeks. Merkel said the US decision to leave the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥渂roke ...
  • 10 Sep 2021 |

    City of Hanover pulls forward own coal exit to 2026

    10 Sep 2021, 15:01 Kerstine Appunn Coal Cities 麻豆无码版 The City of Hanover has finalised plans to shut down the combined heat-and-power hard coal station in St枚cken by 2026, operator enercity said in a press release.The agreement between the ...
  • German businesses support more climate action, criticise power prices

    16 Sep 2019, 14:05 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Nine out of 10 businesses are in favour of ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    Activists take fight against climate change from streets into courts

    10 Nov 2021, 13:00 A string of landmark rulings forcing governments to step up emission cuts have turned the courts into a new and powerful line of defence in the fight against climate change. An increasing number of judges now consider global warming a ...
  • 24 Apr 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 south faces hydrogen supply bottleneck as H2 economy takes shape 鈥 consultancy

    24 Apr 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 As 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hydrogen (H2) economy takes shape, a double supply gap is emerging in the country鈥檚 south, a report by consultancy PWC found. While the north is well positioned, the country鈥檚 ...
  • 13 Jan 2023 |

    Consultancy says Germany must invest 鈧900bn in 15 years for switch to renewables

    13 Jan 2023, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 For the comprehensive electrification of sectors like heating and road transport, Germany must massively expand renewables and update its energy infrastructure with investments of 900 ...
  • Business-friendly Free Democrats aim to be climate action party

    26 Apr 2019, 16:50 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Spiegel Online 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liberal, pro-business Free ...
  • Task force to decide report on economic perspectives for coal regions

    At a meeting in the Rhenish lignite mining region, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit commission debated first proposals on how to cushion the effects of an exit from coal-fired power generation in affected regions. A draft interim report, seen by the 麻豆无码版, ...
  • 15 Aug 2018 |

    Berlin start-up ubitricity wins New York City鈥檚 鈥淟ocal Climate Action Tech Competition鈥

    Berlin start-up ubitricity, which upgrades existing street lights to electric car charging stations, has won New York鈥檚 Local Climate Action Tech Competition. Ubitricity鈥檚 technology could be instrumental in helping New York achieve its climate action ...
  • 21 Aug 2023 |

    German state scheme scoops up 鈧417 million of electricity companies鈥 windfall profits

    21 Aug 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 The German state scooped up approximately 417 million euros of electricity companies' windfall profits during the energy crisis in the first four months the relevant ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Monopolies Commission calls for end of energy crisis price subsidies

    09 Oct 2023, 14:24 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany should phase out its subsidy scheme to cap electricity and gas prices, introduced during the energy crisis, by the end of 2023,聽 said 聽the ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy sector climate target will almost halve total of jobs connected to lignite industry by 2025 鈥 study

    The greenhouse gas reduction target set for the energy sector in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 and the resulting accelerated coal exit will cut the total workforce connected to the lignite industry almost in half by 2025, according to a study by the ...
  • 24 Oct 2023 |

    German industry power price within European average, France significantly lower 鈥 report

    24 Oct 2023, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The electricity price for industry in Germany is within the European average, but the price in key competitive neighbouring markets such as France are 鈥渟ignificantly lower,鈥 ...
  • 27 Mar 2023 |

    EU combustion engine car deal could stand in way of resolute climate policy 鈥 govt advisor

    27 Mar 2023, 14:01 Julian Wettengel Cars EU Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The deal between Germany and the European Commission to allow new combustion engine cars after 2035 鈥 if they run exclusively on e-fuels 鈥 could upset politicians鈥 climate policy ...
  • 13 Aug 2021 |

    Germany's energy ministry proposes criteria for offshore green hydrogen production

    13 Aug 2021, 13:26 Kerstine Appunn Wind Hydrogen Germany's energy ministry (BMWi) has proposed a set of rules to determine which concepts are eligible for areas for the construction of new renewable energy projects in the offshore sector in the North ...
  • 01 Oct 2024 |

    Offshore hydrogen production on 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 could save Germany 鈧4 bln per year 鈥 report

    01 Oct 2024, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Wind Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Building 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using 20 gigawatts of offshore wind power can save Germany billions of euros, according to a report by the Fraunhofer ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 efficiency standards for new builds 'fatal' for affordable housing, renovations key 鈥 industry

    17 Aug 2023, 14:25 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Efficiency 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥渆xcessive鈥 energy efficiency standards for new buildings make the construction of new homes too expensive, proving fatal for people who need affordable housing ...
  • 28 Apr 2021 |

    Germany to invest 40% of EU recovery funds in climate protection

    28 Apr 2021, 13:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die ...
  • Lessons from IPCC report: end coal earlier, use climate action funds more efficiently 鈥 media commentaries

    10 Aug 2021, 12:56 Kerstine Appunn Coal Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The world is heating up, but the German government is clinging to its coal phase-out date in 2038, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a聽 commentary for S眉ddeutsche ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Bioenergy industry warns plant fleet in Germany at risk due to support regime

    07 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking as many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB has warned. ...
  • 04 Jun 2025 |

    Heat pumps become the norm in Germany's new homes

    04 Jun 2025, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating 麻豆无码版 A large majority of new residential houses and buildings in Germany feature a heat pump as their main heating system, showed numbers from the government鈥檚 statistical office Destatis. ...
  • 18 Dec 2023 |

    Renewables cover more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity demand for first time this year

    18 Dec 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany has generated more than half of the electricity it used this year with renewable energy for the first time, according to preliminary calculations by the Centre for Solar ...
  • EU countries must better embed social justice in climate plans ahead of ETS 2 introduction 鈥 NGOs

    02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 EU member states鈥 national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
  • Climate strikes in Germany spark debate over impact, students' commitment

    18 Mar 2019, 14:30 In the days after tens of thousands of students protested across Germany for more action on climate change, reactions poured in from across the political spectrum. Some conservative politicians argue students should not miss school, and ...
  • Group takes EU to court over climate change

    Lawyers acting for an international group, including a family living on the German island of Langeoog, a French lavender farmer, and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden, have launched legal action against the EU for failing to do enough ...
  • 26 Oct 2022 |

    Plans to skim off solar PV windfall profits could 鈥減oison investment climate鈥 鈥 industry

    26 Oct 2022, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Industry 麻豆无码版 Plans聽by the German government to "retroactively or disproportionately" skim off windfall revenues of the photovoltaic (PV) industry could lead to a market collapse,聽 said the ...
  • 07 Dec 2021 |

    Earlier German coal exit feasible but requires more work to grid system 鈥 Amprion

    07 Dec 2021, 12:54 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Jessica Bateman Coal Grid 麻豆无码版 The new German coalition government鈥檚 goal of a 2030 coal exit, eight years earlier than initially planned, will require a ...
  • 25 Sep 2016 |

    Germany ratifies Paris Agreement

    25 Sep 2016, 00:00 In a move to fast-track the full ratification of the 2015 UN climate treaty (Paris Agreement), the German parliament has unanimously approved the terms of the treaty, helping to pave the way for it to enter into force before the end of ...
  • 08 May 2023 |

    Replacing heating systems in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public buildings expected to cost about 8 bln euros

    08 May 2023, 13:30 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Municipalities in Germany expect the ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    Agriculture must do its part to help Germany reach climate neutrality 2045 鈥 foundation

    02 Jun 2021, 12:14 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Industry Efficiency Julian Wettengel Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The Climate Neutrality Foundation has proposed a ...
  • 12 Mar 2019 |

    Researchers back 鈥淔ridays for Future鈥 protests, global school strike planned for Friday

    12 Mar 2019, 14:06 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society dpa / Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 Students are expected to walk out of school in more than 1,000 cities around the world on Friday, as part of a global strike to demand action on climate ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    G7 Summit: Leaders say they won't compromise on climate goals

    28 Jun 2022, 17:00 Climate is planned to figure high on the agenda as leaders of the G7 democratic economies come together in a remote castle with picturesque views of alpine peaks in southern German state Bavaria. The German presidency has promised to ...
  • 16 Nov 2022 |

    Majority of German start-ups have climate protection in view 鈥 report

    16 Nov 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Business 麻豆无码版 Climate protection played an important role for just under 60 percent of German start-ups founded last year, state-owned development bank KfW found. Ten percent of start-ups mainly offered ...
  • 03 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淪peedy agreement on Climate Action Plan possible after all鈥

    Cabinet approval of environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 Climate Action Plan 2050 before she travels to the COP22 in Marrakesh could be possible after all, reports news agency dpa. Ministry sources told dpa that Chancellor Angela Merkel had signalled ...
  • 21 Mar 2019 |

    Business alliance calls on German government to speed up transition to e-cars

    21 Mar 2019, 12:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A group of five major companies has called on the German government to do more to promote electric vehicles (EVs). In a joint initiative under the umbrella of global business ...
  • Germany pledges 鈧112 million for Kenya鈥檚 renewable and green hydrogen expansion

    12 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 Germany has pledged at least 112 million euros to support Kenya in implementing 鈥渋ts ambitious goal of switching entirely to renewable energy sources by 2030,鈥 the ...
  • 27 May 2025

    In brief | 27 May '25

    27 May 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team ECB: The European economy is not drought-proof 聽 The degradation of natural ecosystems slows growth and leads to financial instability. Water scarcity, natural flood protection and water quality are most critical. Euractiv: ...
  • 19 Jul 2023 |

    German economy minister to put focus on clean energy during India trip

    19 Jul 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 麻豆无码版 / n-tv A planned trip to India by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck aims to bring the countries closer together in efforts to develop renewable ...
  • 07 Dec 2022 |

    Middle East and North Africa carry 鈥渉uge鈥 green hydrogen potential for Europe 鈥 researchers

    07 Dec 2022, 12:45 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Expert IZES- Institute for Future 麻豆无码版 Systems Institut f眉r Zukunfts Energie Systeme Citizens' energy Electricity market Expert ...
  • Preview 2024: Germany must incentivise flexible electricity consumption 鈥 consultancy

    21 Dec 2023, 13:32 As聽Germany strives for a renewable-driven power sector, regulators should enable a more flexible electricity demand, says Nicolas Leicht, energy market expert at Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research. Incentives such as locational price signals, as ...
  • 03 May 2019 |

    Constance becomes first German city to declare 鈥climate 别尘别谤驳别苍肠测鈥

    03 May 2019, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Policy Society Deutsche Welle The southern German city of Constance has become the first in the nation to pass a resolution declaring a聽 climate emergency, according to a Deutsche Welle report. The resolution, which was ...
  • 26 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淕uest commentary: Gaps in environmental 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥

    Germany is struggling with 鈥榗ognitive dissonance鈥 in agreeing on the details of its climate protection plan, writes Hermann Falk of the German Association for Renewable 麻豆无码版 (BEE) in a guest commentary in the Frankfurter Rundschau. Various competing ...
  • 21 Sep 2020 |

    VW CEO says diesel too cheap for more ambitious transport climate targets

    21 Sep 2020, 14:00 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars S枚ren Amelang Cars Cost & Prices Welt am Sonntag Diesel must become more expensive to allow a faster transformation of the car industry to comply with more ambitious climate targets proposed by ...
  • 05 Mar 2020 |

    German govt council calls for urgent action to avoid climate shocks in finance

    05 Mar 2020, 12:43 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 麻豆无码版 The German government's sustainable finance council has published a report calling for urgent action to avoid climate-related shocks to the financial system. In its first ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

    Industry expects 鈥渓asting solar boom鈥 as farmers turn against German govt's expansion rules

    16 Aug 2023, 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 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    New state premier of North-Rhine Westphalia ready to end coal by 2030

    03 Nov 2021, 14:30 Kerstine Appunn Coal 麻豆无码版 / dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populated state and home to some of the largest still operating lignite mines and coal power stations could phase-out the fossil fuel as early as 2030, ...
  • 06 May 2019 |

    Towns and municipalities want master plan for climate action

    06 May 2019, 13:33 Kerstine Appunn Citizens' energy ZDF Germany needs a nationwide masterplan for climate action that is applicable to all towns and municipalities, according to Gerd Landsberg, the head of the confederation of German towns and ...
  • 05 Jun 2025

    In brief | 5 June '25

    05 Jun 2025, 11:51 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg:聽 There aren鈥檛 enough engineers to meet world鈥檚 growing hunger for power The world鈥檚 need for power is outstripping the workforce that can build it. Aging populations and anti-immigration rhetoric aren鈥檛 helping. ...
  • 06 Oct 2021 |

    Renewables and climate action part of solution to energy price hike 鈥 German env min

    06 Oct 2021, 14:00 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy and climate action are part of the solution to an energy crunch such as the one currently experienced by Europe, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
  • 11 Mar 2019 |

    New parents鈥 group backs student climate protests in Germany

    11 Mar 2019, 14:17 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Deutsche Welle / Bild am Sonntag The weekly 鈥淔ridays for Future鈥 school strikes have prompted a fierce debate in Germany over whether students should be ...
  • Lingering nuclear dissent between Paris and Berlin obstacle for EU renewables push

    12 Jul 2023, 14:02 Differing views on the place of nuclear power in Europe have dominated public perceptions of energy policy cooperation between France and Germany for years. Given the urgent need to agree on European energy policy strategies in light of ...
  • 02 Aug 2018 |

    Cities have an important role to play in fighting climate change 鈥 opinion

    Cities play a vital role in the implementation of the Paris climate accord, Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, writes in an opinion piece in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. By ...
  • Climate cabinet deal on 20 Sep would show grand coalition can deliver 鈥 state sec

    31 Jul 2019, 13:55 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 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 26 Sep 2018 |

    NGOs lambast "dirty deal" between government and carmakers on diesel and CO2 emission limits

    There is mounting evidence that the German government will oppose stricter car fleet emission limits at EU level in exchange for carmakers鈥 consent to cover the hardware retrofitting costs in certain types of diesel vehicles, reports the Frankfurter ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

    Carbon capture technologies not yet mature for large-scale use, German gov says

    05 Feb 2019, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are not yet technically mature enough to contribute to climate action, the German government has said in an answer to a ...
  • 04 Nov 2019 |

    Germany and India agree close partnership on clean mobility and renewables

    04 Nov 2019, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport International 麻豆无码版 The governments of India and Germany have agreed on close cooperation to promote a climate-friendly transition in the energy and transport sectors. On a visit to India, German ...
  • 25 Aug 2021 |

    New guidelines for farmers to protect soils and store carbon

    25 Aug 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Humus build-up and a more climate resilient choice of field crops are among the main targets of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new 鈥 Arable farming strategy 2035 鈥, which was presented by the Federal agriculture ...
  • Merkel encourages school strikes for climate, upsetting her own party

    04 Mar 2019, 12:01 The school student protests for rapid climate action make headlines in Germany as well as in other countries, putting pressure on politicians to take a stance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this weekend she 鈥渟trongly welcomes鈥 ...
  • 2021 emissions trading earnings to reach new record level for German state

    03 Aug 2021, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt The earnings from selling allowances in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the German state look set to reach a new record level in 2021 ...
  • 01 Sep 2023 |

    End of German subsidy for electric company cars to have negative effect on market- industry

    01 Sep 2023, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche / 麻豆无码版 The end of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 buyer鈥檚 premium for electric company cars will hurt the market and place an extra burden on medium-sized businesses, the German ...
  • 04 Nov 2016 |

    Ministry of the globe鈥檚 fate

    The vigorous debate within the German government about the content of its Climate Action Plan 2050 is in stark contrast to the relative half-heartedness of international climate negotiations, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter ...
  • 06 Dec 2018 |

    Mixed prospects for success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 sustainability strategy, report says

    06 Dec 2018, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Politics Federal Statistical Office The German sustainability strategy has mixed prospects for fulfilling its 2030 goals in many sectors, the Federal Statistical Office ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Social Democrats top off national election win with victories in two German states

    27 Sep 2021, 14:06 The Social Democratic Party (SPD), which narrowly won Germany's federal elections, topped off its election day results with two victories in regional votes in the German capital Berlin and the eastern renewable energy state ...
  • 04 Oct 2019 |

    Extinction Rebellion climate movement plans blockades in Berlin from 7 October

    04 Oct 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 The climate activist movement Extinction Rebellion plans several road blockades and other activities in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin starting on 7 October, saying they want to use ...
  • 18 Oct 2021 |

    German 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥 ponders introduction of climate ministry, FDP leader says

    18 Oct 2021, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics ARD / 麻豆无码版 / n-tv The possible new German coalition government of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic party (FDP) could install a 鈥渘ew climate ...
  • 01 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淧aris adieu鈥

    Little good will come of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, writes Jan Heidtmann in an op-ed for the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. If used as a basis for implementing the Paris Agreement, the plan would see the country ending the sale of conventional fossil ...
  • 08 Jul 2022 |

    Germany puts up additional 鈧126 mln for transitions in emerging and developing countries

    08 Jul 2022, 12:31 Hannah Naylor Finance International 麻豆无码版 The economy ministry (BMWK) is channelling an additional 126 million euros into the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in order to support decarbonisation efforts in emerging and ...
  • 30 Aug 2023 |

    Germany passes 100,000 public electric car charging points on eve of industry show IAA

    30 Aug 2023, 12:08 Milou Dirkx Mobility Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany now has more than 100,000 public electric car charging points- but the energy and auto industry are squabbling over whether this figure is too high or too low. 鈥淎s of 1 July, electric ...
  • Green-led ministries quarrel over using agricultural land for solar power 鈥 media report

    21 Apr 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Renewables Solar Policy Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 green-led ministries of economics, agriculture and environment are bickering over using agricultural land for solar power,聽 reports 聽business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aspiring coalition parties signal energy price relief for households

    12 Nov 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's prospective new government coalition has signaled it will provide financial relief to households hit by the spike in ...
  • EU climate targets a billion euro risk for German budget

    Over the coming decade, Germany might have to pay billions of euros from its state budget to buy emissions rights from other countries if it does not manage to significantly lower its own greenhouse gas emissions in the transport, buildings, and ...
  • German reactions to US decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement

    02 Jun 2017, 00:00 President Donald Trump has announced that he will pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. The USA will be the first country to leave the seminal 2015 treaty signed by nearly 200 individual nations that agreed ...
  • German labour union calls on 2 million members to join climate strike

    06 Aug 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 service sector labour union Verdi has called on its 2 million members to join the global Fridays for Future climate strike on 20 September. 鈥淲e can only protect ...
  • 08 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淐onservatives: Hendricks is pursuing a planned climate 别肠辞苍辞尘测鈥

    The deputy heads of the conservative CDU and CSU parties in parliament say that environment minister Barbara Hendricks' Climate Action Plan 2050 draft fails to take account of the market, innovation and competitiveness and could endanger 鈥渢he economy ...
  • Federal government unsettles population with climate action debate 鈥 Saxony state premier

    31 Jul 2019, 13:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Rheinische Post The federal government is 鈥渇rightening鈥 the population with the debate about climate action measures such as higher prices for fossil car fuels and domestic ...
  • 17 May 2024 |

    Finland with high potential to produce green hydrogen for central Europe 鈥 report

    17 May 2024, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 There is a significant potential in the northern Baltic states, especially in Finland, to produce green hydrogen for export to central Europe, said a report by certifier and consultancy DNV, ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    German employees mostly back more climate action by companies but are reluctant to take part- survey

    14 Sep 2021, 12:47 Jessica Bateman Business 麻豆无码版 Private sector employees in Germany are largely in favour of their companies opting for tougher climate protection measures but are sceptical about their implementation, a survey commissioned ...
  • 鈥淎 horror catalogue for the 别肠辞苍辞尘测鈥

    The economic council of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) criticises environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 (Social Democrats) Climate Action Plan 2050 as a 鈥渉orror catalogue for the 别肠辞苍辞尘测鈥, writes Klaus Stratmann for Handelsblatt. In a position ...
  • 18 Jun 2020 |

    'Renovation wave' must be priority in German EU Presidency- industry and NGOs

    18 Jun 2020, 14:23 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 30 Jun 2016 |

    Climate protection weakened

    The language in the Climate Action Plan 2050 regarding coal used to be crystal clear: it was to be ended 鈥渨ell before鈥 2050. But the new draft version of the paper is lacking this kind of clarity, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. It ...
  • 29 Jan 2021 |

    Most Germans want more climate action from their municipalities- survey

    29 Jan 2021, 13:16 Expert Difu- German Institute of Urban Affairs Deutsches Institut f眉r Urbanistik Cities Society Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 German citizens would like to see their municipalities act more on climate ...
  • Germany aims for gas power plant auctions before year-end

    05 Jun 2025, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Utilities 麻豆无码版 Auctions for new gas-fired power plants in Germany should be held before the end of this year, economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has said. While the ...
  • 06 May 2015

    In the media: Support for research, efficiency and e-cars

    06 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) New incentive programme for energy efficiency measures The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has announced a new support package to ...
  • 10 Jun 2022 |

    Chancellor Scholz should offer Western Balkan close climate cooperation 鈥 NGO

    10 Jun 2022, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Renewables International 麻豆无码版 German chancellor Olaf Scholz should focus on climate change mitigation during his visit to Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia and Bulgaria this week, NGO Germanwatch has said. ...
  • Right-wing parties poised to bring climate scepticism to European parliament, with 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 AfD leading the way

    29 Apr 2019, 13:50 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Der Spiegel Right-wing populist parties could make major gains in the coming European elections, with many of them bringing a new climate scepticism to the chamber and making it ...
  • 30 Sep 2022 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 slow progress in rail electrification 鈥渟hameful鈥 鈥 railway lobby group

    30 Sep 2022, 12:37 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany must electrify its railway network eight times as fast as it does today to achieve its target for the sector, said the Pro-Rail Alliance, a lobby group consisting of non-profit ...
  • 04 Oct 2022 |

    German town next to coal mine that has become symbol for resistance will be demolished

    04 Oct 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Coal Society 麻豆无码版 The town of L眉tzerath that has become a symbolic battle ground for climate activsits in Germany will be demolished to make room for a nearby coal mine, the state government of North-Rhine ...
  • Germany will need much more renewable power than govt assumes- Greens' Nestle

    13 Jan 2021, 11:41 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
  • 01 Sep 2021 |

    German conservative politician calls EU carbon border tax plans 鈥渘onsense鈥

    01 Sep 2021, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics EU 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Friedrich Merz, a prominent politician of the governing conservative CDU/CSU who stands a chance to become a minister in Germany's next government ...
  • Controversy over government's heating law fuels far-right AfD鈥檚 success 鈥 state premier

    17 Jul 2023, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 The far-right Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) party鈥檚 current high results in German polls can be attributed to mainstream political parties ...
  • High prices reduced German energy consumption despite post-pandemic GDP recovery

    29 Mar 2022, 13:51 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 overall energy consumption slightly increased in 2021, ...
  • 13 May 2025

    In brief | 13 May '25

    13 May 2025, 11:46 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Southern Spain outages preceded nationwide blackout, report says About 2.2 gigawatts of capacity went offline in the south of Spain less than a minute before the complete collapse of the Iberian Peninsula鈥檚 ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    Cruise ships in Europe switch to diesel from LNG due to high costs

    06 Jan 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Transport dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung An increasing number of cruise ships have switched their propellant from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to diesel fuel because of high LNG prices,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa in an article ...
  • 12 May 2020 |

    Across-the-board car buyer premium is 鈥渟weet poison鈥 for industry 鈥 think tanks

    12 May 2020, 12:50 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 ...
  • 31 Jan 2019 |

    Climate activists in coal commission say proposed exit path violates Paris targets

    31 Jan 2019, 14:15 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 麻豆无码版 industry calls for fixing ambitious expansion path in reform of Germany's renewables act

    25 Aug 2020, 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 Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG ...
  • 02 Oct 2019 |

    Ambitious German energy transition would generate more jobs than business-as-usual by 2050- study

    02 Oct 2019, 13:56 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Total ...
  • 31 Jan 2022 |

    German foreign ministry gets new state secretary for climate policy 鈥 media

    31 Jan 2022, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Government International Der Spiegel The German foreign ministry under Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) will create a new position of state secretary for international climate policy, reports Der Spiegel. The Bundestag ...
  • 25 May 2020 |

    German solar and wind could supply three times today鈥檚 power demand by 2040 鈥 study

    25 May 2020, 12:38 Expert Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Julian Wettengel Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Solar and wind power in Germany could supply ...
  • 01 Aug 2025 |
    EU

    What鈥檚 next in Europe? 鈥 Agenda of European climate and energy policy

    01 Aug 2025, 08:00 Journalists! Mark your calendars 鈥 or rather let us do it for you. Europe is complicated and even journalists from EU member states sometimes struggle to understand how climate and energy policy is made, and when institutions take key ...
  • 07 Sep 2017 |

    #btw17- Reporting on the general elections in Germany

    07 Sep 2017, 00:00 On 24 September, more than 60 million Germans are invited to head to the polls to choose from 4,828 candidates, elect the next federal parliament and thus decide the next government. The 麻豆无码版 has compiled contacts, links ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    What are the best materials for sustainable construction and renovation?

    25 Apr 2024, 10:22 Most buildings today are predominantly made from conventional construction materials, such as cement and steel, which have a hefty environmental footprint. Substituting them with alternative, regenerative ones, such as timber, clay, ...
  • 16 Jan 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 use in the city of Berlin

    16 Jan 2019, 12:08 Germany's capital Berlin plans to become climate-neutral by 2050. The densely populated, emissions-intensive city phased out lignite coal for power production in 2017 and plans to exit hard coal by 2030. However, renewables only ...
  • Electric highways offer the most efficient path to decarbonise trucks

    01 Feb 2021, 16:20 Connecting electric trucks to overhead power lines on so-called electric highways is the most energy-efficient route to zero-emission road freight. The technology is being tested in a number of pilot projects, with Germany and Sweden ...
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  • 23 Aug 2019 |

    A sleeping giant finally awakening? Full weight of financial sector could crank up German climate action

    23 Aug 2019, 17:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance As 麻豆无码版 sets out to explore the German finance sector's role in the country's climate and energy policy, I take a minute to reflect on what diving into this vast segment of the economy as ...
  • 02 Dec 2021 |

    COP26 Reflections: The good, the bad and the future

    02 Dec 2021, 15:04 Milou Dirkx International COP26 began with high expectations and finished in a whirlwind of pledges, promises and results that can be seen as both significant victories and major setbacks. And although COP26 has now ended, reporting ...
  • Climate Action and 麻豆无码版 Unit, Department of Environment Cyprus

    Overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment. Collects and publishes climate data, monitors progress on European climate agreements. www.gov.cy Theodoulos Mesimeris, head of unit tmesimeris@environment.moa.gov.cy +357 ...
  • President of the Slovak Republic

    Strong authority on climate change, was the first major public authority in Slovakia to declare a carbon neutrality target for 2030.聽Zuzana 膶aputov谩 has been president since June 2019. www.prezident.sk Martin Stri啪inec, media officer media@prezident.gov ...
  • Ministry of the Environment Sweden

    Coordinates climate and environment policy with other ministries and for Agenda 2030. It is also responsible for nuclear issues. www.government.se Daniel Westl茅n kn.registrator@regeringskansliet.se Government Sweden @Miljodep ...
  • Green Action (Zelena akcija, Croatia)

    Non-governmental and non-profit association for environmental protection, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Zagreb. www.zelena-akcija.hr Office za@zelena-akcija.hr +385 14813096 Environmental groups Croatia @Zelenaakcija ...
  • European Climate Foundation

    Supports over 350 partner organisations to carry out activities that contribute to the public debate on climate action, drive urgent and ambitious policy in support of the objectives of the Paris Agreement and help deliver a socially responsible ...
  • Virginijus Sinkevi膷ius, European commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries

    Virginijus Sinkevi膷ius is the European commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries and one of the seven members of the Commissioners Group on the European Green Deal since 2019. His portfolio includes ensuring that the environment, oceans and ...
  • National Coalition Party (Kokoomus, Finland)

    Liberal-conservative party, advocates market-based climate action. www.kokoomus.fi Kirsi H枚ltt盲, head of communications kirsi.holtta@kokoomus.fi +358 503142555 Political parties Finland @kokoomus ...
  • ClientEarth

    ClientEarth is an NGO focusing on legal action to protect the environment and bring about systemic change. They work with partners, advice decision-makers on policy, and train legal and judicial professionals, " using the law to fight climate change, ...
  • Greens Finland (Vihre盲t- De Gr枚na)

    Best known for policies driving climate action and environmental protection. www.greens.fi Sarianna Mankki, international relations officer sarianna.mankki@vihreat.fi +358 505131948 Political parties Finland @vihreat ...
  • Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V.

    The Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. (FGW) is a non-profit institute that is financed exclusively by the public broadcaster ZDF. Its main task is research for and support of ZDF鈥檚 programmes focussing on elections, voter behaviour and opinions on current ...
  • Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea (Italy)

    Responsible for implementing environmental policies, climate legislation and action, marine and land pollution, eco-crimes and聽 environmental impact assessments. www.minambiente.it Press office ufficiostampa@minambiente.it +39 06 57225580 Government Italy ...
  • KfW Bank

    KfW is a government-owned banking institution that offers both foreign and domestic financing for business and economic development. Its mission includes supporting citizen-initiatives, small- and medium-sized enterprises, and municipalities through loans ...
  • 26 Jun 2022 |

    BMLEH- Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Community

    Germany's Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture deals with the areas agriculture, forestry and fishery, the prospects for rural areas, consumer information, healthy diets and safe foods. www.bmel.de Silke Brandt pressestelle@bmel.bund.de +49 30 1 ...
  • DLR- German Aerospace Center

    DLR is 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national centre for aerospace, energy, and transportation research. Headquartered in Cologne, the DLR both conducts its own research and plans and implements the German space programme. It has offices at 20 locations across Germany and ...
  • BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025)

    Minister: Robert Habeck, Green Party. www.bmwi.de Dr. Beate Baron +49 30 18 615 7667 beate.baron@bmwi.bund.de info@bmwk.bund.de Government Germany @BMWi_Bund ...
  • Reinhild Benning

    Reinhild Benning is聽Senior Expert Agriculture at NGO聽Environmental Action Germany (DUH). Formerly, she worked in a similar position at NGO Germanwatch and has co-authored reports and analysis on livestock policy and the EU's common agricultural ...
  • Research Tour: Climate change, war in Ukraine and the quest for energy security: What is the role of nuclear energy in Europe?

    09- 12 Oct 2022 Stuttgart The nuclear phase-out in Germany seemed set to end decades of heated political debates, and satisfied a large majority in society, as well as among politicians and in the industry. Elsewhere, in Europe and other parts of the ...
  • All aboard for the green economy: Can Europe perform an energy transition that leaves no one behind?

    16 Feb 2021 Berlin As Europe has set the course to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050, a profound economic transformation is picking up pace, with plenty of new opportunities but also with the risk of leaving some behind. Europe's ...
  • PROGRAMME of Global 麻豆无码版 Transition Journalism Conference 2019 #GETJO19

    07- 08 Apr 2019 Berlin Join the Global 麻豆无码版 Transition Journalism conference to discuss how the business sector is adjusting to the climate crisis and shaping the energy transition, and how these transformations are reflected in journalism.聽Places are ...
  • 10 Nov 2017 |

    Programme: The Global 麻豆无码版 Transition: Is Journalism Ready?

    10- 11 Nov 2017 Br眉hl A conference for journalists, journalism funders, and journalism networks Friday, 10 November 2017 09.00聽聽聽聽 Conference registration desks open 聽 Location: H+ Hotel K枚ln Br眉hl, R枚merstra脽e 1, 50321 Br眉hl (approx. 45 mins from Bonn ...
  • 15 Feb 2022 |
    EU

    Event: Can the Green Deal boost EU-African Union relations and economies?

    15 Feb 2022 Berlin The EU has set the course for climate neutrality by 2050, but its 'Green Deal' sustainable growth strategy could have a sizeable impact far beyond the continent itself. Implemented correctly, it could help deepen the relations ...
  • Company climate claims: Greenwashing or sign of serious action?

    Language Undefined Supermarket shelves are awash with "climate neutral" product claims and one company after the next is signing up to a "net zero" target. But how watertight are their pledges? Are they a step in the right direction? ...
  • Machado

    France Climate & CO2 Electricity Hydrogen Company climate claims Green stimulus Policy Brazilian Pamela Machado covers climate and energy topics for Argus Media. Her work has also been published by Climate Home News and Zitamar News. ...
  • Jamal

    Canada Climate & CO2 Solar Government Indian Meral Jamal is a freelance journalist based in Canada's arctic territory. She covers climate topics with a focus on the Arctic, Indigenous sovereignty and rights and climate stewardship. Her work has ...
  • SPEAKERS at the Global 麻豆无码版 Transition Journalism Conference 2019 #GETJO19

    0A Conference Nickolaus Bauer Twitter: @NickolausBauer Nickolaus Bauer is an award-winning journalist for eNews Channel Africa (eNCA)- South Africa's premier 24 hour news channel. After a decade of experience as a journalist in South Africa, Bauer ...
  • Freitas

    Belgium Climate & CO2 Carbon market Nuclear phase-out Transport Politics EU Portuguese Helena Freitas covers climate and energy topics for MLex. ...
  • Sarazin

    France Climate & CO2 Adaptation Agriculture Mobility Company climate claims Cities French Camille Sarazin is a climate journalist working for France 24. Her work focuses on the energy transition in various industries like sport, fashion and music. You ...
  • Gruber

    Austria Climate & CO2 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Energiewende Transport Business Austrian Vanessa Gruber works for聽ORF, an Austrian public broadcaster. In het work she mainly focuses on climate and energy topics. ...
  • Feltham

    South Africa Society Elections & Politics South African Luke Feltham is the editor-in-chief of the South African publication the Mail & Guardian, which was one of the first to adopt thorough environmental and climate journalism. ...
  • Garrigou

    Germany Citizens' energy Renewables Cities French Anne-Sophie covers climate and energy topics for The Beam, including climate action, climate science and climate justice. ...
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