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  • 29 Apr 2021 |

    Climate cabinet to put Germany back on track for 2030 targets

    Chancellor Merkel's coalition government aims to agree on steps and climate action law 29 Apr 2021, 12:00 [UPDATE adds 2021 Consitutional Court ruling that Climate Law is insufficient due to lack of emission reduction targets beyond 2030] Chancellor ...
  • Political uncertainty weighs heavily on energy policy crunch time year for Germany

    麻豆无码版 Preview 2019 11 Jan 2019, 10:30 Germany will finally have to make up its mind in this year which exact path to take towards a climate-friendly economy. Pending long-term decisions on a coal exit, sustainable mobility and heating as well as a Climate ...
  • 31 Jul 2025 |

    Frontier climate technologies: Telling real solutions apart from wishful thinking

    Novel approaches will be key for solving the climate crisis 31 Jul 2025, 15:48 As the impacts of rising temperatures become increasingly acute around the world, the fight against climate change is entering a new phase. Society and the economy have largely ...
  • 03 Jul 2020 |

    Europe's largest economy exits coal to reach climate goals

    Germany's coal phase-out 03 Jul 2020, 16:00 Germany has put its gradual withdrawal from coal-fired power production into law, joining other major economies in the global farewell to the climate-damaging fossil fuel. Two years of debate in society and ...
  • 04 Jul 2024 |

    Populists in power: A challenge for ambitious EU climate policy

    What the rise of far-right populist parties means for EU climate efforts in the 2024 election year 04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Right-wing populist parties opposing strong climate action are gaining support in many EU countries and are expected to score well in the ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    Germany's incoming coalition plans massive infrastructure boost via debt rule overhaul

    Building Germany's new leadership in the midst of a stagnating economy and geopolitical challenges 02 May 2025, 12:00 Germany is on course to get a coalition government composed of the conservative CDU/CSU alliance under chancellor candidate ...
  • 麻豆无码版 focus: 'Climate neutral' products and companies- Greenwashing or sign of serious action?

    Company climate claims 20 Mar 2023, 09:30 Companies across the globe have started a race to declare themselves and their products "climate neutral". Hardly a day passes without a firm announcing a net-zero target, or launching a product that is ...
  • Vote25: 2030 climate and energy targets hinge on next German government

    Collapse of Scholz's coalition leaves unfinished policy business 23 Feb 2025, 21:00 The collapse of chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government led to snap elections in Germany in early 2025. Climate and energy policy played a major role in ...
  • Legacy of East-West divide lives on in Germany's climate and energy debate

    Different histories, different attitudes, different incomes 鈥 one shared climate goal 25 Sep 2024, 08:49 The separation of Germany into East and West ended more than three decades ago, but the divide's legacy can still be felt today in many aspects ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    New German government charts cautious climate course for Europe's largest economy

    Germany on track for 2030 targets? 07 May 2025, 13:30 Germany's new coalition government has set out a steady but cautious path in climate and energy policy, committing to current EU targets but showing little ambition to go beyond. Chancellor ...
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  • 24 Jul 2025 |

    Germany must strengthen climate action following landmark ICJ opinion 鈥 legal experts

    24 Jul 2025, 14:08 Joey Grostern Society International 麻豆无码版 Legal experts and climate advocates have called on the German government to strengthen its commitment to tackling climate change following an opinion from the International Court of ...
  • 24 Jul 2025 |

    German climate progress 鈥渋nsufficient鈥 to meet post-2040 targets 鈥 leaked government report

    24 Jul 2025, 13:42 Joey Grostern Climate & CO2 Policy dpa / AFP Germany must take 鈥渇urther steps toward transformation鈥 to meet its 2040-45 climate targets, which it is currently on track to miss by a significant margin, according to a leaked version ...
  • 07 Jan 2025 |

    Cleaner electricity mix helps to cut German emissions by 3% in 2024 鈥 think tank

    07 Jan 2025, 13:30 Burning less coal and an increase in renewable electricity has helped cause a drop in greenhouse gas emissions of three percent in Germany last year, said think tank Agora Energiewende. Preliminary calculations show that real ...
  • 17 Sep 2024 |

    Environmental NGOs file new climate lawsuit against German government

    17 Sep 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Policy Society 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Greenpeace and Germanwatch filed a new constitutional complaint against the German government鈥檚 鈥渋nadequate鈥 climate policy, especially when it comes to the transport sector, ...
  • 24 Apr 2024 |

    German parliament to decide controversial climate law reform, but legal challenges loom

    24 Apr 2024, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media The German parliament (Bundestag) could vote on the highly disputed reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law as early as this Friday (26 April), according ...
  • Conservative proposal for offsetting Germany's emissions outside the EU eyed critically by climate researchers

    31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
  • 01 Nov 2024 |

    NGO files lawsuit over 鈥渋nsufficient鈥 German climate plan

    01 Nov 2024, 11:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 National 麻豆无码版 and Climate Plan (NECP) to reach 2030 targets is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥 and in violation of EU law, said NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and filed a lawsuit ...
  • 08 Nov 2023 |

    Industry and environmental experts warn against watering down Germany's sector climate targets

    08 Nov 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 Industry representatives and environmental groups have warned the German government against scrapping key components of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law in a planned ...
  • 28 May 2025 |

    German court dismisses climate lawsuit against RWE, but says large emitters can be held liable

    28 May 2025, 13:16 A higher court in Germany has set an important precedent, arguing that large global emitters can be held responsible for climate damages under the country鈥檚 civil law, legal experts representing environmental NGOs said. The court, ...
  • 15 Sep 2023 |

    German activists decry 鈥渨eakening鈥 of key climate law during global strike

    15 Sep 2023, 11:39 Aniket Narawad Policy Society 麻豆无码版 Climate activists in Germany have accused the government of watering down a key law to ensure emissions reductions during the global climate strike organised by the Fridays for Future ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |

    Coalition at odds over transport sector measures in Germany's Climate Action Law reform

    25 Sep 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Policy dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau Climate policy experts from two of the three parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government have voiced concerns over the government鈥檚 planned reform of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    German climate reform under legal attack from NGOs, opposition ahead of parliament vote

    25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Controversial plans by the German government to reform the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets faces legal challenges by NGOs and an opposition lawmaker ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Friday. ...
  • 12 Apr 2024 |

    German government divided over effect on transport if climate law reform is delayed

    12 Apr 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel Representatives of German government coalition parties have voiced diverging views on the consequences for transport if a law reform is delayed that would ...
  • German parliament approves climate law reform lambasted by NGOs

    26 Apr 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy Government 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has approved a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets, to the outrage of many NGOs who say the changes ...
  • 02 Jun 2025

    In brief | 2 June '25

    02 Jun 2025, 13:29 麻豆无码版 Team European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness Board calls on the European Union to maintain high climate ambition as it revises the ...
  • 28 Jul 2025 |

    Heat pump sales in Germany surge but must double to hit expansion targets 鈥 industry

    28 Jul 2025, 13:35 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating dpa / Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Sales of heat pumps jumped 55 percent in the first half of the year, but ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Constitutional court declines to accept climate cases against state legislatures

    01 Feb 2022, 13:27 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Constitutional Court has declined to accept eleven constitutional complaints directed against existing state climate action laws and the lack of CO2 reduction paths ...
  • 30 May 2025 |

    麻豆无码版 infrastructure investments, faster permitting priorities for new German government

    30 May 2025, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of ...
  • 22 Jun 2021 |

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

    22 Jun 2021, 13:45 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Leading experts and representatives from civil society, environmental NGOs and industry sharply criticized the planned amendment to the German federal Climate Action Law during a public ...
  • Climate activists call EU-US trade deal 鈥渄isastrous signal for climate action

    28 Jul 2025, 14:19 A new EU-US trade agreement has drawn sharp criticism from climate activists, who warn it sends a 鈥渄isastrous signal for climate action鈥 by locking in massive fossil fuel purchases. While government lawmakers emphasise national autonomy ...
  • 16 Apr 2024 |

    German government MPs agree climate law reform that weakens sector targets

    16 Apr 2024, 13:27 After months of delay, lawmakers from Germany's coalition government have agreed to a reform of the country's climate action law, which would weaken the responsibility of ministries to ensure targets in their sectors are met. ...
  • 24 Aug 2021 |

    Climate protection role of German forests underestimated 鈥 report

    24 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests can provide the annual sink capacity needed to achieve ...
  • 27 Mar 2023 |

    Germany 鈥渨ithout sense of direction鈥 on path to climate neutrality 鈥 advisors

    27 Mar 2023, 13:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany has annual greenhouse gas reduction targets for individual economic sectors, but the country lacks 鈥渓ong-term, strategic considerations鈥 how to reach these targets and become ...
  • 22 Aug 2023 |

    Germany off track for 2030 and 2045 climate targets 鈥 environment agency

    22 Aug 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany will miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045 without additional measures despite considerable progress being made, according to the emissions projections report 2023 by the ...
  • Climate action law draft would enable 鈥渞eliable climate policy鈥 for first time- commentary

    22 Feb 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The environment ministry鈥檚 climate action law draft shows how words on climate protection can become deeds, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a commentary in the ...
  • 10 Mar 2025

    In brief | 10 March '25

    10 Mar 2025, 11:30 麻豆无码版 Team E3G: Europe鈥檚 competitiveness push and what it means for climate action In its first 100 days, the European Commission has put into motion a series of flagship plans intended to boost the EU鈥檚 economy in difficult times. So ...
  • 15 Aug 2022 |

    "Climate check" filter for new laws in Germany could be presented by December 鈥 media

    15 Aug 2022, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung (taz) The German economy and climate ministry (BMWK) is edging closer to introducing a 鈥climate check鈥 for all new laws that could become a prerequisite for future lawmaking in ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    Climate Action Law could be 鈥渋ntergenerational climate 肠辞苍迟谤补肠迟鈥

    02 Aug 2019, 11:52 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 ...
  • 15 Mar 2024 |

    Germany on track to reaching national 2030 climate target but set to fail EU goal 鈥 env agency

    15 Mar 2024, 13:21 Germany is largely on track to reaching its national target to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, but is set to fail its EU goal for sectors such as transport, buildings and agriculture, according to ...
  • 13 Oct 2021 |

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

    13 Oct 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 24 Mar 2022 |

    Government announces emergency climate adaptation programme

    24 Mar 2022, 12:26 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany's environment ministry has launched a plan for immediate action on climate change adaptation. In a press release, the ministry said it will be supporting municipalities ...
  • 04 Jul 2023 |

    More rail transport, fossil heating restriction might put Germany on track towards 2030 climate target 鈥 report

    04 Jul 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany can still achieve its 2030 climate targets as long as a number of requirements are met, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) concluded in a new report. These include the expansion ...
  • 01 Aug 2025 |

    Dispatch from the European Union | August '25

    01 Aug 2025, 14:30 Just before shutting down for the summer break, Brussels unveiled a two trillion-euro long-term budget blueprint, pitched by European Commission president Ursula von鈥痙er鈥疞eyen as signalling a 鈥渘ew era鈥 for the EU鈥檚 ambitions.聽The budget ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    Head of Merkel's party criticises plans for Germany's Climate Action Law

    05 Apr 2019, 11:37 The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives has criticised a key proposal for reaching Germany's 2030 climate targets, signalling major negotiations are still needed before the highly anticipated Climate Action Law ...
  • Environment minister submits draft of climate action law to chancellery

    21 Feb 2019, 13:26 German environment minister Svenja Schulze has sent a first draft of the planned Climate Action Law to the chancellery for 鈥渆arly coordination鈥, even as conservative politicians continue to criticise key elements and demand for it to be ...
  • 20 Nov 2019 |

    Bavaria strives for climate neutrality between 2040 and 2050

    20 Nov 2019, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / Bayrischer Rundfunk Bavaria's state cabinet has adopted a climate action law and additional measures to reach its target of becoming climate neutral between 2040 and 2050. The ...
  • 29 May 2019 |

    惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 climate cabinet says will make key decisions in September

    29 May 2019, 12:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 German Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 climate cabinet has announced it will make key decisions about climate action legislation and measures in September and adopt these by the end of ...
  • 14 Jan 2019 |

    Climate action law must secure social acceptance and German competitiveness 鈥 industry

    14 Jan 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned climate action law must not only prescribe CO鈧 emissions reduction, but secure social acceptance, technical feasibility and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • 22 Feb 2019 |

    Environment ministry draft law aims to tighten Germany's climate targets

    22 Feb 2019, 18:00 German environment minister Svenja Schulze is calling for an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal of 鈥渁t least 95 percent鈥 by the year 2050 compared to 1990, in a draft of the highly anticipated Climate Action Law, seen by Clean ...
  • 26 Feb 2019 |

    Climate Action Law has the right aim but relies on inadequate instruments鈥 鈥 op-ed

    26 Feb 2019, 14:05 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Government Handelsblatt In an op-ed in Handelsblatt, Klaus Stratmann argues that the draft Climate Action Law鈥檚 rigid sector targets don鈥檛 allow for innovation that could make future emissions cuts more ...
  • 15 Mar 2023 |

    2022 emissions reduction too little to put Germany on track for 2030 target

    15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
  • Economists and researchers criticise 鈥渞igid corset鈥 of German climate targets ahead of coalition talks

    11 Oct 2021, 14:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Several German economists and researchers have criticised the annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets laid down in the Climate Action ...
  • 21 Jun 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government agrees controversial reform of climate action law

    21 Jun 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Policy 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has greenlighted a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law, which is set to effectively weaken ministerial responsibility for excessive emissions in ...
  • 28 Feb 2019 |

    Senior Conservative says proposed Climate Action Law would 鈥減aralyse鈥 Germany

    28 Feb 2019, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung The Climate Action Law proposed by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry is 鈥渁 planned economy approach鈥 that could 鈥減aralyse the country without making progress on climate action,鈥 ...
  • German conservatives may embrace carbon price yet- report

    06 Mar 2019, 13:32 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Both the new state secretary in the energy ministry, Andreas Feicht, and CDU-head Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer have made tentatively positive remarks about a price on carbon ...
  • 05 Jul 2021 |

    NGO launches law suits against three German states over 鈥渋nadequate鈥 climate laws

    05 Jul 2021, 14:50 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has issued five new legal cases on ...
  • Dispute over Bavarian state government decision to delay climate neutrality target to 2045

    24 Jan 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Merkur A controversial decision by the government of Bavaria to delay the German state鈥檚 climate neutrality target to 2045 has drawn heavy criticism ...
  • Court ruling requires German govt to present climate action programmes for transport and buildings

    30 Nov 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Policy Government 麻豆无码版 The German government will have to present emergency climate action programmes with short-term measures to reduce emissions in the transport and building sectors, ...
  • 23 Dec 2021 |

    Government coalition plans legal framework for climate adaptation

    23 Dec 2021, 12:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Society Tagesspiegel Background The new German government plans to develop a legal framework for climate adaptation measures that could be a first in Europe, Kristina Thomas reports in Tagesspiegel Background. The ...
  • 17 May 2024 |

    Court requires German government to improve climate plans as law reform gets green light

    17 May 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A German court has ruled that the country's government must improve its climate policy plans to reach the 2030 emissions reduction target, as ...
  • Industry says it will need public funds to abide by German's planned climate law

    26 Mar 2019, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt [Update adds details on launch of environment ministry鈥檚 investment support programme.] 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial sector fears the investment in energy efficiency it will ...
  • 11 Jun 2025 |

    German finance companies review sustainability policies against backdrop of US pressure

    11 Jun 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt Financial companies from Germany are readjusting their sustainability policies amid the US government鈥檚 anti-climate action activities. Reinsurance company ...
  • German coalition ends climate policy deadlock with contentious reform plans

    29 Mar 2023, 14:19 The German government coalition has overcome a month-long dispute with a deal on comprehensive reforms in climate and environmental protection, the acceleration of major infrastructure projects, and billions for the modernisation of ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    麻豆无码版 and climate community relieved over Merz鈥檚 election, calls for coalition unity

    07 May 2025, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The election of Friedrich Merz as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country鈥檚 energy, industry, and ...
  • 01 Aug 2019 |

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

    01 Aug 2019, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Spiegel Online Climate action belongs in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Basic Law as a 鈥渂inding state task鈥, a majority (59%) of respondents in an online climate policy survey by Spiegel Online say. About 70 percent of ...
  • 24 Apr 2024 |

    Car toll, higher CO2 price, better public transport to help reach sector's climate targets 鈥 report

    24 Apr 2024, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 With a very ambitious climate policy, the transport sector can be transformed in the long term from the "problem child" of German climate action efforts into one that ...
  • 16 Jun 2021 |

    NGOs call for 80% renewable power share by 2030, early new combustion engine car ban

    16 Jun 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 The German environmental NGO umbrella association DNR and 54 other organisations are calling on the German government to back up the soon-to-be revised Climate Action Law with ...
  • 15 May 2025 |

    Germany runs risk of missing emission-cutting targets with new government plans 鈥 climate council

    15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government鈥檚 coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
  • 18 Mar 2019 |

    German env minister optimistic cabinet colleagues will subscribe to climate law plans

    18 Mar 2019, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Svenja Schulze is confident that the ministries relevant to the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions record will eventually ...
  • 11 Sep 2023 |

    New German heating law met with mixed reactions from industry and environmental groups

    11 Sep 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 麻豆无码版 The German government鈥檚聽 new building energy legislation 聽to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems has generated mixed reactions from industry associations and ...
  • Far-right AfD shifts debate on German climate policy, but lacks real say 鈥 researcher

    17 Feb 2025, 13:05 The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) 鈥 the second strongest polling party ahead of Germany's snap elections on 23 February 鈥 is the only major party to outright reject the scientific consensus behind human-induced climate ...
  • 06 Feb 2019 |

    Germany must take new climate measures "urgently"- environment minister

    06 Feb 2019, 13:38 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 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Climate effect of action programme in German buildings sector questionable 鈥 expert council

    17 Aug 2021, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 A first attempt to reduce excess emissions in Germany's buildings sector by launching an additional home energy refurbishment support programme is likely to be insufficient, ...
  • 08 Oct 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests no longer a carbon sink, now net emitters 鈥 report

    08 Oct 2024, 13:44 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / Spektrum Forests across Germany have become a source of carbon dioxide for the first time since records began, that鈥檚 the takeaway from a report by the agriculture ministry (BMEL). ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Bavaria announces new climate protection act but leaves doors shut for wind power

    16 Nov 2021, 13:41 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 BR The German state of Bavaria wants to be climate-neutral by 2040 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, according to the revised Climate Protection Act, passed by the state cabinet on ...
  • 15 Nov 2019 |

    Germany's parliament greenlights first major climate law

    15 Nov 2019, 15:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government [Update adds opinion piece by S眉ddeutsche Zeitung] The German parliament (Bundestag) has decided the country's first major climate law, less than two months after the聽coalition of ...
  • 11 Apr 2019 |

    The time for waiting it out on climate action is over 鈥 opinion

    11 Apr 2019, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The expectations towards German Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 new 鈥climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥 are high, and the federal government 鈥渃annot afford to fail鈥 in taking the right steps now for the ecologic ...
  • 25 Feb 2020 |

    Search is on for new 鈥渆xpert council鈥 to monitor German emissions cuts

    25 Feb 2020, 13:38 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 Claudia Kemfert German ...
  • 29 Apr 2021 |

    Landmark ruling from German top court: key climate legislation falls short

    29 Apr 2021, 14:43 In an unexpected decision widely hailed as historic, Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate legislation is insufficient, lacking detail on emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The decision ...
  • Outgoing German govt鈥檚 climate and energy policy lacked master plan 鈥 legal expert

    07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing ...
  • NGOs hail European human rights court ruling as breakthrough for climate action

    09 Apr 2024, 14:00 German environmental NGOs have welcomed a landmark climate victory by an association of women in Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights as a breakthrough for climate action. The court found that the European Convention on ...
  • 13 Apr 2022 |

    Germany reports higher emission intensity for first time since 2013

    13 Apr 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Greenhouse gas emission intensity, i.e. carbon emissions in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), last year increased in Germany for the first time since 2013, the Expert Council ...
  • 12 May 2021 |

    Cabinet decides climate law reform, tougher sector emission budgets included

    12 May 2021, 15:34 The German government鈥檚 decision to aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 鈥 five years earlier than previously envisaged 鈥 is to be substantiated by a reform of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law. Angela Merkel and her ministers have ...
  • 01 Jul 2025 |

    Critics warn Germany's energy transition "reality check" is designed to slow renewables

    01 Jul 2025, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The planned energy transition monitoring by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has been criticised by NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) for lacking ...
  • 11 Jul 2022 |

    German govt to present climate action programme for all sectors

    11 Jul 2022, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will make good on a key coalition agreement promise this week and present an 鈥渋mmediate climate action programme鈥 with measures in all economic ...
  • 03 Jun 2024 |

    Germany set to miss emissions targets, 鈥climate cabinet鈥 could develop strategy 鈥 govt advisors

    03 Jun 2024, 13:33 Germany is still set to miss its emissions reduction targets until 2030 and lacks a real strategy for the years that follow, said the country's key government advisors on climate policy. Recent official projections 鈥 which had seen ...
  • German government must leverage opportunities of green procurement 鈥 business initiative

    21 Jul 2025, 11:00 The German state must use its purchasing power to boost the uptake of climate-friendly industry products like green steel and cement by quickly introducing binding climate criteria for public procurement, said the chairwoman of the CEO ...
  • 21 Mar 2019 |

    Climate cabinet to ensure Climate Action Law comes before end of year 鈥 Merkel

    21 Mar 2019, 12:22 The new 'climate cabinet' consisting of ministers responsible for Germany's emissions reduction record will help to make sure that the country introduces its much-awaited Climate Action Law still in 2019, Chancellor ...
  • 25 Feb 2019 |

    Germany's government coalition divided over draft Climate Action Law

    25 Feb 2019, 14:17 The first draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law, presented last week, has laid bare conflicting views within the German coalition聽government over how the country should meet its climate targets. The proposal has drawn criticism from ...
  • 28 May 2019 |

    Germany's governing coalition spars over climate law ahead of climate cabinet meeting

    28 May 2019, 13:25 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 ...
  • 05 Mar 2024 |

    German government appeals court鈥檚 ruling calling for rapid climate action

    05 Mar 2024, 12:10 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's government has appealed November's court ruling that required it to present emergency climate measures after failing emissions reduction targets in ...
  • 22 Mar 2019 |

    EU omits reference to climate neutrality by 2050, as media reports German resistance

    22 Mar 2019, 16:00 European leaders did not call for climate neutrality by 2050 at today鈥檚 summit in Brussels, despite several countries including France suggesting it to be included. Germany is among a group of countries rejecting a tougher wording on ...
  • 25 Jun 2021 |

    Germany passes new Climate Action Law, pulls forward climate neutrality target to 2045

    25 Jun 2021, 13:40 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版, ZEIT Online In its last session before the summer recess, the German parliament passed a bill that amends the federal Climate Action Law. The new law brings forward the deadline for ...
  • Preview2019- Govt too "weak" for speedy coal exit, researcher says

    20 Dec 2018, 09:06 The weak and fragile German government is unlikely to implement the drastic measures needed for a speedy coal exit, regardless of the coal commission 's proposals due early next year, according to energy policy reseacher Claudia ...
  • Germany should revive 鈥climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥 to resolve conflicts with other policy priorities 鈥 council

    05 Feb 2025, 13:30 Leading climate experts have called on the next German government voted in after the February snap election to reintroduce the so-called 鈥climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future ...
  • 09 Apr 2019 |

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

    09 Apr 2019, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ahead of tomorrow鈥檚 first meeting of the so-called climate cabinet, German finance minister Olaf Scholz has launched his vision for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition. In his ...
  • 25 Apr 2025 |

    Germans want more transparency and justice in shift to clean heating and mobility 鈥 researchers

    25 Apr 2025, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Heating Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany would like to see more factual information around policies to make heating and transport more climate-friendly, such as carbon pricing, and they attach great ...
  • 14 Jun 2023 |

    New climate action package fails to get Germany on course for 2030 targets

    14 Jun 2023, 19:55 The German economy and climate ministry has presented a long-awaited climate action package, but the comprehensive policy proposals will remain insufficient for putting Europe鈥檚 largest economy on track for meeting its 2030 emission ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |

    Adapting to effects of climate change now legally binding in Germany

    01 Jul 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 麻豆无码版 / Zeit / n-tv A law requiring German municipalities, states and the country as a whole to adapt to the effects of climate change has now come into force (1 July). For the first time, ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    NGO files environmental lawsuits against five more German state governments

    14 Sep 2021, 12:45 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is filing lawsuits against five German states on behalf ...
  • 12 Aug 2020 |

    Government announces members of new expert council on climate issues

    12 Aug 2020, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has appointed the members of the 鈥淓xpert Council on Climate Issues鈥, an independent body that is to advice the government on the implementation of ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    German climate programmes insufficient for reaching targets 鈥 government report

    03 Nov 2021, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Policy 麻豆无码版 Climate action programmes introduced by the current and previous grand coalition governments under chancellor Angela Merkel aren鈥檛 enough for Germany to reach its greenhouse gas reduction ...
  • Ministries present action programmes to make up for high emissions from transport & buildings

    13 Jul 2022, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Heating Government 麻豆无码版 German government ministries have launched a set of immediate action programmes that are to ensure emission reductions in the laggard buildings and transport sectors ...
  • 28 Feb 2024 |

    German farmers slam EU nature restoration law which agri minister says is 'in their best interest'

    28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 麻豆无码版 The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥 Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Designated German climate minister could push transition with experience bridging political divide

    06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
  • SPD calls on 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservatives to get serious on climate

    11 Jun 2019, 13:24 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • 29 Nov 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate law and national emissions trading system clear last legislative hurdle

    29 Nov 2019, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 The council of federal state governments (Bundesrat) has greenlit聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽and the聽 planned national emissions trading system for transport and ...
  • 09 Oct 2019 |

    German govt adopts major climate law, set of measures to meet 2030 targets

    09 Oct 2019, 17:06 The German government cabinet has adopted the country鈥檚 first framework climate law and a detailed programme of measures to reach national and European targets for 2030. Against the backdrop of climate action protests by the Extinction ...
  • 28 Jun 2024 |

    Over 90% of Germans want govt to invest more in climate-adaptating infrastructure 鈥 survey

    28 Jun 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 An overwhelming majority of Germans want the country to ramp up its climate adaptation efforts and better prepare the country's infrastructure against increasingly regular ...
  • 19 Jan 2023 |

    Experts reject tougher penalties for climate activists鈥 civil disobedience in Germany

    19 Jan 2023, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 A group of experts largely rejected calls for tougher penalties for climate activists who stage acts of civil disobedience like motorway blockades or artwork attacks.聽 In response to a motion ...
  • 14 Feb 2025

    In brief | 14 February '25

    14 Feb 2025, 10:50 麻豆无码版 Team Eurelectric: Europe needs an energy security strategy based on clean electrification A new report demonstrates the need for a new approach to energy security based on clean electrification to reduce fuel imports dependence, ...
  • 30 Jul 2019 |

    Bavarian Merkel ally says climate action belongs in German Basic Law- media

    30 Jul 2019, 10:30 Markus S枚der, Bavaria鈥檚 conservative state premier, has called for climate action to be enshrined in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Basic Law, according to German daily S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. S枚der has thus embraced a long-standing demand by the Green Party, ...
  • 03 May 2022 |

    More hydrogen funding in draft govt climate action programme

    03 May 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is planning to support up to four gigawatt (GW) electrolyser capacity and wants to get rid of the last inland flights for the postal ...
  • German businesses support plans for climate action law

    15 Jan 2019, 12:01 Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel German businesses support the planned federal climate action ...
  • 23 Aug 2023 |

    Germany could face costly EU target miss as govt overestimates its climate programme 鈥 expert council

    23 Aug 2023, 09:00 The German coalition government鈥檚 Climate Action Programme 2023 is insufficient to meet 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets- and overestimates its total potential to lower emissions, said the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on ...
  • 04 Apr 2019 |

    German industry says 95 percent emissions reduction by 2050 鈥渢otally unthinkable鈥

    04 Apr 2019, 14:03 The influential German industry association BDI wants the country to opt for the lower end of its 2050 climate ambitions. The lobby group says a 95 percent reduction in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is currently聽 鈥渢otally ...
  • 09 Jan 2019 |

    Preview2019- German govt must act on environment to retain votes, says WWF

    09 Jan 2019, 10:45 麻豆无码版 and climate policy has played a notable role in recent elections in Germany, where public opinion is split over the course of the country's coal exit and diesel emissions in inner cities, says Michael Sch盲fer, head of ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    Opposition lambasts climate plans as parliamentary process kicks off

    25 Oct 2019, 14:20 Opposition parties have strongly criticised the German government coalition鈥檚 climate policy package in a first parliamentary debate on key legislative elements, such as the planned major climate action law. The first reading in the ...
  • 20 Jun 2025 |

    NGOs urge German gov't to scrap plans for gas price subsidies from climate fund

    20 Jun 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Government 麻豆无码版 A group of environmental NGOs has appealed to the German government to scrap plans that would allow using the country's federal "Climate and Transformation Fund" ...
  • Waste incineration has no place in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable heating plans 鈥 NGOs

    14 Nov 2023, 13:49 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Jack McGovan Resources & ...
  • 12 Feb 2025

    In brief | 12 February '25

    12 Feb 2025, 10:35 麻豆无码版 Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
  • 14 Mar 2025 |

    Next German gov鈥檛 must raise climate ambition to avoid multi-billion-euro EU target miss 鈥 env agency

    14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
  • 15 Jul 2025 |

    Geothermal draft law a 鈥渒ey lever鈥 for climate-friendly heating in Germany 鈥 associations

    15 Jul 2025, 13:02 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Tagesspiegel Background Germany's draft law to speed up geothermal projects is a "key lever" to ramp up the climate friendly heat supply, said associations during a parliamentary hearing, as ...
  • 06 Apr 2023 |

    German law to set rules for climate adaptation efforts at national and state level

    06 Apr 2023, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany's environment ministry聽 has proposed a federal climate adaptation law that sets a framework for action at the national and state level. The draft bill is 鈥渋ntended to ...
  • 27 Mar 2023 |

    Berlin鈥檚 referendum on climate neutrality by 2030 fails

    27 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cities 麻豆无码版 A referendum in Berlin on making the German capital climate neutral by 2030 failed to garner sufficient support. Only around 442,000 people voted in favour of the initiative, ...
  • Researchers doubt Germany's new building energy act is breakthrough for heating transition

    19 Jun 2020, 14:14 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 IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, 麻豆无码版 and ...
  • 28 Mar 2019 |

    Average CO鈧 emissions from new cars increase despite alternative drives- dena

    28 Mar 2019, 13:28 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport 麻豆无码版 Low-emission vehicles with electric and natural ...
  • German government agrees on pulling forward climate neutrality to 2045

    12 May 2021, 11:31 The German government has given the green light to the necessary legal changes to speed up the country's bid for climate neutrality, aiming to hit the goal five years earlier in 2045. Cabinet approved a reform of the country's ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate cabinet ready to discuss introduction of carbon price

    10 Apr 2019, 13:46 Germany's so-called climate cabinet- a round of ministers with key responsibilities touching climate issues- has decided to discuss options for a carbon price at its first meeting in Berlin today. Environment minister Svenja ...
  • Germany, Poland not among EU countries appealing for greater climate ambition 鈥 media

    08 May 2019, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International EurActiv / Handelsblatt France, the Netherlands and Sweden are among a group of eight countries that have launched an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major EU leaders summit, ...
  • 04 Apr 2023 |

    German government aims to reduce final energy consumption over one quarter by 2030

    04 Apr 2023, 13:54 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 麻豆无码版 Clear energy saving targets for 2030 will be set into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 law for the first time, according to a draft of the 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Act released by the economy and climate action ministry ...
  • German supermarkets improve sustainability but must do more 鈥 agency

    16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
  • 27 Nov 2020 |

    German climate cabinet to take stock, NGOs call for decisions

    27 Nov 2020, 14:33 A little more than one year after 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 so-called 鈥climate cabinet鈥 presented a big policy package to reach 2030 climate targets, its members will meet again on 2 December 鈥 but this time only to take stock, not decisions. ...
  • 17 Apr 2023 |

    Climate council warns Germany against 'pushing off' responsibility to Europe

    17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
  • Mobility and coal task force delay pushes back 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy timetable

    13 Dec 2018, 17:52 Delays in the work of the commissions charged with providing pathways to a coal exit and the mobility transition are threatening the German government's climate policy timetable. However, environment minister Svenja Schulze told ...
  • 21 Jan 2025 |

    Defiant climate advocates from Germany call for EU resolve as Trump returns to office

    21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
  • 19 Apr 2024 |

    Germany should prioritise national implementation of nature restoration 鈥 advisory council

    19 Apr 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Germany should urgently tackle the task of restoring nature regardless of the outcome of the discussion on a European level, said Josef Settele, member of country's ...
  • 15 Mar 2019 |

    Germany installs 鈥climate cabinet鈥 to coordinate action across ministries

    15 Mar 2019, 13:32 The German government has agreed to install a 鈥climate cabinet鈥 to coordinate emissions reduction efforts across various ministries to reach the country's 2030 climate targets. Environment minister Svenja Schulze said the climate ...
  • 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 ...
  • 27 Feb 2025 |

    German industry hails EU competitiveness plan as NGOs warn red tape cuts threaten climate action

    27 Feb 2025, 13:51 The European Commission unveiled a series of plans to make the bloc's industry more competitive, reduce energy costs and cut red tape. Germany's industry associations called the proposals an important first step in the right ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    Environment agency calls for more ambitious climate targets 鈥 media report

    04 Oct 2021, 13:44 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel The German Environment Agency (UBA) has called to raise the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emission ...
  • 08 Jul 2025 |

    German government tackles false green claims in line with EU law

    08 Jul 2025, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 The German government has proposed legislative changes to forbid companies from making environmental claims such as 鈥済reen鈥 or 鈥climate friendly鈥 about their products unless they ...
  • 07 Oct 2019 |

    German climate law draft assigns sectoral emissions budgets for 2020-2030

    07 Oct 2019, 16:41 The German government has presented a draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first-ever major Climate Action Law, which assigns flexible annual greenhouse gas budgets to economic sectors for the years 2020-2030, but does not make long-term climate targets ...
  • 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 ...
  • Over 7,000 scientists call for more climate engagement from future German gov't

    13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    North Rhine-Westphalia sets 2045 climate neutrality goal but dithers on wind power expansion

    02 Jul 2021, 13:13 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wind Die Welt / dpa / 麻豆无码版 The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state parliament has passed a new climate protection law that paves the way for climate neutrality by 2045, five years earlier than ...
  • 26 Aug 2021 |

    Expert Council on Climate finds ministry's emergency programme for buildings sector lacking

    26 Aug 2021, 13:43 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 BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 31 Jan 2025

    In brief | 21 January '25

    31 Jan 2025, 11:39 麻豆无码版 Team Euractiv: Norway鈥檚 governing coalition breaks over EU energy rules row Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area 鈥 which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed. FT: 脴rsted replaces ...
  • Vote25: Affordability of transition is key topic for next government 鈥 researcher

    09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
  • 11 Jun 2021 |

    Natural carbon sinks should be seperate sector with binding targets 鈥 env. NGOs

    11 Jun 2021, 14:09 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy ...
  • 19 Dec 2018 |

    Preview2019- Climate Action Law 鈥渃rucial鈥 step, says Greenpeace head

    19 Dec 2018, 10:10 Germany must face several fundamental energy and climate decisions in 2019 to save the country's Energiewende and its international standing, according to Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan. Most importantly, the promised Climate ...
  • 20 Mar 2019 |

    Environment minister Schulze to head 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥

    20 Mar 2019, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Elections & Politics dpa / Rheinische Post The planned German 鈥 climate cabinet 鈥 that aims to improve coordination among climate-relevant ministries to put the country on track to meet its ...
  • 12 Aug 2021 |

    Ministries disagree on extra measures to cut emissions from buildings

    12 Aug 2021, 13:22 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 BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 10 Dec 2021 |

    Citizens and NGO file further lawsuits against German states to improve climate policy

    10 Dec 2021, 14:07 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Several citizens in two German states have filed lawsuits against their state ...
  • 10 Jun 2024 |

    EU election defeat bodes ill for German govt鈥檚 climate ambitions ahead of state votes

    10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
  • Climate action to become an opposition issue under next German gov鈥檛 鈥 political advisor

    11 Apr 2025, 12:30 Climate will play a smaller role under 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government and greater ambition will be mostly pushed by the opposition, says Johannes Hillje, a political communication advisor who has worked with several German ministries. The ...
  • 09 Sep 2021 |

    No German party election manifesto fit for 2030 climate targets 鈥 report

    09 Sep 2021, 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & ...
  • Preview2019- Conditions for Energiewende success all set, says dena

    21 Dec 2018, 09:32 Ambitious climate action and a resolute energy transition are already possible in Germany but the country's government has yet to prove how serious it is about putting words into action, says Andreas Kuhlmann, the head of the ...
  • 16 Mar 2021 |

    Germany sees record greenhouse gas emission fall due to pandemic, renewables

    16 Mar 2021, 12:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020- the largest annual fall since 1990- as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    German government weakens renewables targets in municipal heating plans

    17 Aug 2023, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has agreed on a draft law requiring municipalities to submit plans for the transition to climate-neutral heating, but has softened interim targets for ...
  • 23 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from Germany | May '25

    23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU鈥檚 most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
  • Debate about German transport climate policy reignited as expert council confirms 鈥渃onsiderable gap鈥 to targets

    15 Apr 2024, 12:17 Germany's Council of Experts on Climate Change has confirmed that the country's transport sector again exceeded its annual greenhouse gas emissions limit in 2023, and that current policies are insufficient to put the sector on ...
  • 22 Sep 2023 |

    Germany sets binding 2030 target for energy consumption reduction

    22 Sep 2023, 13:21 Jack McGovan Efficiency Policy 麻豆无码版 A legal framework for energy efficiency has been passed into law by the German parliament for the first time. The 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Act aims for a reduction in annual energy consumption ...
  • 03 Mar 2021 |

    Germany's new supply chain law omits companies' climate responsibilities 鈥 media report

    03 Mar 2021, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The new supply chain law introduced by the German government to improve corporate compliance with social and environmental standards in sourcing and ...
  • 23 Aug 2023 |

    Associations call for tougher climate measures following 鈥榠nadequate鈥 govt plans

    23 Aug 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of more than 40 civil society associations and organisations聽 has called on the German government to step-up climate measures as the country is projected to miss its ...
  • Germany to open door for onshore CO2 storage in federal states

    29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore 鈥 but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
  • 17 Jul 2023 |

    Government report shows Germany set to miss 2045 climate neutrality target 鈥 media

    17 Jul 2023, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Der Spiegel A draft report commissioned by the German government shows that the country鈥檚 current and planned climate policies are not enough to reach the official target of net-zero ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Rewetting organic soils with high potential for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 natural carbon sinks 鈥 report

    17 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Promoting agroforestry, reforestation, sustainable forest management and, in particular, the rewetting of peatland soils have an important role to play in preserving and ...
  • Merkel's CDU examines border adjustment measures to avoid carbon leakage

    01 Oct 2019, 13:50 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices International 麻豆无码版 Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
  • 02 Oct 2024 |

    Germany sets first national legally-binding climate adaptation targets

    02 Oct 2024, 16:10 Germany's fight against the devastating long-term impact of climate change has reached a new milestone, with the environment ministry (BMUV)聽presenting a draft strategy that, for the first time, sets measurable targets to increase ...
  • Adverts with unregulated climate claims are barrier to real emission cuts 鈥 NGO lawyer

    26 Sep 2022, 12:04 The spread of unregulated company publicity involving 鈥渘et zero鈥 or 鈥climate neutral鈥 claims has become a systemic barrier to achieving climate targets, argues ClientEarth, an NGO focussing on using laws to advance environmental ...
  • 21 Aug 2024 |

    Germany wants to protect forests against rising temperatures, environmentalists critical of draft law

    21 Aug 2024, 13:43 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy RND A draft law from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture minister, Cem 脰zdemir, to protect the country鈥檚 forests against the effects of climate change has come under criticism for being significantly watered down ...
  • German forests needed for climate action, but remain in poor condition 鈥 report

    13 May 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 German forests are in a poor state, as four out of five trees of the most common species 鈥 spruce, pine, beech and oak 鈥 are damaged, said the agriculture ministry' ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    Merz government urged to table convincing climate and energy plans in first 100 days

    07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | March 鈥25

    07 Mar 2025, 15:00 Winter may finally be on the way out but Italy is still grappling with high electricity prices, with average wholesale prices in February among the highest in Europe. Under increasing pressure to halt further rises, the government ...
  • 24 Mar 2023 |

    Debate over 鈥淏erlin 2030 climate neutral鈥 initiative heats up ahead of referendum

    24 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Cities 麻豆无码版 With only a few days to go before the referendum to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital climate neutral by 2030, the debate over the ambitious initiative intensified among policymakers, experts, and in the ...
  • 13 Jul 2021 |

    EU鈥檚 Fit for 55 climate & energy package could mean renewed German climate law reform 鈥 ifo

    13 Jul 2021, 12:11 As German stakeholders eagerly await the European Commission鈥檚 proposals on overhauling the EU鈥檚 energy and climate policy, the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has said new EU laws could mean that the country has to once again ...
  • German government decides tax changes for climate plan, CO2 price details

    16 Oct 2019, 12:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition is moving ahead to implement its climate action plan to put the country back on track to reach 2030 targets. The cabinet has adopted several legislative drafts to mould the decisions into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 tax ...
  • Preview2019- Expect the German coal debate to continue, says Aurora ER

    10 Jan 2019, 09:15 The German coal exit commission is set to deliver its final recommendations for the country鈥檚 coal exit in February 2019, but this report is likely to be only the beginning of a long and controversial policymaking process in the country ...
  • German climate law put off as disagreements weigh on governing coalition

    18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
  • 22 Mar 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate cabinet is 鈥渟ad declaration of bankruptcy鈥 鈥 opinion

    22 Mar 2019, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new climate cabinet is proof that policymakers can look ahead only as far ahead as the next election, and are unable to make decisions that might cause upset, ...
  • Next German government must triple climate action efforts 鈥 think tanks

    31 Aug 2021, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The next German government must massively increase climate action efforts in order to triple the current average annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions, ...
  • 25 Jul 2025 |

    State should cover up to 100% of low-income households鈥 energy renovation costs 鈥 think tank

    25 Jul 2025, 13:27 Joey Grostern Efficiency Heating Society 麻豆无码版 The German government should reform building efficiency and housing regulations to better support low and middle-income households through the transition to sustainable heating ...
  • 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 ...
  • 04 Jun 2024 |

    EU elections will not trigger Green Deal rollback, but future ambition at stake 鈥 researcher

    04 Jun 2024, 14:00 The European Parliament elections this week (6-9 June) are unlikely to cause a big rollback of existing EU Green Deal legislation, but a projected shift to right-wing 鈥 and often climate action sceptic 鈥 parties could lower ambition ...
  • 12 Sep 2024

    In brief | 12 September '24

    12 Sep 2024, 10:53 Julian Wettengel IEEFA: European LNG import terminals are used less as demand drops European Union (EU) LNG import terminals are being utilised less as demand for the fuel continues to decline across the continent. ECA: EU recovery fund ...
  • 08 Jul 2024 |

    More cars in Germany but fewer on the roads 鈥 report

    08 Jul 2024, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Mobility Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany has a record number of cars, but fewer people are using them on the road, according to an analysis 聽by聽transport policy聽think tank Agora聽Verkehrswende.聽"Despite a slight ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    2020s must be 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥, says German chancellor Merkel

    08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
  • 21 Apr 2021 |

    High stakes for Europe鈥檚 largest industrial nation 鈥 German reactions to EU climate law deal

    21 Apr 2021, 16:38 German politicians have welcomed the deal concluded by EU lawmakers on a climate law that enshrines the goal of climate-neutrality 2050 and a more ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. However, conservatives and industry ...
  • 05 May 2022 |

    Climate goals cannot be achieved with CO2 prices alone 鈥 report

    05 May 2022, 13:58 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Even with significantly higher CO2 prices on transport and heating fuels, Germany will not reach targets set in the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law, shows a report commissioned by the German ...
  • 05 Sep 2023 |

    Germany's climate action 'insufficient' to meet targets 鈥 researchers

    05 Sep 2023, 12:07 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany's climate policy and action are "insufficient" to meet its national and international climate targets,聽 according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) project. ...
  • NGOs call EU supply chain proposal insufficient, businesses fear overburdening

    24 Feb 2022, 12:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch ...
  • Ruling parties seek compromise in Germany's heating transition dispute

    30 May 2023, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / ARD / Spiegel Ahead of talks with MPs from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling coalition today (30 May), economy minister Robert Habeck said that a draft heating law which would impose ...
  • 23 May 2023 |

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

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

    Germany could miss industry sector climate target in 2021 鈥 researchers

    05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
  • Historic German spending package gets final approval, clears path for Merz鈥檚 coalition government

    21 Mar 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Elections & Politics ARD / ntv / Der Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major spending package that contains a reform of the country鈥檚 debt brake and hundreds of billions of euros of investments in defence, infrastructure ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Tracking the making of Germany's new government

    06 May 2025, 13:00 Germans cast their vote in the country's federal election on 23 February. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor and will now lead the formal coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats ...
  • Think tanks call for climate action law that includes CO鈧 price for transport, buildings

    13 May 2019, 14:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Agora Energiewende / Agora Verkehrswende [This article was based on the German version of the proposals. Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende published an English version on 15 ...
  • 31 May 2023 |

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

    31 May 2023, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung About four million fossil heating systems in Germany will reach their legal runtime limit of 30 years in 2024, newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung聽 reported 聽based on a ...
  • 13 May 2024 |

    Delayed transport transition significantly more expensive 鈥 German think tank

    13 May 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Freight 麻豆无码版 Delaying climate action in the transport sector will lead to a significantly more expensive transition to climate neutrality by 2045, said think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a new ...
  • Public discontent with government risks slowing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate efforts

    10 Aug 2023, 14:20 Nearly halfway through its four-year term, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government faces increasing public discontent over its switch from two years of energy crisis management to controversial climate policies. The coalition government of the Social ...
  • Right-wing populists challenge Europe鈥檚 climate efforts

    07 Jun 2024, 12:00 Right-wing populist parties opposed to climate action are gaining power and popularity across the European continent and are set to do well in the 2024 European Parliament elections. These parties strongly influence climate narratives ...
  • Conservative politicians set up climate group, call for climate neutrality in 10-20 years

    09 Apr 2021, 12:16 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    New EU climate proposals to accelerate German coal exit and industry transformation 鈥 think tanks

    16 Jul 2021, 15:30 The EU鈥檚 proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively bring forward 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) mean coal will become unprofitable in most of Europe, said ...
  • 24 Jul 2025 |

    Pioneering German city's gas grid phase-out hit by 鈥渦ncertain鈥 government policy

    24 Jul 2025, 12:30 The city of Mannheim in Southwestern Germany is aiming to decommission its gas grid by 2035, so it is encouraging residents to give up their boilers. Since the Christian Democrats of chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to abolish the ...
  • 04 Jun 2019 |

    Merkel says Germany to decide between CO2 price and sectoral targets

    04 Jun 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 The German government will decide whether to follow a sectoral emission reduction approach or a general pricing of carbon emissions in its bid to get on track in achieving the ...
  • 21 May 2024 |

    Govt coalition agrees reform to speed up planning and permission process for Germany's infrastructure

    21 May 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background A law reform agreed by lawmakers from Germany's government coalition would speed up approval processes around the planning and construction of new ...
  • 20 Feb 2019 |

    Germany increasingly off-track regarding EU 2030 non-ETS climate targets- researchers

    20 Feb 2019, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background If Germany doesn鈥檛 fulfil its greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations under the EU effort sharing, it could end up having to pay between 13.5 and 41 ...
  • Conservatives reject environment ministry proposal for climate action law- report

    01 Feb 2019, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservatives are annoyed by a first and as yet unpublished environment ministry draft of Germany's highly anticipated climate ...
  • 26 Mar 2025 |

    Governments at pre-COP30 summit push for global climate cooperation in face of 鈥渟poilers鈥

    26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
  • Preview2019- BEE: Coal exit will not be enough for Germany

    03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
  • 28 Mar 2025

    In brief | 28 March '25

    28 Mar 2025, 11:48 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Porsche has nowhere to hide as Trump unleashes next tariff wave While Mercedes and BMW have some flexibility due to factories in the US, Porsche has no plants in North America. Bloomberg: German minister says Trump ...
  • 11 Sep 2023 |

    Most people in Germany endorse resolute switch from fossil to sustainable heating 鈥 survey

    11 Sep 2023, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 Most people in Germany agree with the 鈥渃ore aim鈥 of the government鈥檚 controversial building energy law to replace old fossil heating systems with sustainable alternatives, ...
  • 19 Mar 2024 |

    German forests absorbed six percent of country's emissions in 2021- statistical office

    19 Mar 2024, 13:03 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Forests across Germany absorbed 52.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021, which corresponds to 6 percent of the country鈥檚 annual emissions in the same year, according to ...
  • 04 Jan 2019 |

    Preview2019-Govt must urgently clarify 2030 climate strategy 鈥 SME rep

    04 Jan 2019, 11:00 German climate and energy policy must urgently become more proactive in 2019 to increase companies鈥 planning and investment security, says Mario Ohoven, president of the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW). ...
  • Germany's coalition government turns the tide on climate policy- media

    01 Aug 2019, 12:22 Expert Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ...
  • 23 Oct 2019 |

    Germany slashes key efficiency target in new building energy draft law

    23 Oct 2019, 13:24 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
  • 31 Jul 2025 |

    Germany advances plans for world's first fusion power plant in 鈥淗igh-Tech Agenda鈥

    31 Jul 2025, 13:35 The German government has fleshed out how it intends to build the world鈥檚 first nuclear fusion reactor in a 鈥淗igh-Tech Agenda鈥, which also sets ambitious targets for other technologies it considers key for the energy transition, such as ...
  • Germany to pull forward target date for climate neutrality to 2045

    05 May 2021, 14:59 The German government has agreed to aim for climate neutrality as early as 2045, pulling forward its previous target by five years as part of more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases. In a reform to be presented next week, the ...
  • 06 Dec 2023 |

    Climate action among top issues for German voters ahead of 2024 EU Parliament elections- survey

    06 Dec 2023, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Society EU 麻豆无码版 Action against climate change ranks among the topics people in Germany want the European Parliament to prioritise, according to the聽 latest Eurobarometer survey. Climate action and EU defence are ...
  • 26 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's climate package will be 鈥渕ajor legislative task鈥 鈥 energy agency

    26 Sep 2019, 13:56 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The German government's newly agreed climate action ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |

    New EU goal means Germany might have to cut emissions by 62-68% by 2030 鈥 climate council

    15 Apr 2021, 15:15 The European Union鈥檚 decision to increase its greenhouse gas reduction target to at least 55 percent by 2030 could mean that Germany has to decrease emissions by much more than its current target. Much depends on the concrete proposal ...
  • German chancellor candidate Merz must walk fine line between restart and continuity in energy and climate

    14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next chancellor 鈥 but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 04 Jul 2024 |

    Orb谩n鈥檚 opportunistic record belies Hungary鈥檚 new pro-climate rethoric

    04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Strong popular demand for climate action and a push towards more energy autonomy in the wake of the war in Ukraine have led Hungary鈥檚 populist leader Viktor Orb谩n to describe himself as an advocate of climate-friendly power generation. ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    Court ruling puts spotlight on climate as German election campaign picks up speed

    03 May 2021, 12:59 The landmark ruling from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 top court has catapulted climate to the top of the political debate as government coalition partners shifted into election campaign mode, blamed each other for shortcomings of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
  • 28 Mar 2025 |

    Many German buildings need refurbishment plus heat pump to reach climate targets 鈥 report

    28 Mar 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 麻豆无码版 Reducing the energy consumption of Germany's least energy efficient buildings is essential for聽letting clean heating technologies achieve the sector's climate targets, a report by ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from the European Union

    24 May 2024, 15:00 The curtain is coming down on five years of EU energy and environment legislative drama. Since the 2019 鈥済reen wave鈥 that helped put the spotlight on sustainable policy, dozens of laws have passed through the complex process of EU ...
  • Fear of ousted populists could be enough to stall climate policy in Poland

    17 Apr 2024, 13:30 The election victory of the pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk in late 2023 stirred high hopes for the start of serious climate policies in Poland after an eight-year lull during the rule of the right ...
  • 06 Mar 2023 |

    German Science Academy urges speed and cooperation in Europe鈥檚 energy transition

    06 Mar 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Energiewende EU 麻豆无码版 Researchers at the German National Academy of Sciences have called on German and European governments to speed up efforts to transform the energy system to help reach climate targets, ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Climate activists' motorway blockage triggers debate in German government about protest legitimacy

    11 Feb 2022, 14:32 S枚ren Amelang Society Government 麻豆无码版 / Der Tagesspiegel Climate activists' repeated blockages of motorways in Berlin and other German cities have sparked a debate among government parties about the legitimacy of these ...
  • 17 May 2021 |

    Industry leaders concerned over lack of impact assessment in new climate policy

    17 May 2021, 12:30 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry ...
  • Vote25: Keeping homes affordable while making them climate-friendly is next German govt's big challenge

    23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
  • 19 May 2023 |

    Departure of energy state secretary bad news for climate action 鈥 opinion

    19 May 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Policy WirtschaftsWoche / WAZ / FAZ The cronyism allegations and subsequent departure of energy state secretary Patrick Graichen, as well as the public dispute about government plans for a de-facto ban of fossil heaters ...
  • Draft law does not specify sectors for planned German infrastructure fund

    07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 麻豆无码版 First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
  • 麻豆无码版 industry urges German lawmakers to put energy policy stability ahead of party politics

    13 Nov 2024, 13:39 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics ...
  • Climate pledges put companies in crosshairs of consumer litigation

    03 Nov 2022, 13:10 Boasting about 鈥climate neutral鈥 products or vague plans to become 鈥渘et zero鈥 is turning into a legal risk for companies, as activists drag firms into courts over deceiving consumers with questionable climate pledges. A raft of landmark ...
  • 04 May 2023 |

    NGOs criticise government decision to speed up motorway upgrades

    04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
  • Most leading German parties stand by 2045 climate neutrality target ahead of snap election

    21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading parties say they are committed to the country鈥檚 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major聽 TV debate 聽on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Europe is cracking down on radical climate protests

    24 Jul 2023, 13:50 The criminalisation of climate protesters is intensifying all over Europe, with multiple countries considering harsh new laws. While human rights activists express concern at the crackdown, experts are divided over the impact on the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from Germany

    03 May 2024, 15:35 With the sudden arrival of summer weather, Germans stream back into street cafes and beer gardens with a collective sigh of relief. On the way, they are greeted by EU election campaign posters, which have sprung up across the country ...
  • 15 Jun 2021 |

    German industry calls for impact assessment of decision to raise climate targets

    15 Jun 2021, 12:51 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry 麻豆无码版 Taking issue with efforts by the German government to tighten climate targets in its decision to amend the Climate Action Law, which is set to be voted on in parliament on 24 June, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 07 Aug 2019 |

    Germany must raise climate ambitions ahead of UN summit- researchers and climate NGOs

    07 Aug 2019, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang International 麻豆无码版 Germany has to step up its climate ambitions so Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn鈥檛 travel to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September empty-handed, according to Climate ...
  • Drop in coal power and weak economy push German emissions to lowest level in 70 years 鈥 report

    04 Jan 2024, 12:51 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell around ten percent last year to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and electricity generation from coal ...
  • 17 Sep 2019 |

    German climate policy faces pivotal moment on 20 September

    17 Sep 2019, 13:33 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government coalition is racing to put together a major climate action package by 20 September, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' climate summit in New York on 23 September. Mere ...
  • German government decides to buy 鈥climate-friendly鈥 in the future

    15 Sep 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices German government procurement will become more climate-friendly as of January 2022, the cabinet has decided by adopting a new administrative regulation. The procurement regulation 鈥 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 30 Aug 2024 |

    Campaigners call for better climate adaptation in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 "asphalt desert" schoolyards

    30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Joey Grostern Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 Campaigners from the NGOs German Environmental Aid (DUH) and German Children鈥檚 Aid (DKHW) have ...
  • 28 Mar 2019 |

    Agriculture ministry鈥檚 initial proposals to reach 2030 climate targets 鈥渢oo vague鈥 鈥 env. NGO

    28 Mar 2019, 13:25 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
  • 21 Jan 2021 |

    鈥淭hose who only want to achieve climate action through a price on carbon will fail鈥 鈥 SPD鈥檚 Miersch

    21 Jan 2021, 11:30 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 September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    German parliament to pass last-minute energy law reforms ahead of snap election

    27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
  • Promise to abolish heating law set to turn into communication challenge for German conservatives

    31 Mar 2025, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Merkur An election promise by German conservative alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) to abolish parts ...
  • 25 Nov 2020 |

    Lower Saxony to invest one billion euros in bid to become Germany's 'No.1 climate state'

    25 Nov 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Green stimulus 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt Lower Saxony is going to invest one billion euros into a comprehensive climate action programme to make the northern German state the country's "No.1 ...
  • Slump in EU election raises pressure on Merkel's coalition as Greens surge on climate worries

    27 May 2019, 15:43 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
  • 07 Mar 2019 |

    Germany has understood need to change economy鈥檚 structure amid energy transition 鈥 WEC

    07 Mar 2019, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Energiewende 麻豆无码版 The advanced stage of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition has led the country to understand that a broader change of economic structures is necessary to complete the ...
  • 15 Mar 2022 |

    Emissions up 4.5% in 2021 after pandemic slump, transport and heating fail targets

    15 Mar 2022, 13:55 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly five percent in 2021, in an expected rebound during the economic revival after the pandemic. The country's Federal Environment Agency warned that the 鈥淐orona windfall ...
  • 15 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | November '24

    15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country鈥檚 fourth floods within a year, triggered by intense rainfall on 19 and 20 October. Parts of Sicily, in the south, were also severely impacted. The floods came as Italy鈥檚 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Germany's proposed climate law to create certainty for businesses- op-ed

    04 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Policy Zeit Online The Climate Action Law proposed by ...
  • Coalition collapse: Tracking the path to Germany's snap elections

    23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
  • EU has to significantly ramp up emissions reduction goal to stay on track for Paris goals 鈥 researchers

    11 Oct 2019, 14:09 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 Climate & ...
  • Germans want their country to take climate leadership during EU presidency 鈥 survey

    26 Mar 2020, 14:03 Expert Heinrich B枚ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Climate action tops the wish list of German citizens for their government ...
  • Tracking progress of Germany's 2030 climate action package

    29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
  • German government sticks to plan for Climate Protection Law in 2019

    The German government will stick to its plan to introduce a Climate Protection Law in 2019 despite聽 major internal difficulties 聽harrowing the coalition of Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD). A first ...
  • 22 Nov 2018 |

    NGOs call for including financial sector in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law

    The financial industry is a relevant actor in virtually all sectors of the economy and should therefore be included in聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽as well as in any action plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 2030, the environmental NGO Climate ...
  • Vote25: Next German gov鈥檛 must tap into renewables鈥 potential for 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 backup capacities- BEE

    29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
  • Germany economy minister warns against rolling back contentious heating law

    04 Feb 2025, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Heating Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Ahead of Germany's snap elections, economy minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) has warned that overturning a law aimed at reducing stubbornly high heating emissions ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from the European Union | May '25

    09 May 2025, 16:15 Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies. The bloc has come a long way from the dependency it once had, yet certain EU countries still rely on Russia for ...
  • 12 Aug 2024 |

    Drought significantly increased damaged forest areas in central Germany 鈥 report

    12 Aug 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 麻豆无码版 More than half of the forest in some central German regions is "severely damaged" following extreme drought periods over the past years, according to a report by the Helmholtz Centre ...
  • 08 Apr 2019 |

    Fridays For Future Germany presents set of climate action demands

    08 Apr 2019, 12:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Organisers of the German section of the 鈥淔ridays For Future鈥 student climate protests have called for net zero emissions by 2035, a coal exit in 2030 and 100 percent renewables by ...
  • CO鈧 price debate gathers speed within German grand coalition

    29 Apr 2019, 13:39 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 BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 04 Jul 2025 |

    German government proposes boost for renewable heating infrastructure

    04 Jul 2025, 12:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating 麻豆无码版 The German economy and energy ministry has tabled a draft law for accelerating the expansion of geothermal energy installations, large heat pumps, heat storage units, and district ...
  • 24 May 2024 |
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    Populist AfD 鈥渟and in the gears鈥 of German climate efforts

    24 May 2024, 12:00 The far-right populist Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) is Germany's only large party to unequivocally reject any action against climate change- but its impact on the country's efforts has been limited. The AfD has not yet ...
  • Missing EU emissions reduction targets could cost Germany up to 300 million euros by 2020- report

    19 Mar 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government International Tagesspiegel Background Germany could face fines of up to 300 million euros payable over three years for its failure to comply with emissions reduction targets under the EU鈥檚 ...
  • 27 Feb 2019 |

    Social Democrats demand clear climate proposals after ministry cancels buildings commission

    27 Feb 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency 麻豆无码版 Responding to the cancellation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 buildings commission, the governing Social Democrats (SPD) are calling on their coalition partner, Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU ...
  • Germany to widely miss 2030 climate target 鈥 draft govt report

    20 Aug 2021, 13:03 Germany is facing a significant gap between estimated greenhouse gas emission reductions and targets over the coming 20 years, a draft government report shows. Germany recently decided to reduce emissions by 65 percent by 2030. However, ...
  • 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 ...
  • EU should deepen climate cooperation with China amid waning US engagement 鈥 German official

    18 Jun 2025, 14:00 The European Union should bet on a closer climate alliance with China despite differences in other fields, says Jochen Flasbarth, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 top climate policy official. The United States鈥 reduced engagement in global climate action and ...
  • 07 May 2024 |

    EU rules limit populists鈥 damage to climate action in Spain

    07 May 2024, 10:00 The impact of a populist party opposed to climate action is starting to make itself clearly felt in Spain. From climate budget cuts to suspending low-emission zones and reversing plans for green taxes: As a partner in several city and ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

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

    25 Oct 2024, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Damage caused by natural hazards like flooding cost German insurers 5.6 billion euros in 2023, up from four billion euros the previous year, after the country ...
  • 21 Jun 2021 |

    Left Party agrees most ambitious climate targets of all major parties in election manifesto

    21 Jun 2021, 12:30 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Left Party has agreed the most radical election programme yet in terms of climate protection goals and demands at its party convention on 19-20 June. Climate is the key ...
  • 麻豆无码版 and climate observers don鈥檛 share German government鈥檚 positive mid-term review

    06 Nov 2019, 14:38 Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists give the German government mediocre mid-term marks for its climate and energy efforts- while Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 coalition has presented a largely positive self-evaluation. In what ...
  • Preview2019- BUND: Germany's energy policy will change substantially

    07 Jan 2019, 09:30 The impending phase-out plan for coal power in Germany will have a profound impact on the country's entire energy policy, says Antje von Broock of environmental organisation Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). The NGO is a member ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

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

    22 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A group of more than 1,000 companies from Germany has joined the appeal by student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) for greater climate action efforts. Under the label ...
  • Conservative party head calls for overhaul of German energy taxes and levies

    12 Aug 2019, 12:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Welt am Sonntag The head of Germany's conservative ...
  • 28 May 2019 |

    Germans want more climate action and faster Energiewende 鈥 study

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

    Clear rules needed to reduce emissions in heating sector 鈥 energy industry

    22 May 2025, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 The German government must quickly provide clarity on how it plans to cut emissions in the heating sector and create reliable framework conditions, a host of energy industry ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Shell ruling

    10 Jun 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society Die Welt German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering ...
  • Building industry welcomes 鈥渘ew realism regarding climate action鈥 in German government

    26 Sep 2023, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Efficiency 麻豆无码版 / ARD Construction industry representatives have welcomed the German government鈥檚 new housing聽 package 聽 that will suspend the planned tightening of energy efficiency ...
  • 21 May 2025

    In brief | 21 May '25

    21 May 2025, 12:50 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: EU likely to propose quota to ban Russia gas imports by end 2027 The European Union is likely to propose a quota as the mechanism to enforce a bloc-wide import ban on Russian gas by the end of 2027, which officials ...
  • 14 May 2020 |

    Government advisors say Germany should base climate policy on CO2 budget

    14 May 2020, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Policy Germany should base its climate policy on a CO2 budget in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, which would require fast-tracking efforts to reach climate neutrality, ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    Berlin citizens' initiative starts referendum for more climate protection

    02 Jul 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cities Der Tagesspiegel Not satisfied with the Berlin state government鈥檚 climate protection targets, a broad-based citizens鈥 initiative is aiming to mount a referendum to make the German capital carbon ...
  • 25 Jun 2025 |

    German government approves draft law to accelerate renewables expansion

    25 Jun 2025, 13:33 Edgar Meza Renewables Policy taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has approved a draft law to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy sources in line with the European Union鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Directive (RED)聽III, newspaper taz聽 ...
  • We have to give better answers on climate 鈥 Merkel

    29 May 2019, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics CNN The results of the European elections mean that Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) must give better answers on the climate issue, the German ...
  • 23 Feb 2024 |

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

    23 Feb 2024, 13:40 Franca Quecke Company climate claims EU 麻豆无码版 Following a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities,聽Berlin-based fashion retailer聽Zalando has committed to removing "misleading ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    German govt to curtail state prerogatives and cancel wind power distances- media

    08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
  • 07 Mar 2019 |

    Scientists take a stance on school strikes for climate but could do more 鈥 opinion

    07 Mar 2019, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Tageszeitung The coming petition by hundreds of German scientists who openly support the school student movement Fridays for Future that calls for more rapid climate action is a laudable ...
  • 07 Jan 2022 |

    Germany off course to 2030 climate target 鈥 think tank

    07 Jan 2022, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany has veered off its path towards reaching its 2030 climate target, as the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (t CO2 eq) in ...
  • 08 May 2024 |

    German energy industry urges next EU Commission to hold course on Green Deal

    08 May 2024, 13:34 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EUElections2024 Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    Preview 2024: Climate adaptation must shift from strategy to action, social justice key 鈥 think tank

    22 Dec 2023, 08:48 Germany made dealing with the consequences of climate change more binding in 2023, and it must now use this momentum to step up implementation, says Christian Kind, adaptation head of programme at think tank adelphi. Spreading the costs ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

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

    11 Sep 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Transport 麻豆无码版 Rail passengers and freight customers are set to be hit by higher prices as a result of a German government railway funding proposal aimed at ensuring a federal budget in line with the ...
  • 26 Sep 2019 |

    Merkel's Conservatives insist on low initial CO2 price to get public on board

    26 Sep 2019, 14:12 Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives insist on a low initial price tag for CO2 emissions to secure public acceptance for the government's new climate strategy. In the first parliamentary debate on the package unveiled ...
  • 06 Apr 2021 |

    Greens and conservatives to form coalition to make Baden-W眉rttemberg 鈥climate action 蝉迟补迟别鈥

    06 Apr 2021, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The Green Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg have decided to enter coalition negotiations with the goal to make the southern German ...
  • 29 Jul 2025 |

    EU must stick to expansion of emissions trading, curb price jumps 鈥 German state sec

    29 Jul 2025, 14:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Society EU 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Expanding the European emissions trading system (ETS 2) to the transport and heating sectors across the EU must not be put into ...
  • 27 Mar 2025 |

    Prospective new German government shows no ambition to speed up coal exit

    27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
  • 14 Feb 2025

    Dispatch from the European Union | February '25

    14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    German ministry keeps proposals to lower heating emissions under wraps

    16 Jul 2021, 12:39 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Heating Tagesspiegel Background Germany's interior ministry has finalised an emergency programme to get emissions in the building sector in line with climate targets but will not say whether it ...
  • 26 Jan 2023 |

    German transport infrastructure plan outdated, not in line with climate goals 鈥 think tank

    26 Jan 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany's strategy for transport infrastructure development is not oriented towards the country鈥檚 climate and environmental goals, according to an analysis conducted by ...
  • 03 Jul 2025 |

    EU proposes 90 percent reduction in emissions by 2040 鈥 reactions from Germany

    03 Jul 2025, 13:11 The European Commission has presented its proposal for an EU climate target for 2040. The Commission set the ambitious goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent compared to 1990 levels 鈥 but included a backdoor for allowing for a ...
  • 26 Jun 2024 |

    German agriculture industry says relief package following wave of protests is insufficient

    26 Jun 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany has unveiled a package of measures aimed at providing cost relief to farmers who are under pressure to make food production more sustainable and in line with ...
  • Next phase of global climate policy requires more national action 鈥 and a CO2 price

    13 May 2019, 14:00 Implementing the Paris Agreement means that countries have to have more ambition on a national level and the same is true for the European Union, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Svenja Schulze said at the opening of the 10th Petersberg ...
  • 10 Dec 2024 |

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

    10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥 for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 cities call for carbon price, urge more rapid climate action

    06 Jun 2019, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities 麻豆无码版 The Association of German Cities (Deutscher St盲dtetag) has called on the federal government to adopt a price on CO2 emissions as 鈥渁n appropriate and necessary approach for ...
  • 22 May 2025

    In brief | 22 May '25

    22 May 2025, 12:05 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe鈥檚 battery industry Swedish start-up鈥檚 fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the 鈥榲alley of death鈥. Bloomberg: Spain, Portugal urge EU effort on power link after ...
  • 01 Sep 2021 |

    Environment ministry proposes strategy to protect German moorland

    01 Sep 2021, 13:21 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 08 Dec 2020 |

    Disputes about coronavirus recovery funds slow down EU climate action

    08 Dec 2020, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Disputes about coronavirus recovery funds slow down climate action in the EU, Hendrik Kafsack writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). The veto of Hungary ...
  • 03 Jan 2023 |

    Expert report accuses German transport minister of breaking climate law- media

    03 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Handelsblatt German transport minister Volker Wissing has been accused of breaking the country's Climate Protection Act in an expert report, newspaper聽Handelsblatt reports. According to the report ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Environmental group demands tougher legislation against 鈥榠mported deforestation鈥 linked to illicit soy farming

    06 Jul 2021, 12:54 Edgar Meza Agriculture Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is calling for the German government to campaign for a strong EU supply chain law and tough EU legislation against what it describes as 鈥渋mported deforestation鈥 with regard to ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

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

    27 Nov 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 More than 500 German cities will see protests for more ambitious climate action on Friday, 29 November, the activist movement Fridays for Future Germany has announced. The ...
  • 20 Dec 2024

    Dispatch from the European Union | December '24

    20 Dec 2024, 14:57 Dave Keating *** Our weekly Dispatches provide an overview of the most relevant recent and upcoming developments for the shift to climate neutrality i n selected European countries, from policy and diplomacy to society and industry. For ...
  • Decision on CO鈧 pricing in Germany by end of the year 鈥 Merkel

    16 Apr 2019, 13:59 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 [Update adds comment by environment ministry spokesperson] By the end of 2019, the German government will decide whether to introduce CO 鈧 pricing to reach its 2030 ...
  • 25 Mar 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emissions remain high as sector coupling potential stays untapped

    25 Mar 2019, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany is failing to take advantage of the huge potential of the 鈥渞igorous electrification鈥 of transport and heating to cut emissions, consultancy McKinsey says in its latest ...
  • German government gets mediocre mid-term marks for climate effort

    06 Nov 2019, 09:11 麻豆无码版 and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
  • 19 May 2022 |

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

    19 May 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 Some 66 percent of German households are in favour of raising the top tax rate to finance climate action, according to a survey conducted by the ifo Institute in cooperation with ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25: Reactions to Germany's snap election results

    24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
  • 20 Sep 2019 |

    Countdown to Germany's crucial climate cabinet meeting

    20 Sep 2019, 10:12 Today, the grand coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) aim to agree on a major policy package to bring Germany back on track to reaching the international ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    Merkel says Germany must end 'easy-peasy' approach on climate policy, announces radical changes

    06 Jun 2019, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the country must stop its 鈥渆asy-peasy鈥 ("Pillepalle") approach to climate action and announced 鈥渞adical changes鈥 to her ...
  • Electrical companies warn Germany's energy transition must not become bargaining chip in election

    15 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Electrical and IT companies in Germany have called on Germany's parties to not discredit the energy transition in the federal election campaign leading up to the vote ...
  • German development minister says lobby groups prevent sustainability in global trade

    05 Feb 2021, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Resources & Recycling Der Tagesspiegel / Tagesschau German development cooperation minister Gerd M眉ller said lobby groups prevent the strengthening of sustainability and climate action chapters ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

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

    25 Oct 2024, 13:52 Jennifer Collins Mobility Policy 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Rail passenger and freight transport is set to see strong growth over the next 16 years in Germany, but trucks and cars are expected to remain the dominant ...
  • 25 Apr 2019 |

    Green Party: CO2 tax is not enough

    25 Apr 2019, 13:04 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As new warnings of drought show that "the climate crisis is intensifying", the German ...
  • 30 Nov 2021 |

    Whole-of-government approach needed to address climate crisis- German govt advisers

    30 Nov 2021, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Climate policy is a cross-sectoral task that requires a reform of its mode of governance, researchers from the state-supported Ariadne project write in a policy paper directed ...
  • 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 ...
  • German parties hurry to present climate plans as pressure mounts

    28 Jun 2019, 12:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parties are hastening to put together proposals on how the country can reach its national and international climate targets as pressure from recent election results, ongoing climate protests and an early heat wave continues to ...
  • Vote25: Next government must use transport transition to shore up competitiveness 鈥 think tank

    05 Dec 2024, 11:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
  • 28 May 2024 |

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

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

    Vote25: Next gov't must solve climate adaptation financing challenge as topic gains traction 鈥 think tank

    19 Dec 2024, 13:15 Germany made significant progress in the area of climate adaptation in the past legislative period, said Andrea Fischer-Hotzel from the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). From the national to the municipal level, there is now ...
  • 20 May 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plan for industrial electricity price faces steep EU challenges- leaked govt report

    20 May 2025, 13:11 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A key plan by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily ...
  • 24 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Germany | January '25

    24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
  • 30 May 2025

    In brief | 30 May '25

    30 May 2025, 11:40 麻豆无码版 Team Politico: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Merz vows to keep Nord Stream 2 pipeline switched off Some German politicians have pushed for the restoration of the flow of gas from Russia to Germany via the Nord Stream pipelines. UBA: Nature-based ...
  • 19 Sep 2019 |

    German government faces 11th hour talks over climate action

    19 Sep 2019, 13:37 Germany's governing parties are heading into the final talks over what finance minister Olaf Scholz has said must be a "big and convincing step for climate action." But CO鈧 pricing and a proposed major framework climate ...
  • 17 Dec 2018 |

    Green Party calls for CO2 price and reimbursements to spare low-income households

    17 Dec 2018, 13:19 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Finance dpa / Focus Online 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law planned for 2019 must include a price for ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 28 Feb 2024 |

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

    28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
  • 18 May 2021 |

    Avoiding stranded assets and costly compensations by enshrining zero emissions target in law

    18 May 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels 麻豆无码版 Germany should legally anchor its 2045 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target in a way that prevents operators of fossil fuel-burning power plants from later seeking taxpayer-funded ...
  • 25 Apr 2025 |

    EU reliant on next German government鈥檚 climate resolve to uphold Green Deal鈥檚 promises

    25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
  • 17 May 2023 |

    Exit of German energy state secretary deals blow to Green Party鈥檚 climate plans

    17 May 2023, 14:09 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green energy and climate action minister, Robert Habeck, has suffered a setback for his decarbonisation plans with the departure of his energy state secretary, Patrick Graichen. Habeck鈥檚 state secretary left his post following ...
  • 30 Jul 2025 |

    EU 2040 climate target deal 鈥渕ajor challenge鈥, focus on Eastern Europe 鈥 German env min

    30 Jul 2025, 08:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 It will require a great deal of effort to win over the majority of EU member states by September to agree on a 2040 climate target for the bloc, as well as find unanimity for the ...
  • 12 Mar 2024 |

    Debate between German econ min and Saxony's state premier illustrates energy transition woes

    12 Mar 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government Die Zeit / n-tv A public debate between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck and Saxony鈥檚 state premier Michael Kretschmer in Berlin has showcased many of the problems the country is currently ...
  • 26 Feb 2024 |

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

    26 Feb 2024, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / taz The City of Berlin鈥檚 plans for massive climate investments are on the brink of collapse after legal experts have deemed the current funding scheme as illegal, according to ...
  • Environment ministry should have right to initiate laws outside own responsibility 鈥 govt advisors

    27 Jun 2019, 12:27 Expert German Advisory Council on the Environment Sachverst盲ndigenrat f眉r Umweltfragen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 In ...
  • 27 Apr 2023 |

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

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

    2050 climate neutrality 'magical thinking' 鈥 German industry association president

    18 Nov 2019, 13:30 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Julian ...
  • Govt plans for buildings & transport too vague, fall short on boiler bans & speed limits 鈥 NGOs

    14 Jul 2022, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating 麻豆无码版 The government action programmes for bringing the high-emitting transport and buildings sectors back on their emission reduction trajectories, has been criticised for ...
  • 06 Jun 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | June '25

    06 Jun 2025, 15:00 Poland鈥檚 newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, brings strong backing from the right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) and he has shown a hardline stance against EU climate policies. Like his predecessor Andrzej Duda, Nawrocki has ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

    Reactions to top court ruling that Germany's climate policies are insufficient

    30 Apr 2021, 14:04 Germany's highest court has ruled in a landmark decision that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack detailed emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The court said the country's Climate ...
  • SPD climate and energy politician Miersch says 2019 will be year of key challenges

    麻豆无码版 and climate policy must be key policy areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government in 2019 in order to significantly reduce carbon emissions and make a substantial contribution to limiting climate change, Social Democratic (SPD) energy and climate politician ...
  • Extreme weather forces unprepared Europe to focus on climate adaptation

    02 Feb 2023, 10:20 Deadly summer heatwaves, floods, and snow-free ski slopes in winter are a wake-up call: Europe must urgently adapt to climate change, in addition to reducing emissions. Temperatures in the region have increased at more than twice the ...
  • 04 Apr 2019 |

    Germany sees largest emissions drop since 2009 recession

    04 Apr 2019, 15:12 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 percent in 2018 as warm weather and higher prices dampened the use of climate-damaging fossil fuels. The government called the largest drop since the 2009 recession the 鈥渇irst notable ...
  • 18 Jun 2025 |

    German gov't must swiftly implement electricity price reduction measures 鈥 northern states

    18 Jun 2025, 13:50 Jack McGovan Electricity Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German federal government should significantly reduce electricity costs for citizens, industry, and small and medium-sized businesses ...
  • 23 Jul 2024 |

    German govt must amend 鈥渋nadequate鈥 clean air programme following court ruling

    23 Jul 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany's government will have to amend its national clean air programme and present effective measures to reduce air pollution in line with EU rules, a court has ruled. ...
  • German parliament adopts reform to allow 鈧500 bln new debt for infrastructure and climate

    18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 麻豆无码版 Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

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

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

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

    20 Feb 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Business Policy Handelsblatt The German finance ministry is preparing a law to support companies that invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation through tax rebates, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Tax ...
  • Environment minister Schulze says Germany has done too little for the climate 鈥渇or many years鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has said the country has 鈥渉ad a deficit in climate action for many years鈥 and urged that 鈥渨e have to change course鈥 to meet emissions reduction ambitions. In her speech at the regional industry event ...
  • Next German govt must continue decarbonisation of heating 鈥 industry alliance

    04 Mar 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next coalition government should push to decarbonise the country鈥檚 heating systems, said a wide alliance of sector associations in a joint appeal. The ...
  • 10 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | January 鈥25

    10 Jan 2025, 09:59 Croatian citizens ended 2024 with a first round of presidential elections, marking the finale of a super election year. In terms of the climate, it was yet another year of above-average warmth, accompanied by numerous extreme weather ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | April 鈥25

    17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 Preview: Cash-strapped German government faces uphill climate action battle in 2024

    22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
  • 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 ...
  • 20 Dec 2018 |

    Buildings commission to be established next year

    20 Dec 2018, 14:13 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background In addition to the already working coal exit and mobility commissions, Germany will get a new buildings commission in 2019, tasked with finding measures to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
  • 08 Oct 2019 |

    Industry and transport seen as biggest potential CO2 savers by most Germans 鈥 survey

    08 Oct 2019, 13:59 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 24 Aug 2023 |

    EU debate on post-2030 climate efforts should focus on proven policies, not ambitions 鈥 researchers

    24 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Policy EU FAZ The European Union should focus on strengthening existing policy instruments when charting the course for climate action in the years after 2030, write researchers Brigitte Knopf and Oliver Geden in an op ...
  • New government gets little credit in quest to regain climate lead

    29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
  • 17 Oct 2023 |

    Heating sector representatives call for cutting bureaucracy in Germany's municipal heating act

    17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
  • Govt spending must be more targeted to achieve emission reductions 鈥 Court of Auditors

    25 Mar 2022, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Government The German state鈥檚 climate action measures lack a targeted approach to achieving its greenhouse gas reduction goals, the Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has found in ...
  • Climate plans for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector insufficient 鈥 ranking

    14 Jun 2019, 13:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 12 Feb 2020 |

    Germany must use EU Presidency to bolster European Climate Law 鈥 renewables industry

    12 Feb 2020, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann International 麻豆无码版 The German government must take advantage of its EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to bolster the bloc's climate action ambitions and vouch for a 2030 emissions ...
  • 06 Jun 2023 |

    Iron and steel plants top NGO鈥檚 鈥渄irty thirty鈥 list of most polluting industry facilities in Germany

    06 Jun 2023, 13:14 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Industry 麻豆无码版 Steel and iron production plants dominate in a聽 list of the 30 most polluting industrial facilities 聽in Germany ...
  • 30 Jul 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2026 budget plans set wrong climate priorities, NGOs warn

    30 Jul 2025, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy 麻豆无码版 Environmental NGOs have warned that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 draft budget for 2026 will do little to boost the country鈥檚 shift to a climate-friendly economy. Especially the government鈥檚 spending plans in the ...
  • 25 Sep 2019 |

    German govt defends climate package, env min signals possible amendments

    25 Sep 2019, 14:08 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 BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 14 May 2025

    In brief | 14 May '25

    14 May 2025, 12:30 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Merz risks coalition spat with call to scrap EU supply-chain law 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, reiterated a call for the European Union to scrap rules designed to make companies pursue sustainable ...
  • 25 Jul 2025

    In brief | 25 July '25

    25 Jul 2025, 12:19 麻豆无码版 Team AP: Europe and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else in tense Beijing summit The two economic juggernauts issued a joint statement on climate change, urging more emission cuts and greater use of green ...
  • 14 Jul 2025

    In brief | 14 July '25

    14 Jul 2025, 12:01 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Merz says 30% US tariffs would hit German industry to 鈥榗ore鈥 German chancellor Friedrich Merz said US president Donald Trump鈥檚 threat of 30 percent tariffs would hit exporters in Europe鈥檚 largest economy 鈥渢o the ...
  • Road-blocking German climate activists consider founding political party 鈥 media report

    22 Mar 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics Die Welt German climate activist group 鈥淟ast Generation,鈥 known for its controversial forms of protest, such as road blockages and attacks on artworks, is considering the establishment of a ...
  • 12 Apr 2024 |

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

    12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU 麻豆无码版 The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
  • No EU country on track for 2030 climate goal, Germany ranks second to last 鈥 report

    16 May 2019, 13:57 Expert Ecologic Institute Energiewende Policy International Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 The current emissions reduction and energy transition plans by all of the 28 EU member states do not ...
  • 03 Dec 2024 |

    Reform of German flood protection law postponed until after snap election

    03 Dec 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government had aimed to reform several laws to improve flood protection in the country, but environment minister Steffi Lemke told news magazine Spiegel that the reform is no longer possible ...
  • 18 Jan 2023 |

    NGO alliance calls for Basic Law reform for better climate action in municipalities

    18 Jan 2023, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Cities 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of German trade unions and environmental associations has launched a joint call to the federal government for a legal reform to guarantee more financial support to implement ...
  • Germany can achieve net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs 鈥 consultancy

    10 Sep 2021, 14:56 Germany could transform its economy to net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs, because switching to green technologies opens up new markets and opportunities for growth, consultancy McKinsey has found. In its report 鈥濶et-Zero ...
  • 09 May 2019 |

    惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 partner CSU wants climate action through lower taxes

    09 May 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥 part of Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 alliance of centre-right parties 鈥 is sceptical regarding the introduction of a new CO鈧 tax. The ...
  • 01 Dec 2022 |

    Reform of German immigration law aimed at filling tens of thousands of vacant energy transition jobs

    01 Dec 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Policy 麻豆无码版 A planned reform of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 immigration law is aimed at recruiting skilled workers from abroad to fill tens of thousands of vacant positions in energy transition-related ...
  • Years of drought have turned German pine forest into CO鈧 source 鈥 study

    07 Jul 2025, 13:31 Joey Grostern Climate & CO2 Agriculture Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Repeated heatwaves and drought have caused long-term, potentially irreversible damage to a pine forest in southwestern Germany, transforming it from a net ...
  • 10 Jul 2025 |

    Major corporations still lack credible climate strategies 鈥 report

    10 Jul 2025, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Large global corporations like carmakers, food companies and tech giants are still failing to present credible corporate climate strategies, according to an analysis of company ...
  • 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 ...
  • 19 Jul 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative parliamentary group leader calls for 鈥渉undreds of billions of euros鈥 in climate investments

    19 Jul 2019, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy Rheinische Post The leader of the conservative CDU party鈥檚 parliamentary group, Ralph Brinkhaus, has called for 鈥渉undreds of billions of euros鈥 to be invested in climate action over the next ...
  • 2024 EU elections: Reactions from Germany

    10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    German climate minister says country set to miss 2022 emission reduction targets

    03 Jan 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super ...
  • NGO sues German government for failing climate targets in transport and buildings sectors

    24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    Germany launches sustainable finance council to leverage climate action

    06 Jun 2019, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance 麻豆无码版 The new advisory council on sustainable finance established by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has held its first meeting to debate how the country鈥檚 financial sector can better ...
  • Conservative election victory set to narrow climate policy focus in Germany

    23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥 conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
  • 09 Aug 2021 |

    Ministries fail to agree on protection strategy for Germany's moorlands

    09 Aug 2021, 12:48 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
  • 03 Jul 2020 |

    Bumpy conclusion of Germany's landmark coal act clears way to next energy transition chapters

    03 Jul 2020, 12:48 In a vote that has been hailed as "historic", Germany's parliament has adopted a law that will ensure the phase-out of coal power by no later than 2038. The decision follows two years of intense debate about the country& ...
  • 28 Mar 2025

    Dispatch from the European Union | March '25

    28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union鈥檚 focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
  • 14 May 2024 |

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

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

    New German environment minister promises climate action programme by end of 2025

    16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
  • 05 May 2022 |

    Germany goes full steam ahead on LNG import infrastructure

    05 May 2022, 13:32 Germany is rapidly pushing several infrastructure projects for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to wean itself off Russian natural gas. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck visited the kick-off ceremony for the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 29 Jun 2023 |

    Gas industry welcomes 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 compromise on phasing out fossil fuel heating

    29 Jun 2023, 12:38 S枚ren Amelang Gas Heating Welt / 麻豆无码版 / Zeit / taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas industry has welcomed the coalition government鈥檚 compromise on the transition to climate-friendly heating, while some media commentators and environmental ...
  • A climate policy that spares everyone does not deserve the name 鈥 opinion

    29 May 2019, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The Energiewende (energy transition) is the linchpin of German climate policy, but the governing parties do little to deal with opposition, explain the ...
  • 01 Apr 2019 |

    SPD leader calls for swift implementation of coal exit proposal

    01 Apr 2019, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Rheinische Post The leader of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing Social Democrats (SPD), Andrea Nahles, has called for a quick implementation of the proposals made by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, Jan Drebes ...
  • Strong message, little substance on climate by new EU Commission head 鈥 reactions

    17 Jul 2019, 12:46 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher ...
  • 09 May 2019 |

    Env min says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit likely to happen 鈥渕uch faster鈥 than by 2038

    09 May 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 麻豆无码版 The German coal exit will likely be completed before the 2038 end-date agreed on by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, environment minister Svenja Schulze has said. 鈥淭his will happen much faster ...
  • 30 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | May '25

    30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
  • 17 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from France

    17 May 2024, 15:00 Just as France is marking the biggest drop in its greenhouse gas emissions in almost a decade, the debate about the country鈥檚 future energy policy continues in full swing. This applies to almost all sectors of the economy 鈥 and the ...
  • 09 Jul 2025

    In brief | 9 July '25

    09 Jul 2025, 11:28 麻豆无码版 Team EU Commission: Clarity to hydrogen sector with new EU methodology for low-carbon hydrogen and fuels To be considered low carbon, hydrogen and related fuels will need to reach a threshold of 70 percent greenhouse gas emission ...
  • 21 Nov 2024

    In brief | 21 November '24

    21 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team AP: Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe Of the total, 2,900 jobs would be lost in Germany, 800 in Britain and 300 in other European Union countries. Reuters: Volkswagen enters third ...
  • 09 Jul 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition risks derailing climate goals with "inadequate" policies- researchers

    09 Jul 2025, 13:27 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government could derail the country鈥檚 climate targets and reduce emissions less than previously expected, according to the Climate Action Tracker ...
  • 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 ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    Vote25: Geopolitical instability could undermine climate commitments in 2025, warns German env agency

    16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dr枚ge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
  • Germany considers CO2 price to reach climate targets- Merkel

    11 Apr 2019, 14:13 The German government is exploring the introduction of a CO2 price to get the country back on track to reach its ambitious targets for emission cuts. In a turning point in the government's approach to CO2 reduction, Chancellor ...
  • German energy ministry wants to launch talks about CCS

    01 Oct 2020, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy and economy ministry will launch a new round of debates on using carbon capture and storage (CCS), an idea that was deemed dead after a 2012 law ...
  • 22 Feb 2021 |

    Germany still lacks business model for clean industry- think tank

    22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
  • Climate 诲颈肠迟补迟辞谤蝉丑颈辫鈥

    The new Climate Action Plan 2050 being prepared by Germany pursues an 鈥渁bsolute priority鈥 of climate protection, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion-piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The plan is still vague but postulates targets which nobody is ...
  • 20 May 2021 |

    Coal phase-out after 2030 too late, new climate targets only achievable through early exit 鈥 analysis

    20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert 麻豆无码版 Brainpool 麻豆无码版 consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
  • 07 Jun 2024 |

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

    07 Jun 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Agriculture Der Spiegel / ARD Severe floods like those affecting large parts of southern Germany in June are no longer a 鈥渙nce-in-a-century鈥 event, but rather 鈥渁 new reality鈥 that the country must come to ...
  • Carbon capturing plans stall amid ongoing talks after German coalition break-up

    09 Dec 2024, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background It remains unclear whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned reform of its carbon storage law will make it through parliament ahead of the snap election in February 2025,聽 ...
  • 24 Jun 2021 |

    German farmers demand agricultural surcharge, border tax on food imports

    24 Jun 2021, 13:54 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥 Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Edgar Meza Agriculture Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Farmers鈥 Association (DBV) is demanding a surcharge on domestic agricultural products to be ...
  • 06 Feb 2025 |

    State support for energy transition in German homes on the rise 鈥 state-owned KfW bank

    06 Feb 2025, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 State support granted for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in private households increased to 14.4 billion euros in 2024, up from 12.3 billion euros in 2023, said ...
  • 18 Dec 2024

    In brief | 18 December '24

    18 Dec 2024, 11:15 麻豆无码版 Team Bertelsmann Stiftung: Climate neutrality: The OECD and EU countries best equipped to lead the way The analysis compares the effectiveness of national policies in climate protection, energy transition and circular economy ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    Germany doubles spending on building renovations to 11.5 bln euros in emissions cuts bid

    23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
  • 22 Apr 2025 |

    Support for combating global warming falls globally but concerns about effects are on the rise- survey

    22 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Concern about the impact of climate change is rising, while fewer people feel individual action is needed to combat the problem, according to a survey in 32 countries on ...
  • 16 May 2023 |

    Hydrogen heating 鈥渟ham鈥 solution, NGOs, unions, trade groups warn

    16 May 2023, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating Zeit Online 鈥淗ydrogen-ready鈥 gas boilers are nothing but window dressing because they delay effective climate action, are unlikely to be ever powered by renewable gas, and could end up being very expensive ...
  • 02 Jul 2025 |

    Interest in German energy transition remains high internationally, but EU partners more critical

    02 Jul 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU 麻豆无码版 Scepticism is growing among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 European neighbours regarding the country鈥檚 energy policy choices, found a survey among energy sector experts in dozens of countries by the World ...
  • 21 Jul 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 financing plans for climate action on shaky ground despite special fund- auditors

    21 Jul 2025, 14:09 S枚ren Amelang Policy Die Zeit / Handelsblatt Germany is at serious risk of running out of money for climate action, and it remains unclear to what extent current spending plans will reduce emissions, government auditors have warned. The ...
  • Wide alliance calls for general speed limit on German autobahn for safety and climate

    12 Apr 2019, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of environmental NGOs, police unions and traffic accident victim organisations has called for the swift introduction of a general speed limit on the ...
  • German government's supply chain draft law criticised for shunning environmental standards

    15 Feb 2021, 13:44 After months of internal dispute, Germany's government has agreed on a draft law for reforming corporate responsibility for sustainable supply chains. Large companies that rely on imported resources and workers in source countries, ...
  • 15 May 2019 |

    Clear-cut Climate Action Law is in German steel industry鈥檚 own interest 鈥 env min

    15 May 2019, 12:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A Climate Action Law in Germany that spells out clear sectoral emissions reduction targets is in the interest of energy-intensive industries like steel, environment ...
  • German supermarkets face big gap between climate ambitions and real action 鈥 think tank

    23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
  • National CO2 price sets Germany up for new EU emissions trading system 鈥 buildings minister

    23 Jun 2025, 12:00 As one of few European countries to have a national price for emissions from heating fuels, Germany is well positioned to smoothly transition to a similar scheme levied across the EU from 2027, said buildings and construction minister ...
  • 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 ...
  • 05 Apr 2023 |

    Environmental NGO wins greenwashing lawsuit against TotalEnergies

    05 Apr 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Climate Action Germany (DUH) has won a lawsuit against TotalEnergies over 鈥climate-neutral鈥 and 鈥淐O2-compensated鈥 heating oil claims, the environmental NGO announced. DHU had ...
  • 25 Nov 2024 |

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

    25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
  • 02 Apr 2019 |

    Engineering association urges consensus on wind power expansion in Germany

    02 Apr 2019, 13:52 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Politics Society 麻豆无码版 Germany should strive to find consensus on the ...
  • 18 Nov 2020 |

    G20 corona stimulus packages risk delaying climate action 鈥 report

    18 Nov 2020, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Green stimulus 麻豆无码版 Corona stimulus packages in G20 countries are set to delay climate action,聽according to a report published by Climate Transparency, an international partnership ...
  • 10 Sep 2024

    Dispatch from the European Union | September '24

    10 Sep 2024, 13:44 With the summer break coming to an end, lawmakers in Brussels are back to school. After the newly elected European Parliament started its legislative term last July, all eyes are now on the formation of the next European Commission. ...
  • 24 Jun 2025

    In brief | 24 June '25

    24 Jun 2025, 12:11 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 LNG rush benefits neighbours as storage levels lag 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas terminals are busier than ever, but much of the fuel they import is flowing abroad 鈥 leaving domestic storage levels ...
  • Merkel calls for honouring Paris deal as German climate action falters

    29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
  • 20 May 2022 |

    State CDU says gas power plants needed for supply security, but NGOs decry reliance

    20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
  • 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 ...
  • Two in five homeowners in Germany say they can鈥檛 afford climate-friendly renovations

    07 Sep 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Heating Society 麻豆无码版 The share of homeowners who say they don鈥檛 have the money to install climate-friendly technologies has increased significantly in Germany. 41 percent of property owners ...
  • 23 Sep 2019 |

    While Germans wait for federal climate action, Berliners call for climate emergency

    23 Sep 2019, 10:34 After receiving more than 43,500 signatures on a petition in August, the Berlin House of Representatives will have to deliberate on a climate emergency status for the German capital. Forty German municipalities have already declared ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

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

    30 Apr 2021, 14:41 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 constitutional court verdict that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they endanger future generations' freedoms is the 鈥渕ost far-reaching ruling in the world to date鈥 on climate protection, ...
  • 22 May 2023 |

    German climate minister picks economist as successor for ousted energy state secretary

    22 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Politics 麻豆无码版 An economist and regional state secretary will become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new energy state secretary following the departure of Patrick Graichen due to violations of the ministry's compliance rules. ...
  • Fridays for Future calls on next govt to introduce German CO2 budget in line with 1.5掳 target

    20 Oct 2021, 13:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Climate activists from Fridays for Future have presented a list of demands for the first 100 days of a new German government. The activists first and ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should restrict CCS to unavoidable CO2 emissions 鈥 govt advisors

    11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
  • 12 Jul 2022 |

    Germany installed only 235 new onshore wind turbines in first half of 2022

    12 Jul 2022, 12:23 Jessica Bateman Wind Handelsblatt German wind power expansion is declining despite government efforts to increase capacity, according to figures from the Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA Wind) as seen by business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • German politicians welcome U.S. return to global climate action

    23 Apr 2021, 12:55 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine ...
  • German env minister plans CO鈧 price concept to boost climate action

    12 Nov 2018, 14:15 Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze continued her push for a price on CO2 emissions, announcing plans to team up with fellow Social Democrat Olaf Scholz's finance ministry in order to prepare a concept in line with ...
  • UPDATE: CO2 emissions in North Rhine-Westphalia down 45% compared to 1990 levels

    09 Jul 2021, 16:32 UPDATE: Adds background information on climate policy and coal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 CO2 emissions in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia ...
  • 08 Jan 2019 |

    Preview2019- Coal exit should be driven by markets, is bad for energy security- RWI

    08 Jan 2019, 11:00 A key premise聽for Germany to meet聽its climate goals is a strong CO2 price signal, says Manuel Frondel, head of the department "Environment and Resources" at the RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Preferably, such a ...
  • 17 Jan 2025 |

    Germany must catch up with other EU countries and collect building efficiency data- report

    17 Jan 2025, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany must systematically collect building efficiency data like all other EU countries, which would boost its lagging efforts to make its housing stock climate-neutral,聽 according to 聽the ...
  • 04 Aug 2022 |

    German NGOs call for clear energy saving rules modelled on Spanish scheme

    04 Aug 2022, 14:05 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Hannah Naylor EU Security RND / Deutschlandfunk / 麻豆无码版 NGOs ...
  • 28 Jul 2025

    In brief | 28 July '25

    28 Jul 2025, 12:03 麻豆无码版 Team Renewables Now: Germany approves final section of Sue颅dOstLink power line Germany's Federal Network Agency has approved the construction of the last section of the extra-high voltage line SuedOstLink, which will transport ...
  • 05 Oct 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate action programme 2023

    05 Oct 2023, 15:15 The German government in October adopted the final version of its long-due comprehensive climate action programme to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate targets. With a delay of several months due to fights within the ...
  • Germany's Climate Action Law

    13 Jan 2025, 09:15 Germany aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2045 鈥 targets it has written into its first major national climate law. The law also contains targets for carbon sinks such as ...
  • 04 Mar 2025 |

    Q&A: EU aims to bolster competitiveness through Clean Industrial Deal

    04 Mar 2025, 13:00 The European Commission has tabled its Clean Industrial Deal action programme to boost competitiveness and support decarbonisation efforts. It aims to address the challenges faced by traditional, energy-intensive industries and clean ...
  • What Germany's 2025 coalition agreement says on climate and energy

    22 Apr 2025, 12:38 The conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats want to form Germany's next government. The parties' coalition agreement shows that the next government aims to continue the country's landmark energy transition ...
  • 03 Jul 2025 |

    Q&A: EU proposes 2040 emissions reduction target

    03 Jul 2025, 12:30 The European Commission proposed its target to reduce the EU's net emissions by 90 percent by 2040, a waypoint between the goal of reducing net emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. It will also ...
  • Climate litigation advances to key tool for enforcing emission cuts

    05 Nov 2021, 15:24 Climate litigation has become a powerful tool to speed up the fight against climate change with a slew of historic court decisions compelling governments to step up their emission-cutting efforts. The verdicts have shown that courts ...
  • Key climate and energy tasks for Germany's next government

    19 Feb 2025, 13:15 Germany's next government will have to tackle many climate and energy challenges- some of them it will inherit from the outgoing government, while others become more urgent as the country's 2030 targets come into sight. This ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Q&A: What Canada鈥檚 election means for climate action and ties with Europe amid Trump-era tensions

    30 Apr 2025, 11:30 Mark Carney's Liberal Party has emerged as the winner in a high-stakes federal election that will shape the country鈥檚 climate and energy policy as聽Mark Carney's Liberal Party has one a high-stakes federal election that will ...
  • 15 May 2020 |

    A (very) brief timeline of Germany's Energiewende

    15 May 2020, 00:00 In 2014, the Green Party's Julia Verlinden asked the federal government for its definition of a starting date for the "Energiewende". In his reply, parliamentary state secretary in the economy ministry Uwe Beckmeyer ...
  • 29 Apr 2021 |

    German top court finds key climate legislation insufficient in landmark ruling

    29 Apr 2021, 11:03 In a decision called "historic," Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack emission reduction targets beyond 2030. "The challenged provisions do ...
  • 23 Jan 2020 |

    Implementing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit proposal

    23 Jan 2020, 13:00 Germany's coal exit commission has agreed on a proposal on how the country can manage to phase out its single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions by 2038, and the ensuing political decision-making process is in full swing. ...
  • Q&A 鈥 Germany agrees phaseout of fossil fuel heating systems

    11 Sep 2023, 13:31 After years of neglect, Germany has agreed upon concrete steps to reduce emissions from heating buildings, which are directly responsible for around 15 percent of the country鈥檚 entire CO2 output. But agreeing on the details of phasing ...
  • 21 Feb 2020 |

    Facts on the German state elections in Hamburg

    21 Feb 2020, 12:30 Hamburg, which is home to Europe's third-largest container port on the river Elbe, is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and developing climate change adaptation measures. Close to 80 percent of Hamburg citizens said ...
  • Next German government's key climate and energy plans in 2021 coalition agreement

    25 Nov 2021, 11:56 Two months after the general election in Germany, the prospective government parties have agreed on a coalition treaty that is to guide their policies in the next four years. Entitled "Daring more progress- Alliance for Freedom, ...
  • Q&A: Germany's new 鈧500 bln fund- What's in it for climate and energy?

    21 Mar 2025, 11:14 Germany's new coalition government has set up a debt-financed special fund worth 500 billion euros for infrastructure and climate projects, in combination with an additional major defence package. The Greens in parliament gave ...
  • 麻豆无码版 and climate crunch points in German government coalition talks

    27 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is on course to get a coalition government composed of the conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz, who won the election on 23 February, and outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats. While the ...
  • Company climate claims in court: Pending cases will shape future of 'net zero' pledges

    23 Sep 2022, 10:55 Corporate climate pledges are increasingly challenged in the courts. Activists and other claimants are currently suing many firms over greenwashing, arguing they mislead consumers or investors- either by advertising vague plans to ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2022 renewables and efficiency reforms

    07 Dec 2022, 12:08 The new German government was determined to dedicate considerable effort towards climate and energy reforms even before Russia started its war against Ukraine, when energy concerns took centre stage. The war has prompted the economy and ...
  • Q&A: German capital Berlin votes whether to make city climate neutral by 2030

    27 Mar 2023, 11:37 A referendum called to force the city of Berlin to become climate neutral in 2030 failed to receive the necessary share of yes votes among all voters. This target implied that the German capital with almost four million inhabitants ...
  • In a nutshell: Using carbon capture and storage (CCS) for climate action

    23 May 2025, 12:04 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is seen as a crucial technology for climate action, especially in industries where emissions are very hard to avoid, such as cement production. However, it is expensive, energy-intensive, still in its ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Guide 鈥 How the European Union is trying to legislate a path to net-zero

    01 Aug 2025, 09:00 The European Union announced itself as a potential early climate champion in 2018 by pledging to reach climate-neutrality by 2050. Yet, rules and regulations are needed to bring emissions down sufficiently to make 鈥climate neutrality鈥 a ...
  • Q&A- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 draft Carbon Management Strategy

    19 Sep 2024, 10:30 Germany's government has launched a push for technologies to capture, store, transport and use CO2 (CCS/CCU) and is set to soon adopt its Carbon Management Strategy. It is meant to create the framework for using these technologies, ...
  • Q&A: What does the German coalition government break-up mean for climate and energy?

    15 Nov 2024, 13:00 Germany's coalition government under Olaf Scholz has come to an early end 鈥 on the day Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. The chancellor sacked his finance minister after long internal disputes over the right way ...
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    31 Jul 2025, 10:00 Ben Cooke Climate & CO2 As misinformation about the energy transition spreads- from blackouts wrongly blamed on renewables to AI tools regurgitating climate denial- 麻豆无码版's rigorous, fact-checked reporting offers a ...
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    With the 2019 Climate Action Law, Germany introduced this independent five-person council made up of experts on climate science, environment, social issues, and the economy. The council annually examines the greenhouse gas emissions data from the previous ...
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    03- 06 Mar 2024 Amsterdam [Applications are closed] Populist leaders and parties are on the rise in many European countries. In the Netherlands, the far right politician Geert Wilders could become the next prime minister, with the BBB (Farmer-Citizen ...
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    Postponed: Fighting climate change in court: Reporting on cases against governments

    10 Feb 2022 Berlin Several headline-grabbing victories for environmentalists have drawn the world's attention to the effectiveness of litigation as a tool for holding governments and companies to account for their carbon emissions. With increasing ...
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    Postponed: Fighting climate change in court: Reporting on cases against companies

    15 Mar 2022 Berlin Several headline-grabbing victories for environmentalists have drawn the world's attention to the effectiveness of litigation as a tool for holding governments and companies to account for their carbon emissions. With increasing ...
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    Taking emitters to court: Covering the rise of climate litigation

    03 Mar 2022 Berlin Several headline-grabbing victories for environmentalists have drawn the world's attention to the effectiveness of litigation as a tool for holding governments and companies to account for their carbon emissions. With increasing ...
  • 17 Jan 2019 |

    The German Climate Change Act 鈥 a new legal framework for the Energiewende pioneer?

    17 Jan 2019 Berlin PRESS BRIEFING on 17 January- An extreme drought in the summer 2018, a heated controversy over the pace of a coal phase-out, the Dieselgate scandal and a continuous failure to meet its self-declared emission targets 鈥 this cocktail of ...
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