16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
03 Nov 2021, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Policy 91tv Climate action programmes introduced by the current and previous grand coalition governments under chancellor Angela Merkel aren鈥檛 enough for Germany to reach its greenhouse gas reduction ...
23 Aug 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv A broad alliance of more than 40 civil society associations and organisations聽 has called on the German government to step-up climate measures as the country is projected to miss its ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The German government has agreed upon the final version of its comprehensive climate action programme 2023, which NGOs criticised as insufficient to reach greenhouse gas ...
17 May 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A German court has ruled that the country's government must improve its climate policy plans to reach the 2030 emissions reduction target, as ...
23 Aug 2023, 09:00 The German coalition government鈥檚 Climate Action Programme 2023 is insufficient to meet 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets- and overestimates its total potential to lower emissions, said the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on ...
30 Nov 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Policy Government 91tv The German government will have to present emergency climate action programmes with short-term measures to reduce emissions in the transport and building sectors, ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will make good on a key coalition agreement promise this week and present an 鈥渋mmediate climate action programme鈥� with measures in all economic ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German environmental NGO umbrella association DNR and 54 other organisations are calling on the German government to back up the soon-to-be revised Climate Action Law with ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Germany's government will have to amend its national clean air programme and present effective measures to reduce air pollution in line with EU rules, a court has ruled. ...
14 Jun 2023, 19:55 The German economy and climate ministry has presented a long-awaited climate action package, but the comprehensive policy proposals will remain insufficient for putting Europe鈥檚 largest economy on track for meeting its 2030 emission ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to reach 2030 targets is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥� and in violation of EU law, said NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and filed a lawsuit ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Transport Heating Policy 91tv 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 ...
13 Jul 2022, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Heating Government 91tv German government ministries have launched a set of immediate action programmes that are to ensure emission reductions in the laggard buildings and transport sectors ...
05 Mar 2024, 12:10 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's government has appealed November's court ruling that required it to present emergency climate measures after failing emissions reduction targets in ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:27 After months of delay, lawmakers from Germany's coalition government have agreed to a reform of the country's climate action law, which would weaken the responsibility of ministries to ensure targets in their sectors are met. ...
26 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
09 Oct 2019, 17:06 The German government cabinet has adopted the country鈥檚 first framework climate law and a detailed programme of measures to reach national and European targets for 2030. Against the backdrop of climate action protests by the Extinction ...
07 May 2025, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics 91tv The election of Friedrich Merz as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country鈥檚 energy, industry, and ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Policy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has greenlighted a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law, which is set to effectively weaken ministerial responsibility for excessive emissions in ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government鈥檚 coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv 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 ...
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07 Feb 2025, 11:27 91tv Team Climate Home: UN gives countries more time to submit 鈥渜uality鈥� climate plans for 2035 The head of the UN climate change body has urged countries to submit new 鈥渇irst-rate鈥� climate targets by September, after only a handful of ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must massively increase climate action efforts in order to triple the current average annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions, ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:03 Germany is facing a significant gap between estimated greenhouse gas emission reductions and targets over the coming 20 years, a draft government report shows. Germany recently decided to reduce emissions by 65 percent by 2030. However, ...
03 May 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is planning to support up to four gigawatt (GW) electrolyser capacity and wants to get rid of the last inland flights for the postal ...
22 Aug 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany will miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045 without additional measures despite considerable progress being made, according to the emissions projections report 2023 by the ...
13 Apr 2021, 12:32 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background [UPDATE adds draft programme key content] The German Left Party (Die Linke) looks set to out ...
06 May 2022, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Finance 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated climate action budget 鈥� the Energy and Climate Fund (KTF) 鈥� isn鈥檛 big enough to fully cover the necessary climate-friendly transformation costs, ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is aiming for higher renewables expansion targets for 2030 as part of ...
12 Aug 2020, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has appointed the members of the 鈥淓xpert Council on Climate Issues鈥�, an independent body that is to advice the government on the implementation of ...
13 May 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Freight 91tv Delaying climate action in the transport sector will lead to a significantly more expensive transition to climate neutrality by 2045, said think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a new ...
12 Oct 2020, 13:37 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 91tv The German Climate Action Programme 2030 will only become ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:30 Leading climate experts have called on the next German government voted in after the February snap election to reintroduce the so-called 鈥�climate cabinet鈥�. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition is moving ahead to implement its climate action plan to put the country back on track to reach 2030 targets. The cabinet has adopted several legislative drafts to mould the decisions into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 tax ...
14 Jul 2022, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating 91tv The government action programmes for bringing the high-emitting transport and buildings sectors back on their emission reduction trajectories, has been criticised for ...
22 Nov 2019, 12:01 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Business sentiment in the German solar power ...
07 Jan 2022, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany has veered off its path towards reaching its 2030 climate target, as the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (t CO2 eq) in ...
19 Sep 2019, 13:37 Germany's governing parties are heading into the final talks over what finance minister Olaf Scholz has said must be a "big and convincing step for climate action." But CO鈧� pricing and a proposed major framework climate ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
29 Mar 2023, 14:19 The German government coalition has overcome a month-long dispute with a deal on comprehensive reforms in climate and environmental protection, the acceleration of major infrastructure projects, and billions for the modernisation of ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany can still achieve its 2030 climate targets as long as a number of requirements are met, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) concluded in a new report. These include the expansion ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:46 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 91tv, Tagesschau, Focus Online The German cabinet has passed a climate emergency programme allocating an additional 8.1 billion euros for climate protection measures over the next five ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:44 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 91tv / Spektrum Forests across Germany have become a source of carbon dioxide for the first time since records began, that鈥檚 the takeaway from a report by the agriculture ministry (BMEL). ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:17 Germany's Council of Experts on Climate Change has confirmed that the country's transport sector again exceeded its annual greenhouse gas emissions limit in 2023, and that current policies are insufficient to put the sector on ...
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 Feb 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv The German government is 鈥榮ystematically blocking鈥� important climate protection measures despite legally binding targets for emission reductions in all sectors, according to a group of ...
26 Aug 2020, 12:23 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of Energy ...
22 Aug 2024, 12:32 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating Rheinische Post Reaching Germany's district heating goals was put in jeopardy following planned cuts to the country's 2025 budget, local utilities association VKU warned, as reported by ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:07 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's climate policy and action are "insufficient" to meet its national and international climate targets,聽 according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) project. ...
06 Feb 2019, 13:38 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv ...
06 Mar 2020, 14:24 S枚ren Amelang Transport Wirtschaftswoche Germany should postpone the introduction of an aviation levy designed to lower emissions because the sector has already been dealt a blow by the coronavirus, Klaus-Peter Willsch, aviation expert ...
04 Nov 2019, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Hydrogen 91tv Expanding Germany's e-car charging infrastructure and more support for electric mobility options will be key issues at a meeting between Germany's government and ...
28 Mar 2019, 13:25 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
18 Mar 2020, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency 91tv The German government has agreed to make energy efficiency a key criterion for public procurement. In an "important step towards climate neutrality," procurers must "purchase ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv With a very ambitious climate policy, the transport sector can be transformed in the long term from the "problem child" of German climate action efforts into one that ...
The government鈥檚 Climate Protection Report 2017 will confirm that Germany is set to miss its 2020 national climate target by a wide margin. A draft, seen by the 91tv, says that the country will only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32 ...
31 Jan 2020, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Wirtschaftswoche / 91tv Europe's largest coach service, FlixBus, has said it will discontinue many rural connections because the government only supports train travel with tax cuts, reports ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:20 Opposition parties have strongly criticised the German government coalition鈥檚 climate policy package in a first parliamentary debate on key legislative elements, such as the planned major climate action law. The first reading in the ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
18 Mar 2021, 14:03 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Heating 91tv The Federation of German Industries (BDI) wants ...
13 Apr 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv Greenhouse gas emission intensity, i.e. carbon emissions in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), last year increased in Germany for the first time since 2013, the Expert Council ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:08 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & ...
Federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks said that the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 will show more precise goals than her ministry鈥檚 final version, which is now in the consultation process with other ministries. 鈥淲e will have to put back ...
06 Mar 2020, 10:27 Germany's massive policy push to reach 2030 climate targets is insufficient, two studies commissioned by the government have found. Despite the agreement on a coal phase-out, the introduction of a CO2 price and a host of other ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Handelsblatt German transport minister Volker Wissing has been accused of breaking the country's Climate Protection Act in an expert report, newspaper聽Handelsblatt reports. According to the report ...
26 Apr 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has approved a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets, to the outrage of many NGOs who say the changes ...
25 Jun 2020, 13:24 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv The German government cabinet has approved the programme for its EU Council presidency one week before the start of its six-month tenure next week (1 ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing ...
12 Apr 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 91tv / Der Spiegel Representatives of German government coalition parties have voiced diverging views on the consequences for transport if a law reform is delayed that would ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:31 Kerstine Appunn EU 91tv The European Union鈥檚聽 forest strategy 聽should 鈥渕eaningfully flank and complement鈥� the forest policies of the member states but not replace them, the agriculture ministers of Germany and Austria have ...
07 Oct 2019, 16:41 The German government has presented a draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first-ever major Climate Action Law, which assigns flexible annual greenhouse gas budgets to economic sectors for the years 2020-2030, but does not make long-term climate targets ...
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 ...
27 Nov 2020, 14:33 A little more than one year after 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 so-called 鈥�climate cabinet鈥� presented a big policy package to reach 2030 climate targets, its members will meet again on 2 December 鈥� but this time only to take stock, not decisions. ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:11 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv The demand for energy-efficient building renovation programmes offered by Germany's government ...
21 Jun 2021, 12:30 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Left Party has agreed the most radical election programme yet in terms of climate protection goals and demands at its party convention on 19-20 June. Climate is the key ...
The Integrated Environment Programme 2030 environment minister Barbara Hendricks published yesterday reads in part like her political legacy and in part like a self-confident settling of accounts with some of her cabinet colleagues, writes Thorsten Knuf ...
06 Nov 2019, 09:11 Energy and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
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 & ...
21 Oct 2021, 13:32 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must act quickly, trigger large-scale investments and set the right framework to ensure the country transforms its economy to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said industry association BDI and Boston ...
30 May 2025, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of ...
13 Mar 2020, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv The measures outlined in the German government's climate package last year will likely not be sufficient to meet the country's 2030 climate targets, a聽 study ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Controversial plans by the German government to reform the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets faces legal challenges by NGOs and an opposition lawmaker ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Friday. ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
23 May 2019, 12:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Coal Climate & CO2 ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics dpa The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country's CO2聽price for heating and transport, which is scheduled to enter into force ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) has said it aims to strengthen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 competitiveness as a basis for ...
26 Sep 2019, 14:12 Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives insist on a low initial price tag for CO2 emissions to secure public acceptance for the government's new climate strategy. In the first parliamentary debate on the package unveiled ...
20 Apr 2021, 13:06 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz ...
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 ...
21 Feb 2019, 13:26 German environment minister Svenja Schulze has sent a first draft of the planned Climate Action Law to the chancellery for 鈥渆arly coordination鈥�, even as conservative politicians continue to criticise key elements and demand for it to be ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:12 Freja Eriksen Heating Tagesspiegel Background Following years of failed attempts, Germany will from January 2020 provide homeowners with tax incentives for energy efficient renovations, allowing them to deduct 20 percent of the costs ...
24 May 2024, 14:08 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs Clean Energy ...
11 Dec 2020, 13:05 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Agriculture 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture ministry has launched a 1-billion-euro 鈥滷armers for climate action鈥� package, including an investment programme worth 816 million euros to boost ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests can provide the annual sink capacity needed to achieve ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv The German government will make a total of 4 billion euros available by 2026 to improve the state of natural ecosystems, with the goal of making them more resilient and ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:42 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv聽 The German government coalition's first year in office has brought much-needed progress in key energy transition areas but still falls ...
15 Jan 2020, 14:02 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv The German rail service Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the country's transport ministry (BMVI) have sealed a contract ...
17 May 2022, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv / SZ / Tagesspiegel Background German energy industry association BDEW has called for a 鈥渉ydrogen ramp-up law鈥� to ensure that the country quickly takes the steps necessary to build up a market ...
More than 60 civil society groups under the umbrella organisation Climate Alliance are calling for an ambitious phase-out of coal-fired power generation, a higher goal for renewables expansion, and a CO鈧� floor price in the power sector. The alliance has ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥�, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥� winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥� ...
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 ...
04 Sep 2019, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The expansion of renewable electricity facilities, such as wind and solar PV parks, is the crucial challenge currently facing Germany's energy transition (Energiewende), ...
02 Aug 2019, 11:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
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 ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Policy dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau Climate policy experts from two of the three parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government have voiced concerns over the government鈥檚 planned reform of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
01 Sep 2022, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The German government has presented a draft action programme worth 4 billion euros over the coming four years for moorland protection, forest projects and other natural climate action ...
04 Dec 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy 91tv The energy ministers of Germany's federal states have criticised the government's climate package for being full of "gaps and shortcomings" and called for measures to ensure ...
28 May 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv In an effort to boost climate-neutrality in the shipping industry, the German government is bringing together representatives of the maritime sector, science, industrial and environmental ...
23 Jun 2020, 15:13 Tough talks on how to make the European Union climate neutral by 2050 are a major challenge for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 6-month EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020. The negotiations for a European economic recovery programme will be a ...
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12 Feb 2025, 10:35 91tv Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
30 Nov 2021, 13:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background The new Berlin state government consisting of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party has presented its coalition agreement on Monday. The threey-party ...
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 ...
16 Apr 2019, 13:59 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv [Update adds comment by environment ministry spokesperson] By the end of 2019, the German government will decide whether to introduce CO 鈧� pricing to reach its 2030 ...
19 Aug 2024, 13:26 Germany's coalition government has agreed a draft federal budget for 2025, which cuts funds earmarked for climate action and has come under fire for what researchers criticise as "optimistic assumptions without secure ...
24 Mar 2022, 12:26 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's environment ministry has launched a plan for immediate action on climate change adaptation. In a press release, the ministry said it will be supporting municipalities ...
24 Sep 2019, 13:58 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann ...
10 Jan 2024, 13:19 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa / MDR A planned cut to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 natural climate and ocean protection ...
15 Oct 2019, 12:27 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy surcharge (EEG surcharge) that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations will rise by about 5 percent to 6.756 cents per kilowatt hour (ct ...
21 Dec 2023, 13:00 Voters in the EU will head to the polls in June 2024 to elect the next European Parliament, kicking off a months-long process to pick the bloc鈥檚 new leadership that will shape climate policy until the end of the decade. It will face the ...
26 Jan 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport Cars 91tv Germany's strategy for transport infrastructure development is not oriented towards the country鈥檚 climate and environmental goals, according to an analysis conducted by ...
03 May 2021, 12:59 The landmark ruling from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 top court has catapulted climate to the top of the political debate as government coalition partners shifted into election campaign mode, blamed each other for shortcomings of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
17 Aug 2021, 12:19 Activists from the coalition group 鈥楢ugust Rise Up鈥� took to the streets in Berlin on Monday 16 August to call for more climate action six weeks ahead of the German federal election. Around two hundred people blocked the road in front of ...
21 Jan 2022, 18:40 The German government wants to use this year鈥檚 presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialised nations and democracies to improve the coordination of global efforts to combat climate change. 鈥淲e want to achieve that no ...
15 Mar 2024, 13:21 Germany is largely on track to reaching its national target to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, but is set to fail its EU goal for sectors such as transport, buildings and agriculture, according to ...
08 Apr 2020, 12:49 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv The climate ...
16 May 2025, 14:30 As Croatia goes to the polls for local elections on 18 May the green transition has been relatively absent in political campaigns. Citizen participation in the transition has picked up with the opening of the first large-scale solar ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:46 Ruby Russel Cost & Prices Government 91tv A pause on funding from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF) has been lifted for programmes under the economy and climate action ministry (BMWK). The option to apply ...
09 Dec 2020, 15:21 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Elections & Politics 91tv German government advisors have launched an urgent call on the country's political parties to make climate action a central topic in their programmes ...
08 Nov 2019, 14:02 Expert ZEW- Centre for European Economic Research Zentrum f眉r Europ盲ische Wirtschaftsforschung Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv A price on CO2聽emissions in Germany's buildings ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said in聽 its draft election campaign programme 聽that it aims to ensure the country is competitive in industry ...
10 Jul 2020, 12:50 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Green stimulus 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coronavirus crisis economic stimulus package must undergo a climate impact assessment to ensure ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Policy Society 91tv / Handelsblatt Greenpeace and Germanwatch filed a new constitutional complaint against the German government鈥檚 鈥渋nadequate鈥� climate policy, especially when it comes to the transport sector, ...
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 ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 91tv A first attempt to reduce excess emissions in Germany's buildings sector by launching an additional home energy refurbishment support programme is likely to be insufficient, ...
22 Nov 2024, 11:00 Social barriers make it tough for women to work in the solar sector in India, thwarting what could be a vibrant clean energy workforce in the world鈥檚 most populous country. Experts are calling for more attention to green skills and ...
10 Dec 2019, 13:24 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Rose-Anne Clermont Climate & CO2 91tv In time for the UN climate conference COP25 being held in Madrid, the German Federal Statistical ...
19 Jul 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 EUElections2024 91tv 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 ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:44 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Freja Eriksen Heating 91tv German energy efficiency ...
08 Jul 2021, 13:37 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Zeit The German Green Party's candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, has said her party would ...
10 May 2021, 14:29 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Zeit Online / Reuters 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democratic Party ...
09 Jun 2020, 12:55 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate ...
25 Feb 2020, 13:38 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Claudia Kemfert German ...
17 Jan 2020, 13:48 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
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. ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party is calling for major investments in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 infrastructure, energy system, industry and administration to use decarbonisation and the energy transition as an ...
28 Mar 2019, 13:28 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv Low-emission vehicles with electric and natural ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The upcoming snap election in Germany will bring a 鈥渃hoice of direction鈥� for the country鈥檚 energy transition, as energy and climate policy positions vary among the different ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU鈥檚 most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
03 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Die Welt Germany's residential heating sector saw a massive shift towards low-carbon technologies in 2020, spurring hopes ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv German revenue from the European and national emissions trading schemes could amount to 227 billion euros for the years 2021-2030, said researchers from the ...
07 Oct 2021, 12:17 Germany can reach its target of climate neutrality by 2045 but enormous tasks such as the massive expansion of renewable energy and transformation of whole industries have to be initiated as quickly as possible by the country鈥檚 next ...
23 Sep 2019, 14:12 The future of Germany's much criticised climate strategy hangs in the balance as the Green Party vowed to amend the package, and experts warned legal hurdles threatened the government's concept for a CO2 price. Yet, Chancellor ...
04 Jun 2020, 14:06 The German government coalition has decided to reboot Europe's largest economy with a 130 billion euros stimulus package that contains steps to further the country's landmark energy transition. Aside from comprehensive actions ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Tagesspiegel / 91tv An earlier phase-out of coal-fired power production in Germany by 2030 is unlikely if the country does not manage to install sufficient alternative backup capacity to ...
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 & ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:46 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 Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:30 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:23 Jessica Bateman Wind Handelsblatt German wind power expansion is declining despite government efforts to increase capacity, according to figures from the Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA Wind) as seen by business daily Handelsblatt. ...
15 Oct 2020, 13:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband ...
07 Feb 2020, 13:02 Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen 91tv E-mobility in Germany, including the charging infrastructure, is growing faster every year and 鈥渋s gradually leaving its niche role behind鈥�, writes ...
12 Aug 2021, 13:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Cars 91tv Germany's economy and climate ministry has welcomed the European Commission鈥檚 plans for the automotive sector, arguing it will increase the sector's international competitiveness. "With ...
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 ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government dpa / t-online With a set of immediate measures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and climate minister Robert Habeck wants to kickstart the government鈥檚 ambitious plans for fast emissions reduction and ...
05 Aug 2020, 14:14 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
30 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association ...
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14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new transport minister suggests the country is unlikely to face a profound policy overhaul to get the emission-intensive sector on track to meet ambitious 2030 climate targets. Long-serving conservative ...
25 Mar 2022, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Government The German state鈥檚 climate action measures lack a targeted approach to achieving its greenhouse gas reduction goals, the Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has found in ...
09 Apr 2021, 12:16 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
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 ...
03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
Elements of the Climate Action Programme 2020, which the German government approved in 2014 to close the gap between projected greenhouse gas emissions and the reduction target of 40 percent by 2020, have still not been put into action, Silke Kersting ...
04 Aug 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt / Zeit / FAZ German media commentators have taken a closer look at the Green Party鈥檚 climate action emergency programme for the first 100 ...
09 Aug 2021, 12:48 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
29 Oct 2019, 14:10 S枚ren Amelang Transport Policy Die Welt Germany's plan to introduce a climate levy on airline tickets to finance a decrease in train fares violates an EU-US aviation treaty, according to US airlines. "The cross-subsidization ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:52 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Cuts in public funding for energy research could lead to a "massive decline in German industry's ability to innovate in technologies for the ...
15 Apr 2021, 15:15 The European Union鈥檚 decision to increase its greenhouse gas reduction target to at least 55 percent by 2030 could mean that Germany has to decrease emissions by much more than its current target. Much depends on the concrete proposal ...
27 Sep 2021, 15:30 Germany is set to vote for a new government on 26 September. After 16 years at the helm of Europe's largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will make room for a successor who will shape the country's energy and climate ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
08 Sep 2020, 14:31 Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The state premier of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, has expressed support for scrapping the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge, dpa reports in an article carried by ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:26 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
09 Dec 2020, 11:43 The decision by EU leaders on raising the bloc's 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target has major implications for the Europe鈥檚 and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy and climate policy in 2021 and beyond, says Brick Medak, head of think tank E3G' ...
13 Jan 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background With just six weeks to go before 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliamentary elections in late February, several parties have specified their ...
06 Nov 2019, 14:38 Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists give the German government mediocre mid-term marks for its climate and energy efforts- while Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 coalition has presented a largely positive self-evaluation. In what ...
28 Apr 2020, 18:30 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she welcomes the proposal by the European Commission to raise the bloc鈥檚 greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 to between 50 and 55 percent. In her speech at the 11th Petersberg Climate ...
02 Apr 2019, 09:50 The German government is examining the possibility of CO鈧� pricing across economic sectors, according to media reports. Several newspapers report the chancellery has asked leading German research institutes to explore socially acceptable ...
03 Jun 2024, 13:33 Germany is still set to miss its emissions reduction targets until 2030 and lacks a real strategy for the years that follow, said the country's key government advisors on climate policy. Recent official projections 鈥� which had seen ...
28 May 2025, 13:16 A higher court in Germany has set an important precedent, arguing that large global emitters can be held responsible for climate damages under the country鈥檚 civil law, legal experts representing environmental NGOs said. The court, ...
02 Feb 2021, 14:22 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned ...
16 Jul 2021, 12:39 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating Tagesspiegel Background Germany's interior ministry has finalised an emergency programme to get emissions in the building sector in line with climate targets but will not say whether it ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
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 ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:57 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Politics International MCC / PIK The United Nations Environmental Programme鈥檚 (UNEP) 鈥淓missions Gap Report鈥� on the divergence between the Paris Agreement鈥檚 goals and actual ...
12 Jan 2022, 12:20 Faced with a 鈥渄rastic backlog鈥� of too-high emissions left by the previous government and with not enough measures in place to reach the 2030 climate targets, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new minister for the economy and climate, Robert Habeck, has ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:55 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly five percent in 2021, in an expected rebound during the economic revival after the pandemic. The country's Federal Environment Agency warned that the 鈥淐orona windfall ...
13 Jul 2021, 13:07 The German energy ministry has increased the country鈥檚 estimated power needs in 2030-- a figure that will be crucial after the general elections in September, when a new government has to set renewable energy expansion targets based on ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:41 Germany is set to widely miss its climate targets this year, according to a think tank analysis that adds pressure on the chancellor contestants to present plans for rapid emissions cuts. Six weeks before the country's general ...
20 Jun 2023, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government ARD German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the federal government is to reduce its spending and return to 鈥渇iscal policy normality鈥� after state support for citizens and businesses ...
10 Sep 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv / Reuters The investments in emission reductions by Germany's government need a "restart" that ends the current approach of "small measures" based on ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv The world needs a "new approach to climate finance," German chancellor Olaf Scholz聽 said at his government's Petersberg Climate Conference in Berlin. He ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Finance 91tv 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 ...
22 Dec 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza Society Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German Green Party co-leader Ricarda Lang has welcomed criticism from climate activists about the government coalition's climate policies in its first year in office, saying their ...
13 Jan 2020, 13:57 Expert NPE- German National Platform for Electric Mobility Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit盲t Transport Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv The self-reliance of Germany's carmakers for producing ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:00 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics 91tv / Handelsblatt The Social Democratic Party (SPD) ...
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16 Jun 2020, 15:06 91tv The German government鈥檚 proposed Building Energy Act is lightweight and should be scrapped in favour of laws that enshrine climate neutrality in all new construction and renovation projects,聽an environmental group has ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:13 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Germany must phase out coal by 2030, oil and fossil gas by the early 2040s and base its energy system on renewables, ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must restructure climate policy to make sure the whole population can participate in the transition, the Climate Neutrality Foundation ...
20 Aug 2020, 14:54 Greta Thunberg and fellow activists have met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to exchange views on the fight against climate change. The campaigners said the 90 minute meeting's atmosphere was friendly, but also added that " we ...
10 Feb 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Solar 91tv Several German ministries have launched a coordinated initiative to better use the potential locations for constructing new renewable energy installations. In one of the first ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor鈥檚 three-party ...
27 Apr 2020, 14:17 Top politicians from Germany and more than 60 large companies have warned that the climate crisis must continue to be a top priority, even as the world economies grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of this week鈥檚 ...
13 Dec 2018, 17:52 Delays in the work of the commissions charged with providing pathways to a coal exit and the mobility transition are threatening the German government's climate policy timetable. However, environment minister Svenja Schulze told ...
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 ...
21 Apr 2022, 13:42 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 91tv The German government鈥檚 1-billion-euro subsidy programme for new energy-efficient buildings was depleted just hours after its 20 April start, according to the economy and ...
02 Jun 2025, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv The new German government could implement its planned support for electric car purchases in a socially fair manner without an additional burden on public coffers, argues a report commissioned by a ...
25 Nov 2019, 12:36 Energy-intensive basic industries 鈥� such as steel, chemicals and cement 鈥� have to quickly introduce and scale up key low-carbon technologies to avoid wrong investments at a time when governments aim for a climate neutral economy by 2050 ...
09 Sep 2019, 13:41 Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv Germany should aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050, a position paper ...
18 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Adaptation Agriculture 91tv Prolonged drought and more frequent heavy rainfall as a result of climate change will have a significant impact on groundwater levels in central Germany, found a ...
The German government鈥檚 Climate Action Programme 2020, started in 2014 to help the country reach its goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, could in fact be called a stimulus package, according to federal environment minister ...
24 Oct 2019, 12:13 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 ...
16 Mar 2021, 12:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020- the largest annual fall since 1990- as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:33 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government coalition is racing to put together a major climate action package by 20 September, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' climate summit in New York on 23 September. Mere ...
19 Sep 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv The German government has to urgently step up its energy transition efforts in response to the 鈥淶eitenwende鈥� (turn of an era) brought on by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, an ...
04 Mar 2021, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Energiewende 91tv The favourable effects of the coronavirus pandemic on many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition targets in 2020 are only temporary, consultancy McKinsey found in its bi-annual Energiewende Index ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:39 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Mobility Cars 91tv Today's electric cars already have a lower lifecycle climate footprint than combustion engine cars, and by 2050, EVs will also perform better in other environmental ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:53 Hannah Naylor Efficiency Resources & Recycling S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As solar panels, thermal insulation and heat pumps are increasingly becoming a standard in the tens of thousands of new houses that are built each year in the ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:19 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
18 Nov 2019, 13:29 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Deutschlandfunk Germany's opposition Green Party has dared too little in their decisions at the party's ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Heating 91tv Activists for a better inclusion of the buildings sector in Germany's climate plans have voiced their concerns in a parliamentary petition committee, calling for a true " ...
27 May 2024, 13:22 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation dpa / Handelsblatt Germany's health minister Karl Lauterbach has called on the country鈥檚 hospitals and care facilities to improve their preparedness against the negative health effects posed by ...
14 Jan 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Government 91tv / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The ambitious energy transition plans by new German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck have drawn criticism from the opposition, ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv The contentious debate about a general speed limit on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 famed Autobahn (motorway) has flared up again as the campaign for the country鈥檚 snap election on 23 February gets underway ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating 91tv Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
24 May 2024, 14:31 Julian Wettengel Citizens' energy Society 91tv Germans continue to widely support the country鈥檚 energy transition but policymakers should put more focus on building trust with the population, foster its ownership ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:30 Burning less coal and an increase in renewable electricity has helped cause a drop in greenhouse gas emissions of three percent in Germany last year, said think tank Agora Energiewende. Preliminary calculations show that real ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
24 Apr 2020, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv The coronavirus crisis is set to have a significant impact on income from the German renewables' levy as power demand falls, consultancy enplify writes in an聽 ...
Energy experts of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grand coalition of conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) have rebuffed the Green Party鈥檚 plans for an accelerated coal exit. 鈥淲e cannot phase out both nuclear and coal-fired power production within 15 or 20 years,鈥� ...
21 Dec 2018, 09:32 Ambitious climate action and a resolute energy transition are already possible in Germany but the country's government has yet to prove how serious it is about putting words into action, says Andreas Kuhlmann, the head of the ...
21 Mar 2019, 12:22 The new 'climate cabinet' consisting of ministers responsible for Germany's emissions reduction record will help to make sure that the country introduces its much-awaited Climate Action Law still in 2019, Chancellor ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 91tv NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has won separate greenwashing lawsuits against airline Lufthansa and apparel company Adidas on the grounds of misleading consumers with ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv In a televised debate following on that of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three chancellor candidates, the four smaller parties in the country鈥檚 parliament have traded blows over the course of ...
04 Aug 2020, 14:38 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:01 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 91tv At first sight, this election result could be interpreted as a defeat for climate action because both the Green Party and the Left Party, which have the most convincing answers ...
14 Oct 2019, 13:23 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Renewables Transport 91tv [CORRECTION: DB says it seeks 500 gigawatt hours (GWh) of green electricity, not 500 GW.] 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
23 May 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv Germany's rural areas should introduce an integrated combination of public transport services to entice people to choose sustainable mobility instead of private cars, a report by the ...
09 Feb 2022, 13:20 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt The slur of programmes and initiatives aimed at boosting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emissions ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology 91tv The German education and research ministry (BMBF), through a new support programme for nuclear fusion research, aims to lay the groundwork for building the country鈥檚 first ...
02 Feb 2023, 10:20 Deadly summer heatwaves, floods, and snow-free ski slopes in winter are a wake-up call: Europe must urgently adapt to climate change, in addition to reducing emissions. Temperatures in the region have increased at more than twice the ...
19 Aug 2020, 13:50 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Clean ...
25 Jan 2022, 13:24 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative ...
05 Jul 2021, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv Germany's hydrogen council has said the country must urgently make up its mind whether to use hydrogen made with fossil fuels in its market ramp-up of the technology deemed key to reach ...
17 Mar 2021, 12:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics 91tv 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 ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 91tv Most citizens聽 surveyed 聽by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 civil servant union (DBB) believe the state is overburdened and incapable of achieving effective results in key policy areas. Climate action ...
04 Mar 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Cars 91tv Following a 27 percent reduction in sales of new battery electric cars (BEV) in Germany in 2024, a total of 1.65 million BEVs were registered in the country by 1 January 2025, showed existing ...
22 Nov 2019, 12:02 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Some German states have said they will make use ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:05 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Germany must use the price advantage of renewable energy sources to weather the energy crisis over the coming winter and beyond, said the renewables association BEE. The lobby group said ...
29 Apr 2020, 13:11 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Green stimulus 91tv The economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis must be the ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:10 Ruby Russel Heating 91tv Eastern German cities are taking the lead on energy-saving building upgrades, but the nationwide pace falls well short of climate targets, according to the Federal Association for Energy Efficient ...
06 Dec 2024, 12:56 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 91tv Climate action has dropped in German voters鈥� priorities vs economic growth over the course of the past five years, according to a聽 survey 聽conducted by the Konrad Adenauer ...
08 May 2019, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / ARD Germany's Manfred Weber and the Netherlands' Frans Timmermans 鈥� the two most likely candidates succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President 鈥� ...
02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
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28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union鈥檚 focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:36 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv The German ministries of environment and agriculture, which have so far often pulled in different directions, are now planning to jointly reform the country鈥檚 farming policies to ensure the ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:30 Edgar Meza Adaptation Society 91tv Germany's major aid organisations are urging the future government to increase civil protections in light of " the disasters resulting from rapidly increasing global warming and ...
04 Dec 2024
04 Dec 2024, 11:44 91tv Team Argus: Germany's 2030 coal phase-out ambitions called into question Earlier phase-out target is being reassessed owing to likelihood of further delays to power plant security act, which is meant to secure back-up capacity ...
26 Mar 2019, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt [Update adds details on launch of environment ministry鈥檚 investment support programme.] 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial sector fears the investment in energy efficiency it will ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:07 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Almost three years after the peak of Europe鈥檚 energy crisis in 2022, many people in Germany are ...
27 May 2021, 13:28 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next government after the ...
02 Sep 2020, 12:55 A faster deployment of more renewable installations that run into less problems with citizens and are able to quickly survive in the market without government support are at the centre of a renewables law reform proposal by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv There is a gap of 41 billion euro in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public sector budgets over the next five years for investments and funding programmes dedicated to greening the economy, the country ...
17 Sep 2021, 10:05 Never before in German history has climate policy played a role as big as it does in 2021. Even after one and a half years of a turbulent pandemic, credible climate policies remain the yardstick many voters plan to base their decision ...
14 May 2021, 14:05 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy 91tv Germany's government has agreed on a "climate pact" that sketches out steps to achieve the more ambitious emission reduction targets approved by cabinet this ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:22 Edgar Meza Wind 91tv Think tank Agora Energiewende has聽 outlined 聽a number of possible solutions that could speed up the expansion of offshore wind power in Germany. Supply bottlenecks and price increases are currently ...
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 ...
06 Dec 2019, 14:56 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 91tv The new leaders of Germany's Social ...
24 Jun 2024, 14:12 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Government ARD / Handelsblatt As 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government struggles to agree on the country鈥檚 tightening 2025 budget, chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended planned austerity measures that would see major ...
23 Jul 2020, 13:44 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 91tv The increasing demand for electric vehicles in Germany could become an important pillar of the country's ...
11 Aug 2020, 11:43 Expert ifeu- Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu) has published ...
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 ...
20 Dec 2024, 08:44 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government will inherit a major policy predicament: How can it finally initiate serious transport emission cuts against a backdrop of tight finances, a struggling car industry, and a crumbling transport infrastructure? ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:36 Climate activists from the Fridays for Future movement across the world took to the streets on Friday for their seventh Global Climate Strike. In a year of multiple state elections and a federal election for Germany, activists in over ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The Federal Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has criticised the German government鈥檚 for not using funds designated for climate action to their ...
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 ...
14 May 2025, 13:25 Jack McGovan Mobility Cost & Prices Policy 91tv A social leasing scheme could make it possible for low-income households in Germany to switch to an electric car without having to bear the upfront costs of buying a ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dr枚ge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
15 Dec 2020, 14:14 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 EU ...
07 May 2024, 10:00 The impact of a populist party opposed to climate action is starting to make itself clearly felt in Spain. From climate budget cuts to suspending low-emission zones and reversing plans for green taxes: As a partner in several city and ...
25 Nov 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Green stimulus 91tv / Die Welt Lower Saxony is going to invest one billion euros into a comprehensive climate action programme to make the northern German state the country's "No.1 ...
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 91tv presents reactions to the deal. S枚ren ...
12 Nov 2019, 12:36 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv The final energy use for heating rooms and water in Germany's 22 ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Construction 91tv Programmes supporting climate friendly construction in Germany could become severely affected by the break-up of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government, the building owner protection ...
21 Feb 2020, 13:25 Greta Thunberg will travel to Hamburg to participate in the student climate protests preceding local elections in the maritime city on 23 February, according to media reports. The Swedish activist's presence at the "Hamburg ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:18 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Handelsblatt None of the German ...
31 Jan 2020, 14:06 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices 91tv Higher聽energy prices have pushed inflation up in Germany. On average, retail prices were 1.7 percent higher in January compared to a year earlier, after an inflation rate of 1.5 percent ...
04 Dec 2014
04 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Welt online "Government advisors pick apart the Energiewende" Official advisors to the German government have criticised Energiewende policies as 鈥渘ot concrete enough鈥� and 鈥渘ot enough to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
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 ...
02 Jun 2020, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Green stimulus Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government's coronavirus recovery programme will likely mobilise funds of about 80 billion to 100 billion euros, Kerstin Schwenn reports in newspaper ...
01 Oct 2020, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy and economy ministry will launch a new round of debates on using carbon capture and storage (CCS), an idea that was deemed dead after a 2012 law ...
11 Dec 2020, 14:14 German politicians have welcomed the EU leaders鈥� decision to increase the bloc鈥檚 2030 climate target as an important decision that puts the Union on a credible path towards climate neutrality by 2050 and means the bloc is once again one ...
23 Sep 2019, 14:04 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom have called for "increased ambition and action by the global community" to conserve and restore tropical ...
20 Dec 2023, 10:40 Money that Germany has earmarked for climate action should be spent on projects that have a direct impact on key sectors, says Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). The economist warns against cross ...
08 Sep 2021, 12:30 The Left Party would enter negotiations to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government with a demand to abolish the recently introduced carbon price on transport and heating fuels, according to MP Lorenz G枚sta Beutin, a climate and energy expert ...
12 Nov 2020, 14:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport ...
06 Aug 2024, 13:15 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Efficiency 91tv / 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 ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Strong popular demand for climate action and a push towards more energy autonomy in the wake of the war in Ukraine have led Hungary鈥檚 populist leader Viktor Orb谩n to describe himself as an advocate of climate-friendly power generation. ...
20 Sep 2019, 20:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel's so-called "climate cabinet" has put together the bedrock for future climate action legislation in Germany, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' Climate Action Summit in ...
24 Feb 2023, 13:03 Expert VDE- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies Verband der Elektrotechnik Informationstechnik e.V. Technology Carolina Kyllmann Solar Handelsblatt / 91tv The installation of plug-in ...
05 Jun 2020, 15:13 The German government coalition has decided to reboot Europe's largest economy with a 130 billion euros stimulus package that contains many steps to further the country's landmark energy transition. The 91tv ...
19 Nov 2024
19 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team DW: How has Germany's collapsed coalition scored on climate? Germany has long been regarded as a leader on climate action, but the outgoing coalition leaves a mixed legacy. G ov'ts of Germany, Singapore: Joint ...
06 Dec 2023, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Society EU 91tv Action against climate change ranks among the topics people in Germany want the European Parliament to prioritise, according to the聽 latest Eurobarometer survey. Climate action and EU defence are ...
02 Dec 2020, 13:39 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel / dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new price on carbon in the heating and transport sectors does not always reflect 鈥渟ocial realities鈥�, environment minister Svenja Schulze and finance minister Olaf Scholz ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Die Welt As solar power deployment is picking up fast around the globe, Germany and Europe must act now to regain a stronger position in the production of solar PV hardware so as to reduce ...
17 Nov 2014, 00:00 Following heated debate over a possible exit from coal-fired power, Sigmar Gabriel has reaffirmed his commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020. Sven Egenter Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 Germany's Minister for ...
27 Jan 2021, 13:29 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The ...
15 Oct 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 91tv The surcharge on German power customers' bills to support the expansion of renewable energy sources will fall from currently 6.75 to 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) ...
23 Jan 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Transport 91tv / tagesschau.de German transport minister Volker Wissing has renewed his rejection of a general speed limit on the country鈥檚 autobahns after a report found that the measure could save almost ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities 91tv Municipalities in Germany warn that they could be running out of money soon and are struggling to implement a wide range of their tasks, including guaranteeing a reliable ...
22 Nov 2024, 09:30 The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has thrown climate policymaking in Europe鈥檚 largest economy into disarray, and added many question marks to the progress of its landmark energy transition. The sacking of finance minister ...
11 Jul 2019, 14:02 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 91tv The government of the western German coal state and industrial ...
17 Jul 2023, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Der Spiegel A draft report commissioned by the German government shows that the country鈥檚 current and planned climate policies are not enough to reach the official target of net-zero ...
05 Jul 2024
05 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: Germany to scrutinize Chinese turbine deal for offshore project-Government to look at impact on security and competition-Hamburg-based asset manager set to purchase 16 turbines Electrive: Tesla gets ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
13 Nov 2014
13 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv 聽 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥湷冶鸢静共圆忖�檚 problems with climate protection鈥� Draft versions of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Programme (Aktionsprogramm Klimaschutz), designed to reduce greenhouse gas ...
11 Jan 2022, 13:38 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv Businesses and municipalities in Germany will soon be able to access a wide array of support ...
The conservative alliance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU has pledged to stick to the country鈥檚 national climate targets, including the long fought-over Climate Action Plan 2050. The two parties鈥� joint programme ...
The conservative alliance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU has pledged to stick to the country鈥檚 national climate targets, including the long fought-over Climate Action Plan 2050. The two parties鈥� joint programme ...
22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
21 May 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 91tv The cost of extracting water from Berlin鈥檚 main river, the Spree, should be increased to reduce future demand and help prevent conflicts about allocation, economists at the German Institute ...
27 Sep 2019, 13:42 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Expert Wuppertal ...
14 May 2019, 16:28 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her new climate cabinet will debate how Germany could reach climate neutrality by mid-century. Should the ministers find a 鈥渟ound鈥� way to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, ...
22 Sep 2020, 10:30 As the coronavirus crisis drives many governments across the globe to introduce emergency plans to cushion the immediate economic effects, there are growing calls to align any mid and long-term stimulus efforts with climate targets. ...
24 May 2023, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Policy AFP / Tagesspiegel Installing plug-in solar run 鈥榖alcony power plants鈥� in German households should be simplified through a reduction of regulatory hurdles, the country's economy ministry (BMWK) has ...
22 Jun 2021, 12:56 The manifesto of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance for the upcoming national election remains vague on climate and energy, leaving plenty of leeway for possible government coalition negotiations with competitors like the Green ...
04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
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 ...
02 Oct 2024, 16:10 Germany's fight against the devastating long-term impact of climate change has reached a new milestone, with the environment ministry (BMUV)聽presenting a draft strategy that, for the first time, sets measurable targets to increase ...
16 Jan 2019, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency 91tv A support programme by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy and economy ministry will save some 1.4 million tonnes in CO 2 per year as of 2020, the ministry said in a press release. By initiating 1,300 projects ...
20 Jul 2022, 15:19 Hannah Naylor Cars Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Germany's climate and economy ministry (BMWK) has released a strategy paper suggesting that a climate levy for new registrations of combustion engine cars could help e-cars become ...
30 Nov 2021, 10:50 The three "traffic light coalition" parties have agreed to form Germany's next government and tabled a coalition treaty that they promise will put the country on a path compatible with Paris Climate Agreement 's ...
07 Jun 2024, 12:00 Right-wing populist parties opposed to climate action are gaining power and popularity across the European continent and are set to do well in the 2024 European Parliament elections. These parties strongly influence climate narratives ...
07 Feb 2024, 10:30 The European Commission has recommended that the bloc reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, saying the EU's Green Deal now needs to become an "industrial decarbonisation deal." Politicians from member ...
28 Jun 2019, 12:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parties are hastening to put together proposals on how the country can reach its national and international climate targets as pressure from recent election results, ongoing climate protests and an early heat wave continues to ...
24 Nov 2021, 16:23 The three parties planning to form the new German government have agreed on a coalition treaty that includes pulling forward the country's coal exit, "ideally" to 2030 from 2038, and rapidly speeding up the lagging ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv As the European Union has entered into the process of selecting a new leadership team for the next legislative term after the June elections, key climate science advisors call on the ...
15 Aug 2022, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung (taz) The German economy and climate ministry (BMWK) is edging closer to introducing a 鈥�climate check鈥� for all new laws that could become a prerequisite for future lawmaking in ...
21 Jun 2021, 12:25 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Spiegel, Tagesspiegel Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance is set to name few climate policy details in its joint election ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Programme 2020, initiated in 2014 to ensure the country meets its 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets, is likely to be less effective than expected, the Environment Ministry (BMUB) said in a press release. Projections for the ...
07 May 2020, 13:51 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv ...
17 Jan 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Military obstacles and air traffic control systems often stand in the way of the much-needed expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, but the problem could be resolved quickly, said wind energy ...
09 Apr 2025
09 Apr 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: German power prices to stay high as link to gas seen stronger Electricity prices in Germany will remain elevated as their link to natural gas is poised to strengthen over the coming years, analysts say. DPA: Trump ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 91tv Germany is set to reform its electricity market design as it moves to decarbonise its power sector. In a paper outlining fields of action, the economy ministry ...
05 Nov 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Achieving a 100-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is possible for Germany without relying on controversial technology like nuclear power and carbon capture and ...
18 Mar 2021, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Greens propose a large public investment programme to support the transition to a climate-friendly economy and a phase-out of combustion engine car sales by 2030 in their ...
09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
16 Dec 2022, 11:26 The adoption of net zero emissions targets by global technology giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft is turning into a serious problem for Taiwan鈥檚 massive chipmaking industry. Pressure to decarbonise the extremely power-hungry ...
20 Sep 2019, 10:12 Today, the grand coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) aim to agree on a major policy package to bring Germany back on track to reaching the international ...
11 Apr 2024
11 Apr 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv An alliance of civil society groups has issued an聽 appeal 聽to the German government to not implement planned cuts in the 2025 budget and avoid damage 鈥渢o the economic, ecological, and social stability ...
The city of Berlin has set out concrete steps to achieve its goal of drastically reducing its CO2 emissions by 2050, the city council said in a press release. Its new Energy and Climate Protection Programme 2030 (BEK 2030) contains around 100 efficiency ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:35 Germany's outgoing government made important moves to protect the country against the worsening effects of climate change. Notably, it introduced the first legally-binding climate adaptation law and presented a strategy to protect ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:39 Expert DEBRIV- Federal German Association for Brown Coal Bundesverband Braunkohle Fossil fuels Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Coal Clean Energy ...
11 Nov 2020, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Freight Bayerischer Rundfunk / AFP / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport minister Andreas Scheuer continues to pursue a 鈥榗ash for clunkers鈥� scheme for old lorries. Since large lorries with alternative drive systems, ...
17 May 2024, 15:00 Just as France is marking the biggest drop in its greenhouse gas emissions in almost a decade, the debate about the country鈥檚 future energy policy continues in full swing. This applies to almost all sectors of the economy 鈥� and the ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv At his first meeting with the newly elected Brazilian president Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has focused on joint efforts to protect the ...
25 May 2021, 13:24 Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency 91tv Many publicly-owned buildings in Germany do not meet the energy efficiency requirements in line with the country鈥檚 climate targets, shows a report published by the NGO Environmental Action ...
26 Aug 2021, 10:15 International partners can be assured that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government coalition after the September election will not veer far off course of the country鈥檚 current climate and energy policy, says government advisor and director of two ...
25 May 2020, 12:41 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 DIW- German Institute for Economic ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv A referendum in Berlin on making the German capital climate neutral by 2030 failed to garner sufficient support. Only around 442,000 people voted in favour of the initiative, ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Germany might need to drastically rethink its climate policy if it wants to reach its emission reduction targets, government advisors have warned. It is 鈥渜uestionable whether ...
03 Dec 2014, 00:00 The government approved what it claims to be the largest climate action package in the country鈥檚 history. Most observers applauded the commitment to emissions reduction goals by 2020. But environmentalists criticised the lack of a ...
11 Oct 2021, 14:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / Handelsblatt Several German economists and researchers have criticised the annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets laid down in the Climate Action ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Germany should urgently tackle the task of restoring nature regardless of the outcome of the discussion on a European level, said Josef Settele, member of country's ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:46 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt Excessive EU regulation is stalling the development of competitive hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, the head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
18 Dec 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars Policy 91tv The German government has abruptly ended its electric car subsidy programme in the wake of last week鈥檚 agreement on savings to overcome the budget crisis. The economy and climate ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Security 91tv Pressure is mounting to better protect the coasts of Germany and other North Sea countries against threats such as storm tides. Rising sea levels and increased rainfall and floods ...
12 Dec 2019, 16:06 The European Union鈥檚 new executive has presented its highly anticipated Green Deal to tackle climate change. The policy package聽 commits the EU to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The 91tv presents reactions to the ...
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 Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a key international deal that was meant to promote the South Asian nation鈥檚 climate-friendly ...
17 Feb 2022, 12:01 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv In a scathing report, Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has said billions of euros in federal subsidies intended for climate protection measures in the building sector have instead been used for new ...
08 Feb 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Finance International Die Zeit The German and French economy ministers said 鈥渟ubstantial progress鈥� has been made in talks about transparency and cooperation on green subsidies between the EU and the U.S during a visit ...
02 Oct 2019, 10:07 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [UPDATE adds media report on climate action cost estimate of 150 billion euros by 2030] The German ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:34 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv A new protection strategy for moorlands adopted by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government aims to better ...
04 Apr 2022, 13:51 The German government presented another piece of the puzzle to hurry along the growth of renewables in its energy mix, seen by now as much of a bid for fossil fuel import independence as a means of achieving climate neutrality by 2045. ...
29 Apr 2021, 14:43 In an unexpected decision widely hailed as historic, Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate legislation is insufficient, lacking detail on emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The decision ...
11 Apr 2025, 12:30 Climate will play a smaller role under 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government and greater ambition will be mostly pushed by the opposition, says Johannes Hillje, a political communication advisor who has worked with several German ministries. The ...
The German Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries (IG BCE) has called for a comprehensive investment programme in order to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets for 2020, Jens Heitmann writes in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ). The ...
31 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics EU Dlf / 91tv / dpa The European Union鈥檚 focus on climate in all policy fields is unnecessary and the Green Deal should be abolished, Maximilian Krah, the German populist far-right ...
06 May 2022, 14:04 The effects of the war in Ukraine will have a major impact on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important state election this year, making next week鈥檚 vote in heavy industry heartland North-Rhine Westphalia another gauge of the public鈥檚 view of the ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany has annual greenhouse gas reduction targets for individual economic sectors, but the country lacks 鈥渓ong-term, strategic considerations鈥� how to reach these targets and become ...
03 May 2024, 15:35 With the sudden arrival of summer weather, Germans stream back into street cafes and beer gardens with a collective sigh of relief. On the way, they are greeted by EU election campaign posters, which have sprung up across the country ...
05 Nov 2020, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Focus Online Contrary to many countries and major cities around the world, Germany has not yet announced plans to phase out combustion engines in passenger cars, the news website Focus Online writes. ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:36 Julian Wettengel Mobility Cars 91tv / ARD German transport minister Volker Wissing has announced new state support programmes to speed up the lagging development of sufficient charging infrastructure for electric cars and ...
09 May 2022, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport ministry plans to almost double e-car subsidies to achieve climate targets, but experts and NGOs criticise the plans as hugely expensive and ineffective, ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
11 Jun 2020, 14:20 Expert UFZ- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Umweltforschung- UFZ Climate & CO2 Renewables Society S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel Following two extremely hot and ...
15 Apr 2021, 14:18 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Carbon removal Fossil fuels Technology 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
24 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Cities 91tv With only a few days to go before the referendum to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital climate neutral by 2030, the debate over the ambitious initiative intensified among policymakers, experts, and in the ...
10 Mar 2020, 13:11 Rachel Waldholz Transport Der Spiegel The steep drop in air travel caused by the coronavirus outbreak is reducing carbon emissions in the short-term, but the economic hit could undermine the aviation industry鈥檚 commitment to longer term ...
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 ...
04 Nov 2024, 13:46 A position paper in which German finance minister Christian Lindner calls for fundamental economic policy changes has sparked outcry from coalition government partners, further destabilising an already weakened alliance. The paper was ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 climate target is practically out of reach, and the country now needs an emergency programme to reach its 2030 targets, Andreas Kuhlmann, head of the German Energy Agency (dena), told the Frankfurter Rundschau. In their blueprint for ...
05 Jun 2020, 13:22 Sven Egenter Cars Hydrogen Green stimulus Tageszeitung (taz) / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government鈥檚 decision to focus its 130 billion euro economic stimulus programme on future, more climate ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:35 Expert IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility Institut f眉r Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The carbon ...
14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next chancellor 鈥� but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
The German government says the EU should devote at least 20 percent of its budget to climate-friendly projects and programmes, Rheinische Post reports. 鈥淭he government supports the propositions of the EU鈥檚 Green Growth Group,鈥� which called for one fifth ...
The German Green Party has strengthened its focus on ecology and economic transformation as core topics for its election campaign. Following the Green鈥檚 convention last weekend, the party published a set of amendments to its draft election campaign ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:19 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy 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 ...
12 May 2021, 15:34 The German government鈥檚 decision to aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 鈥� five years earlier than previously envisaged 鈥� is to be substantiated by a reform of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law. Angela Merkel and her ministers have ...
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 91tv German environmental NGOs have used the publication of the ...
16 Jul 2021, 15:30 The EU鈥檚 proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively bring forward 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) mean coal will become unprofitable in most of Europe, said ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Cars 91tv German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has announced the government will extend the current e-car buyer鈥檚 premium programme to the end of 2022, as promised in the coalition treaty. From ...
24 Aug 2020, 12:23 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 Renewables ...
24 Jul 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv 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 ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy ZDF German economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck defended the German government鈥檚 decision to cut government support payments for energy transition and climate action projects as well as energy cost ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:05 The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) 鈥� the second strongest polling party ahead of Germany's snap elections on 23 February 鈥� is the only major party to outright reject the scientific consensus behind human-induced climate ...
30 Oct 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Finance 91tv 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) ...
The G20 Sustainability Working Group under German leadership aims to develop a 鈥楪20 Climate and Energy Action Plan鈥� in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July, Eva Kracht of the German environment ministry (BMUB) said at an event by Climate Transparency ...
13 Jun 2024, 13:30 This year's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, to be held in a secluded luxury resort in the Puglia region on 13-15 June, has been largely sidelined in the country's public discourse as the focus is firmly on the campaign for ...
23 Sep 2019, 10:34 After receiving more than 43,500 signatures on a petition in August, the Berlin House of Representatives will have to deliberate on a climate emergency status for the German capital. Forty German municipalities have already declared ...
15 Aug 2023, 14:02 Expert Deutsche Post Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Freight Cost & Prices Die Welt / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post says it will invest less than planned in emissions reduction and climate action ...
27 May 2020, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Green stimulus 91tv Dealing with the coronavirus crisis will be the main priority of the German EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020, chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of the European ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 91tv State support granted for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in private households increased to 14.4 billion euros in 2024, up from 12.3 billion euros in 2023, said ...
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. ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
01 Nov 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv 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& ...
12 May 2021, 11:31 The German government has given the green light to the necessary legal changes to speed up the country's bid for climate neutrality, aiming to hit the goal five years earlier in 2045. Cabinet approved a reform of the country's ...
07 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germany must urgently step up its CO2 reduction efforts immediately after the upcoming elections if it wants to prevent a spectacular miss of its 2020 climate targets, according to think tank Agora Energiewende. Instead of reducing ...
17 Sep 2021, 11:37 Three candidates vie to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor in the most unpredictable federal election in decades that will determine the next steps Europe's largest economy takes on the path to climate neutrality. A recent ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:00 Ruby Russel Industry Business & Jobs 91tv A survey by consulting firm EY has found that only one in five companies considers Germany a compelling place to decarbonise production 鈥� with excessive bureaucracy the biggest ...
15 Jun 2020, 14:43 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 91tv Newly registered cars in Germany with high CO2 emissions will be charged an increased tax by 2021 in order to "align the ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The German government will expand state support for businesses faced with rising energy prices ahead of the coming winter, economy and climate minister Robert ...
06 Apr 2021, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg have decided to enter coalition negotiations with the goal to make the southern German ...
28 Apr 2020, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Green stimulus Osnabr眉cker Zeitung / taz / RND The coronavirus crisis recovery programmes being worked out all over the world present a 鈥済reat opportunity鈥� to push climate action, the Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung's Uwe ...
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20 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Austria submits 2030 climate plan late as Germany, Spain flout June deadline Just ten EU countries have submitted their long-term climate action plans to Brussels, with Austria being the most recent, as large ...
02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Taking her final bow on the world stage after 26 years of climate policy involvement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow that progress in emission reductions has been insufficient to achieve the ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:20 Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs 91tv 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 ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:25 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry lobby group, the ...
06 Apr 2023, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Policy 91tv Germany's environment ministry聽 has proposed a federal climate adaptation law that sets a framework for action at the national and state level. The draft bill is 鈥渋ntended to ...
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 ...
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 ...
