09 Sep 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Start-ups 91tv Germany should make the most of its start-ups in its efforts to reach climate targets and strengthen the country as a business location, said the German Startups Association in a paper with ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn Politics 91tv 鈥淢y political life has been characterised by the work against climate change,鈥� German chancellor Angela Merkel said at her traditional summer press conference in Berlin. Merkel, who after 16 ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
20 Feb 2024, 13:46 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sales of new heating systems reached record level in Germany in 2023, with ...
07 Jul 2021, 12:27 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv A newly formed cross-industry alliance is calling for a significantly faster decarbonisation of the building sector through renewable heating technologies and a correspondingly more ambitious energy ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Heating Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Ahead of Germany's snap elections, economy minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) has warned that overturning a law aimed at reducing stubbornly high heating emissions ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background U.S. gas turbine manufacturer GE Vernova has expressed doubts about the plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
The head of the German Council of Economic Experts (Wirtschaftsweise), Christoph M. Schmidt, says the country must replace its 鈥渆conomically inefficient鈥� support programmes for renewable energy sources with a uniform price on greenhouse gas emissions. In ...
17 Dec 2020, 10:36 If Germany doesn鈥檛 help existing and promote new renewable energy installations, it risks a 鈥済reen power gap鈥� in 2030, Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says. With the EU tightening its climate ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
The approval processes for coal plants and mine expansions will not be halted while the upcoming multi-stakeholder commission on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit 鈥� the so-called coal commission 鈥� discusses the country鈥檚 phase-out-path, indicates the economy ministry ...
21 Jan 2015, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks looks forward to the UN climate summit and the role of Germany's climate action programme, hails the global contribution made by German renewable technology and doubts the economic sense of ...
10 Apr 2025, 14:11 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
08 May 2019, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International EurActiv / Handelsblatt France, the Netherlands and Sweden are among a group of eight countries that have launched an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major EU leaders summit, ...
05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The premiers of Germany's five northern coastal states demand a renegotiation of the controversial 1,000-metre minimum distance rule from residential areas for onshore wind turbines included ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥� result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
21 May 2024, 14:17 The EU鈥檚 internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, has boosted hopes in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern coal mining region Lusatia that a prosperous future lies ahead in the transition towards climate-neutral industry in the area. At a visit to ...
29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ARD The latest round of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating transition support scheme was launched on 27 August and now allows all building owners to apply for subsidies to decarbonise their ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:47 Joey Grostern Coal Society K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger / 91tv B眉rgewald, an empty village on the edge of the Hambach open-cast coal mine in the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia, has been bought back by the local ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
21 Jan 2021, 14:14 Government officials from the European Union and Germany have welcomed the inauguration of U.S. president Joe Biden as the start of a new phase of transatlantic cooperation and an opportunity to tackle global challenges such as climate ...
02 May 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Table Media / Handelsblatt Several international climate policy experts have warned that the next German government鈥檚 decision to strip the foreign office of its responsibility for ...
28 Oct 2020, 15:00 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The European Union as a whole could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60 ...
In an interview with public broadcaster ARD, German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the proposal for a more ambitious EU greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 by Miguel Arias Ca帽ete, commissioner for climate action and energy. 鈥淚 am not so happy ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Cities Elections & Politics Die Welt The mayor of Hamburg has warned against burdening citizens with too ambitious climate targets, as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second largest city might be headed for a referendum on its emissions ...
08 Apr 2021, 12:42 Edgar Meza Society 91tv / Tageszeitung (taz) The Scientists for Future organisation and the B眉rgerbegehren Klimaschutz (BBK) climate action group have launched a citizen's climate council. The NGOs have assembled a ...
20 Dec 2018, 14:13 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background In addition to the already working coal exit and mobility commissions, Germany will get a new buildings commission in 2019, tasked with finding measures to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
23 Apr 2021, 12:55 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine ...
10 Sep 2021, 14:56 Germany could transform its economy to net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs, because switching to green technologies opens up new markets and opportunities for growth, consultancy McKinsey has found. In its report 鈥濶et-Zero ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas reduction target of 80-95 percent by 2050 can't be reached with current plans, and is in itself inadequate to meet the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement, according to a new study by Energy Watch Group (EWG). 鈥淭he ...
17 Dec 2018, 10:11 Nearly 200 nations agreed on a rulebook for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Katowice, Poland. The deal on climate action rules was immediately hailed as a victory for ...
As 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission prepares to convene for the first time on Tuesday, environmental groups are criticising the government鈥檚 slow action on combatting climate change, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in the taz. Organised by environmental groups like ...
Germany's current power grid development plans for 2030 are not aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, write the NGOs Environmental Action Germany (DUH), Germanwatch, and WWF in a joint press release. "Until now, none of the ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal International 91tv / Handelsblatt German energy company RWE is suing the Netherlands for compensation payments in relation to the ...
05 Apr 2023, 11:36 Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a 鈥渢urning point鈥� in the country鈥檚 adaptation efforts, the plans will also ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Heating Policy 91tv [Updates with cabinet agreement] The German government has earmarked almost 60 billion euros to boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts next year. The designated ...
19 Dec 2017, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
26 Mar 2021, 13:46 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Power ...
15 Dec 2020, 14:02 The coronavirus pandemic has stifled the possibility of staging mass protests on the streets. Young climate activists from Fridays for Future (FfF) therefore have had to devise new ways to get their message across. In the run-up to ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Construction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 and also Europe鈥檚 first network of hydrogen pipelines are set to start this week in the country鈥檚 east, the federal economy ministry and its counterpart in the ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Fossil fuels 91tv Eastern German lignite mining and power plant company Leag has received the green light for up to 1.75 billion euros in state support to compensate for the implementation of the ...
The decision of 48 poorer countries to terminate coal-fired power production has sparked calls for Germany to envisage a speedy coal exit as well, the Rheinische Post newspaper reports. The announcement of the Climate Vulnerable Forum鈥檚 countries at the ...
17 Dec 2020, 14:08 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv Clarification: The analysis is by BCG, the comments on the study by Stiebel Eltron. The German government's "unpredictable" climate policy leads to ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:35 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity ...
23 Oct 2020, 11:56 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 EU 91tv ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
04 Sep 2019, 12:11 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Freja Eriksen Heating 91tv ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:44 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's revenue from carbon pricing rose to a record 18.5 billion euros in 2024, up around 100 million euros from the previous year, said the country's Federal Environment ...
02 Feb 2022, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating Society 91tv The German government has agreed to review applications by home builders under a controversial funding programme set up by the previous administration. Its aim is to pacify ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:03 Expert Heinrich B枚ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Climate action tops the wish list of German citizens for their government ...
The upcoming commission tasked with the management of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit will prioritise jobs and economic stability over climate protection, a strategy paper seen by the 91tv suggests. 鈥淔ederal government policy aims to create full ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Industry Handelsblatt / 91tv The break-up of the coalition government and insecure funding mean that it is unclear whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pioneering 鈥�climate contract鈥� subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
08 May 2024, 12:34 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels 91tv Northern German state Schleswig-Holstein will end the extraction of oil in the marine national park ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super ...
24 Sep 2021, 13:43 In a last TV debate three days before the German elections, the representatives of almost all major parties have agreed that more rapid and effective climate protection must be a priority for the next government. At the same time, the ...
12 May 2025, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Die Zeit Most people in Germany say they do not think that the country is going to meet is national climate target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, a聽 survey 聽commissioned by ...
16 May 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Rheinische Post / ARD / 91tv The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have won the elections in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia by a wide margin, meaning ...
27 Oct 2023, 12:00 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv The "mood" in Germany's and Europe's wind industry is "clearly trending downwards" compared to six months ago, according to a survey among industry stakeholders by ...
07 Oct 2020, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society 91tv / Tagesspiegel Activists of the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) occupied the headquarters of Germany's lignite mining industry association, DEBRIV, in Berlin in ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics ARD The leader of Germany's largest opposition party, Friedrich Merz, has ruled out helping the minority government of chancellor Olaf Scholz to get major policy projects across the line ...
13 May 2025, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Renewables Government 91tv The new German government鈥檚 energy policy framework is 鈥減romising鈥� despite few concrete quantitative targets in the coalition agreement, a report from Deutsche Bank ...
11 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of heated debate, the German government has finally struck an agreement on its contentious Climate Action Plan 2050, due to be signed off by the cabinet over the weekend. It includes emission reduction targets for transport ...
06 Apr 2023, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Wind Business & Jobs dpa / 91tv Germany needs to increase its workforce in the windpower industry for the planned doubling of installed wind power capacity by 2030, industry association BWE聽 told news ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 91tv The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
05 Nov 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Transport Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa Germany should kickstart the transition to a sustainable transport system with a range of drastic policies, the country's environment agency (UBA) ...
24 Sep 2020, 09:24 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian ...
01 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany is likely to miss several of its energy transition goals by 2020, including greenhouse gas and energy consumption reduction, writes an expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German Energiewende in a short ...
23 Apr 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
A rise in electric heat pump sales suggests the energy transition has finally reached the heating sector, Daniel Wetzel writes for Die Welt. According to the German Heating Industry Association (BDH), sales of oil-fired heating sharply declined in 2017 ...
12 Jan 2023, 13:53 Edgar Meza Transport Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Unhappy with the pace of climate action at the German transport ministry, the Green Party parliamentary group has drawn up a list of draft resolutions to tighten climate policy, the ...
The German system of taxes and levies needs a comprehensive reform to allow for the introduction of an effective carbon price without creating a major burden for power customers, think tank Agora Energiewende has found in an analysis. The think tank says ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:24 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:27 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Vattenfall Germany ...
05 Mar 2019, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background More than 700 scientists from German-speaking countries have signed a petition that explicitly backs students鈥� strikes demanding rapid climate action by the ...
21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Federal Network Agency / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭welve minutes without power鈥� The German power supply was more stable in 2014 than in any year since 2006, the Federal Network Agency said yesterday. ...
23 Jan 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann International 91tv Germany and France have reiterated their wish to work together on the energy transition, technological sovereignty, supporting industry in the transition to climate neutrality and ...
With financing from its Horizon 2020 research programme, the EU is planning to allocate up to one billion euros to a research project on battery technology, reports Tagesspiegel Background. The call for tenders for electrochemical energy storage is ...
07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of 鈥渘ear 100 percent renewables鈥� in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
13 May 2020, 13:36 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Hydrogen International 91tv German chancellor Angela Merkel has said EU member states will have to re-negotiate their contributions to greenhouse gas emission ...
28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv AFP 鈥淢ore companies are making their peace with the energy transition鈥� An increasing number of companies in Germany are supporting the country鈥檚 move to replace conventional energy sources with ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:58 The global growth of renewable power sources is an encouraging trend for climate action but needs to be better coordinated to ensure international targets are met, according to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and foreign affairs ministers. ...
07 Dec 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics 91tv Designated German climate and economy minister Robeck Habeck has said that faster construction of new wind turbines and solar panels will be a 鈥渃ore task鈥� for his ...
23 Dec 2022, 14:20 The German government coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz looks back at a turbulent first year in office, which has been dominated by the reality check of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine and the European energy crisis. The turmoil in global ...
24 Apr 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv German municipalities are increasingly caught between rising climate protection needs and limited resources, a report by state-owned development bank KfW found. ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Policy 91tv A planned reform of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 immigration law is aimed at recruiting skilled workers from abroad to fill tens of thousands of vacant positions in energy transition-related ...
30 Nov 2023, 15:00 [CORRECTION: Earlier version of the article misstated the number of members in the climate club. The club's website says 36 countries are members.] On the first day of the UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, Germany and ...
05 May 2023, 13:29 Energy-intensive companies in Germany should receive billions of euros in state subsidies to lower their electricity costs if they promise to decarbonise and to stay within the country, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, conservative Christian Democrat Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, has reached a breakthrough deal on the 500-billion-euros ...
21 May 2021, 10:32 Germany has increased the emissions reduction targets in its transport sector. Following changes introduced by parliament,聽 the sector has to reach a share of 32 percent renewables by 2030. The use of biofuels made from palm oil will be ...
28 Aug 2020, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv Germany has made decisive steps in regards to the climate challenge in past years, but efforts have to increase, Chancellor Angela Merkel told journalists ...
08 Oct 2019, 13:59 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy ...
04 Apr 2019, 14:03 The influential German industry association BDI wants the country to opt for the lower end of its 2050 climate ambitions. The lobby group says a 95 percent reduction in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is currently聽 鈥渢otally ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 91tv The absence of climate mitigation measures is the greatest threat to prosperity and security in Germany and Europe, a group of environmental organisations said in a joint ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:08 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv A robust political strategy based on realistic expectations for hydrogen production is needed as demand for the gas remains low due to its high costs and other factors, researchers at the Potsdam ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices German government procurement will become more climate-friendly as of January 2022, the cabinet has decided by adopting a new administrative regulation. The procurement regulation 鈥� ...
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024, 10:27 91tv Team The Guardian: Record levels of heat-related deaths in 2023 due to climate crisis, report finds Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown. EEA: EU greenhouse gas ...
31 Aug 2023, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv German state subsidies are set to increase to 67 billion euros in 2024 from 38 billion euros in 2021, mainly driven by efforts to green the economy and the energy ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Comparatively high salaries and a lack of similarly paid job alternatives present significant hurdles to the transition of the workforce in emission-intensive manufacturing (EIM) in ...
11 Mar 2021, 14:24 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Resources & Recycling 91tv German solar power and recycling companies have released a joint proposal for ...
22 May 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Society Welt German universities are attracting foreign students with energy transition subjects, the number of which has grown steadily year on year, newspaper Welt聽 reports. Public and private universities in the ...
14 Nov 2018, 14:13 A new government report detailing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 failure to cut emissions increases pressure on the country鈥檚 coal commission to agree on a speedy phase-out plan. Work in the coal commission enters a critical stage for climate protection ...
In a back-room deal, passages in the EU Renewable Energy Directive pertaining to self-consumption of power by small consumers were apparently changed at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urging, writes Tagesspiegel Background. On June 14, European Commissioner for Climate Action ...
09 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government 鈥渟hould finally come clean鈥� and tell citizens that climate action on the required scale is impossible without higher costs, writes ...
18 Oct 2019, 14:22 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Benjamin Wehrmann ...
13 Dec 2023, 13:47 German and European politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society have overwhelmingly welcomed the key message of this year鈥檚 UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai: the agreement to "transition away" from fossil ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Technology 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 key document laying out its climate and energy policy targets and plans shows that the country 鈥渋s underestimating the scale and complexity of the ...
04 Oct 2022, 15:05 Germany's western coal mining and heavy industry state North Rhine-Westphalia aims to complete the phase-out of coal-fired power production no later than 2030, eight years earlier than agreed in German coal exit law. However, two ...
23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
04 Jun 2019, 13:50 German foreign minister Heiko Maas has said that climate action is the country鈥檚 new foreign policy imperative, as the security implications of its effects can already be seen across the globe. Germany aims to play a leading role in the ...
14 Jun 2019, 13:18 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 German Development Institute Support for multilateral commitments, especially those ...
09 Dec 2020, 15:14 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Society 91tv A large majority of Germans think addressing climate change must be part of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. In聽 a large-scale, international 聽survey of 30,000 ...
13 Nov 2023, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Comprehensive measures in all sectors must be implemented in the 2020s to ensure Germany has a chance to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said researchers from Forschungszentrum ...
09 Sep 2024
09 Sep 2024, 11:35 Julian Wettengel FT: Mario Draghi calls for 鈧�800bn EU investment boost Former Italian premier demands 鈥榥ew industrial strategy鈥� to stop Europe falling behind US and China. EU Commission: The future of European competitiveness: Report by ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
08 Oct 2019, 14:25 Expert German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie Renewables Freja Eriksen Renewables Wind 91tv / dpa / Focus Online Germany's northern states and federal government want to nearly triple the ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Start-ups 91tv Just over a third of all start-ups in Germany are part of the green economy, according to a monitoring report by the Borderstep Institute and the German Start-up Association.聽 鈥淎t 35 percent, ...
17 May 2023, 14:09 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green energy and climate action minister, Robert Habeck, has suffered a setback for his decarbonisation plans with the departure of his energy state secretary, Patrick Graichen. Habeck鈥檚 state secretary left his post following ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:13 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Cars Government 91tv Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has taken 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading political leaders to task for ...
16 Dec 2019, 10:24 Germany will miss its climate targets without leaps in technological innovation, even taking into account the recently agreed climate package, says Georg N眉脽lein, deputy parliamentary group head of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:57 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables Cost & Prices Die Welt / dpa / ARD The head of Europe鈥檚 largest energy network operator E.ON has suggested that Germany could ...
21 Jan 2022, 12:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices EU 91tv The planned EU emissions trading system for transport and buildings (ETS 2) must be designed in a way that guarantees a socially acceptable burden-sharing, an analysis ...
23 Aug 2024, 15:00 The summer holiday peak has arrived across Europe and most parliaments on the continent have gone into recess. But while federal politics won鈥檛 fully resume in Germany before 8 September, politicians and their observers have already ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:20 The European Union aims to take on a leadership role when the global community meets in Egypt for the annual UN climate change conference. But a unified European voice is difficult to maintain as member states are hampered by ...
20 Dec 2019, 14:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende 91tv The government鈥檚 recently adopted comprehensive climate package will have little effect on the Germany economy in 2020, says Deutsche Bank Research in its outlook for the ...
16 Jul 2021, 10:23 The UK is leading the world in terms of climate targets as it heads towards COP26. This is in no small part due to the work of climate activists, who, in the words of the campaigning group Extinction Rebellion, have come together to ...
19 Jul 2019, 14:04 Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the introduction of price on CO2 emissions as part of a package to reach the country鈥檚 2030 climate targets. In her annual mid-year press conference, Merkel said experts had made a convincing case for ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics 91tv Nearly all parties expecting to gain seats in Germany's parliament are open to completing the country's coal exit well before the official 2038 end date. At a ...
15 Jan 2020, 14:16 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International AFP Germany's finance ministry (BMF) has said Germany does not plan to increase its contribution to ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv The targets for renewable power consumption and wind energy expansion on land set by the German government's new ...
23 Mar 2020, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Germany and the rest of Europe means that the weekly Fridays for Future (FfF) protests for greater climate action need to be ...
05 Mar 2024, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Cars EU 91tv Germany's alliance of centre-right conservative parties CDU/CSU is aiming to reverse the ban on new combustion engine cars from 2035, which the EU decided on last year, according to a ...
29 Nov 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Global climate action and environmental protection can only work with an active Russian engagement, Germany's development minister Gerd M眉ller said at the German ...
06 Sep 2023, 14:00 Europe鈥檚 carmakers have little to celebrate at this year鈥檚 IAA mobility show. Chinese firms鈥� widening lead in the global shift to electric vehicles is on open display at the biennial fair in Munich, while climate activists lambast ...
16 Sep 2019, 14:03 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Rheinische Post / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The ideas the German government's climate cabinet members and government parties have put on the table so far "will hardly be ...
28 Jun 2022, 13:18 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Cars Efficiency EU 91tv European energy ministers have agreed on reaching a share of 40 percent renewables in the EU鈥檚 energy mix by 2030, thus increasing the previous 32-percent target and ...
20 Sep 2019, 13:03 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy ...
11 Jan 2021, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / Der Spiegel The leaders of the Left Party have called for a socially fair and climate-friendly coronavirus recovery as the centrepiece of the German ...
German coal-fired power production needs to be more than halved by 2030 if the country is to reach the climate targets spelled out in its Climate Action Plan 2050, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). This is best achieved by switching off ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / Table.Media The German parliament (Bundestag) could vote on the highly disputed reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law as early as this Friday (26 April), according ...
08 Jan 2020, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv Decarbonising 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy while safeguarding the country鈥檚 prosperity will require "massive" investments by the state, for example in infrastructure, write economists at the ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Heating Elections & Politics 91tv / Reuters 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three-way government coalition is waging a public battle over pending climate policy decisions, only days before Sunday鈥檚 key government ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy dpa Germany's Green Party parliamentary group wants to support the country鈥檚 struggling economy with a 30 billion euro investment programme that focuses on energy-efficient building modernisations. An ...
02 Feb 2021, 13:44 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 Renewables EU Clean ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:01 The Social Democrats- emerging from a legislative period with a 鈥済reat deal of dissent鈥� in energy policy with its conservative coalition partner- are hoping to find new partners and new ways to drive forward the expansion of renewable ...
18 Mar 2021, 13:57 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The European Union is planning to make the CO2 uptake of natural sinks part of its path toward climate neutrality, but depending on the specific rules a loss in stored greenhouse ...
28 Oct 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Business Policy 91tv Support for Germany's energy policies varies starkly between employees backing populist parties compared to those supporting the centre left or centre right, according to a study ...
Svenja Schulze has been sworn in as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister and vowed to introduce a Climate Protection Act during the current legislative period to ensure 聽the country will meet its 2030 emissions reduction goal, the Federal Environment ...
23 Jul 2019, 13:57 Sven Egenter Coal Cost & Prices 91tv Germany should set a carbon price 鈥渟ignificantly鈥� higher than that of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) on CO2 emissions across all sectors, the German National Academy of ...
03 May 2019, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Society ARD A large majority of Germans (81%) see a great need for action to protect the climate and say that climate change cannot be stopped without restrictions on people鈥檚 lives,聽 according to a representative ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Elections & Politics ARD / ntv / Der Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major spending package that contains a reform of the country鈥檚 debt brake and hundreds of billions of euros of investments in defence, infrastructure ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Technology 91tv Nuclear fusion technology has the potential to provide long-term climate-friendly energy and reduce import dependencies- but it cannot contribute to mid-century climate targets because it ...
25 May 2021, 13:18 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry Efficiency Edgar Meza Mobility 91tv The Berlin-based Climate Neutrality Foundation is calling ...
24 May 2024, 12:00 The far-right populist Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) is Germany's only large party to unequivocally reject any action against climate change- but its impact on the country's efforts has been limited. The AfD has not yet ...
24 Jun 2016, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first roadmap for decarbonisation by the middle of the century has been delayed amid industry fears that tough climate targets would endanger the country鈥檚 economic competitiveness and growth. The Environment Ministry in ...
27 May 2025, 12:17 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Technology WirtschaftsWoche In view of the massive energy capacity needed for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, German energy company RWE is calling for government support to ensure the German ...
29 Jun 2020, 13:05 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 Climate & CO2 EU tageszeitung (taz) ...
15 Jun 2020, 10:30 A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende's poster child, the power sector. But the 鈥淲盲rmewende鈥�, or heating transition, has significant potential to curb emissions and is ...
08 Aug 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Start-ups Industry Technology Handelsblatt German nuclear fusion start-up Marvel Fusion has blamed a lack of government support in Europe for its decision to build a laser fusion facility in the US, in a ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The council of federal state governments (Bundesrat) has greenlit聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽and the聽 planned national emissions trading system for transport and ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Contracts refunding companies for investments in low-emissions technologies could be a key tool to ensure industry starts the transition to聽 climate-neutral production, a ...
09 Feb 2022, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government 91tv The federal government in Germany has to rethink its role in supporting public transport systems and change its approach from pouring money into new projects to instead creating ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
21 Jun 2023, 09:00 The governments of China and Germany have agreed to introduce a 鈥�Climate and Transformation Dialogue鈥� to speed up their transition towards a more climate friendly economy. Fighting climate change remained a main concern for the two ...
07 Feb 2025, 14:40 The fallout triggered by the dissolution of the French National Assembly last June continues to afflict political decisionmaking in France. The collapse of the Barnier government 聽in December, and the resulting ministerial reshuffle, ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:19 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Bild Zeitung The head of German engineering company Siemens expects power prices in the country to increase for some years, as the country undergoes a ...
05 Mar 2025
05 Mar 2025, 11:25 91tv Team European Commission boosts European automotive industry's global competitiveness As part of an action plan for the sector, the Commission proposed to weaken CO2 limit rules for carmakers. Bloomberg: Europe鈥檚 EV market ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Welt am Sonntag The head of Germany's conservative ...
03 Aug 2021, 14:15 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv The construction of new solar PV installations in ...
08 Dec 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Focus Online The creation of a new buildings ministry by the next German government gives reason for hope that the country鈥檚 laggard sector will finally make more ...
12 Jan 2023, 11:20 Netflix styles itself as a climate action leader, but the world鈥檚 most popular video streaming service is far from eliminating all of its emissions, despite a 2022 net zero target. The US company with more than 220 million subscribers ...
28 Feb 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind EU 91tv Europe installed a total 16.4 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity in 2024, down from 18.4 GW achieved in the previous year, according to data by industry association WindEurope. " ...
12 Sep 2019, 14:00 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The proportion of peole in Germany who consider climate change to be "the single most serious problem facing the world" has doubled since 2017 to 30 percent, the latest ...
20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating 91tv Sales of heat pumps in Germany dropped by almost half (46%) in 2024 but the industry is confident that support mechanisms will quickly lead to a strong increase in ...
25 Mar 2021, 13:52 Expert Borderstep Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability Start-ups Business & Jobs Expert German Startups Association Bundesverband Deutsche Startups Start-ups Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Start-ups Clean ...
20 Nov 2024
20 Nov 2024, 09:53 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year鈥檚 CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
12 Mar 2025
12 Mar 2025, 10:57 91tv Team Reuters: RWE, TotalEnergies agree long-term green hydrogen supply deal聽 Germany's top utility agrees to supply French oil major with around 30,000 t of green hydrogen a year from 2030, in one of the sector's biggest ...
16 Dec 2020, 15:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency 91tv In order to reduce emissions in the building sector, the German trade union IG BAU is calling on the federal, state and local governments to do more for the energy refurbishment of public ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:50 A plea for an accelerated coal exit in Germany by the state premier of Bavaria, Markus S枚der, has caused a row within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance over how to deal with growing political pressure to improve the ...
31 Aug 2016, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 refugee policy continues to dominate the political debates across all federal states and immigration trumps other topics in the upcoming state elections in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western ...
12 Dec 2019, 13:04 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 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Clean ...
24 Jun 2022, 13:19 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics ARD / WDR 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous state will be governed by a coalition of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Green Party for the next five years, the leading politicians in North ...
10 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025, 11:30 91tv Team E3G: Europe鈥檚 competitiveness push and what it means for climate action In its first 100 days, the European Commission has put into motion a series of flagship plans intended to boost the EU鈥檚 economy in difficult times. So ...
16 May 2025, 13:20 Expert BMUKN- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesminister f眉r Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Nuclear phase-out Policy Government ...
09 Nov 2021, 18:30 After a week of political announcements, ministers this week join their negotiators to hash out the nitty-gritty of the Paris Agreement rulebook and eyes are on a possible solution for carbon markets under Article 6. 91tv tracks the ...
01 Oct 2021, 11:34 After Spain hosted the COP25 in 2019 and many Spanish cities declared a climate emergency, the country's climate movement has grown 鈥� especially among young people. But the coronavirus pandemic slowed down this newfound momentum ...
19 Mar 2025
19 Mar 2025, 10:40 91tv Team Reuters: Germany's energy use dropped 1.1% in 2024, AGEB says Germany's energy use dropped 1.1 percent in 2024 on mild weather and a weak economy, but the decline slowed its pace after an 8 percent drop in 2023 ...
Each federal ministry must come up with a plan to help achieve the country鈥檚 2030 climate goals by the end of 2018, Environment Minister Svenja Schulze writes in a guest article for Tagesspiegel Background. The federal government鈥檚 climate protection law, ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics The only state premier from the Green Party in Germany, Winfried Kretschmann from Baden-Wurttemberg, says the state's conservative CDU party has largely adopted his own party's stance ...
Tackling carbon emissions in the transport sector is the necessary and logical next step for Germany following from its energy transition, said the former head of the UN environment programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner at the launch event of the Agora ...
07 Jun 2023, 13:02 S枚ren Amelang Government 91tv The German government spent around 1.5 billion euros on energy transition research in 2022, an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous year, said the economy ministry. 鈥淭his shows how ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv Germany should give greater consideration to the uncertain development of economic output and population trends when planning the country鈥檚 future energy and infrastructure ...
07 Jun 2019, 13:05 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv The German states home to carmakers ...
04 Mar 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next coalition government should push to decarbonise the country鈥檚 heating systems, said a wide alliance of sector associations in a joint appeal. The ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥� conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
12 Mar 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government Die Zeit / n-tv A public debate between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck and Saxony鈥檚 state premier Michael Kretschmer in Berlin has showcased many of the problems the country is currently ...
10 Jul 2019, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv In a broad alliance, industry associations and workers鈥� unions have developed joint 鈥淕uidelines for CO鈧� pricing鈥� in Germany. In a position paper, energy industry ...
24 Apr 2020, 09:30 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Green stimulus 91tv The European Union鈥檚 planned coronavirus 鈥渞ecovery fund鈥� should be used to make substantial investments ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities Der Tagesspiegel A report by the German parliament鈥檚 scientific service has backed Berlin鈥檚 city government in its rejection of a motorway project that cuts right through the eastern centre of the ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Policy 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz has proposed a "Pact for Germany" in which all levels of government and the opposition pull together to guarantee the country's success in the future. ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Society 91tv Austria鈥檚 branch of the 鈥淟ast Generation鈥� (Letzte Generation) climate action group has announced its dissolution, arguing its direct action protests cannot be successful. In an open聽 letter ...
08 Jul 2019, 13:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die ...
04 Oct 2024, 09:00 While Europeans expect a continuation of the Biden administration鈥檚 climate policies under a Harris presidency, they are worrying about how to save the global climate fight from a second Trump administration. EU officials and experts ...
31 May 2019, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Transport Efficiency Policy 91tv German ministers proposed to expand public transport and to offer billions in tax breaks for the modernisation of buildings during this week鈥檚 second meeting of the government ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:04 Germany's highest court has ruled in a landmark decision that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack detailed emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The court said the country's Climate ...
20 Jan 2021, 13:29 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Agriculture EU 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture ministry is pushing for a carbon adjustment mechanism at EU ...
03 Jul 2024, 13:19 Jack McGovan Politics rbb / 91tv Germany and Poland have agreed on a 40 page action plan for the countries to collaborate more closely on issues like energy and security, reports rbb24. The announcement comes after German ...
16 Jan 2017, 00:00 The best way for Germany to reach its 2030 emissions target for the power sector is by shutting down old coal plants, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) suggests. This strategy is more attractive than an additional CO2 levy, according ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry EU 91tv Greening Europe鈥檚 industrial base, ensuring resilient clean-tech value chains and setting up a new EU climate fund should be among the priorities of the next European ...
13 Dec 2023, 14:15 Germany and other EU governments have welcomed the outcome of the climate conference COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, saying it heralds the end of the fossil fuel era. EU lawmakers said the deal reached in Dubai will form the ...
Almost every other German plans to spend money on increasing the energy efficiency of their home, Rheinische Post reports. In a survey conducted by Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and heating engineering company Vaillant, 48 percent said they planned ...
07 Oct 2016, 00:00 Only in a best case scenario will Germany be able to reach its goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, the latest projections from the environment ministry show according to analysts. The opposition in parliament and ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / BR The plan to reform 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 debt brake to allow greater defence spending and set up a 500-billion-euro special fund for infrastructure faces another hurdle ...
17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO鈧� price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
09 Jan 2020, 13:35 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate package to reach 2030 targets ...
28 Feb 2020, 13:45 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 91tv Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa鈥檚 energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe鈥檚 green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
18 Dec 2018, 13:34 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Fossil fuels Policy 91tv A group of politicians from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
03 Jun 2024, 14:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices n-tv / 91tv Germany will achieve its target of achieving a share of 80 percent renewable energy in its electricity use by 2030, according to chancellor Olaf Scholz. Speaking at ...
26 May 2025, 12:04 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans for the ramp-up of a green hydrogen economy has run into significant uncertainties, including over the fuel鈥檚 future price, regulation, and the necessary infrastructure development, said an energy industry report. ...
21 Sep 2021, 10:43 Regional votes in two German states on 26 September are being overshadowed by the federal election on the same day. But the outcome in German capital Berlin and in the north-eastern state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will affect how ...
11 Apr 2019, 14:13 The German government is exploring the introduction of a CO2 price to get the country back on track to reach its ambitious targets for emission cuts. In a turning point in the government's approach to CO2 reduction, Chancellor ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Storage 91tv / electrive State funding cuts for battery research projects mean that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is exiting a key future technology, while other regions of the world increase their research and ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
10 Mar 2021, 13:44 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 91tv Picking up on the United Nations鈥� call for a 鈥渄ecade of action鈥� to implement the 2030 ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 In their coalition treaty, negotiators from Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to set up a special commission charged with managing the phase-out of coal-fired power generation in ...
06 May 2016
06 May 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓verything for the global climate鈥� A leaked draft of the Climate Action Plan 2050 shows the path the German environment ministry wants to take to聽carbon neutrality ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:31 Bennet Ribbeck Business & Jobs International 91tv European industry could profit from a possible US drawback in climate-policy related collaborations, said 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock. Climate ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:30 The small western German village of L眉tzerath has become the latest battle ground for climate activists, as it is being demolished to expand a neighbouring lignite mine. Given 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aims to quit coal 鈥榠deally鈥� by 2030 and to reach ...
23 Aug 2019, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 International 91tv German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she would back a Dutch proposal to significantly step up the EU's 2030 climate targets. She could "very well support" ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:50 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Society 91tv Young Germans supported by an environmental NGO have filed a new lawsuit with the country's highest court to force the government to further step up its climate ...
10 Sep 2019, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover 鈥� Germany's largest Protestant state church body 鈥� has called on its employees and members to join the planned global climate strike ...
08 Jan 2025, 13:08 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 91tv In 2024, Germany recorded the highest surface temperatures in its North Sea since records began, with temperatures rising by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, ...
19 Mar 2019, 14:08 Sven Egenter Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Elections & Politics 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany needs e-mobility to reach its 2030 emissions reduction targets in transport, Chancellor Angela Merkel told an audience of think ...
05 Nov 2024, 12:48 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs International 91tv The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is likely to promote German exports rather than harming them, the German Economic Institute (IW) has found. The economists, however, ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:11 Current polls suggest Germany's elections on 26 September will be followed by complicated coalition talks, but the Green Party refuses to reveal what they consider red lines during the negotiations. The party's climate policy ...
09 May 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Security 91tv Germany must speed up the electrification of its rail network for military purposes as well as for environmental reasons, said the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) ...
30 Dec 2014, 00:00 After an eventful 2014 鈥� marked by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), a new climate action package and the first fall in CO2 emissions for two years 鈥� German energy policy is primed for action in 2015. Expert AGEB- AG ...
The German Council of Economic Experts has suggested that instead of 鈥渘ational energy transitions and action programmes鈥�, a global CO 2 price would be the better system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In its 2018/19 annual report, the council says ...
18 Mar 2022, 14:48 The new German three-party coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz had started its term at the end of last year with optimism to launch a vigorous climate action programme after two difficult years in a pandemic. But the 鈥渢raffic light ...
21 Jul 2023, 14:12 Expert Greenpeace Czech Republic Climate & CO2 Renewables Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Jack McGovan Coal International 91tv / taz / ARD A decision by Poland鈥檚 Supreme Administrative ...
14 May 2020, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Policy Germany should base its climate policy on a CO2 budget in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, which would require fast-tracking efforts to reach climate neutrality, ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 91tv A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
24 Sep 2019, 13:40 Higher energy efficiency, a "paradigm shift" in the circular economy, innovative production processes, as well as carbon capture and usage or storage could make Germany's industry CO2-neutral by 2050, but the government& ...
23 Jun 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Technology 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 research ministry, which is led by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), wants to accelerate research into nuclear fusion with a new funding programme. 鈥淭he energy ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv Twenty-seven youth organisations from the fields of climate, social affairs, trade unions, development, religion, civil protection, environment and sport have ...
Germany has long ceased to be an 鈥渆xemplary student鈥� in climate protection and turned into a 鈥渃oal-black sheep鈥� of the international community, writes Konrad Schuller in the Sunday edition of conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. An ambitious ...
08 Sep 2016, 00:00 Environmental organisations have responded to a government proposal to decarbonise the economy with outrage. They say the Climate Action Plan 2050 will fall well short of meeting climate targets, and accuse the environment ministry of ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, says Germany must regain its leadership position in the international effort to reduce carbon emissions. 鈥淕ermany quickly has to restore its pioneering role in climate action,鈥� Schulze said during her ...
07 Apr 2022, 11:20 Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation. In the 鈥渂iggest energy policy reform in decades,鈥� the ...
19 Mar 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government International Tagesspiegel Background Germany could face fines of up to 300 million euros payable over three years for its failure to comply with emissions reduction targets under the EU鈥檚 ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 91tv Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
20 Feb 2025
20 Feb 2025, 10:16 91tv Team Carbon Brief: Profile: Germany The nation with both the most renewable power and the highest emissions in Europe. Agora Energiewende: Update FAQ on Germany's Energiewende An interactive dashboard with data and FAQs on the ...
29 May 2019, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics CNN The results of the European elections mean that Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) must give better answers on the climate issue, the German ...
The commission tasked with managing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal power phase-out has softened its stance on reducing coal emissions, Silke Kersting and Klaus Stratmann write for Handelsblatt Online. An earlier version of the strategy paper said Germany must reduce coal ...
17 May 2021, 13:31 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) is putting a market ...
05 Jun 2019, 12:34 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv With a turnover of 49.4 billion euros, climate protection made up more than half of ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Heating ARD A large new power-to-heat facility, running on wind energy has come into operation in the northern German city of Hamburg which is technically capable of providing about 27,000 households with low ...
The goals in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate action plan, agreed by the government in November 2016, mean that half of the country鈥檚 coal-fired power capacity must retire by 2030, state secretary in the economy and energy ministry Rainer Baake told a business ...
19 Jul 2024, 15:00 Every year in August, Italy and its political scene grind to an almost complete halt for the summer holidays. The debate around the country鈥檚 energy transition has almost entirely narrowed down to a single topic: whether to return to ...
04 Mar 2020, 11:02 The European Commission is unveiling its proposal for the EU's first ever climate law, which will form the basis of the EU's proposed Green Deal, and will provide a framework for reaching the bloc's target of becoming ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society 91tv The majority of people in Germany view renewable energies favourably, but many worry about costs associated with the energy transition and there are clear differences between the ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Technology Handelsblatt German ship engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is pushing for climate-neutral fuels to replace marine diesel, Christoph Schlautmann writes in business daily Handelsblatt. ...
German economy minister Peter Altmaier pays lip service to the consequences of climate change for 鈥渙ur children and grandchildren,鈥� but his words are not matched by actions, writes Tagesspiegel Background Energie in its daily newsletter. Altmaier wants to ...
11 Sep 2019, 13:55 The German wind power industry has warned of the "precarious" situation of the country's dominant renewable power technology. As the industry gathered in the northern German town of Husum for one of the sector鈥檚 most ...
18 Jul 2019, 13:43 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv ...
11 Sep 2019, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said protecting the climate and digitalisation are the two key challenges that Germany faces in the future. Her comments ...
27 Jul 2021, 13:36 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt Germany needs gas-fired ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Utilities 91tv Germany should restart its transition away from fossil fuel-based energy with a larger focus on cost-efficiency, said local utility association VKU. Among the proposals for the country鈥檚 ...
20 Jan 2022, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv Germany narrowly managed to meet its emissions budget for 2020 under the EU鈥檚 climate action targets for sectors such as transport and buildings (Effort Sharing Decision), the final ...
02 Sep 2015
02 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online/IZES 鈥淐oal plants can be shut down despite nuclear phase-out鈥� Germany can shut down its coal-fired power plants by 2040, despite the nuclear phase-out and without endangering power ...
17 Feb 2022, 12:03 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economic and climate ministry is looking to take action against the export of electric cars subsidised with up to 9,000 euros shortly after the required holding period of six ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
10 Jan 2025
10 Jan 2025, 10:21 91tv Team Copernicus Climate Change Service: 2024 鈥� a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Renewables Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), which is currently run by the Greens, who will likely not be part of the new coalition government, has presented ...
16 Dec 2021, 11:11 Discussions about climate action tend to centre around the need for mitigation 鈥� reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming. But even if we get on track to limiting warming to 1.5C, scientific projections show ...
06 Sep 2024, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 91tv Greenwashing-related incidents have an overall negative effect on company stock prices, but only once financial supervisory bodies intervene, according to a report by finance NGO Finance Watch ...
27 Feb 2023, 14:08 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Targeted immigration of ...
17 Jun 2020, 15:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Heating 91tv Germany is seeking to make progress on greenhouse gas reduction in the building sector with a new long-term renovation strategy. The strategy is meant to help with implementation of ...
12 Mar 2021, 14:30 Youth climate activists agree on one thing: Germany needs to adopt radical climate policies in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. How best to push this agenda is a different question entirely. In this German 鈥渟uper election ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has said the country has 鈥渉ad a deficit in climate action for many years鈥� and urged that 鈥渨e have to change course鈥� to meet emissions reduction ambitions. In her speech at the regional industry event ...
09 Feb 2023, 13:39 Mexico is experiencing a carbon offset gold rush, as polluting multinationals turn to the country鈥檚 extensive forests in droves to absolve their climate sins. Countless companies, eager to prove their climate credentials with 鈥渘et zero鈥� ...
04 Jan 2021, 12:52 Wind, solar PV and other renewable sources overtook fossil fuels in German power production last year, according to preliminary data by the federal network agency (BNetzA) and think tank Agora Energiewende. Together with record-low ...
13 Dec 2019, 13:11 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating 91tv Consumption of oil and natural gas for heating Germany's residential buildings rose by 1.1 and 1.5 ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Government n-tv There are not enough skilled workers to carry out infrastructure modernisation improvements set out in Germany's historic investment agreement, the Association of German ...
22 Dec 2021, 12:42 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Energiewende Handelsblatt The new German government must quickly fill its ambitious energy transition plans with action, according to Markus Krebber, ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:47 In light of several fossil fuel phase-out pledges at the COP26 climate summit, researchers and activists have pointed out that Germany's planned coal exit date is far from ambitious enough and called on the next government ...
The European Union鈥檚 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and objectives 鈥渨ill not be achieved without significant additional efforts鈥�, says a new 鈥淟andscape Review of EU Action on Energy and Climate Change鈥� published by the European ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:30 Following a tight election that saw the Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservatives, the smaller Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) look set to become decisive for building a new government that must set Germany on course ...
15 Jul 2021, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Renewables Wind 91tv Germany will not add ...
14 May 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Society 91tv Climate change is a great concern for middle-aged and older people in Germany, according to a survey published by the German Centre of Gerontology. People over the age of 43, which is defined as ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:13 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 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Clean Energy ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:33 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Business & Jobs 91tv Achieving climate neutrality before mid ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 91tv Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
16 Dec 2020, 10:18 The European Green Deal will move from words to action in 2021 and trigger a "tremendous wave of reforms" that are of key concern to German industry, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at the ...
01 Oct 2019, 17:30 Germany is set to reach its goal of doubling contributions to international climate finance to four billion euros annually by 2020 compared to 2014 figures. A gap had become clear earlier this year, but a budget draft states that this ...
30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
12 Feb 2020, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann International 91tv The German government must take advantage of its EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to bolster the bloc's climate action ambitions and vouch for a 2030 emissions ...
21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India鈥檚 industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
19 Feb 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Transport European Commission / Reuters The EU institutions have provisionally agreed to reduce CO鈧� emissions from new trucks and buses by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2019, writes the European ...
A coalition of German NGOs has called on the SPD鈥檚 frontrunner for this year鈥檚 federal election to explicitly endorse 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate protection targets, the environmental organisation WWF has said in a press release. The NGOs say the decision by the ...
22 Mar 2021, 12:43 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv German environmental organisations have called on the country's carmakers to stop selling new vehicles with combustion engines in Europe by 2030 at the latest. Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND ...
26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
03 May 2022, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Hydrogen 91tv Germany and India have signed a declaration of intent on a "Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development" which will include German support for reforestation in India ...
18 Jan 2021, 13:57 Armin Laschet has been elected the new leader of Germany's largest party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), clearing a major hurdle on what could be his way to becoming next German Chancellor. The premier of Germany's largest ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
04 Aug 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU FAZ / 91tv Forty-one percent of economics professors said the EU should do more on climate, according to a survey by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo), writes Frankfurter ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:42 Jack McGovan Efficiency Construction 91tv Buildings in the worst energy efficiency categories have above-average carbon emissions, so targeting them first for refurbishments would have a significant climate impact, ...
10 Jan 2019, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Efficiency Policy 91tv Getting the energy transition in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector off the ground will be difficult since most investments have to be made by private citizens rather ...
23 May 2023, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The buildout of onshore wind power in Germany can be doubled in 2023 with respect to the previous year and set the country on track towards its ambitious renewable power goals, economy ...
14 Dec 2022, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Bavaria is making up lost ground in the rollout of wind power following the recent easing of strict distance rules, and also aims to become a European solar power leader, its ...
03 Mar 2025
03 Mar 2025, 12:15 91tv Team DW: Social Democrats lead Hamburg state election: early results The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens look set to be able to continue their coalition in the northern city state of Hamburg following a regional election ...
03 Apr 2019, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Hydrogen Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a radical shift in mobility to ensure the country reaches its 2030 climate targets, reports news agency Reuters. 鈥淲e can only achieve this ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Heating Handelsblatt / 91tv Germany could continue to emit greenhouse gases past its 2045 deadline to become climate neutral, with Norwegian certification company DNV forecasting emission ...
02 May 2025, 14:40 Against the backdrop of the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April, which also affected parts of France, the country is heading for controversial discussions about its energy strategy for the coming decade. A focus will ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Freight 91tv A consortium linked to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has built a plant at the Mannheim wastewater treatment plant that cleans generated biogas and uses the resulting ...
23 Jun 2017, 00:00 The leading candidates of the two smaller yet influential German political parties sparred at a utilities conference in Berlin over major energy policy issues, such as the exit from coal-fired power generation and a national versus a ...
16 Apr 2021, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Gas Hydrogen 91tv German utility company Uniper has dropped plans for an import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the German port of Wilhelmshaven and now plans to build a ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Storage Hydrogen 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany can store enough hydrogen in salt caverns alone to meet more than the maximum expected national and European demand needs, the economy ministry (BMWK ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Gas 91tv The German government will hold the first round of tenders for hydrogen-ready gas fired power plants by the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025, the economy ministry (BMWK) has ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin has halved its emissions from power and heat supplied by utility Vattenfall since 1990. Vattenfall thereby reaches its emissions reduction target three years earlier than agreed in the climate action agreement of 2009 with the ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / ARD Railway and road infrastructure are priority areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major investment package for infrastructure and climate neutrality, the country鈥檚 chancellor-in ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The German government should use revenues from carbon pricing to lower or abolish several components of the electricity price, rather than make good on its plan to ...
15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
18 Dec 2024
18 Dec 2024, 11:15 91tv Team Bertelsmann Stiftung: Climate neutrality: The OECD and EU countries best equipped to lead the way The analysis compares the effectiveness of national policies in climate protection, energy transition and circular economy ...
04 Dec 2019, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background The draft of a main motion by the new Social Democratic Party (SPD) leadership duo does not include key climate policy campaign demands of聽 the recently elected party ...
03 Jul 2020, 12:48 In a vote that has been hailed as "historic", Germany's parliament has adopted a law that will ensure the phase-out of coal power by no later than 2038. The decision follows two years of intense debate about the country& ...
28 May 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Efficiency 91tv A majority of companies in the energy efficiency industry are not satisfied with the work of the federal government, according to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ...
27 Jun 2019, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out against putting a price on CO鈧� emissions by expanding the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to the transport, building and agriculture ...
21 Sep 2021, 14:00 Jessica Bateman Efficiency Heating S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The climate debate in Germany has been too focused on wind and solar electricity, and is ignoring the high volume of emissions that come from housing, Lamia Messari-Becker, ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Reuters The German state secretary Jochen Flasbarth has said the government regretted the U.S. withdrawal from international partnerships to support major global polluters鈥� socially ...
04 Nov 2021, 13:11 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Edgar Meza Agriculture 91tv The adaptation of forests to the consequences of climate change is the most important task facing forest ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:17 Germany's environment minister has called for a sharp increase in the country's renewables targets. Svenja Schulze said the country will have to increase renewables' share in power use to "at least 75 percent, maybe ...
14 Jul 2023, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Germany aims to put pressure on China to raise its climate targets, according to the聽 government鈥檚 first strategy 聽for dealing with the east Asian country. The paper, which was adopted by ...
While ambitious climate policy is an opportunity for growth and prosperity, the economic costs of inaction 鈥渃an hardly be quantified, but they are enormous鈥�, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 9 th Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. 鈥�Climate ...
16 Jun 2022, 13:22 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Finance 91tv The German government last year approved 1.31 billion euros in funding for research related to the country鈥檚 energy transition, according to the federal environment ministry. As ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 91tv Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country鈥檚 digital industry ...
The head of the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) has warned government against giving up gas. Ahead of an energy industry conference organised by the Handelsblatt newspaper in Berlin Tuesday, Katherina Reiche said that for climate protection, ...
15 Jun 2021, 12:51 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv Taking issue with efforts by the German government to tighten climate targets in its decision to amend the Climate Action Law, which is set to be voted on in parliament on 24 June, ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥� as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
02 May 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv / dpa German government representatives welcomed聽 the agreement 聽by the Group of Seven (G7) major economies to end coal power generation by 2035, and said EU emissions trading means that there is ...
The new CO 2 limits for passenger cars proposed by the European Parliament鈥檚 environment committee are going too far, Deutsche Bank analyst Eric Heymann says in a research note. Obviously, the committee was betting on a break-through of electric vehicles ...
29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
07 May 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Society EUElections2024 91tv A majority of EU citizens want the union to play a leading role in global efforts to counter climate change, a聽 survey 聽ahead of the European elections by More in Common has ...
03 Dec 2021, 11:39 Many environmentalists have already written off sharp transport emission cuts under the next German government after the coalition agreed a treaty that is weak on mobility, and put the pro-business Free Democrats in charge of the ...
08 Dec 2021, 15:00 The September 2021 election result has left Germany with several options for a new government coalition. Agreeing it will involve lengthy negotiations to overcome major discrepancies between party programmes, and agreeing on a ...
06 Jun 2023, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Resources & Recycling dpa / Der Stern The lack of mineral resources could become a challenge for the planned ramp-up of hydrogen industry in Germany, Europe and worldwide, news agency dpa writes in an聽 ...
19 May 2021, 13:34 Edgar Meza International dpa John Kerry, the U.S. presidential envoy for climate, called for greater global efforts in the fight against climate change during his visit to Berlin on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reports. Global ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Banks and insurers have not been sufficiently accounting for the impacts of climate change, according to a risk report by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
26 Mar 2025
26 Mar 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: Vattenfall to build Germany's largest offshore wind farm Swedish power utility Vattenfall said it has made a final investment decision for two wind farm projects in the German North Sea, Nordlicht 1 and 2, the ...
22 Aug 2019, 13:46 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Freja Eriksen Citizens' energy Renewables Cars 91tv Most households in Germany "not only support the energy transition ...
12 Feb 2025, 13:39 Bennet Ribbeck Cost & Prices Policy Most Germans say that the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition is not implemented in a socially just way as the burdens are not fairly distributed (63%), and they have little trust in politicians ...
25 Feb 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt / FAZ Almost 200 submitted hydrogen project proposals showed a 鈥渉igh interest鈥� and readiness to invest in the technology in Germany, the economy ministry told business daily Handelsblatt. The ...
18 Nov 2015, 00:00 Days before the UN climate conference in Paris, Germany is taking stock of its national climate protection efforts. The government says the country is making 鈥済ood progress鈥� with its energy transition, but independent experts warn that ...
20 May 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv A new masterplan developed by three Fraunhofer research institutes outlines how a successful hydrogen industry can be developed in eastern Germany. The transition from fossil fuels to sustainably ...
30 Apr 2024, 14:44 The surge of populist parties that oppose ambitious climate policies has left its mark on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national debate as it did in many other European countries ahead of the upcoming EU elections. Fearful of the backlash against the costs ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Finance Society 91tv Clients and financing partners both increasingly demand more climate action from German companies, which respond with a growing emission reduction engagement, according ...
27 Feb 2015
27 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv LichtBlick / WWF 鈥淕erman citizens against coal鈥� A survey by green energy supplier LichtBlick and environmental organisation WWF, coinciding with the launch of a new coal-fired power station in ...
01 Feb 2019, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservatives are annoyed by a first and as yet unpublished environment ministry draft of Germany's highly anticipated climate ...
14 Jun 2018
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new commission to define a path and an end-date for an exit from coal-fired power generation should also help close the gap in emission reductions to reach the country鈥檚 2020 climate goal, environment minister Svenja Schulze told the utility ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:47 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 ...
03 Feb 2021, 09:23 Germany won't reach its 2030 energy and climate targets at the current energy transition pace, a top government advisor has warned. A higher EU 2030 climate target means Germany will likely have to raise its national greenhouse gas ...
11 Dec 2018, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars Reuters / Transport & Environment Due to German and Austrian resistance to more ambitious car emission limits, the European Union has failed to reach a compromise over how sharply to curb ...
24 Apr 2025
24 Apr 2025, 13:14 91tv Team Reuters: German economy to flatline in 2025 as tariff turmoil hits, government says The German government cut its economic growth forecast and now sees stagnation in 2025 instead of a 0.3% expansion as uncertainty from global ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:00 The European Parliament elections this week (6-9 June) are unlikely to cause a big rollback of existing EU Green Deal legislation, but a projected shift to right-wing 鈥� and often climate action sceptic 鈥� parties could lower ambition ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Die Welt Coal mining states in eastern Germany have warned that the energy crisis makes an early phase-out of the fossil fuel too risky for the country鈥檚 energy supply. 鈥淟ignite is needed now and for the ...
28 Nov 2024
28 Nov 2024, 10:30 91tv Team BPIE: EU buildings sector significantly off track to meet 2030 and 2050 climate goals Overall, the four key indicators of the EU Buildings Climate Tracker 鈥� CO2 emissions reduction, final energy consumption, renewable energy ...
24 Oct 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Finance Company climate claims 91tv Sixty percent of the top 20 DAX companies 鈥� major German businesses trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 鈥� have set themselves net-zero greenhouse gas emission ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:21 Expert Economic Council- CDU Wirtschaftsrat Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) of Germany Business & Jobs Society Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 91tv Government measures to create a climate ...
20 Jan 2022, 10:22 Germany's new government must take rapid policy decisions at home and actively engage at the EU level and beyond to pave the way for urgent emission cuts in energy-intensive industry. The start of the country's government ...
16 Jul 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to have a diversified import structure for green hydrogen, shows a draft strategy seen by Tagesspiegel Background. It counts on pipelines to supplier ...
01 Apr 2019, 14:09 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Politics Society Deutsche Welle / Spiegel Online / taz / dpa Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued to make waves in German media over the weekend, after she spoke to a crowd of thousands at ...
17 Jul 2021, 10:30 Catastrophic floods have killed more than 130 people in Germany in one of the worst natural disasters in the country's post-war history. The torrential rains have been widely linked to climate change, swinging the issue into focus ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:43 Edgar Meza Adaptation Cities 91tv The majority of cities in Germany do not adequately protect people from the increasing incidence of extremely high temperatures associated with the climate crisis, according to a聽 report ...
16 May 2023, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating Zeit Online 鈥淗ydrogen-ready鈥� gas boilers are nothing but window dressing because they delay effective climate action, are unlikely to be ever powered by renewable gas, and could end up being very expensive ...
09 Jul 2021, 16:32 UPDATE: Adds background information on climate policy and coal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv CO2 emissions in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia ...
The German Green Party is determined to make climate protection and 鈥渆cologic modernisation鈥� a central issue of their election campaign. 鈥�Climate and environment policy also are a question of fairness,鈥� the Greens stated in a preliminary draft of the ...
21 Nov 2019, 13:03 Hydrogen production with renewable power is seen by many countries as an essential tool to decarbonise the economy. The UK and Germany, the world鈥檚 two leading offshore wind power nations, have started to sound out how they could ...
01 Sep 2021, 12:12 In Poland, the debate about climate change has only recently gained mainstream attention. Two main stumbling blocks 鈥� the economy鈥檚 strong dependency on coal and the conservative political climate 鈥� have caused years-long political ...
01 Jul 2022, 13:10 Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future power system will function in a reliable and cost-efficient way if the country sticks to its end-2022 nuclear phase-out date, a meta-analysis of several energy ...
14 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
15 Dec 2022, 11:57 Germany urgently needs an overarching plan to reduce transport emissions in the new year, given that the government didn鈥檛 make any headway during its first year in office, Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility ...
14 Sep 2021, 10:00 The EU鈥檚 鈥楩it for 55鈥� package of climate and energy legislation will be 鈥渋ncredibly difficult鈥� to get through member states and German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 successor must be willing to spend time, energy and diplomatic capital, ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:04 The spread of unregulated company publicity involving 鈥渘et zero鈥� or 鈥�climate neutral鈥� claims has become a systemic barrier to achieving climate targets, argues ClientEarth, an NGO focussing on using laws to advance environmental ...
New guidelines for the industry in the German government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 bear traces of a planned economy, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. He cites measures such as expanding the area of arable land reserved for ecological ...
08 Nov 2024
08 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany's looming snap vote throws wrench into energy goals Energy was key area of contention within three-party coalition. Industry warns political crisis mustn鈥檛 delay key measures. Bloomberg: Spain鈥檚 ...
17 Dec 2015, 00:00 [UPDATES with comments from VKU] German politicians, climate activists, scientists and media celebrated the "historic" Paris climate agreement. Some business associations as well as activists pointed to flaws of the deal, and ...
01 Mar 2024, 14:06 At the height of its popularity just a few years ago, the climate protest movement Fridays for Future brought over a million people to the streets in Germany and across the world. Yet the movement now fights against losing relevance in ...
11 Jul 2019, 14:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ARD / Handelsblatt / Zeit Online German media commentators described Ursula von der Leyen, candidate for the European Commission presidency and German defence minister, as ...
27 May 2019, 13:49 Rose-Anne Clermont Gas Renewables Hydrogen Die Welt As the need for energy transition across all sectors is made more urgent by the fight against climate change, Germany's leading heating and air conditioning manufacturer Vaillant ...
01 Nov 2024, 16:30 As the world heads to the international climate summit COP29, the European Union is in a tricky position. The Brussels machine is still getting back up and running after the June elections, with the European Commission chiefs yet to be ...
A strong global carbon price of 40-80 US dollars per tonne of CO鈧� by 2020 and 50-100 US dollars by 2030 could be key to reaching climate goals and keeping the global temperature rise below two degrees, according to a new report by the High-Level ...
29 Apr 2019, 13:39 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:33 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Cities 91tv Climate activists have protested at a coal-fired heating plant in Hamburg that could be converted to use imported wood as a fuel due to the coal-phase out plans of Germany's second ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 91tv Research institute Fraunhofer IGE is setting up a research laboratory for geothermal energy generation in western German North Rhine-Westphalia, the country鈥檚 most populous state. ...
14 Feb 2025, 13:20 Bennet Ribbeck Society Elections & Politics 91tv A climate strike in Berlin by the youth movement Fridays for Future (FfF) ahead of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election at the end of next week ended up attracting far fewer ...
20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
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31 Jan 2025, 11:39 91tv Team Euractiv: Norway鈥檚 governing coalition breaks over EU energy rules row Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area 鈥� which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed. FT: 脴rsted replaces ...
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07 Jan 2025, 10:12 91tv Team E3G: Four tests driving EU politics in 2025 鈥� and what they mean for climate action Think tank E3G's 2025 EU climate policy briefing, includes timeline of events and developments. ICIS: Net imports of LNG from Russia into ...
The German government will introduce a climate protection law to ensure the country reaches its 2030 climate targets, but achieving these goals will be 鈥渧ery, very challenging鈥�, said Chancellor Angela Merkel during her annual summer press conference. The ...
18 Jun 2020, 14:04 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Policy EU 91tv Germany will focus its upcoming EU Council presidency on the dual challenges of overcoming the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and making the continent more ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Politics Der Spiegel Climate action and the transformation of the economy are no 鈥渆xceptional emergencies鈥� that warrant a suspension of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 cap on government lending, finance minister Christian Lindner wrote in ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv Following a rapid rise in household solar panel installations, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 total number of PV arrays has passed the five million 鈥渕ilestone,鈥� according to industry association BSW-Solar. ...
A new draft version of the Climate Action Plan 2050 that is to describe the pathway to a decarbonised economy has been leaked (and seen by the 91tv). Unlike a former version by the Environment Ministry, the new draft- which was compiled after ...
30 Jun 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics dpa / Zeit Online German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has cautioned that tackling climate change will require "giant steps" by governments and citizens around the world if global ...
27 Oct 2020, 13:47 Coal Hamburger Abendblatt Hamburg鈥檚 Wedel coal-fired district heating plant is lowering its coal combustion, which will lead to lower CO2 emissions in the years until its planned shutdown in 2025, Jens Meyer-Wellmann writes in the ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:03 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt German chemicals companies BASF, Covestro and others are eager to find more sustainable substitutes for many raw materials ...
Implementing pathways away from coal-fired power production in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is feasible in the major coal-using economies within 20 to 30 years, according to a comparative study on six countries, including Germany, Australia, ...
10 Feb 2020, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Zeit Online / dpa / n-tv / 91tv The car industry should remain exempt from plans by the European Commission to increase the European 2030 emissions reduction target, Germany's ...
11 Nov 2020, 13:18 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv If Germany gradually reduced ten particularly climate ...
21 Jan 2022, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has approved the German gas transmission grid operators鈥� framework scenario to develop the grid over the next ten years, but called on them to identify natural ...
23 Jan 2019, 11:04 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit commission will propose to protect companies and private households from rising electricity prices resulting from a state-driven phase-out of the fossil fuel,聽 Reuters news agency says citing a draft report [shorter ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:43 Jack McGovan Heating Elections & Politics 91tv The new German government after the election on 23 February should implement an ambitious heating package that promotes the expansion of climate-neutral heat supply, said ...
11 May 2020, 13:44 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen Technology Handelsblatt/Energate Messenger German research minister Anja Karliczek, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party, is pushing for a prompt government decision on a national ...
02 Dec 2019, 13:45 The members of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) have unexpectedly voted for a more left-leaning leadership, casting doubt on the future of the coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance. The ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 91tv Importing shipped green hydrogen from Africa could be more expensive for Germany than previously thought, according to a joint study by TU Munich, Oxford University and ETH ...
13 Feb 2023, 13:45 The 鈥渘et zero鈥� climate plans of 24 of the world鈥檚 largest companies add up to emissions reductions of only 36 percent, according to a聽 report 聽by the NewClimate institute and non-profit Carbon Market Watch. The strategies of the self ...
20 Feb 2023, 16:47 On the path to a climate neutral electricity system that is largely covered by renewable sources, Germany is planning a reform to its electricity market. Inaugurating the 鈥�Climate Neutral Electricity System Platform鈥�, the economy and ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Politics International EU Der Spiegel / 91tv German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged an additional 500 million euros to help poorer countries in their effort to protect the climate in the context of ...
30 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Solar 91tv A 鈥渞adical simplification鈥� in the registration, installation and commissioning of plug-in solar units is needed in Germany to involve more homeowners and tenants to ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wirtschaftswoche The German Council of Economic Experts member Veronika Grimm has criticised 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy and called for a market-based approach that builds on the already existing Emissions ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:33 Franca Quecke Cost & Prices Society 91tv / Science Media Center Over two thirds (69%) of the world's population are willing to contribute "1% of [their] household income every month to fight global warming, ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Society Spiegel / 91tv The 鈥淟ast Generation鈥� (Letzte Generation) climate activist group has said it is dropping its name and will change its tactics by focusing on social issues related to climate change. ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:13 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The planned expansion of district heating in Germany will require 43.5 billion euros in investment by 2030 to help the country reach its climate targets, said a report by analysis ...
24 Feb 2020, 13:59 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Euractiv / Tagesschau / Watson The Green Party surged into second place in the Hamburg regional elections this weekend, doubling its share of the vote after a campaign in which ...
20 Dec 2024, 10:13 Large-scale solar PV developers have not been able to overcome Nigeria鈥檚 reputation as a risky place to do business, a problem which can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite tremendous solar potential, very little of it has been ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy 91tv More than one billion euros will be invested by the German government on fusion research over the next five years. "Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Transport Industry 91tv Climate-neutral industrial alcohol made with renewable electricity appears to be the most suitable synthetic fuel to decarbonise international shipping, researchers from the Institute ...
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04 Mar 2025, 11:39 91tv Team Euractiv: Von der Leyen proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry ...
08 Feb 2021, 13:16 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Agrarheute / dpa The 16 German federal states have been unable to find a solution on how to spend farming subsidies allocated to ...
12 Feb 2021, 13:54 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Expert PIK- The ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading parties say they are committed to the country鈥檚 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major聽 TV debate 聽on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
14 Sep 2022, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv Energy-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany will receive government support to cushion the impact of high gas and electricity costs on the companies as ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 91tv Electric vehicles (EVs) tend to function more reliably and have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engine cars (ICEs), the German Automobile Club (ADAC) has found in an聽 ...
27 Oct 2020, 13:28 International dpa Germany is eager to work more closely with the United States on climate action once again, foreign minister Heiko Maas said in statements reported by dpa this week. Maas said that he and environment minister Svenja ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv Reports that one billion euros of funding to improve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railways will instead be spent on building more roads have alarmed rail transport associations and NGOs in ...
11 Nov 2021, 16:01 After a week of political announcements, ministers this week join their negotiators to hash out the nitty-gritty of the Paris Agreement rulebook and eyes are on a possible solution for carbon markets under Article 6. Meanwhile in ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:43 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy RND A draft law from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture minister, Cem 脰zdemir, to protect the country鈥檚 forests against the effects of climate change has come under criticism for being significantly watered down ...
