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  • EU's net-zero emissions plans shift focus to carbon management solutions

    Role of CCS, CCU and negative emissions in Europe's quest for climate neutrality by 2050 19 Sep 2024, 11:44 As the European Union's aim to reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 begins to be filled with concrete measures, the bloc has begun to ...
  • 25 Mar 2020 |

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

    The challenge for government, banks and citizens to raise billions through green finance 25 Mar 2020, 16:00 The German finance sector is among the largest in the world and crucial to the strong industrial base that underpins聽the country's prosperity. ...
  • 18 Jan 2019 |

    City of Berlin shoots high with climate goals 鈥 but can it deliver?

    The energy transition in Germany's capital 18 Jan 2019, 12:00 Berlin鈥檚 city government has set new climate targets 鈥 some even more ambitious than 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national policy. As the seat of federal government, and with its outsized international ...
  • 23 Sep 2020 |

    Stimulus plans spark hope for climate-friendly economic recovery

    Climate policy after the coronavirus crisis 23 Sep 2020, 17:00 The coronavirus outbreak has led to an unprecedented drop in economic activity in many countries around the world, leading to concerns that climate action and other environmental policies ...
  • 24 Oct 2018 |

    The wicked task of feeding 83 million in a climate-friendly way

    Emissions from food and farming in Germany 24 Oct 2018, 10:00 No matter how you look at it, people need sustenance to survive 鈥 and growing crops or raising livestock creates emissions. But Germany must find a way to reduce its agricultural emissions, ...
  • Preview 2022 鈥 New German govt enters decisive energy transition year with high climate ambitions

    What to watch in energy & climate in Germany and beyond 20 Jan 2022, 10:42 2022 marks a crucial year for Germany's energy transition. The new government plans a massive acceleration of the country's renewables roll-out, wants to pull forward ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    Preview 2023: What to watch in energy & climate in Germany, Europe and beyond

    Reality check of the energy crisis set to drive resolve in the move to climate neutrality 06 Jan 2023, 11:12 As a result of the global upheavals caused by the war in Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic, a look at the year ahead is saddled with unprecedented ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    Germany maintains climate focus as war against Ukraine dominates G7 summit agenda

    Climate and energy at the G7 summit in Bavaria 28 Jun 2022, 17:34 Climate and energy were high on the agenda when Germany hosted the G7 leaders in Bavaria on 26-28 June, but Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine dominated the summit. Leaders finished their three ...
  • Ill-equipped Europe braces for impact of rising temperatures

    How the EU is adapting to climate change 11 Mar 2024, 10:00 Europe is the continent experiencing the fastest rise in temperatures because of climate change, and the impacts are felt everywhere across the region: Deadly summer heatwaves and floods, ...
  • EEG 2.0 鈥 A new legal framework for the German energy transition

    Germany revamps renewables law as it adapts to future with green power 01 Aug 2014, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy market is bracing for the most far-reaching legislative changes since green power incentives were introduced a quarter of a century ago. The ...
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  • 19 Apr 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia

    19 Apr 2024, 15:00 A series of politically turbulent months for Croatia culminated with early parliamentary elections on 17 April. The short campaign didn鈥檛 leave much space for discussions on energy policy, but when asked, all the biggest parties claimed ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    Germany's transition to clean heating at risk as heat pump sales collapse, industry warns

    03 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Heating system sales in Germany fell by close to a third in the first three months of the year compared to the same quarter of 2023, with heat pump sales recording a sharp drop, according to ...
  • 17 May 2023 |

    Climate-friendly heating transition must not lead to spike in rents 鈥 SPD head

    17 May 2023, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy Stuttgarter Nachrichten The leader of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) said it was the party's imperative to prevent sharp cost increases for tenants during the shift to climate-friendly heating systems ...
  • 31 Jul 2023 |

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

    31 Jul 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 German health minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) aims to halve the number of excess deaths due to heat this year compared to 2022 with a nationwide heat protection plan. Lauterbach, who ...
  • German importers 鈥渋nsufficiently prepared鈥 for EU carbon border tax 鈥 consultancy

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

    Germany's smart meter rollout could slow further as government reduces ambitions 鈥 media

    25 Oct 2024, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Households installing smart meters could face higher costs in future, Tagesspiegel Background reported based on a draft amendment to Germany's energy industry ...
  • 01 Jul 2025 |

    Weather station near Berlin registers driest first half of year since 1893

    01 Jul 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 One of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 longest serving weather stations has recorded the driest first half of the year in more than 130 years, said the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...
  • 21 Apr 2016

    'Germans want more climate action' / Belgians keep nuclear plants running

    21 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WWF Germany 鈥淕ermans want more climate action鈥 German citizens would like to see more engagement in the fight against climate change, environment organisation WWF Germany says, ...
  • Climate after corona: green stimulus package could boost the economic recovery

    08 Apr 2020, 15:30 The coronavirus crisis is driving many economies around the globe into recession, leading policymakers to draw up unprecedented spending plans to cushion the impact and enable recoveries. Activists, environmental think tanks and others ...
  • COP28 deal 鈥 Reactions from Germany and Europe

    13 Dec 2023, 13:47 German and European politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society have overwhelmingly welcomed the key message of this year鈥檚 UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai: the agreement to "transition away" from fossil ...
  • 19 May 2023 |

    German govt to set controversial location for floating LNG terminals into law

    19 May 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Politics Society 麻豆无码版 / Zeit Online The island of R眉gen on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Baltic Sea coast is to be included into law as a location for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals despite local ...
  • 23 Sep 2024 |

    Chancellor鈥檚 SPD narrowly defeats far-right in regional German election

    23 Sep 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / rbb German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has narrowly defeated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to emerge as the strongest party in the ...
  • 14 Aug 2019 |

    German power grid expansion makes 'slow progress' with 6,600 kilometres to go

    14 Aug 2019, 11:53 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid dpa / Handelsblatt Expansion of the German power grid is ...
  • 28 Mar 2024 |

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

    28 Mar 2024, 13:42 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 German postal service Deutsche Post has ended its domestic air transport service after nearly 63 years in order to reduce costs and limit its climate footprint, the company said. This will ...
  • 13 Oct 2023 |

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

    13 Oct 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International 麻豆无码版 The agreement among shareholders of the World Bank on a reform that will facilitate investments in climate action and development assistance projects is a sign that significant ...
  • EU should subsidise CO2 removal, establish carbon central bank 鈥 researchers

    02 Apr 2024, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Carbon market 麻豆无码版 The European Union should set up a carbon central bank as part of a proper regulatory structure to effectively remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere to help reach ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Government announces coal region support guidelines ahead of elections

    22 May 2019, 13:19 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 Coal Elections & ...
  • 28 Aug 2019 |

    German cabinet adopts draft law to strengthen mining regions during coal exit

    28 Aug 2019, 14:02 Edgar Meza Coal Government 麻豆无码版 Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 cabinet on Wednesday adopted a draft law submitted by Germany's economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier aimed at strengthening coal regions following the ...
  • 19 Sep 2023 |

    Fossil heating phase out and energy efficiency key for decarbonising Germany's buildings 鈥 report

    19 Sep 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 To reach its climate targets, Germany's building sector must phase out the use of fossil fuel boilers and introduce minimum efficiency standards for existing buildings, a聽 ...
  • 10 May 2022 |

    Climate takes over as most pressing issue for majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 city leaders 鈥 survey

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

    Germany braces for heatwave impacts on health, economy and water supply

    10 Jul 2023, 13:00 Germany is bracing for summer heat and drought, as temperatures across Europe reach record levels and the rest of the world faces unparalleled extreme weather events. With the first heat warnings, dropping water levels in major rivers, ...
  • 09 Sep 2019 |

    Patchy counselling holds German citizens back from investing climate friendly

    09 Sep 2019, 12:00 Citizens have been a crucial driver of Germany's energy transition and many regard sustainability and especially environmental action a crucial feature of sound investments. Yet, the vast majority of savings in the country are not ...
  • 07 Mar 2018

    Merkel puts long-time confidant in charge of energy transition

    07 Mar 2018, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen her close ally and former head of the Chancellery Peter Altmaier as the next economy and energy minister. This puts the political heavy-hitter in charge of shaping 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Energiewende at a ...
  • 02 Nov 2022 |

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

    02 Nov 2022, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Politics Tagesspiegel Background The northwestern German state of Lower Saxony plans to become climate neutral by 2040. Following a regional parliamentary election in October, the ruling Social ...
  • 26 Apr 2022 |

    Government sharpens toolbox to ensure energy supply security

    26 Apr 2022, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Security 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has sharpened the tools to fight the escalating crisis on the energy markets by updating the 1975 麻豆无码版 Security Act. The amended law will allow the ...
  • 23 Jan 2025 |

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

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

    01 Jun 2017, 00:00 A large share of the emissions from towns and cities comes from traffic. If Germany is to reach its Energiewende goals, each will have to do their bit to reduce the number of vehicles on their roads, and steer citizens towards greener ...
  • 26 Jun 2024 |

    Three in four homes in Germany still heated with fossil fuels

    26 Jun 2024, 13:38 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Gas Heating taz / Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels are still being used to heat three quarters of homes in Germany, with renewable ...
  • 04 Aug 2021 |

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

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

    Proposed investment aid to spur German industry decarbonisation

    24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
  • Trump win triggers calls for focus on European autonomy and competitiveness

    06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
  • 16 Oct 2020 |

    Germany's environment ministry defends its 鈥渘o-food, no-palm oil鈥 policy for future biofuels

    16 Oct 2020, 13:44 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 Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Cars Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 12 Oct 2023 |

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

    12 Oct 2023, 11:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Rising temperatures in Europe could have a negative impact on one of the world's most important regions for growing hops, a key ingredient in beer ...
  • 05 Apr 2024 |

    Nearly third of German companies offer climate protection products and services

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

    German firms increase revenue from environmental goods and services by 17%

    26 Jun 2024, 13:55 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Companies in the German manufacturing and service sectors generated 107.5 billion euros in revenue from output that ...
  • India鈥檚 policy and funding vacuum makes corporate net zero targets unviable

    21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India鈥檚 industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
  • 15 Jun 2022 |

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

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

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

    14 Feb 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Security 麻豆无码版 [Adds paragraph on related study about climate policy perception by science platform WPKS] The 鈥渋ncreasingly tangible鈥 threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the ...
  • 27 Jun 2025

    Dispatch from Croatia | June 2025

    27 Jun 2025, 10:51 Two rounds of local elections were held in Croatia but the green transition was almost entirely absent from the campaigns. However, the topic was taken up by both the European Commission and Greenpeace Croatia, who addressed it in their ...
  • 13 Dec 2023 |

    Scholz鈥檚 government cuts climate fund by 45 bln euros by 2027 in response to debt brake ruling

    13 Dec 2023, 14:38 Germany will earmark billions of euros less for climate and transformation projects every year until 2027 in order to make the government budget comply with constitutionally enshrined limits on borrowing. One month after a seminal ...
  • 03 Jan 2024 |

    Germany's plans for back-up power station fleet face 鈧60 bln funding gap- analysis

    03 Jan 2024, 12:19 Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost ...
  • German lawmakers agree to raise planned CO鈧 price for buildings, transport

    17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO鈧 price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
  • 17 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | January 鈥25

    17 Jan 2025, 15:00 麻豆无码版 prices are becoming increasingly expensive for Italian businesses and households due to delays in the development of renewables and increases in the cost of gas on international markets. The rise in energy costs will be, along ...
  • 15 Aug 2018 |

    麻豆无码版 minister wants to prioritise crucial grid projects 鈥 and meet critics in Berlin

    On a visit to communities affected by new grid development, German energy minister Peter Altmaier said the transition to an energy system based largely on renewables was a project for the whole community that couldn't be implemented by going over ...
  • German environment minister open to national carbon price

    23 Apr 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

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

    02 Aug 2019, 12:18 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 ARD A majority of Germans (72 %) say incentives are a better way of persuading the population to adopt more climate-conscious behaviour, while just 15 percent said bans were most effective, according to a ...
  • 18 Nov 2015 |

    Energiewende climate targets in 鈥渟erious danger鈥- govt advisors

    18 Nov 2015, 00:00 Days before the UN climate conference in Paris, Germany is taking stock of its national climate protection efforts. The government says the country is making 鈥済ood progress鈥 with its energy transition, but independent experts warn that ...
  • 06 Dec 2024 |

    Dispatch from France | December '24

    06 Dec 2024, 11:14 The appointment of Michel Barnier as France鈥檚 new prime minister in September sparked as many concerns as it ignited hopes for advocates of more ambitious climate action. But the former environment minister, who had laid some of the ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    Environmentalists call for halt to German search for nuclear waste site during coronavirus

    09 Apr 2020, 13:51 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Rachel Waldholz Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The environmental group Friends of the Earth Germany ...
  • 26 Jan 2023 |

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

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

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

    12 Oct 2023, 11:38 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & ...
  • Germany must increase flexibility, efficiency for 100% renewables power system 鈥 researchers

    20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
  • 17 Jun 2025 |

    Half of Germany's districts under groundwater stress 鈥 report

    17 Jun 2025, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Groundwater levels in half of Germany's districts are acutely endangered by excessive extraction and climate change, a report by the Institute for Social-Ecological ...
  • 10 Oct 2019 |

    Coal exit commission members say timely phase-out in danger

    10 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Freja Eriksen Coal 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel Online Five ...
  • 21 Jun 2023 |

    Europe鈥檚 largest heat pump to heat Cologne homes using Rhine river water

    21 Jun 2023, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating 麻豆无码版 Cologne energy supplier RheinEnergie is planning Europe鈥檚 largest heat pump that will use energy contained in Rhine river water to heat homes in the city centre. 鈥淩heinEnergie has ...
  • 02 Aug 2024 |

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

    02 Aug 2024, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A draft agreement on a budget for 2025 by the German coalition government might have to be re-opened after advisors to the finance ministry (BMF) found that it might ...
  • 27 Mar 2019 |

    German task force can't agree on sufficient traffic emissions cuts

    27 Mar 2019, 15:42 The German commission charged with proposing emissions cuts for the nation's transport sector has failed to agree on enough steps to reach the country鈥檚 climate targets. During what was billed as the decisive meeting, members could ...
  • 04 Sep 2024 |

    Germany campaigns against new EU rules for batteries' carbon footprint- media report

    04 Sep 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Storage Cars Table.Media / Focus The German government is opposing new draft EU rules that could make it more difficult for battery production factories to scale up in the country, according to a聽letter to the EU ...
  • 27 Feb 2023 |

    Skilled workers from India encouraged to fill gap in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar industry

    27 Feb 2023, 14:08 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Targeted immigration of ...
  • 19 Mar 2024 |

    EU must quickly reform capital markets to boost private investments 鈥 Scholz

    19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 麻豆无码版 / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
  • 06 Jul 2022 |

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

    06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
  • 20 Nov 2020 |

    G20 important for global climate action in 2021 鈥 German official

    20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
  • Parliament weakens building efficiency standards, nature protection 鈥 reactions to new energy transition laws

    08 Jul 2022, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 Both the federal parliament (Bundestag) and the council of state governments (Bundesrat) have passed this year鈥檚 first major batch of energy ...
  • 28 Sep 2021 |

    Climate policy rift promises thorny talks between German election 鈥榢ingmakers鈥 Greens and FDP

    28 Sep 2021, 13:30 Following a tight election that saw the Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservatives, the smaller Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) look set to become decisive for building a new government that must set Germany on course ...
  • 23 Sep 2019 |

    Reactions to government agreement on climate strategy, CO2 pricing

    23 Sep 2019, 09:41 The German government coalition has reached an agreement on the country's climate action strategy, including a pricing system for carbon emissions in all major sectors. The 麻豆无码版 presents reactions to the deal. S枚ren ...
  • 06 Jun 2015

    In the media: G7, coal, fracking and a call to end fossil fuels

    06 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Oxfam / E3G 鈥淟et them eat coal鈥 Five of the G7 countries are burning more coal now than before the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009, while the G7 coal plants together emit ...
  • 05 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

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

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

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

    22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology鈥檚 fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Office for ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Climate movement demands fossil fuel embargo, will strike on Friday

    23 Mar 2022, 12:35 Paul Gordon Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Climate activist group Fridays for Future (FfF) will stage its next global climate strike on Friday (25 March), calling not only for more action to prevent global warming but also ...
  • 05 Jul 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | July 2024

    05 Jul 2024, 15:25 Following Croatia鈥檚 inconclusive elections in April, the country鈥檚 parliament finally approved the new coalition government on 16 May. The centre-right HDZ, which won the most seats, formed a coalition with the right-wing Homeland ...
  • German election primer: Candidates handle agriculture transformation with kid gloves

    06 Aug 2021, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 upcoming national election is the first in which climate and energy policy have truly taken centre stage. In the agriculture sector, droughts and new policies aimed at bringing out the sector鈥檚 potential for eco-system ...
  • German parliament passes renewables reform, paves way for hydrogen ramp-up

    17 Dec 2020, 14:20 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 The German parliament has passed the聽 latest reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG),聽which specifies a timeline of tenders for renewable power installation additions until ...
  • Renewables levy could come to early end as govt split over power consumer relief

    21 Jan 2022, 12:18 High energy prices continue to keep 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government busy, and the coalition parties are debating ways to ease the burden on struggling consumers. A possible short-term remedy could be an earlier end to the country鈥檚 renewable ...
  • 14 Jun 2024 |

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

    14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥 to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

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

    12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
  • 10 Jun 2025 |

    Water temperatures in the North and Baltic seas hit record highs in spring 2025

    10 Jun 2025, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Water temperatures in the North Sea this spring hit their highest level ever recorded by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚聽Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The average temperature ...
  • 27 Aug 2024 |

    EU鈥檚 planned battery carbon footprint index worries German manufacturers

    27 Aug 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage EU Die Welt Plans by the European Union to measure the carbon footprint of battery production based on the host country鈥檚 electricity mix are causing concerns among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 automotive industry, which fears ...
  • 17 Oct 2019 |

    Germany slow on sustainability goals, youth urge 鈥渇undamental change鈥

    17 Oct 2019, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is happening "too slowly", German environment ministry state secretary Rita Schwarzel眉hr-Sutter said ...
  • 27 Aug 2021 |

    German court rules against coal-fired Datteln 4 plant

    27 Aug 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Coal 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel A German court has ruled against the country鈥檚 newest coal plant, finding that building permission for the facility was granted illegally. The ruling removes one of two legal foundations ...
  • Industry, NGOs implore German govt to end renewables impasse at key conference

    11 Mar 2020, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany's federal states need to band together and devise a coherent strategy to ensure that the expansion of renewable energy sources can proceed in line with the ...
  • 26 Jul 2023 |

    Tesla鈥檚 German gigafactory expansion plans face setback over water protection concerns 鈥 media

    26 Jul 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Tagesspiegel / t-online U.S. car manufacturer Tesla will have to revise its plans to expand its gigafactory for electric cars in the German state of Brandenburg over concerns the new buildings would be partly ...
  • 23 Oct 2019 |

    Germany achieves breakthrough in sluggish grid expansion effort- agency

    23 Oct 2019, 13:32 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Federal Network Agency for ...
  • German draft power market law sticks to lignite reserve

    09 Sep 2015, 00:00 The government is sticking to a controversial plan to pay power operators for keeping old coal plants in reserve in case wind and solar power are not available to meet demand, details of a draft electricity market law show. Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 10 Jul 2025 |

    Hundreds of thousands of homes in Germany at high risk of flooding 鈥 report

    10 Jul 2025, 13:50 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Hundreds of thousands of homes in Germany are at a serious risk of flooding, according to a report by environmental NGO DUH. Across the country, over 320,000 homes could suffer damages from ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

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

    05 Aug 2021, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Rheinische Post / 麻豆无码版 Chancellor candidates Armin Laschet (conservative CDU/CSU) and Olaf Scholz (Social Democrats 鈥 SPD) have come out against the Green Party proposal to install ...
  • 05 Aug 2020 |

    Germany's econ min admits climate policy mistakes, says decarbonisation must be made "irreversible"

    05 Aug 2020, 14:14 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    Scholz "still has a big gap to fill" to advance climate action- reactions to result of Germany's G7 summit

    28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
  • 09 May 2023 |

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

    09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport 麻豆无码版 The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country鈥檚 economy in order to achieve international ...
  • 鈥淎 roadmap for rapid decarbonisation鈥

    A group of scientists including Hans Joachim Schellnhuber of 聽the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) are proposing a 鈥渃arbon law鈥 to halve anthropogenic CO鈧 emissions every decade, aimed at achieving zero net emissions by mid-century. In ...
  • 26 Aug 2024 |

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

    26 Aug 2024, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 Households in East Germany on average pay nearly a quarter more for energy than those in the West if adjusted for purchasing power, an聽 analysis 聽by price comparison website ...
  • Renewables industry presses German govt to present energy sharing rules

    09 Aug 2024, 13:22 Milou Dirkx Citizens' energy Renewables 麻豆无码版 The German government is under increasing time pressure to legislate energy sharing opportunities and meet EU requirements originally set for mid-2021,聽 said 聽the German ...
  • 02 Mar 2023 |

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

    02 Mar 2023, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Die Zeit The possible earlier coal phase-out in eastern Germany continues to lead to clashes between the federal government and state governments in the east, with views differing on how a coal exit in ...
  • 鈥淟et鈥檚 do our homework before setting more ambitious climate goals鈥 鈥 env min

    German environment minister Svenja Schulze backs聽 Chancellor Angela Merkel position on the European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. 鈥淲e have set goals for 2020, which we will not reach. To then say 鈥榳e will set ...
  • 22 Feb 2024 |

    Dirty construction habits block path to truly climate-friendly buildings

    22 Feb 2024, 14:30 The climate impact of construction has mostly remained an afterthought in Europe's efforts to make its buildings climate-friendly, which has largely focused on heating emissions. Yet, as homes and offices become more energy ...
  • 04 Oct 2022 |

    German coal region brings phase-out forward to 2030 but refires lignite short-term

    04 Oct 2022, 15:05 Germany's western coal mining and heavy industry state North Rhine-Westphalia aims to complete the phase-out of coal-fired power production no later than 2030, eight years earlier than agreed in German coal exit law. However, two ...
  • Future ambition of Germany's energy transition faces test in upcoming election in eastern states

    30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
  • 26 Feb 2025

    In brief | 26 February '25

    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
  • 麻豆无码版 law reform inadequate for German 2030 renewables target 鈥 analysis

    04 Dec 2020, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background Germany will fail to achieve its 2030 target of a 65 percent renewables share in power consumption, even with added ambition in the latest draft for the ...
  • 28 Apr 2023 |

    Renewables cover half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity demand in first quarter of 2023

    28 Apr 2023, 13:21 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable ...
  • Biden presidency sparks hope for climate but policy differences remain 鈥 German env min

    20 Jan 2021, 13:27 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 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 06 Sep 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Scholz announces charging infrastructure push in IAA mobility show opening address

    06 Sep 2023, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars Tagesschau German chancellor Olaf Scholz used his opening address at the IAA mobility show in Munich to unveil a push to increase the number of rapid charging points in the country, reports Tagesschau. ...
  • 09 Aug 2024 |
    EU

    Dispatch from France | August '24

    09 Aug 2024, 13:30 A number of key issues relating to France鈥檚 ecological transition have been put on hold after the rise of the far-right Rassemblement National party in June鈥檚 European elections caused president Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National ...
  • 16 Aug 2019 |

    Young Germans consider climate most important issue 鈥 survey

    16 Aug 2019, 12:14 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
  • 24 Jul 2020 |

    Fridays for Future announces new mass protests in Germany in September

    24 Jul 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 The climate activist movement Fridays for Future (FfF) has announced a new "global climate action day" on 25 September on which it will hold protest events in ...
  • 29 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland | November '24

    29 Nov 2024, 11:00 Military and energy security are key priorities for Poland as it prepares to assume the EU鈥檚 rotating presidency in January 2025. The country plans to achieve these targets by pushing for nuclear energy, sanctions on Russia, and EU ...
  • 19 Jul 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid agency investigates suspected power price speculation

    19 Jul 2019, 13:52 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Security BNetzA / Handelsblatt The German Federal Network ...
  • 28 Sep 2022 |

    Wind power expansion success depends entirely on efforts by German states 鈥 econ min

    28 Sep 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Die Welt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called on the country鈥檚 states to massively ramp up their onshore wind power efforts, newspaper Die Welt reports. ...
  • 25 Aug 2022 |

    Government advisors slam 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans to reduce transport emissions

    25 Aug 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Transport Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans to cut transport emission to get the sector on track for the country鈥檚 climate targets are 鈥渓acking in sufficient ambition even at the outset鈥, government advisors ...
  • 22 Dec 2022 |

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

    22 Dec 2022, 09:12 贬耻苍驳补谤测鈥檚 climate movement is struggling to build on the earlier success of the country's Fridays for Future student protests to make their voices heard. Nonetheless, many activists believe that spectacular acts of civil ...
  • 27 Nov 2024

    In brief | 27 November '24

    27 Nov 2024, 11:03 麻豆无码版 Team Euronews: Parliament gives final approval for new European Commission A majority of Members of the European Parliament gave the final approval to the new European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen, allowing the executive to ...
  • 27 Jun 2023 |

    Incoming govt coalition in city state Bremen bets on green hydrogen

    27 Jun 2023, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Cities 麻豆无码版 The prospective future government coalition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 smallest state, the City of Bremen, is betting on green hydrogen and its derivates to decarbonise local industries, such as ...
  • 20 Apr 2016

    Germany asks Belgium to switch off nuclear plants / RWE turmoil

    20 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BMUB / Deutsche Welle 鈥淕ermany asks Belgium to hit the switch on disputed Tihange and Doel nuclear reactors鈥 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks submitted an ...
  • German citizens鈥 assembly calls for mandatory food label indicating climate impact

    15 Jan 2024, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society 麻豆无码版 A citizens鈥 assembly on improving nutrition in Germany has聽 called for 聽a mandatory government food label that includes information on the product鈥檚 climate impact, as well ...
  • 13 Aug 2020 |

    Germany paves way for faster wind power expansion licenses

    13 Aug 2020, 13:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has set out to accelerate planning procedures for infrastructure projects linked to the energy transition with a focus on speeding up onshore wind power expansion in particular. Utilities welcomed the streamlining ...
  • 06 Oct 2021 |

    Nobel Prize in Physics seen as signal and warning to do more against global warming

    06 Oct 2021, 12:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, taz, Frankenpost The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences鈥 decision to award this year鈥檚 Nobel Prize in Physics to Klaus Hasselmann of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg ...
  • 30 Aug 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | August '24

    30 Aug 2024, 14:17 As Europe鈥檚 most intense heatwave in recent years finally comes to an end, following at least 35 days of well-above average temperatures, life in Italy has slowed into the summer break. In mid-August, the entire country grinds to a halt ...
  • 31 Jan 2024 |

    NGOs and industry union call on govt to rethink public financing for energy transition

    31 Jan 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 Several NGOs and industry trade union IG BCE have called on the government to make fundamental changes to how the state uses its financial powers to push the transition to ...
  • 08 May 2024 |

    Northern German state announces end of oil extraction in Wadden Sea by 2041

    08 May 2024, 12:34 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels 麻豆无码版 Northern German state Schleswig-Holstein will end the extraction of oil in the marine national park ...
  • 09 Dec 2022 |

    German government draft report proposes to change legal framework on CCS

    09 Dec 2022, 13:52 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Table.Media / 麻豆无码版 In a bid to achieve its climate targets, the German government aims to bet more strongly and more quickly than previously thought on the controversial technologies of ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    German agriculture minister proposes climate action payments to forest owners

    02 Jun 2021, 12:09 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 German agriculture minister Julia Kl枚ckner has presented a model for financially rewarding ...
  • 05 Apr 2022 |

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

    05 Apr 2022, 13:43 The new chapter of the 6th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focuses on mitigating climate change effects. Commentators from Germany regard the report as 鈥渁 clear call to society and policymakers for ...
  • 12 Jul 2023 |

    Consumer groups warn Germans against hidden costs of installing new gas boilers

    12 Jul 2023, 13:28 James Jackson Gas Heating Rheinische Post Following a government decision to postpone a ban on new oil and gas boilers, German consumer protection groups have warned people against installing fossil-fuel based heating systems. Consumers ...
  • 25 Sep 2019 |

    New IPCC ocean report triggers fresh criticism of German climate package

    25 Sep 2019, 13:57 Expert Oxfam Germany Climate & CO2 COP21 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 German environmental NGOs have used the publication of the ...
  • 23 Jun 2020 |

    Recovery package first test for German EU Council presidency 鈥 policy analyst

    23 Jun 2020, 14:00 Helping European Union member states find a compromise on a coronavirus recovery package in July will be a first test for the German EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020, says Sophie Pornschlegel, senior policy analyst at ...
  • German states call for 30% wood quota as sustainable solution to housing shortage

    13 Apr 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Resources & Recycling Rheinische Post / 麻豆无码版 Agriculture ministers in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 states have called to make the use of wood in new housing projects easier in a bid to increase the sector鈥檚 ...
  • 28 Jan 2022 |

    Conservatives announce legal measures against German govt鈥檚 climate action budget

    28 Jan 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel The new German government鈥檚 supplementary budget that includes the rededication of about 60 billion euros of credit authorisations from the country鈥檚 ...
  • 20 Nov 2024 |

    India, donor countries give up on Just 麻豆无码版 Transition Partnership 鈥 German official

    20 Nov 2024, 13:50 India and a group of countries including the U.S. and Germany will not agree on a so-called Just 麻豆无码版 Transition Partnership (JETP), a key international deal that was meant to promote the South Asian nation鈥檚 climate-friendly ...
  • 11 Jan 2024 |

    Amid 鈥榚motional鈥 farming protests, German agriculture minister warns against dividing society

    11 Jan 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Agriculture Society Tagesspiegel Germany risks becoming as polarised as the U.S. as farmers have blocked roads with tractors in massive protests over cuts to diesel subsidies, agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir said, ...
  • 29 Mar 2021 |

    Germany needs federal mobility law to ensure sustainable transport 鈥 NGO

    29 Mar 2021, 13:47 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 麻豆无码版 The future German government needs to implement a federal mobility law to ensure the transition to a climate-friendly transport sector, says transport and environmental association ...
  • 25 Jun 2021 |

    Majority of Germans want more laws, less personal responsibility in climate protection efforts- survey

    25 Jun 2021, 13:41 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel A majority of Germans want to see more government regulation when it comes to climate protection, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 people conducted by the Kantar ...
  • 16 Jul 2025 |

    German industry and energy emissions almost halved since introduction of EU trading system

    16 Jul 2025, 12:40 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 Emissions from Germany's industry and energy sectors have almost halved since ...
  • 21 Oct 2020 |

    Government aims to make Germany climate resilient as average temperature rises

    21 Oct 2020, 12:22 The average air temperature in Germany has risen by about 1.6掳C from pre-industrial times and the effects of global warming are becoming increasingly felt in the central European country. The government鈥檚 progress report on its climate ...
  • 26 Nov 2015

    Media speculate about German coal exit / Optimism for Paris

    26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥 A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

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

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

    German special climate fund remains untapped to large extent

    02 Apr 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Government Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF), a multi-year federal budget set up to finance climate and energy transition policy measures, again fell significantly short of spending ...
  • 24 Jan 2024 |

    FDP opposition puts planned EU corporate sustainability due diligence rules at risk

    24 Jan 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs EU Handelblatt / 麻豆无码版 The opposition by the German co-governing Free Democratic Party (FDP) could prevent the planned adoption of sustainability and human rights rules for the EU's ...
  • 05 Dec 2023 |

    Offshore wind industry says auctions should help fund expansion of Germany's port capacity

    05 Dec 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Wind Freight Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Association of Offshore Wind 麻豆无码版 (BWO) is calling for greater capacity for the country鈥檚 ports in order to expand turbine installations at sea. Offshore wind ...
  • 27 May 2024 |

    German transport emissions in focus as country hosts international minister meeting

    27 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany should lead the way in making mobility more sustainable, transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) said following the conclusion of the聽 ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

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

    11 Sep 2024, 12:56 Julian Wettengel Wind Handelsblatt Offshore wind parks located far away from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coast would be more profitable if they produce green hydrogen to send to the mainland by pipeline as well as having a direct electricity connection, ...
  • 20 Nov 2019 |

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

    20 Nov 2019, 13:34 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 tageszeitung (taz) [UPDATE adds Left Party quote] The German government has declined to specify the amount of greenhouse ...
  • 14 Jul 2025 |

    Germany lacks coherent plan for protecting citizens in case of electricity or weather emergencies, districts say

    14 Jul 2025, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Society Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Germany is not sufficiently prepared to protect its citizens in the event of widespread power outages or large-scale natural disasters, Kay Ruge, head of the German ...
  • 11 Nov 2024 |

    Prolonged 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 shrinks 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables output in early November

    11 Nov 2024, 13:52 Several days of little sunshine and wind have pushed down renewable electricity production in Germany in early November, causing an increase of fossil fuel use and high power prices. However, energy analysts said such conditions are ...
  • German chancellor decides runtime extension for all remaining nuclear plants, ending coalition row

    19 Oct 2022, 13:20 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his government would pave the way for prolonging the runtime of all three of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining reactors until April 2023. The German leader thus intervened to settle a dispute about the delayed end of ...
  • 08 Mar 2022 |

    Environmental groups call 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 200-billion-euro climate spending announcement a trick calculation

    08 Mar 2022, 13:33 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Government Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 18 Mar 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 military gears up for new geopolitical tensions with climate strategy

    18 Mar 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media / The Guardian 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 defence ministry expects climate change to have a profound impact on security issues and has presented a plan to prepare its military for the new ...
  • 22 Feb 2019 |

    New north-south electricity highway takes shape

    22 Feb 2019, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Grid operators TenneT and TransnetBW have presented their detailed plans for the route of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large north-south electricity line 鈥淪uedLink鈥, running from windy Schleswig-Holstein down to ...
  • Without innovation leaps, Germany will fail on climate action 鈥 conservative German MP

    16 Dec 2019, 10:24 Germany will miss its climate targets without leaps in technological innovation, even taking into account the recently agreed climate package, says Georg N眉脽lein, deputy parliamentary group head of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 ...
  • 10 Feb 2022 |

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

    10 Feb 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Government Handelsblatt The new German government鈥檚 promise to grant companies so-called 鈥渟uper write-offs鈥 for investments in climate-friendly projects could be obstructed by a lack of clear definitions and ...
  • Alliance believes in 鈥楤erlin 2030 climate neutral鈥 referendum success despite little political support

    22 Feb 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Cities Society 麻豆无码版 The initiators of an upcoming referendum on committing the German capital Berlin to 2030 climate neutrality have expressed confidence the vote will be successful, ...
  • Preview 2024: Government must prioritise in budget, tackle fossil fuel taxes 鈥 energy analyst

    05 Jan 2024, 10:00 The German government must stop relying too much on giving out subsidies for climate action from 2024, and instead tackle the country鈥檚 system of fossil fuel taxes, says energy analyst Andreas Schr枚der from commodity intelligence ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    G7 science ministers pledge joint action on climate, ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus

    14 Jun 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 Science ministers of the G7 countries have agreed on a number of measures to promote greater climate change research, CO2 removal and protection of the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus. A meeting in Frankfurt on ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Europe must consider domestic sourcing of clean energy raw materials 鈥 mining industry CEO

    17 Aug 2021, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling EU Handelsblatt European states have to seriously explore possibilities to source key raw materials for more climate-friendly technologies domestically instead of relying on imports from ...
  • 25 Jul 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power expansion threatens to grind to a halt

    25 Jul 2019, 14:46 Onshore wind power is a key element of Germany's energy transition and a leading force of the country's renewables industry. But after years of rapid growth, the sector's expansion has almost come to a standstill in the ...
  • 17 Jan 2023 |

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

    17 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Business Finance 麻豆无码版 Around three quarters (76 %) of businesses in Germany increased investments in sustainability measures in 2022 despite high economic uncertainty, a survey by consulting firm Deloitte ...
  • 12 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淧ublic sector must save energy鈥

    The federal government, regional states, and municipalities will have to invest in energy efficiency in new building projects, according to a draft law, reports Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. The economic and environmental ministries鈥 proposal for a law ...
  • Environment minister urges higher renewables goal in German transport sector

    10 Nov 2020, 13:47 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 Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Renewables ...
  • 24 Mar 2023 |

    Govt carbon management strategy must set clear restrictions on CCS use 鈥 NGOs

    24 Mar 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Policy 麻豆无码版 A German strategy on carbon capture and use (CCU) or storage (CCS) 鈥 the carbon management strategy which is currently being developed by the government with stakeholder input 鈥 ...
  • 17 May 2017 |

    SPD election programme draft includes CO鈧 floor price, climate protection law

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD) wants to develop a national climate protection law and introduce a CO鈧 floor price, the party says in a first draft for the federal election campaign programme. "We will continue to develop European emissions trading ...
  • 12 May 2023 |

    Oil and gas boiler sales are soaring in Germany in anticipation of 2024 ban

    12 May 2023, 13:48 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 New oil and gas heating systems are seeing a sales boom in Germany ahead of a planned law that could ban the ...
  • Germans travel more sustainably, demand still at low level 鈥 env min

    09 Mar 2023, 11:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Germans鈥 holidays have become more sustainable, but the demand for offers with an eco-label, or for CO2聽compensation is still at a low level,聽 said the ...
  • 05 Feb 2025 |

    German government and industry consider return of Nord Stream pipeline 鈥 media report

    05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
  • 26 Jun 2023 |

    German health minister proposes warning system and concepts to deal with heat waves 鈥 media

    26 Jun 2023, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Adaptation dpa / Bild Germany's health minister Karl Lauterbach is set to present first proposals for a national heat protection plan to better help the population in case of heat waves, reported news agency dpa. ...
  • 01 Feb 2021 |

    German industry says 2050 climate neutrality goal attainable 鈥 new BDI head

    01 Feb 2021, 13:47 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The German industry is confident that the goal of achieving ...
  • 16 Dec 2020 |

    Villagers keep up fight against relocation due to German coal mine as media report tells of government "disinformation"

    16 Dec 2020, 15:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Society Die Zeit / Der Spiegel The fight against a planned resettlement of five villages due to expansion of a lignite mine in West Germany continues, writes newspaper die Zeit. In a state parliament hearing, the ...
  • 11 Jul 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | July '25

    11 Jul 2025, 15:00 It鈥檚 been a difficult few weeks for Italy: heatwaves have slowed the economy, and extreme weather events have caused casualties and damage, bringing debates around climate change back to the front pages. The Meloni government has ...
  • 26 Nov 2024

    In brief | 26 November '24

    26 Nov 2024, 11:15 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Germany's Scholz: disagree with EU fines for carmakers who miss CO2 limits German chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday there should be no fines in the European Union for car companies that do not comply with ...
  • 18 Oct 2019 |

    Almost all of Germany's non-residential buildings need climate-friendly modernisation- KfW bank

    18 Oct 2019, 14:25 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Freja Eriksen Efficiency 麻豆无码版 "Practically all" of Germany's three-million non-residential building stock will have ...
  • 27 Aug 2019 |

    Germany and US on par in coal phase-out ranking

    27 Aug 2019, 13:22 Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Expert KfW Bank KfW- government ...
  • Many commercials in Germany promote climate-damaging products- analysis

    07 May 2024, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Company climate claims Society 麻豆无码版 Commercials that promote climate-damaging products are in violation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 State Treaty for Media, the labour union-affiliated Otto-Brenner-Foundation said. The ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German parliament passes law on faster grid expansion to ensure renewables growth

    05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

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

    17 Aug 2023, 13:30 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Expert VKU- German Association of Local ...
  • 23 Dec 2022 |

    Preview 2023: Climate action delay in transport sector must end 鈥 govt advisor

    23 Dec 2022, 10:24 After the shock of the energy crisis in 2022, the German government must tackle a range of issues that have been relegated to the back burner due to Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, says Brigitte Knopf, secretary general at the Mercator ...
  • 09 Nov 2022 |

    French and German politicians and business leaders assure sound cooperation on energy and climate

    09 Nov 2022, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann International dpa / Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Politicians and business representatives from France and Germany have stressed the need for a sound and extensive cooperation of the two key EU members to maintain ...
  • 08 Aug 2024 |

    Court bars energy firm from building power connection for gas platform in North Sea

    08 Aug 2024, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Society dpa / 麻豆无码版 A German court has temporarily banned the construction of an electricity connection needed to power a planned gas drilling platform in the Wadden Sea, a World Heritage Site in ...
  • 22 Aug 2019 |

    Eastern German coal states welcome proposal for phase-out support

    22 Aug 2019, 13:55 Eastern German coal mining regions have welcomed draft legislation to support the states most affected by plans to phase out the fossil fuel by 2038 at the latest. The economy ministry presented an "investment law for coal regions ...
  • EU climate and energy diplomacy conclusions 鈥渟trong statement on the road to COP28鈥 鈥 climate envoy

    10 Mar 2023, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 / Reuters 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 special envoy for international climate action Jennifer Morgan welcomed the climate and energy diplomacy priorities adopted by the EU Council ...
  • 08 Jul 2025 |

    Access to state support and EU emissions trading key to scaling carbon removals 鈥 report

    08 Jul 2025, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Carbon dioxide removals (CDR) from the atmosphere will be key to reaching climate neutrality, and the scale-up of relevant technologies requires subsidies and the ...
  • 27 May 2022 |

    Germany and US formally launch climate and energy partnership

    27 May 2022, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
  • 25 Jan 2024 |

    Italy's international climate policy remains ambiguous as G7 presidency begins 鈥 analyst

    25 Jan 2024, 13:13 Italy has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) large democratic economies, but its positions on climate policy often remain ambiguous, says Luca Bergamaschi, co-founder of the think tank Ecco Climate. He ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    First stocktake of just transition funding in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal regions

    03 Nov 2021, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn Coal 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has spent 16.3 billion euros supporting projects to help coal mining regions with the transition away from the fossil fuel industry, a first report by the federal ...
  • Economy minister urges cross-party effort in Germany to hold course on climate and energy policy

    12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition鈥檚 break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German service union under fire for joining climate activists鈥 strike

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

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry wants to delete CO2 certificates from coal exit

    17 Feb 2023, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Coal Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry (BMWK) wants to take all CO鈧 certificates from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will be freed up by the country鈥檚 coal exit off the market. ...
  • German foreign minister calls for global renewables and efficiency targets

    02 May 2023, 13:39 Internationally agreed targets to expand renewable energies and increase energy efficiency are needed to put the global economy back on a path towards limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5掳C, Germany's foreign minister ...
  • 14 May 2024 |

    Germany needs 鈧213 bln more for public investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation 鈥 economists

    14 May 2024, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Finance 麻豆无码版 Germany should invest an additional 213 billion euros compared to current budget plans over the next ten years in public services and infrastructure to decarbonise its economy ...
  • 27 Jul 2022 |

    Government puts focus on energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings

    27 Jul 2022, 12:42 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 The government has decided to adapt support schemes for energy efficiency in buildings and puts the focus on renovating the existing stock. 鈥淭he vast majority of people live in older houses. ...
  • Global companies鈥 鈥渘et zero鈥 targets amount to only 36% emissions cut 鈥 report

    13 Feb 2023, 13:45 The 鈥渘et zero鈥 climate plans of 24 of the world鈥檚 largest companies add up to emissions reductions of only 36 percent, according to a聽 report 聽by the NewClimate institute and non-profit Carbon Market Watch. The strategies of the self ...
  • Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5掳C 鈥減olitically no longer manageable鈥 鈥 climate scientist

    31 Jul 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Dlf / Spiegel / dpa The Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 aim to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is 鈥減olitically basically no longer manageable,鈥 Stefan Rahmstorf, climate ...
  • Germany still in initial stages of easing up domestic raw material extraction 鈥 media

    03 Nov 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany is currently heavily dependent on imports of raw materials key for energy transition technologies, but the government is only in the early stages of ...
  • 17 Jun 2021 |

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

    17 Jun 2021, 12:00 As the German election campaign kicks into its next gear, the chancellor candidates of the country鈥檚 major parties met face to face on Wednesday to discuss climate and energy issues at an event organised by energy industry association ...
  • Per capita refund of transport CO2 price fairest form of climate action 鈥 researchers

    16 Jun 2021, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 A CO2 price as a surcharge on the fuel price, with the entire revenue flowing into a uniform per capita refund, is by far the fairest form ...
  • 18 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 12: Germany positive on results from Bonn

    18 Nov 2017, 00:00 Bonn had delivered what was necessary to be on schedule for the decisions needed at COP24 in Katowice, the Germany delegation said / Negotiations finished in the early hours of 18 November / Last contentious issues still debated through ...
  • 16 Feb 2024 |

    Germany axes subsidies for electric trucks and buses

    16 Feb 2024, 12:28 Franca Quecke Transport Freight electrive The German government has terminated two subsidy schemes for electric trucks and buses, the transport ministry (BMDV) told specialist publication electrive. The cancellation applies to two ...
  • 16 Aug 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | August '24

    16 Aug 2024, 12:00 Croatia is feeling the consequences of climate change this summer. The country experienced long heat waves and record temperatures were recorded in the Adriatic Sea. This has led to more media attention on the topic of climate change, ...
  • 18 Jan 2024 |

    Business journalism still routinely neglects climate issues 鈥 report

    18 Jan 2024, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Business Society 麻豆无码版 Much of today鈥檚 business reporting still ignores the dramatic impact the climate crisis has on companies, making it vulnerable to greenwashing and lagging behind institutional investors, ...
  • 16 Mar 2023 |

    Potential city of Berlin coalition plans to spend 鈧5 billion on climate action

    16 Mar 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Cities Politics Tagesspiegel At least five billion euros are to be earmarked for climate protection in the city of Berlin, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Cristian Democrats (CDU) decided, newspaper Tagesspiegel ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Germany heading for three-party government with climate focus after tight elections

    27 Sep 2021, 09:30 Germany is heading towards a three-party federal government with a significant climate action focus as the Social Democrats scored a thin victory in the federal elections following an unexpected comeback, and the long-ruling ...
  • 11 Jun 2019 |

    Most Germans ready to change lifestyle for the climate 鈥 survey

    11 Jun 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 YouGov / dpa A majority of Germans would refrain from short-haul flights (74 percent), eat 鈥渟ignificantly鈥 less meat (63 percent) and move without their car in inner cities (56 percent), according to聽 ...
  • 27 Jan 2023 |

    German government coalition fails to agree on transport policy

    27 Jan 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Government Handelsblatt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung No agreement was reached at a meeting by the German government coalition leadership convened to settle disputes over climate protection and the construction of ...
  • 21 Aug 2023 |

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

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

    Germany will stick to climate and energy transition plans despite budget challenges 鈥 chancellor

    28 Nov 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government would continue to pursue its green transition plans even in the face of a budget crisis resulting ...
  • 30 Aug 2019 |

    Court orders operations at German coal mine halted over environmental concerns

    30 Aug 2019, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 麻豆无码版 A major lignite (brown coal) mine in eastern Germany will have to halt regular operation on 1 September after a court ruled the mine's owners failed to prove its environmental safety. The ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

    Climate remains top concern for Germans despite pandemic 鈥 survey

    30 Apr 2021, 14:05 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The fight against climate change and environmental degradation continues to be a top concern for Germans even during the pandemic, according to a survey commissioned by the country' ...
  • 05 Jun 2023 |

    About half of German households could use district heating to decarbonise 鈥 industry

    05 Jun 2023, 14:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities Der Spiegel District heating could help to decarbonise up to 20 million of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 roughly 43 million households, if the government introduced the right subsidies and framework conditions, the industry ...
  • Sustainability high up on German SMEs鈥 agendas also amid energy crisis, survey shows

    13 Sep 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Many companies in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 vast "Mittelstand" sector of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) still place high importance on sustainability, despite ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    EU-wide carbon removal certification deal is important step towards climate targets- German ministry

    11 Mar 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Carbon removal EU 麻豆无码版 An agreement by the majority of EU member states on a draft for an EU wide standardised and voluntary certification framework for CO2 removal and carbon farming marks an important step ...
  • 09 Aug 2022 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear plant operators show little appetite for runtime extension

    09 Aug 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Der Spiegel Nuclear plant operators in Germany are unenthusiastic about the prospect of having to revise their long-prepared decommissioning plans despite growing calls for the extension of runtimes, ...
  • Labour union IG Metall calls for higher top tax rate to cover climate action costs

    08 Oct 2019, 14:10 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 High incomes in Germany should be taxed more to generate funds for ...
  • Climate levy 鈥 the debate and proposals for cutting CO2 emissions

    27 May 2016, 00:00 Update 27 May 2016 [European Commission approves state aid for closure of lignite power plants] | The government has approved wide reaching power market reform, including a phase-out plan for some lignite plants. A "coal reserve ...
  • 20 Jul 2023 |

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

    20 Jul 2023, 13:12 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Plans by Germany's economy and climate ministry to lower industry power prices with ...
  • 06 Sep 2024 |

    Dismantling prototype nuclear plant closed 35 years ago could cost German state 鈧1 bln

    06 Sep 2024, 13:20 Jennifer Collins Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Germany's federal government may have to pick up a one billion euro tab to dismantle a nuclear power plant that shut down in 1989 as the operating ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    Climate and digitalisation key issues in exploratory German coalition talks

    04 Oct 2021, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background German parties shared a few details only on the ongoing exploratory coalition talks after the national election, but said that climate action, ...
  • 05 Jun 2023 |

    German chancellor promises monitoring of renewables expansion to stay on track for 2030 target

    05 Jun 2023, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 A monitoring system for the expansion of renewable energy sources and better planning tools for companies are needed to ensure a reliable transformation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, ...
  • 03 Nov 2020 |

    Land use report backs German environment minister鈥檚 strict stance on farming and biofuels

    03 Nov 2020, 14:10 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 Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Agriculture Clean ...
  • 03 Mar 2021 |

    EU state aid probe into German coal company compensations means 鈥渢ough negotiations鈥 鈥 researcher

    03 Mar 2021, 12:17 The European Commission has expressed doubts that Germany's planned compensation payments to operators of lignite-fired power plants in the context of the country's coal phase-out are in line with EU state aid rules, and ...
  • 12 Jul 2022 |

    More and faster climate action best response to energy crisis 鈥 business initiative

    12 Jul 2022, 12:20 Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Germany should respond with more and faster climate action to the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, said the German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy ...
  • 11 Oct 2022 |

    Government agreement on German nuclear plant runtime extension plans delayed

    11 Oct 2022, 14:16 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out AFP The German coalition government hasn鈥檛 been able to come to an agreement over the economy minister鈥檚 proposed runtime extension scheme for two of the country鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants ...
  • 21 Oct 2019 |

    Carbon budget: Germany's government dodges climate action's key figure 鈥 researcher

    21 Oct 2019, 13:09 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Spiegel Online The remaining carbon budget available to Germany and indeed the whole world under the terms of the Paris ...
  • 02 Nov 2020 |

    German agency fines Tesla for allegedly failing to comply with battery recycling laws

    02 Nov 2020, 13:59 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Cars Welt am Sonntag Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has imposed a fine of twelve million euros on ...
  • 24 Jul 2025

    In brief | 24 July '25

    24 Jul 2025, 11:54 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: EU and China intend to sign climate statement at Beijing summit The European Union and China are preparing a landmark joint statement on climate cooperation, a move that could help galvanise momentum ahead of the ...
  • Fuel tax cut 鈥渕ess鈥 a 鈥渓ow point in German politics鈥 鈥 media commentaries

    14 Jun 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background / FAZ / 麻豆无码版 German newspapers call the government鈥檚 decision to cut energy taxes on fuels for three months to soften the impact of rising prices a 鈥 ...
  • 23 Dec 2021 |

    New German govt enters 2022 with no time to lose in race for climate neutrality

    23 Dec 2021, 13:13 A new German government has started its work shortly before Christmas, kicking off its four-year term with a key promise to make the country ready for its ambitious bid to become climate neutral before the middle of the century. At a ...
  • 26 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's plans to strengthen hydrogen market need broadening, industry says

    26 Sep 2024, 13:00 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Industry representatives have largely welcomed Germany's plans to ramp up the hydrogen market, but called for amendments to a draft law to broaden ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    German tax laws impede shift to low-carbon economy- analysis

    06 Jan 2023, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang Policy 麻豆无码版 Contradictory tax incentives are a major hurdle for making the German economy more climate-friendly, according to an聽 analysis 聽by Green Budget Germany (F脰S) commissioned by the Bertelsmann ...
  • 28 Oct 2019 |

    German parliament to compensate CO2 emissions of members' duty travel

    28 Oct 2019, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Tagesspiegel / dpa The German parliament's council of elders has decided that CO2 emissions of duty travel of MPs will have to be compensated through a "climate levy", news ...
  • 12 Apr 2016 |

    Growth in the efficiency sector / Electric trucks / Concerns over coal

    12 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Hydrogen DENEFF / PwC 鈥10 percent turnover growth in the efficiency sector鈥 Companies in the business of supplying energy efficiency solutions grow much faster than the rest of the economy, ...
  • 26 Jun 2025 |

    Germany cancels first emissions allowances freed up by coal exit

    26 Jun 2025, 13:49 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany has for the first time cancelled more than 500,000 emission certificates from the ...
  • German gov鈥檛, energy industry welcome von der Leyen鈥檚 EU re-election as sign of climate continuity

    19 Jul 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 EUElections2024 麻豆无码版 The re-election of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has largely been welcomed by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government, observers in the energy industry and by civil ...
  • Biodiversity and climate need to be protected together 鈥 German IPCC report contributors

    15 Feb 2022, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Climate action and the protection of biodiversity need be more closely linked, according to a German scientist contributing to the UN鈥檚 climate change report, which ...
  • 26 Sep 2022 |

    Company climate claims: Greenwashing or sign of serious action?

    26 Sep 2022, 13:00 麻豆无码版 Team Company climate claims Supermarket shelves are awash with "climate neutral" product claims and one company after the next is signing up to a "net zero" target. But how watertight are their pledges? Are they ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |
    Gas

    Construction begins on controversial onshore LNG terminal near Hamburg

    01 Jul 2024, 13:33 Ruby Russel Gas Zeit Online Construction of Germany's first onshore liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal has begun at Stade in the state of Lower Saxony, close to the northern port city Hamburg. Expected to be operational by 2027, ...
  • 26 Oct 2022 |

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

    26 Oct 2022, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Industry 麻豆无码版 Plans聽by the German government to "retroactively or disproportionately" skim off windfall revenues of the photovoltaic (PV) industry could lead to a market collapse,聽 said the ...
  • 12 Sep 2019 |

    German industry and tenants call for support in turning German houses climate friendly

    12 Sep 2019, 14:03 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Efficiency Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 Four industry associations and the German 麻豆无码版 Agency ...
  • German industry investments in climate protection increase 74% over 10 years 鈥 Destatis

    28 Nov 2023, 14:36 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business Finance 麻豆无码版 German industry is increasingly investing in climate protection measures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28 ...
  • 13 Mar 2023 |

    German ministers seek to strengthen trade and climate action ties in Brazil and Colombia

    13 Mar 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann International 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt / dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and agriculture ministers seek to intensify strategic cooperation with Brazil and Colombia on trade and climate action, they said. Over a six-day ...
  • 04 Jun 2025 |

    Heat kills 3,000 people every summer in Germany

    04 Jun 2025, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Around 3,000 people have died due to high temperatures during each of the past two summers in Germany, said both the country鈥檚 environment agency (UBA) and its disease control authority, the ...
  • 03 Aug 2020 |

    Villagers plan constitutional complaint to save homes from German coal industry

    03 Aug 2020, 13:23 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Rheinische Post / 麻豆无码版 A group of villagers living in towns threatened by coal mine expansion in western Germany plan ...
  • 23 Feb 2024 |

    German insurers cover U.S. LNG industry, despite sustainability pledges 鈥 report

    23 Feb 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Finance Correctiv Leading German insurance companies continue to provide cover to liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, even as they often make sustainability a key corporate goal, investigative news outlet ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    Merkel puts contentious CCS technology back on German agenda

    16 May 2019, 16:50 Chancellor Angela Merkel has put carbon capture and storage (CCS) back on the table, saying the controversial technology was crucial for Germany to reach climate neutrality by mid-century. CCS has been met with a lot of public mistrust ...
  • 05 Jan 2023 |

    2023 Preview: Supporting municipalities key for successful climate protection 鈥 urban research institute

    05 Jan 2023, 13:13 Municipalities of all sizes are at the forefront of the transformation of cities, infrastructure and Europe鈥檚 energy system, and should therefore lead this change actively, the聽German Institute for Urban Affairs (Difu) said. Enabling ...
  • Govt expects new CO2 pricing to raise 19 bln euros for climate package

    02 Oct 2019, 10:07 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [UPDATE adds media report on climate action cost estimate of 150 billion euros by 2030] The German ...
  • 06 May 2022 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate budget too small for necessary public investments 鈥 report

    06 May 2022, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Finance 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated climate action budget 鈥 the 麻豆无码版 and Climate Fund (KTF) 鈥 isn鈥檛 big enough to fully cover the necessary climate-friendly transformation costs, ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Gov't adopts Germany's 2025 budget but uncertainties about climate funding remain

    18 Jul 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 / Die Zeit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has formally adopted the country鈥檚 draft budget for 2025 and amended the 2024 budget, which had become a difficult task after a court ...
  • 29 Jul 2025

    In brief | 29 July '25

    29 Jul 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Donald Trump鈥檚 EU oil and gas deal is 鈥榩ie in the sky鈥, energy experts warn Analysts say Brussels鈥 vow to buy 750 billion dollars of US energy as part of trade deal will be impossible to meet. Politico:聽 EU admits it can鈥檛 ...
  • 12 Apr 2024 |

    Most Germans favour greater investments in climate, infrastructure over keeping debt limit 鈥 survey

    12 Apr 2024, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 麻豆无码版 Most people in Germany want the government to take on new debt to invest in areas that are important for security and prosperity in the future, rather than complying with strict ...
  • 21 Mar 2024 |

    'Strategy of enough': Government advisors say sufficiency needed to reach climate targets

    21 Mar 2024, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Reaching climate targets will only be possible with a new sufficiency approach, German government advisors聽 have said. "Ecological crises are progressing at an alarming rate ...
  • 02 Jun 2025 |

    Heavy rains and floods cost German insurers one billion euros extra last year

    02 Jun 2025, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 麻豆无码版 / Zeit Heavy rainfall and flooding caused insured damages worth 2.6 billion euros in Germany last year, around one billion euros more than the long-term average, industry association GDV聽 said. ...
  • 01 Dec 2021 |

    Federal climate programmes lack measurable targets 鈥 govt auditors

    01 Dec 2021, 13:54 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background Germany's funding programmes for environmental innovation and energy efficiency lack measurable targets that can quantify their effectiveness, the country' ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    In brief | 7 May '25

    07 May 2025, 11:40 麻豆无码版 Team Climate & CO2 Bloomberg: Orsted cancels major UK offshore wind farm as costs jump The move is a significant blow to UK plans to boost the clean energy source in the coming years, and also a setback for the offshore wind ...
  • 02 Sep 2021 |

    Climate change among top of Germans鈥 concerns 鈥 surveys

    02 Sep 2021, 13:38 Expert Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Germany is currently the country most concerned about climate change out of the 28 surveyed for the August update ...
  • 'Potential to implement Paris Agreement'- German reactions to climate aspects of EU deal

    22 Jul 2020, 13:48 After four days of negotiations, the EU member states have agreed on an unprecedented funding package to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and secure the bloc's budget until 2027. The 27 governments greenlighted a ...
  • 22 Jun 2022 |

    Germany will not back 2035 combustion engine ban in EU 鈥 finance minister

    22 Jun 2022, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU 麻豆无码版 Germany's finance minister has said the country will not back EU plans that amount to a ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars from 2035, arguing such a move would shut the door ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    Working paper by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 clean mobility commission sparks public outcry

    21 Jan 2019, 12:26 An internal working paper by the task force responsible for proposals to cut emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector has stirred public controversy. Federal transport minister Andreas Scheuer, whose own ministry appointed the ...
  • 23 Jun 2022 |

    European Parliament鈥檚 ETS reform met with widespread criticism

    23 Jun 2022, 13:05 Edgar Meza Policy EU Euronews, 麻豆无码版 The European Parliament鈥檚 approval on 23 June of a draft law overhauling the bloc鈥檚 emissions trading system (EU ETS) has been met with widespread criticism from industry and ...
  • 28 Oct 2022 |

    Germany to be 鈥渂ridge builder鈥 at COP27 鈥 climate envoy Morgan

    28 Oct 2022, 13:17 Julian Wettengel International COP27 麻豆无码版 The German government aims to continue efforts to regain the trust of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, while at the same time strengthening ...
  • 30 Sep 2022 |

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

    30 Sep 2022, 12:37 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany must electrify its railway network eight times as fast as it does today to achieve its target for the sector, said the Pro-Rail Alliance, a lobby group consisting of non-profit ...
  • 17 Dec 2015

    'Second energy transition needed' / Learning from the Germans

    17 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Zeit 鈥淲e can do it one more time鈥 Germany needs nothing less than a second energy transition in order to achieve its climate target of reducing emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050, writes Petra ...
  • Research map reveals great local differences across Germany in attitude to climate action

    09 Mar 2023, 11:55 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Cities Society 麻豆无码版 Public support for climate protection measures such as the introduction of speed limits or the building of wind turbines, is split markedly between rural and urban ...
  • 01 Aug 2019 |

    Dying forests mean Germany loses 鈥渕ost important climate action ally鈥 鈥 minister

    01 Aug 2019, 12:32 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture Deutschlandfunk / Die Welt As German forests continue to suffer from heat damage and bark-beetle infestation, the country鈥檚 鈥渕ost important ally for climate action鈥 is in danger, writes ...
  • 09 Jul 2025 |

    German agri-photovoltaic potential far surpasses 2040 solar targets 鈥 report

    09 Jul 2025, 13:25 Jennifer Collins Agriculture Solar 麻豆无码版 Some 500 gigawatts (GW) of peak solar power capacity could be installed on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agricultural land 鈥 100 GW over the country鈥檚 2040 photovoltaic expansion targets, according to a ...
  • 03 Jun 2020 |

    German coal exit 'overtaken by reality,' country must prepare for earlier phase-out 鈥 NGO

    03 Jun 2020, 13:25 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal 麻豆无码版 The sharp decline of coal use in Germany this ...
  • 13 May 2022 |

    Germany cannot cut heating emissions fast enough with current laws 鈥 BDEW

    13 May 2022, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 With the current legal framework for energy and climate policy, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 building sector climate target would be missed by a wide margin, said energy industry association BDEW in a report. The ...
  • 13 Apr 2021 |

    Conservative candidates put focus on climate as they enter open race for campaign top spot

    13 Apr 2021, 12:29 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 Elections & ...
  • Elections could mean EU loses "historic opportunity" for climate action- former French climate diplomat

    21 May 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit Parties which stand for election in the European Parliament vote this weekend may face a "historic opportunity" to set the continent on track for ambitious ...
  • AI growth in EU could lead to higher emissions abroad- German environment agency

    19 Jun 2025, 12:36 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Artificial intelligence (AI) calculations could be increasingly performed in regions with cheap, non-renewable energy to meet growing demand, which could lead to higher ...
  • 19 Apr 2021 |

    Leading parliamentary groups back 'climate premium' for forest owners

    19 Apr 2021, 13:38 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The parliamentary groups of German government coalition partners CDU/CSU and SPD are calling for forest owners to be financially rewarded for their聽contribution to ...
  • 06 Sep 2022 |

    Econ min proposes to keep two of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining nuclear plants on standby during winter

    06 Sep 2022, 13:50 Germany should keep two of its three remaining nuclear power plants on standby beyond the planned phase-out date at the end of the year to help secure power system stability in the coming winter if necessary, economy and climate ...
  • 10 Aug 2015

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

    10 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Spiegel / Spiegel Online State premier criticises coal compromise Torsten Albig (Social Democrat), state premier of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, has criticised the capacity reserve ...
  • NGO takes legal action against companies鈥 鈥渇ake鈥 climate neutrality claims

    19 May 2022, 12:05 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A German NGO specialising in environmental litigation has launched legal action against Nivea maker Beiersdorf, oil majors BP, Shell, TotalEnergies and other ...
  • 15 May 2024 |

    Germany should make better use of geothermal energy 鈥 NGO

    15 May 2024, 12:35 Jack McGovan Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany could meet 25 percent of its heat demand from deep geothermal energy and the government should therefore make better use of this energy source, says NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) in a ...
  • 23 Nov 2021 |

    Young Germans prefer strong climate policies over individual lifestyle changes- survey

    23 Nov 2021, 13:24 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Climate change is still young Germans鈥 biggest concern, but they would rather politicians act on the topic than drastically change their own lifestyles, a survey ...
  • 12 May 2022 |

    Environmental groups call for more climate leadership of German chancellor Scholz at G7 summit

    12 May 2022, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Society G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 / Die Zeit Several major environmental groups have urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to step up the country鈥檚 climate action efforts and make the topic a priority of the G7 ...
  • 24 May 2017 |

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

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has toned down its ambition regarding the introduction of a carbon floor price in its proposal for a party programme, to be decided at a federal party conference on聽25 June. The party, which currently governs together ...
  • Climate neutral鈥 product claims are deceptive and must be banned 鈥 consumer NGO

    24 Nov 2022, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society 麻豆无码版 Food product labels such as 鈥climate neutral,鈥 鈥淐O2-neutral鈥 or 鈥climate positive鈥 do not indicate that these are climate-friendly at all and should be banned, consumer NGO ...
  • 18 Jul 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | July '25

    18 Jul 2025, 15:00 This year鈥檚 summer in Poland is characterised not only by extreme weather events, but also by political turmoil. While heatwaves and heavy rains roll through the country, prime minister Donald Tusk鈥檚 government still appears unable to ...
  • Transport receives highest share of Germany's climate-damaging subsidies by far 鈥 report

    20 Aug 2024, 13:26 The transport sector receives by far the biggest share out of all of Germany's government subsidies that are harmful to the climate, according to a report commissioned by the economy ministry. In their coalition agreement, the ...
  • 12 Jul 2024 |

    German carmakers welcome new EV support via tax write-offs- minister

    12 Jul 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Policy n-tv / Die Welt The new support mechanism for accelerating the roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany through increased tax write-offs for company cars has been received well by the automotive industry, ...
  • 23 Nov 2020 |

    G20 states confirm climate cooperation, Merkel sees topic rise on agenda

    23 Nov 2020, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The heads of state and government from the G20 (Group of Twenty) major economies have formally confirmed their cooperation on climate protection. Despite the United States ...
  • 30 Mar 2023 |

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

    30 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed a deal among EU institutions to raise the target share of renewable energy in the bloc鈥檚 overall energy consumption. 鈥淭oday's ...
  • 13 Sep 2019 |

    Conservatives propose national emissions trading system for transport and buildings

    13 Sep 2019, 13:23 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 & ...
  • 24 Sep 2024

    In brief | 24 September '24

    24 Sep 2024, 11:31 Julian Wettengel IRENA: Record growth drives cost advantage of renewable power Eighty-one percent of renewable additions in 2023 were cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives, offering countries a compelling business and investment case to ...
  • 20 Jan 2023 |

    Data centres in Frankfurt to provide excess heat to district network

    20 Jan 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Data centres could provide excess heat to Frankfurt鈥檚 district heating network, energy provider Mainova and data centre operator Interxion announced after signing a memorandum of understanding ...
  • 20 Dec 2018 |

    Germany bids farewell to domestic hard coal mining

    20 Dec 2018, 16:33 On 21. December 2018 the mining of hard coal officially comes to an end in Germany. The closing of the last mine in the Ruhr region marks the end of 200 years of mining the fossil fuel that made 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrialisation possible. The ...
  • 27 Feb 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim for 80 percent renewables in electricity by 2030 well within reach 鈥 minister

    27 Feb 2024, 13:42 The German government鈥檚 target of sourcing 80 percent of the country鈥檚 electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is very much achievable for Germany if current positive trends persist, economy minister Robert Habeck has said at a ...
  • Germany takes lead with 2045 net zero target but disappoints on climate finance

    07 May 2021, 15:54 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for action against global warming, and urged countries to not fall behind on climate protection measures and financing for developing countries despite the 鈥渕assive holes鈥 in ...
  • 06 Aug 2024 |

    Germany reduces funding rates for energy counselling as demand reaches new heights

    06 Aug 2024, 13:15 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Efficiency 麻豆无码版 / M眉nchner Merkur The number of applications for state support to pay for counselling on how to improve energy efficiency in residential buildings reached a new high of 80,000 ...
  • 25 Aug 2021 |

    German election primer 鈥 Climate activists push parties to commit to 1.5掳C

    25 Aug 2021, 11:25 As 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal election in September draws closer, climate activists put pressure on all parties to back the 1.5掳C global warming limit outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement. After a year of continuous protests in 2019, the ...
  • 16 May 2024 |

    Germany should focus on battery-electric trucks to push decarbonisation of freight transport 鈥 govt advisors

    16 May 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 To decarbonise freight transport more quickly, government action should prioritise the expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric trucks, said the German Council of ...
  • 17 May 2022 |

    Agriculture minister proposes more funds for climate action by forest owners

    17 May 2022, 12:36 Edgar Meza Agriculture Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Federal agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir has presented several proposals to protect 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests, including more funding to land owners to introduce climate ...
  • 21 Mar 2023 |

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

    21 Mar 2023, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry EU 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has urged the European Union to refrain from further debt-financed subsidies as a response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "The EU ...
  • 11 Oct 2022 |

    Germany to continue push for 1.5掳C goal amid energy crisis 鈥 foreign min Baerbock

    11 Oct 2022, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 Germany aims to keep the Paris Climate Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5掳C within reach, even as the energy crisis in Europe puts a focus on fossil fuels in the short term, ...
  • Corporate net zero commitments send ripple effects across the globe

    09 Feb 2023, 15:22 The spread of corporate net zero targets is starting to make itself felt across the world 鈥 not only among businesses, but also far beyond. An increasing number of companies have started to scan- and then reduce- the climate impact of ...
  • 01 Aug 2025

    In brief | 1 August 鈥25

    01 Aug 2025, 12:09 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Europe is breaking its reliance on American science 聽 European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and ...
  • Heat, drought, low water levels trigger concerns about health and shipping in Germany

    14 May 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt / Ludwigshafen 24 / TAZ The mild winter and low rainwater levels could have severe consequences for Germany's agriculture, shipping industry ...
  • 19 May 2025 |

    Germany's states call for climate adaptation funds, mandatory natural hazard insurance

    19 May 2025, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government needs to provide additional funds for climate mitigation and adaptation measures, and make these easily available to its states ...
  • 06 Jun 2024 |

    German renewables industry calls for sustainability fund to spur investments in Ukraine

    06 Jun 2024, 14:00 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 30 Oct 2023 |

    Additional measures needed to close 鈥渇inancing gap鈥 for Germany's 2030 climate targets 鈥 report

    30 Oct 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Finance 麻豆无码版 Additional political efforts are needed to close the public "financing gap" for measures needed to meet Germany's 2030 climate targets, according to a Green Budget Germany (F脰S) ...
  • 13 Jun 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | June '25

    13 Jun 2025, 15:30 The French government, which has still not fully recovered from the political chaos caused by last June鈥檚 dissolution of the National Assembly, now faces a number of difficult discussions of its revised energy plan for the next decade. ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

    Green technology Germany's best bet to remain industrial leader 鈥 industry association

    11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country鈥檚 industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
  • 03 Jan 2023 |

    CO2 pricing brings Germany record 13 billion euros in revenues in 2022

    03 Jan 2023, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Finance EU 麻豆无码版 The European emissions trading system (EU ETS) and national carbon pricing brought Germany a record 13.2 billion euros from the sale of carbon dioxide pollution rights in 2022, the Federal ...
  • 06 Aug 2021 |

    Support programme for forest owners to ensure CO2 uptake and biodiversity- env ministry

    06 Aug 2021, 13:20 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A new funding model should link payments for climate protection performance for forest owners with ambitious biodiversity standards, the federal environment ministry (BMU) has proposed ...
  • 24 Sep 2020 |

    Europe welcomes China鈥檚 pledge to carbon neutrality as part of joint climate drive

    24 Sep 2020, 09:24 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 Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian ...
  • 08 Oct 2024

    In brief | 8 October '24

    08 Oct 2024, 10:30 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: EU backing for China EV tariffs shows Berlin's waning influence Germany was one of only five EU members to reject tariffs after months of pressure from its carmakers, which rely on China for almost a third of ...
  • 22 Jul 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 rail investment reaches record levels, lags behind neighbours

    22 Jul 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 rail infrastructure investments rose to a record 198 euros per capita in 2024, a 74 percent increase compared to 2023, according to lobby group Pro Rail Alliance and ...
  • 14 Mar 2023 |

    Long way to go to increase digitalisation in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urban planning process 鈥 experts

    14 Mar 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background There is still a long way to go to increase digitalisation and make planning procedures faster and more efficient, for example for site planning for ...
  • 21 Jul 2025

    In brief | 21 July '25

    21 Jul 2025, 11:31 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: German firms launch 'Made for Germany' investment initiative 聽 61 companies have collectively pledged 631 billion euros of investments by 2028. pv magazine: German battery storage reaches 22.1 GWh at halfway ...
  • 12 Jan 2023 |

    Greens increase pressure on transport minister with climate action proposals

    12 Jan 2023, 13:53 Edgar Meza Transport Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Unhappy with the pace of climate action at the German transport ministry, the Green Party parliamentary group has drawn up a list of draft resolutions to tighten climate policy, the ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to make foreign minister Baerbock international face of climate policy- media

    08 Dec 2021, 14:36 Jessica Bateman Elections & Politics Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new foreign minister, Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock, will head up international climate policy for the first time in the ministry鈥檚 history, ...
  • 03 Jun 2020 |

    Germany raises offshore wind power target to 40 GW by 2040

    03 Jun 2020, 13:15 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity ...
  • 24 Nov 2021 |

    German NGOs want more national climate action to complement EU agriculture funding

    24 Nov 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The European parliament has passed the rules for funding European farmers but German NGOs and farmers associations insist that the new German government has to make changes to its ...
  • 12 Oct 2021 |

    Redistribution mechanism essential to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 CO2 pricing socially acceptable 鈥 researchers

    12 Oct 2021, 13:09 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Expert RWI 鈥 Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥 Leibniz-Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & ...
  • Germany wants to move key April climate summit online

    30 Mar 2020, 13:53 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 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 ...
  • 04 Apr 2024 |

    Rooftop PV takes off in EU 鈥 NGO report

    04 Apr 2024, 13:36 Edgar Meza Solar 麻豆无码版 Rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) in the EU is thriving due to new strategies and regulatory changes adopted by the bloc since 2022, in large part because of Russia's war on Ukraine, according to a ...
  • 01 Nov 2022 |

    Government draft climate programme insufficient to reach transport sector target

    01 Nov 2022, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport 麻豆无码版 The draft climate action programme currently debated among German ministries is not enough to reach greenhouse gas reduction targets in the transport sector for 2030, and additional steps are to be ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    Agriculture climbs up on German government's climate priority list

    20 Dec 2019, 14:24 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Freja Eriksen Agriculture 麻豆无码版 / Der Tagesspiegel Both climate action and adaptation to climate change must be given "higher priority" ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 industry criticises planned German e-car charging infrastructure support

    25 Jan 2021, 12:35 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background German energy company EnBW has said that planned legislation to support the expansion of e ...
  • 31 Oct 2023 |

    Security, affordability and a healthy planet top future priorities of young Europeans 鈥 survey

    31 Oct 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society EU 麻豆无码版 Security and affordability is the top priority for the future young Europeans want, followed by a liveable planet and social justice, according to the Next Generations Study 2023 survey by ...
  • 18 Aug 2020 |

    Covid-19 offers lessons for climate policy- report

    18 Aug 2020, 14:16 Policy Society 麻豆无码版 The Covid-19 pandemic can offer insights into how to cope with the climate change crisis in terms of risk management and policy reaction,聽 a Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) study says ...
  • 06 Aug 2020 |

    Climate change's role in German media growing constantly

    06 Aug 2020, 14:10 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 The role of global warming and climate action in German media has grown ...
  • 28 Feb 2020 |

    German hard coal plant operators fail to reach agreement with economy ministry

    28 Feb 2020, 13:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Must convince other countries to bet on energy transition 鈥 German climate envoy

    23 Mar 2022, 12:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany has a key role to play when it comes to getting governments across the world on board for the transition away from fossil fuels, said the country鈥檚 new state ...
  • 09 Apr 2025 |

    Water level in Germany's largest lake nearing historic low after dry winter

    09 Apr 2025, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation Water levels at Lake Constance are nearing a historic low point following a lack of rain and reduced snow meltwater coming from the Alps, reported public broadcaster ARD. While low water ...
  • 09 Jun 2022 |

    Geothermal heat pumps could cover 75% of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating needs- report

    09 Jun 2022, 13:25 Kerstine Appunn Heating 麻豆无码版 Heat pumps are the best option for Germany to reach its climate targets in the buildings sector, researchers from the Fraunhofer Research Institution for 麻豆无码版 Infrastructures and Geothermal ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    Tripling of climate investments needed if Germany wants to reach 2030 target 鈥 think tanks

    08 Sep 2021, 13:35 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 19 Dec 2023 |

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

    19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
  • 14 Jun 2021 |

    Germany plans to raise climate financing to 鈧6 bln by 2025, welcomed by NGOs

    14 Jun 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany will raise its federal budget contribution for international climate financing from the current four billion euros to six billion euros annually by 2025. The success of the ...
  • 21 Aug 2015

    In the media: Stable power supply / Germany and Brazil join forces against climate change

    21 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Network Agency / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭welve minutes without power鈥 The German power supply was more stable in 2014 than in any year since 2006, the Federal Network Agency said yesterday. ...
  • German election primer- Faster renewables expansion vital for next government's climate policy

    31 Aug 2021, 11:38 Ahead of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 September federal election, almost all parties in parliament are calling for climate policies that quickly and lastingly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country鈥檚 plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 ...
  • 20 Sep 2019 |

    German coalition climate talks enter overtime

    20 Sep 2019, 10:25 Germany's highly anticipated future climate strategy remained uncertain on Friday morning as government coalition talks that lasted throughout the night were still ongoing. Negotiations between Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...
  • Brazil and Germany vow relaunch of cooperation in environment, energy transition, green industry fields

    05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
  • 16 Oct 2023 |

    Economic concerns dominate Germans鈥 fears, climate change in 10th place 鈥 survey

    16 Oct 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 A large majority of Germans are worried that the ongoing rise in everyday costs will erode their standard of living, according to a survey by insurer R+V. "People feel their ...
  • 27 Jun 2022 |

    German parliament adopts laws for faster grid & hydrogen expansion

    27 Jun 2022, 13:57 Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament (Bundestag) has passed a first batch of energy legislation, designed to accelerate the expansion of the power grid and protect consumers from rising energy prices when ...
  • 12 Sep 2024 |
    Gas

    New gas power plants to be built predominantly in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 south

    12 Sep 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Bids from southern states for support in building new gas power plants will be given priority to ensure the projects are built where they are most needed, according to key ...
  • 27 Sep 2023 |

    German solar EV charging support programme closes after a day due to 鈥渙verwhelming鈥 interest

    27 Sep 2023, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Cars Policy dpa / Reuters / BR Only one day after opening a state support programme for installing solar panels for charging electric vehicles (EVs), 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national development bank KfW closed the application ...
  • Grain harvest at risk as drought likely in Central and Eastern Europe, warn researchers

    03 Apr 2025, 11:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Regions in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine are at a high risk of experiencing a drought in 2025, as an "extremely dry" winter could not regenerate ...
  • 27 Jun 2025

    In brief | 27 June '25

    27 Jun 2025, 11:58 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Heat wave threatens European crops and power systems Heat wave will bake western Europe in conditions as much as 10C above the norm in the coming days, threatening harvests, stressing power systems and triggering ...
  • 28 Jul 2023 |

    Germany should halve approval times for grid expansion 鈥 econ minister

    28 Jul 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid ARD / 麻豆无码版 Germany should cut the time it takes to approve planned transmission and distribution grid expansions by half, economy minister Robert Habeck said in a report by public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淲e ...
  • 02 Dec 2014

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

    02 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he end of dinosaurs鈥 In the end, the large dinosaurs who had ruled the world disappeared 鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 big energy companies face a similar fate, writes Markus Balser in the ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |
    Gas

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

    25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 麻豆无码版 Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
  • 07 Jul 2022 |

    European banks show resilience in ECB climate stress test, but next challenge could be tougher

    07 Jul 2022, 13:24 Edgar Meza Finance EU Handelsblatt The European Central Bank's (ECB) test of the resilience of lenders to the financial and economic consequences of global warming have turned out to be far more benign than widely expected, ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    Conservative state agriculture ministers demand 800 million euros to save German forests

    02 Aug 2019, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 Germany needs a 鈥渘ational master plan鈥 to save its forests as carbon sinks and the federal government should provide 800 million euros over the coming four years to states ...
  • 16 Dec 2022 |

    鈥淢颈迟迟别濒蝉迟补苍诲鈥 action programme to support German SMEs' climate efforts

    16 Dec 2022, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Finance 麻豆无码版 With a new action programme containing financial incentives and support measures for its famed 鈥淢颈迟迟别濒蝉迟补苍诲鈥 sector of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), Germany ...
  • 17 Oct 2024 |

    Germany, wind power industry agree steps to improve security and competitiveness

    17 Oct 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Europe's wind power industry and the German government have agreed on a set of measures to tackle challenges regarding the sector鈥檚 competitiveness, continued investments ...
  • 13 Dec 2018 |

    鈥淎ll countries face same challenges, but some simply tackle them鈥- Green MP

    13 Dec 2018, 18:20 The global community is closely watching 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 lagging domestic climate action, which certainly does not help the country鈥檚 credibility in international negotiations, says Lisa Badum, climate policy spokesperson of the Greens' ...
  • German state environment ministers call for 60% EU emission cut target

    16 Nov 2020, 14:15 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International Der Spiegel Germany's state environment ministers back the European Parliament's call for raising the bloc's 2030 emission target to a 60 percent ...
  • 28 Nov 2022 |

    German government approves price cap for gas and electricity

    28 Nov 2022, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 In a bid to shield households and businesses from the drastic increase in energy prices, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has approved a draft law to cap the price of electricity and gas ...
  • 16 May 2023 |

    Heat pump installation plans may overburden 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid- energy industry

    16 May 2023, 13:43 Jessica Bateman Grid Heating 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid may struggle to cope with the millions of heat pumps planned for installation around the country, experts have warned. The government is aiming to connect 500,000 heat pumps to the ...
  • 04 Jul 2023 |

    Europe needs hydrogen market debate to ensure technology leadership 鈥 energy industry

    04 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Europe must debate a framework to ramp-up a hydrogen economy on the continent as a key element of its move towards climate neutrality, said German energy industry association BDEW. 鈥淭here ...
  • 25 Oct 2022 |

    Tighter energy efficiency laws put 鈥渕assive burden鈥 on data centres 鈥 digital association

    25 Oct 2022, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 麻豆无码版 The proposed energy efficiency laws in Germany might place a too heavy burden on data centres and could drive them out of the country, digital association Bitkom said in a press ...
  • 24 Sep 2019 |

    Merkel's commitment to climate neutrality by 2050 at UN summit not enough 鈥 critics

    24 Sep 2019, 13:45 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Oxfam Germany Climate & CO2 COP21 Freja Eriksen Climate & ...
  • 06 Mar 2024 |

    Environmental group calls to halt LNG expansion ahead of German economy minister鈥檚 trip to the U.S.

    06 Mar 2024, 11:46 Julian Wettengel Gas International 麻豆无码版 / Zeit Online / t-online The NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has called on economy minister Robert Habeck to follow the example of the U.S. government and declare a moratorium ...
  • 18 May 2020 |

    German government coalition agreement removes key hurdles to renewables rollout

    18 May 2020, 18:14 The German government has agreed to remove key hurdles to the rollout of renewable energies that had begun to slow the country's landmark energy transition. The deal between chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance ...
  • Petersberg Climate Dialogue will focus on green recovery 鈥 German and UK govts

    24 Apr 2020, 13:40 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 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 ...
  • 13 Nov 2017 |

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

    13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on developed nations to advance technology and make investments to combat climate change / Protesters interrupt US event on "cleaner fossil fuels" / Peruvian farmer effected by climate change ...
  • 16 Apr 2025 |

    2025 ushered in by drought across Germany and Europe 鈥 weather service

    16 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany has seen its driest February to mid-April months since 1931,聽 according to the country's meteorological service DWD. 聽聽 DWD 聽recorded about 40 litres of rain per square ...
  • 25 Jun 2018 |

    Greens want to re-introduce nuclear fuel tax

    The Greens parliamentary group wants to re-introduce the nuclear fuel tax and use it to pay the compensation to nuclear power plant operators for losses after the government pulled forward its nuclear power exit in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    Promoting Green Deal beyond EU central issue for German G7 presidency 鈥 climate minister

    12 Jan 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel EU G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 Climate action tops the agenda of the German presidency of the G7 group of influential economies, which the new economy and climate ministry aims (BMWK) to use to improve greenhouse gas ...
  • The race is on to climate-proof Europe鈥檚 water resources

    31 Aug 2023, 10:00 Climate change is putting Europe鈥檚 water resources under immense pressure. Scientists expect heavy rain and dry periods to happen more often, be more severe, and last longer, leading to floods and droughts. Without swift mitigation and ...
  • Germany stops renewables funding via power bills to make electricity cheaper

    29 Apr 2022, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Policy 麻豆无码版 German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on the power price as of 1 July 2022. The German federal parliament (Bundestag) passed ...
  • 20 Jul 2022 |

    Tesla sued in Germany over possible customer deception regarding CO2 emissions

    20 Jul 2022, 13:56 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business 麻豆无码版 Customer protection association vzbv has filed a lawsuit against Tesla over ...
  • German companies' climate investment plans remain largely stable in 2025- survey

    18 Jun 2025, 13:52 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 18 Sep 2023 |

    Gov't asks German cities and municipalities to provide climate change risk assessments

    18 Sep 2023, 13:34 Edgar Meza Adaptation Cities Table.Media The German government has called for municipalities to prepare risk analyses on the expected impacts of climate change throughout Germany. In an interview with Table.Media, environment minister ...
  • 29 Mar 2019 |

    Greta Thunberg joins German students for climate protest in Berlin

    29 Mar 2019, 14:03 Swedish activist Greta Thunberg visited Berlin on Friday, joining thousands of young people who took to the streets in the most recent "Fridays for Future" school strike demanding more action on climate change. Protesters ...
  • 01 Mar 2019 |

    Young climate activist Greta Thunberg visits Germany for Friday school strikes

    01 Mar 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society dpa / Tagesspiegel The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 school strikes for climate action give her 鈥渁 lot of hope,鈥 news agency dpa reports in an article in the ...
  • 11 Jul 2025 |

    German railway lacks strategy to escape 鈥減ermanent crisis鈥 鈥 federal auditors

    11 Jul 2025, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Transport ARD / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal auditors have called on the government to tackle the fundamental problems of the national railway operator Deutsche Bahn 鈥渟ystematically and holistically鈥, arguing ...
  • 15 Mar 2023 |

    鈥淥verwhelming majority鈥 supports acceleration of renewables roll-out in Germany 鈥 survey

    15 Mar 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 The German government can count on very broad popular support for its plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energies, a survey has revealed. 鈥淭he population is ready for a ...
  • 14 Jun 2023 |

    Breaching 1.5掳C limit would jeopardise security, says novel German govt strategy

    14 Jun 2023, 13:45 Exceeding the 1.5掳C temperature limit of the Paris Climate Agreement would jeopardise the prospect of living in security and prosperity in Germany and globally, says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first-ever National Security Strategy. In the document, the ...
  • 10 Mar 2022 |

    EU climate plans must become 'Apollo programme for energy sovereignty' 鈥 NGOs

    10 Mar 2022, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang International EU The European Parliament and the EU member states must insist on improvements to the European Commission's insufficient plans for emission reduction to rapidly make the bloc more independent from ...
  • Preview 2024: Germany must incentivise flexible electricity consumption 鈥 consultancy

    21 Dec 2023, 13:32 As聽Germany strives for a renewable-driven power sector, regulators should enable a more flexible electricity demand, says Nicolas Leicht, energy market expert at Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research. Incentives such as locational price signals, as ...
  • 16 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 11: Germany ratifies Doha / Canada, UK march ahead on coal

    16 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany ratifies Doha without joint EU move / 鈥淚f the talks continue this way, we will reach our negotiation targets鈥 鈥 German negotiator / UK and Canada march ahead on coal exit, NGOs criticise Germany / 鈥淢ove away from fossils if you ...
  • 14 Dec 2018 |

    COP24 blog: "We don't want just any outcome, we want a good one"- env min

    14 Dec 2018, 11:00 Germany is under scrutiny at the UN climate summit COP24 in Poland: the country will fail to meet its 2020 climate target and only the next year will show if a push to phase-out coal-fired power production will result in an end date for ...
  • 24 Aug 2021 |

    Climate change made floods in western Europe more likely 鈥 report

    24 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity ...
  • Debate over future of German coal heats up ahead of climate action plan

    21 Nov 2014, 00:00 Ten days before the plan to fix 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 "climate gap" is set for cabinet approval, it is still unclear how much the power sector will contribute toward the carbon emissions target of a 40 percent cut by 2020. Expert BMWi- ...
  • 27 Jun 2025 |

    Climate-proofing Germany's buildings to cost at least 鈧137 billion over next decade- report

    27 Jun 2025, 12:41 S枚ren Amelang Construction 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 house owners will have to spend at least 137 billion euros by 2035 to climate-proof their houses and buildings, a report by consultancy Prognos commissioned by building materials ...
  • 24 Feb 2021 |

    German forests massively damaged due to droughts, heat waves 鈥 2020 report

    24 Feb 2021, 16:12 German forests have been damaged heavily by droughts, bark beetle infestations, storms and forest fires in recent years. In 2020, more surveyed trees died than in any year before, said the Forest Condition Report 2020 by the agriculture ...
  • 16 Jun 2021 |

    Public support for energy transition continues, but KfW expects less willingness to invest

    16 Jun 2021, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Energiewende 麻豆无码版 A large majority of the German public continues to support the energy transition, but financial hardships as a result of the coronavirus pandemic could dampen households鈥 willingness to ...
  • 15 Sep 2023 |

    Less than half of Germans endorse climate damage compensation to poor nations 鈥 survey

    15 Sep 2023, 11:38 Aniket Narawad Climate & CO2 Society Only 47 percent of people in Germany agree that high-income countries should take the lead on compensating low-income countries for climate change-led economic losses, one of the lowest support ...
  • 11 Jan 2016

    How to exit coal / 麻豆无码版 policy "reminiscent of GDR"

    11 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Agora Energiewende 鈥淗ow the exit from coal power generation by 2040 can be managed鈥 Germany can exit coal by 2040 without significant effects on power prices or supply security, and the government ...
  • 26 Mar 2024 |

    Windiest year in over a decade enabled Germany's 2023 renewables "success" 鈥 weather service

    26 Mar 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 The year 2023 was the windiest in Germany in more than 15 years, providing excellent conditions for wind electricity generation, said Germany's National Meteorological ...
  • 贰虫别肠耻迟颈惫别蝉鈥 climate change awareness on rise globally, less so in Germany

    19 Jan 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The executives of companies worldwide are becoming increasingly concerned about climate change, but in Germany less so in global comparison, said ...
  • 22 Feb 2022 |

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

    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
  • 20 Nov 2017 |

    Germany reacts to collapse of coalition talks

    20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
  • 17 Mar 2021 |

    Fridays for Future plans protests in 210 German cities to highlight 1.5掳C limit

    17 Mar 2021, 12:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics 麻豆无码版 Climate activists from the Fridays for Future movement across the world will take to the streets on Friday 19 March for their seventh Global Climate Strike. With the slogan ...
  • 03 Jul 2019 |

    Shutdown of hard coal plants in Germany initially via tenders 鈥 economy minister

    03 Jul 2019, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Coal Policy Tagesspiegel Background German economy minister Peter Altmaier said the government plans to agree on a 鈥淗ard Coal Exit Law鈥 in autumn, and the decision on which plants are shut down first will be taken via ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Indonesia to receive 鈧2.5 bn in loans from German development ministry for climate projects

    11 Feb 2022, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Government International 麻豆无码版 The German government plans to support climate and environmental protection projects in Indonesia with credits worth 2.5 billion euros by 2025, the German development ...
  • BETD22: Supporting energy transition in developing nations more urgent amid war

    30 Mar 2022, 15:54 Renewable energy sources are the answer to both the climate crisis and the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, said ministers at the Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue. Experts, politicians, business leaders and ...
  • 13 Jun 2025 |

    World must unite at Bonn talks to deliver on climate goals despite US exit 鈥 NGO

    13 Jun 2025, 12:07 Jack McGovan International 麻豆无码版 The international community must put on a united front at the upcoming climate negotiations in Bonn to prove it can pursue effective climate policy even without the US, environmental NGO ...
  • Need to take into account citizens鈥 wishes and concerns for climate action in transport 鈥 acatech

    07 May 2019, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 An increasing number of Germans say they have major worries about climate change (61 percent in 2019 compared to 37 percent in 2017) and many are calling for action in ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    Merkel says financial markets must change to better support climate action

    16 May 2019, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel says the need for a reform of financial markets along sustainability criteria is one of the most pressing challenges the sector is facing. ...
  • 16 Sep 2019 |

    Germany needs major change in climate strategy 鈥 media comments

    16 Sep 2019, 14:03 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Rheinische Post / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The ideas the German government's climate cabinet members and government parties have put on the table so far "will hardly be ...
  • 07 Nov 2019 |

    Saxony's state premier says climate package 'discriminates against people in Germany'

    07 Nov 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Focus Online The premier of the eastern German state of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, has criticised the federal government's climate action package, arguing that it "discriminates ...
  • 05 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's finance industry struggles to marry climate action and business strategy

    05 Sep 2019, 12:00 Banks, insurers and investment funds in Germany look back at nearly two decades of energy transition 鈥 but many of the biggest actors still struggle to embrace its potential as a core business area. While most are well aware of the ...
  • 08 Feb 2022 |

    France and Germany plan revamp of their energy cooperation

    08 Feb 2022, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Government EU 麻豆无码版 France and Germany, who have recently been at odds over the future role of nuclear and gas, will intensify their cooperation on climate action in Europe and work ...
  • German states and federal government clash over renewables law reform

    13 Nov 2020, 14:53 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Government pv magazine / 麻豆无码版 The German government this week rejected a range of changes to the draft reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), which had been proposed by the the ...
  • 27 Jun 2025 |

    Germany joins other EU members to call for changes to bloc鈥檚 new emissions trading system

    27 Jun 2025, 12:50 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market EU Tagesspiegel Background More than a dozen EU member states, including Germany, have called on the European Commission to change its plans for the introduction of a carbon price on transport and heating ...
  • 29 Apr 2024 |

    Utilities call for state money to fund decommissioning of German gas grid

    29 Apr 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Utilities dpa / n-tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 local utility association VKU has called for public support to finance the decommissioning of the country鈥檚 natural gas grid and avoid high fees for customers, news agency dpa ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    Germany already experiencing serious consequences of climate change 鈥 weather service

    01 Apr 2025, 12:50 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Implementation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hydrogen plans lagging behind 鈥 report

    25 Apr 2024, 13:53 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |
    Gas

    Certification of Nord Stream 2 pipeline suspended over legal details

    16 Nov 2021, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal ...
  • 25 Jun 2024 |

    EU gas supply still not secure against potential future crises 鈥 report

    25 Jun 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The EU isn鈥檛 prepared to properly deal with a future gas crisis like the one resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new report ...
  • 28 Nov 2022 |

    Climate activists to be evicted from German town next to coal mine in January

    28 Nov 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Society Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Climate activists occupying the western German town of L眉tzerath to prevent it from being destroyed to make way for a nearby coal mine are to be evicted from January next ...
  • Utilities are frontrunners in digital and ecological transitions among German companies 鈥 survey

    17 Jul 2025, 13:51 Edgar Meza Business Utilities Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 As Germany seeks to support and promote the 鈥渢win transition鈥 towards environmental sustainability and digitalisation, a survey found that ...
  • 07 Dec 2021 |

    Cannabis plant could contribute to German sustainability efforts post legalisation 鈥 industry

    07 Dec 2021, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Bioenergy 麻豆无码版 The potential of cannabis for climate action and sustainability should be included in the new German government coalition鈥檚 plans, the German Cannabis Industry Association (BvCW) ...
  • 16 Jun 2020 |

    Solar cap removal not enough to bring clean energy to scale- German renewables industry

    16 Jun 2020, 14:53 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 06 Aug 2020 |

    Germany's CDU Economic Council rejects ECB role in climate action as "pure industrial policy"

    06 Aug 2020, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International Handelsblatt The German business association CDU Economic Council, associated with Angela Merkel鈥檚 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, opposes plans by the European Central Bank (ECB) to make ...
  • 23 Jun 2023 |

    French-German energy policy rift puts EU鈥檚 climate lead at risk- expert

    23 Jun 2023, 10:00 As the two largest economies in the European Union, France and Germany, for at least a decade have acted as the bloc鈥檚 key drivers of more ambitious climate action. A glaring gap in the two countries鈥 energy policy has been exposed in ...
  • 29 Nov 2023 |

    German budget challenges could affect EU budget, debt rules, industrial policy 鈥 media report

    29 Nov 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Policy EU Table.Media The consequences of Germany's current budget struggles will have implications on the European Union, but the extent of the impact will depend on decisions taken by the ruling coalition ...
  • "Signal for trust鈥 to developing nations needed with $100bn climate finance plan 鈥 German state sec

    21 Sep 2021, 14:04 The German state secretary in the environment ministry, Jochen Flasbarth, has called on wealthy nations to do more on climate finance and come up with a plan to reach the target of mobilising 100 billion U.S. dollars per year for ...
  • 08 Jul 2025 |

    Decarbonising housing could provide sector with economic boost 鈥 report

    08 Jul 2025, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 The real estate industry could profit from efforts to decarbonise housing in Germany, for example by retrofitting, switching heating systems and carrying out other efficiency improvements, said ...
  • 07 Feb 2023 |

    German car industry and politicians say new Euro 7 car emissions target technically unfeasible

    07 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility EU Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The planned EU car emissions target norm, Euro 7, has come under fire from the German car industry and the country鈥檚 transport minister, who argue the regulation will threaten many ...
  • Preview 2021: 'Industry fears pandemic widens gap in global climate ambitions'

    16 Dec 2020, 10:18 The European Green Deal will move from words to action in 2021 and trigger a "tremendous wave of reforms" that are of key concern to German industry, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at the ...
  • 15 Apr 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government wants coal states to foot part of exit bill

    15 Apr 2019, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Frankfurter ...
  • 22 Nov 2022 |

    Carmakers need to introduce sustainable finance in company ratings to succeed 鈥 think tank

    22 Nov 2022, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Finance 麻豆无码版 Achieving a climate-friendly transition in the automotive sector will require better information disclosure by carmakers to make the sector fit for investments from financial actors ...
  • 01 Nov 2023 |

    People in Germany doubtful that 2030 climate targets will be achieved 鈥 survey

    01 Nov 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany are increasingly doubtful that the country will achieve its 2030 climate targets, from the expansion of renewable energy to the growth of electric vehicles on the country& ...
  • 06 Jul 2018 |

    WWF, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management launch green climate tracker

    The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and WWF Germany have developed a new online platform that assesses the climate impact of financial regulations in Germany and the EU. The Finance Fit for Paris tracker reviews laws and current measures to ...
  • 26 Jul 2024

    In brief | 26 July '24

    26 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Reuters: German, French companies less hopeful over economic recovery Companies in the euro zone's two largest economies are growing more pessimistic, surveys showed on Thursday (26 July), raising concerns over ...
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    In brief | 3 July '25

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  • Opposition says new economy minister Habeck neglects businesses amid climate push

    14 Jan 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Government 麻豆无码版 / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The ambitious energy transition plans by new German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck have drawn criticism from the opposition, ...
  • 18 Jul 2023 |

    German workers should adopt 鈥榮iesta鈥 break to escape extreme heat, public health officers say

    18 Jul 2023, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society RND Public health officers in Germany have proposed to introduce a midday break akin to the Spanish 鈥榮iesta鈥 to protect workers during the hottest hours of the day, media network RND reported. 鈥淲e ...
  • 15 Jul 2025

    In brief | 15 July '25

    15 Jul 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: EU to outline what tech can be used for permanent CO2 removal The European Commission will outline rules for certifying tools such as Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage, Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage and ...
  • 04 Nov 2022 |

    Europe鈥檚 credibility at risk during UN climate talks amid energy crisis

    04 Nov 2022, 14:20 The European Union aims to take on a leadership role when the global community meets in Egypt for the annual UN climate change conference. But a unified European voice is difficult to maintain as member states are hampered by ...
  • 04 Jun 2019 |

    Climate action is our new foreign policy imperative鈥 鈥 German foreign minister

    04 Jun 2019, 13:50 German foreign minister Heiko Maas has said that climate action is the country鈥檚 new foreign policy imperative, as the security implications of its effects can already be seen across the globe. Germany aims to play a leading role in the ...
  • EU and Germany hold pivotal role to drive global climate ambition 2020

    07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
  • 11 Apr 2022 |

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

    11 Apr 2022, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Security Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland Climate action must not be eroded as governments focus on Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine and its effects on the economy, the head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment agency ...
  • Fiscal instruments exist to finance 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate investments 鈥 think tanks

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  • 21 Jul 2020 |

    Majority of Germans say climate action a priority despite coronavirus challenge

    21 Jul 2020, 13:41 Expert RWI 鈥 Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥 Leibniz-Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert ZEW- Centre for European Economic Research Zentrum f眉r ...
  • 16 Jan 2024 |

    Cuts to German farmers鈥 diesel fuel subsidies largely justified 鈥 economists

    16 Jan 2024, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Augsburger Allgemeine In a parliamentary hearing, economists have largely backed the German government鈥檚 insistence on gradually phasing out subsidies for diesel fuel ...
  • 22 Nov 2023 |

    Scholz to meet car industry amid doubts that Germany can meet electric vehicle targets

    22 Nov 2023, 12:39 Jack McGovan Cars Spiegel German chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to meet with heads of the car industry this coming Monday to discuss electric vehicle targets as part of the country鈥檚 plans to move away from fossil fuels, reports Spiegel. ...
  • 08 Dec 2022 |
    Gas

    German state 鈥渄e facto speculator鈥 on gas markets in efforts to fill storages

    08 Dec 2022, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background The German state acted as a 鈥渄e facto speculator鈥 by supplying state funds and instructing Trading Hub Europe (THE) earlier this year to buy gas to fill the country鈥檚 storages quickly, ...
  • 15 Dec 2014

    In the media: Public utilities, lignite, RWE, and Germany's performance in Lima

    15 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓lectricity crime story鈥 Wherever they can afford it, German towns and municipalities have been buying back power grids and gas supply networks and are beginning to generate ...
  • 17 May 2019 |

    Teenage Fridays For Future activist challenges German carmaker BMW at AGM

    17 May 2019, 13:00 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The 18-year old student and Fridays ForFuture activist Ferdinand Klemm has ...
  • 09 Nov 2020 |

    Europeans express relief, hope for climate cooperation after Biden win

    09 Nov 2020, 14:57 European leaders, researchers and media commentators breathed a collective sigh of relief following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential elections and expressed hope for a new partnership on combating climate change. The news ...
  • 05 Dec 2018 |

    US citizens more optimistic about economic potential of climate action than Europeans

    05 Dec 2018, 13:44 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 EIB / YouGov US citizens are somewhat more optimistic than EU citizens about the economic benefits of measures to combat climate change, according to a survey by online pollster ...
  • 01 Mar 2022 |

    Germany to prescribe minimum levels for gas storages, set up 30-day coal reserve

    01 Mar 2022, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Wind 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel / Bloomberg The German government is set to introduce a law to prescribe minimum levels for the country鈥檚 gas storages, according to economy and climate ministry plans seen by ...
  • 12 Dec 2022 |

    Germany sets renewable power record in 2022, but is off-track for 2030 target

    12 Dec 2022, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany is set to produce a record 256 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity from renewable sources this year, but the amount is still insufficient to put it on track to its 2030 targets, ...
  • 21 Jun 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland

    21 Jun 2024, 11:59 Poland is emerging from a long election cycle- from parliamentary elections last October that brought a change of government to local ballots in April, and finally the European Parliament elections earlier this month. All these bring ...
  • 19 Jun 2023 |

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

    19 Jun 2023, 12:45 Voters in Germany, alongside other EU citizens, will head to the polls one year from now to elect a new European Parliament and lay the groundwork for the next European Union executive to shape energy and climate policy for five years. ...
  • Geared-up Germany enters second winter without Russian gas

    02 Nov 2023, 13:44 Germany is entering its second winter without the Russian gas supplies it used to take for granted. But the country is much better prepared than it was in 2022: Stockpiles are full, capacities for alternative imports have been increased ...
  • German commission proposes coal exit by 2038

    17 May 2019, 09:20 The final report of Germany's coal exit commission sets out a pathway for the country to phase out the fossil power source and make progress on its slow emissions reductions. Delegations from industry, environmental NGOs, civil ...
  • What energy & climate stakeholders want from Germany's next government

    14 Sep 2017, 00:00 Environmentalists, business associations, lobby groups, think tanks and researchers have all drawn up their wish list for future energy and climate policy ahead of the federal elections on 24 September. Whatever coalition German ...
  • 01 Aug 2025 |
    EU

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

    01 Aug 2025, 08:00 Journalists! Mark your calendars 鈥 or rather let us do it for you. Europe is complicated and even journalists from EU member states sometimes struggle to understand how climate and energy policy is made, and when institutions take key ...
  • 27 Nov 2024 |

    Polls reveal citizen support for climate action and energy transition

    27 Nov 2024, 13:00 The German public has put climate action at the top of its policy priorities for several years and remains strongly in support of the transition to a low-carbon and nuclear-free economy. The picture across Europe is more diverse, ...
  • How to unpick a company net zero target in 7 steps

    17 Nov 2022, 14:00 More and more companies are racing to outdo each other with green pledges to strike net zero emissions. But what's behind these bids to wipe out their contribution to climate change? Journalists and consumers alike are often out of ...
  • Climate & energy stumbling blocks for Jamaica-coalition talks

    27 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germany might be headed towards a new chapter in its political history with a governing coalition of the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the economic liberal FDP, and the environmentalist Green Party looming as a real prospect for the ...
  • Q&A: COP28 and the 100 billion U.S. dollar climate finance commitment

    29 Nov 2023, 09:55 Two weeks before the start of the UN climate conference COP28 in Dubai, the OECD has said developed countries might have finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars climate finance in 2022, two years later ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

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

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

    Q&A 鈥 麻豆无码版 crisis reignites debate about fracking in Germany

    02 Jan 2023, 10:20 The energy crisis has revived the German debate into the controversial gas extraction method known as unconventional hydraulic fracturing 鈥 or simply fracking 鈥 as the country looks for alternatives to Russian supply. However, there is ...
  • 11 Jul 2023 |
    EU

    Q&A 鈥 Italy strives to become EU energy leader a year ahead of 2024 EU vote

    11 Jul 2023, 10:35 In early June 2024, Italian citizens will head to the polls to elect their representatives in the European Parliament, along with the other member states. Public debate remains fierce with continued inflation and energy woes, and ...
  • Opportunities and opposition 鈥 East Germany's oscillating energy transition

    30 Aug 2024, 12:00 Beyond technical necessities, any country's energy system is the result of political preferences, the general state of development, resource endowment and the level of demand from citizens and businesses. In Germany, this led to ...
  • 20 Sep 2017 |

    Campaign quotes: What Merkel & Schulz say about Energiewende issues

    20 Sep 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel promises more precise climate goals after the elections; contender Martin Schulz calls for a binding e-car quota. In the run-up to the federal elections in Germany on 24 September, 麻豆无码版 presents key campaign ...
  • What does the coalition deal mean for renewables, coal and the power market in Germany?

    08 Dec 2021, 12:13 One of the core topics of the new German government's plan for the next four years is putting the country on track to meet its 2045 climate neutrality target 鈥 and key to this goal is the build-up of renewable energies and the ...
  • Q&A 鈥 Italy considers controversial return to nuclear power

    18 Dec 2024, 15:01 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
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    Both doom and bloom- psychologists advise on covering climate change

    07 Feb 2023, 09:48 Milou Dirkx Society As the effects of climate change become increasingly visible and extreme, feelings of climate anxiety are on the rise. How can journalists best take emotions like these into account without amplifying them? A new ...
  • 10 Oct 2024 |
    EU

    Where to begin if you plan to cover energy and climate policymaking in Brussels

    10 Oct 2024, 12:31 Boris Schneider EU For a reporter who wants to get a foot in the door of EU energy and climate coverage, finding the right entry point poses the first and obvious challenge. But an often underestimated problem is allocating your ...
  • Climate and energy in France's snap elections 鈥 a view from Germany

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  • 23 Jun 2023 |

    Nuclear, gas, renewables: What will power the EU's 'Franco-German engine' in the future?

    23 Jun 2023, 14:00 Camille Lafrance Benjamin Wehrmann International EU 麻豆无码版 has set out on a cross-border cooperation project between France and Germany to understand why the two core EU members France and Germany struggle to agree on a ...
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  • ZERO Association (Portugal)

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  • IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, 麻豆无码版 and Mobility

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  • Prof. Jos Delbeke (Belgium)

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  • 29 Oct 2024 |

    COP of finance 鈥 Reporting on the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan

    29 Oct 2024 Berlin Money will play the central role when negotiators from almost 200 countries descend on Azerbaijan's capital Baku in November for the 29th UN climate change conference. Governments face tough talks on a new goal describing how ...
  • RESEARCH TOUR: Green Deal under pressure? Climate and energy plans by the European Commission and Parliament

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  • 07 Apr 2022 |

    Funding for Future: How sustainable finance reshapes climate action 鈥 and why journalists should listen more closely

    07 Apr 2022 Berlin The financial system's role in international climate action efforts has moved into the spotlight in the past few years as investors around the world put pressure on companies to disclose the environmental or social impact of their ...
  • 05 Dec 2022 |

    Research Tour: How is the EU balancing climate action and the energy crisis?

    05- 07 Dec 2022 Brussels Following Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine, the EU faces significant challenges in its efforts to address rising energy prices and its attempt to substitute large fossil energy deliveries from Russia. As the bloc has embarked on the ...
  • Can companies save the planet? Sustainable investment between greenwashing and real impact

    15 Feb 2023 Berlin Many companies worldwide claim that they are caring for climate and environment. They promise climate and carbon neutrality not only for toothpaste or travel, but also products from the financial sector. As part of 麻豆无码版& ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Masterclass: How to report on climate adaptation

    31 May 2023 Berlin In the face of ever more destructive heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and floods, adaptation remains a keystone of climate action. Cities, regions, and entire countries across the globe must act now to prepare for the full impact of ...
  • Magbitang

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