10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 91tv The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting聽in a similarly positive ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv Most residents of the eastern German state of Saxony are in favour of the switch to renewables, but many are still concerned about new wind turbines being built near their home ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Policy dpa The German government has announced a comprehensive programme for energy savings as part of its push to reduce Germany's dependence on fossil fuel imports. "As the federal government, we ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Energiewende should be democratic, ecologic and social, said the Left Party鈥檚 energy and climate spokesperson Eva Bulling-Schr枚ter, presenting the Left鈥檚 energy policy cornerstones at an event by Forum Future Energies in Berlin. In the draft of ...
10 Nov 2017, 00:00 Tough talks- but not yet reason to worry / EU remains steadfast on pre-2020 action and inflexible on Adaptation Fund / "No jobs on a dead planet"- trade unions / Climate-smart agriculture / Effects of climate change in Germany ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:28 After shying away from the debate for a long time, Germany's political leaders are finally considering putting a price on CO2 to help reach the country's climate targets. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her " climate cabinet ...
10 May 2022, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv The business confidence index for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power industry has reached a new all-time high, as solar PV installations become more and more popular among house owners and the government鈥檚 ...
03 May 2021, 12:52 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine / SWR / ARD The new coalition governments in the German states of聽Rhineland-Palatinate聽and Baden-W眉rttemberg are set to commit to ambitious climate protection plans following ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Merkur A controversial decision by the government of Bavaria to delay the German state鈥檚 climate neutrality target to 2045 has drawn heavy criticism ...
09 May 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥� part of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 alliance of centre-right parties 鈥� is sceptical regarding the introduction of a new CO鈧� tax. The ...
06 May 2025, 13:00 Germans cast their vote in the country's federal election on 23 February. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor and will now lead the formal coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats ...
10 Apr 2019, 13:46 Germany's so-called climate cabinet- a round of ministers with key responsibilities touching climate issues- has decided to discuss options for a carbon price at its first meeting in Berlin today. Environment minister Svenja ...
22 Oct 2021, 13:11 Charlotte Nijhuis Business & Jobs 91tv More ambitious climate protection can strengthen the German economy and create jobs, according to an analysis by the Society for Economic Structural Research (GWS) commissioned by ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:49 With the last minister choices announced and the Greens' and Social Democrat's (SPD) party basis confirming the coalition agreement, Germany's next government is set to be elected on Wednesday, 8 December. The SPD will ...
The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) approved its election campaign programme at a federal party conference. The FDP wants to 鈥渆nd the sustained subsidies system of the EEG [Renewable Energy Act]鈥� with its priority grid access and feed-in tariffs for ...
13 Nov 2024
13 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team Wall Street Journal: RWE warns of U.S. election's impact on offshore wind German energy company outlines 1.6 bln dollar buyback, says project off U.S. east coast could be delayed. CNBC: Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:44 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv If the global temperature rise is to be limited to 1.5掳C, Germany has nearly or fully used up its "fair share" of the remaining global CO2 emissions budget, the German ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 EU 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung While climate policy is one of the top issues in the September federal election campaign, climate and energy policy on a European level hardly features at all, ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Society Table.Media The protests against the razing of the village of L眉tzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 image and standing in international climate ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 91tv A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
02 Apr 2020, 13:31 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 International 91tv The decision to postpone the COP26 UN climate negotiations because of the coronavirus pandemic drew praise and concern from Germany. Government officials, experts and ...
01 Mar 2022, 13:29 The world is already facing 鈥渦nequivocal" consequences of climate change and damages will increase rapidly with rising temperatures, the United Nation鈥檚 climate science body IPCC is warning in its new landmark report. The paper on ...
16 Dec 2020, 15:16 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Finance EU Clean ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:36 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars 91tv The trend towards heavy and fuel-guzzling sports utility vehicles ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 91tv / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
27 Mar 2019, 15:42 The German commission charged with proposing emissions cuts for the nation's transport sector has failed to agree on enough steps to reach the country鈥檚 climate targets. During what was billed as the decisive meeting, members could ...
22 Apr 2021, 10:00 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil ...
Greenpeace Germany has proposed to the next German federal government an emergency programme for coal to 鈥渓argely reach鈥� the country鈥檚 2020 climate target. The proposal focuses on throttling or shutting down the 鈥渙ldest and dirtiest lignite power plants,鈥� ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
23 Jun 2023, 10:00 As the two largest economies in the European Union, France and Germany, for at least a decade have acted as the bloc鈥檚 key drivers of more ambitious climate action. A glaring gap in the two countries鈥� energy policy has been exposed in ...
05 Jul 2019, 14:17 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost ...
15 Jan 2019, 12:10 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv / Tageszeitung Germany's position on the reform of the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) is in danger of not being heard in Brussels because of a lack of coordination between ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:32 Joey Grostern Adaptation 91tv More workers are being exposed to heat stress across the world due to climate change, with Europe and Central Asia experiencing the largest rise in excessive heat exposure in 20 years, ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:38 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Der Spiegel Most German citizens still believe the energy transition is ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry FAZ / 91tv The German government is continuing its push for carbon capture and storage technologies with the draft of its planned Carbon Management Strategy, reported Frankfurter ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:50 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Germany's government wants to boost the expansion of hydrogen projects by giving them "overriding public interest" status, which would streamline planning ...
10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥�climate chancellor鈥�, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
06 Jul 2020, 12:23 Coal Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / DW / NDR Following the German parliament鈥檚 vote on Friday in favour of a law ending all coal power production by 2038, the country鈥檚 media has been reacting to the controversial bill. As well as an ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:39 Aniket Narawad Policy Society 91tv Climate activists in Germany have accused the government of watering down a key law to ensure emissions reductions during the global climate strike organised by the Fridays for Future ...
12 Jan 2021, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis International 91tv / Der Spiegel Germany is joining the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced at the One Planet Summit for biodiversity in Paris. The ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:32 Jack McGovan Adaptation Business & Jobs Handelsblatt German companies are increasingly investing in adaptation measures like flood protections and new cooling systems for offices and factories in their efforts to deal with the ...
14 Sep 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 91tv The proposal for a " historic consensus " in German society on the need for climate action and the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 by economy ...
10 Feb 2025
10 Feb 2025, 13:25 91tv Team Reuters: Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Joey Grostern Adaptation Cities 91tv Campaigners from the NGOs German Environmental Aid (DUH) and German Children鈥檚 Aid (DKHW) have ...
04 Feb 2020, 13:45 Freja Eriksen Elections & Politics 91tv / MDR Th眉ringen [UPDATE note: In a surprise result, Thuringia鈥檚 parliament on 5 February 2020 elected Thomas Kemmerich from the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP) as ...
08 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn 91tv ...
27 Apr 2020, 13:10 In the fight against climate change, hydrogen made with renewable electricity is increasingly seen as a silver bullet for sectors with particularly stubborn emissions, such as heavy industry and aviation. As a result, the emission-free ...
25 Jan 2021, 10:48 Germany is facing a packed election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of parties ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv / RBB / NDR A court in Germany has imposed a nearly two-year sentence for a road block climate protest by the activist group Last Generation (Letzte Generation). The local ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport Elections & Politics 91tv Leading German environmental organisations are calling for an immediate halt to the construction and expansion of highways and for a new federal mobility law to be passed ...
14 Feb 2020, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Eight European nations have agreed on a programme to make the river Rhine and its tributaries more climate-resilient. Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, ...
21 Dec 2022, 13:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Society 91tv Three in four houseowners in Germany wish ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cities 91tv A citizen initiative in Hamburg has succeeded in pushing for the end of coal heating by 2030 in the northern port city. 鈥淭he use of coal in district heating has to be avoided as quickly ...
29 Jul 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Urban greening and parasols in hotspots should help protect people in Germany's cities during periods of high heat. With a new urban heat protection strategy, the ...
09 Jul 2019, 11:57 CORRECTION: This article previously stated that Gerd M眉ller is Germany's environment minister. That was a mistake. He is Germany's development minister. Planting huge amounts of trees across the globe could be an effective way ...
15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
05 Dec 2019, 13:08 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
21 Dec 2015, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 CO2 emissions have inched up in 2015 despite a rapidly increasing share of renewables in electricity production, according to first calculations by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen. The main cause for the year ...
The proposal by the European Parliament鈥檚 Committee on the Environment to tighten emissions limits for new vehicles has triggered a lively debate in Germany. The country鈥檚 car industry association VDA called the proposal 鈥渉ighly alarming鈥� and 鈥渦nworkable, ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 91tv A broad coalition of climate activist groups have said they will stage a protest at an opencast lignite mine in East Germany and call for a rapid end to coal this Sunday (25 June). 鈥淚t is ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, wants to introduce a state support programme for climate projects in industry, she told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淭ogether with my cabinet colleagues from the economy [BMWi] and research [BMBF] ministries, I ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Society EU 91tv A majority of European Union citizens (66%) say that the war against Ukraine and its impact on the price of oil and gas should lead the bloc to speed up the green transition by reducing the ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The results of Germany's latest offshore wind power auction indicate that revenues are on a sharp decline, reported energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
18 Jul 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities rbb / 91tv The city of Berlin will launch a 鈥渉eat aid鈥� programme for homeless people that is aimed at assisting those in need of cooling and hydration during increasingly hot ...
11 Sep 2024
11 Sep 2024, 11:18 Julian Wettengel EU Commission: State of the Energy Union Report 2024 shows EU progress The EU has managed to withstand critical risks to its security of energy supply, regain control over the energy market and prices, and accelerate ...
05 May 2021, 12:37 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 Edgar Meza Energiewende Clean Energy ...
15 Nov 2023, 13:53 A ruling by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 highest court on the government鈥檚 budget planning has declared the current funding mechanism for tens of billions of euros in climate policies is unconstitutional. The judges ruled that chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 ...
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks would consider rewarding owners of cars with combustion engines if they decide to dispense with their vehicles, the minister said in an interview with Welt Online. A so-called scrapping premium would 鈥渘ot come ...
28 Jun 2024, 16:00 French citizens are awaiting the upcoming snap election brought about by the dissolution of parliament following president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 loss to the far-right in this June鈥檚 EU elections. The vote could have a profound impact on the ...
19 Feb 2021, 14:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv ...
23 Aug 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Cars 91tv / Reuters Germany needs biofuels and synthetic fuels made from renewable electricity (e-fuels) to ensure that the country's existing fleet of combustion engine vehicles can help reach climate ...
02 Aug 2024
02 Aug 2024, 14:20 Six months after the new ruling coalition in Poland came to power, there are still no significant changes to the country鈥檚 energy policy. The government of Donald Tusk, however, is finally getting back to work on key laws for the energy ...
15 Nov 2024
15 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Eurostat: Euro area industrial production down 2.8% in September 2024 over one year ago Largest annual decreases recorded in Ireland (-7.3%), Luxembourg (-6.3%), Hungary (-5.3%) and Germany (-4.5%). The Guardian: Gas prices at ...
11 Oct 2019, 14:15 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv German car manufacturers Daimler and BMW, utility RWE and building materials company HeidelbergCement are among the world's most influential lobbyists against ...
18 Jun 2020, 12:00 A joint push by the EU and China remains the best hope to drive global climate action and build momentum ahead of next year鈥檚 UN climate talks, researchers and NGOs say. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted national priorities, raised ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:59 Foundations are calling on the EU to use any economic stimulus enacted in response to the coronavirus to accelerate the transition to a green economy. The global climate crisis cannot be ignored even as governments focus on the health ...
08 Aug 2019, 13:41 A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on land use shows that climate change is threatening the world's food supply and livelihood, making it an "existential question", said German ...
11 Jan 2021, 12:51 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
The German government will stick to its plan to introduce a Climate Protection Law in 2019 despite聽 major internal difficulties 聽harrowing the coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD). A first ...
21 Dec 2023, 10:12 Preparing a fast expansion of renewable power will be a key challenge for governments across Europe in 2024, says Sarah Jilibert-Schabram of the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition (DFBEW). France and Germany both have stated ...
03 Feb 2025, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Solar Cars Heating 91tv Around two-thirds of homeowners in Germany plan to have a solar power system installed by 2029, according to a survey commissioned by Munich-based climate NGO Initiative ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv / n-tv / NZZ The stock price of Swiss solar panel manufacturer Meyer Burger has plunged after the company聽 announced 聽it would not follow through on plans to open a new ...
05 Jan 2017, 00:00 The year 2017 will be filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. In addition to presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:27 With competing ideas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial recovery, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 three-party coalition is showing clear signs of disunity. Ahead of the crucial round of talks for agreeing next year鈥檚 budget, coalition party ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
28 Jul 2023, 14:30 The European Union鈥檚 two largest economic and industrial leaders, Germany and France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for green industry leadership and decarbonisation technologies. Despite ...
08 Jul 2019, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany must聽review its climate change adaptation strategy as an early heatwave this year has shown that extreme weather events happen more frequently, said German Chancellor Angela ...
03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
In order to push implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, France and Germany have agreed on setting up a joint programme for climate and energy research for 50 scientists from around the world, the German ministry of education and research (BMBF) ...
01 Nov 2021, 08:26 The 26th UN climate change conference in Glasgow is a necessary instrument to put 鈥渕oral pressure鈥� on world governments to commit to more climate action, Stefan Rahmstorf, scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
02 Aug 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv Four in ten industrial companies in Germany are considering production cuts in the country or relocating parts of their production capacities outside of the country due to ...
15 Nov 2019, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 COP25 Stern / 91tv The earth's surface temperature will rise by three degrees Celsius under current climate targets, meaning CO2 emissions targets especially of industrialised ...
09 May 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 91tv The German coal exit will likely be completed before the 2038 end-date agreed on by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, environment minister Svenja Schulze has said. 鈥淭his will happen much faster ...
07 Jan 2020, 16:05 A sharp drop in coal use put a break on Germany's CO2 emissions last year and pushed the country "surprisingly鈥� close to its 2020 climate target, writes energy think tank Agora Energiewende in its 2019 review. But a rising CO2 ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
08 Jan 2018, 00:00 The negotiation partners in Germany's ongoing coalition talks have agreed to postpone the country's 2020 emissions reduction target until "the early 2020s". Party negotiators also agreed on introducing a climate ...
27 May 2019, 15:43 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:38 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 91tv A large part of Germany's future hydrogen demand could be supplied to the country via pipelines from neighbouring countries, according to a report by think tanks Agora Energiewende and ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:00 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Siemens Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Renewables Hydrogen ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:57 Jack McGovan Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt Plasma technologies could open new options for decarbonising heat supply in industrial processes, offering an alternative to the use of green hydrogen, newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Swedish ...
07 Feb 2024, 13:54 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Most citizens want Germany to play a leading role in climate protection, but they are divided over how to achieve this, slowing down climate policy efforts, said the ifo Institute ...
09 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 international ...
25 Oct 2024
25 Oct 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany sees 鈧�12.6 billion less in tax income by 2028 Finance minister Christian Lindner highlighted that the 鈧�7 billion in subsidies earmarked for US chipmaker Intel Corp in 2024 鈥� which paused its investment on a ...
06 Nov 2019, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 91tv A proactive economic policy that embraces the challenges of climate change and the energy transition and provides reliable climate policy will improve the economy's resilience ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:25 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices 91tv The expansion of European electricity grid infrastructure and measures to increase demand flexibility could lead to a significant reduction in power prices, according to a report by ...
15 May 2024, 12:33 Jack McGovan Transport EUElections2024 EU 91tv Rail travel should be the focus of legislative and investment decisions in the aftermath of the 2024 EU elections, an alliance of rail industry and NGOs said in an open letter ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:32 Ruby Russel Cost & Prices Society 91tv More than half of Germans say they are 鈥渧ery鈥� or 鈥渆xtremely鈥� concerned about climate change, but there is also widespread concern over the costs of the energy transition, with 55 ...
25 Oct 2022, 14:03 Kiprotich Koros Digitalisation 91tv A successful transition to renewables will only be achieved if there is a comprehensive digitalisation of the whole energy sector, a report by research institute Fraunhofer IEE has ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt Germany is stepping up its research on geothermal energy storage, a way of storing heat energy between seasons using water, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Research is currently underway in ...
20 Sep 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Society Government 91tv Public opinion on climate action in Germany is highly polarised, with a large part of society (56%) wishing for more climate action and around a quarter (24%) denying human-caused ...
26 Jul 2019, 13:43 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars 91tv The intensifying public debate over climate change in ...
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 2016 is set to be another eventful year in German energy policy. The Paris climate summit underlined the need to reduce emissions even further, which will ultimately involve painful decisions about the future of coal. A series of ...
03 Mar 2020, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Energiewende Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt German ministries continue to be divided over plans for a hydrogen economy, delaying publication of the country's highly anticipated strategy to lower emissions in high ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:12 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society 91tv An overwhelming majority of Germans want the country to ramp up its climate adaptation efforts and better prepare the country's infrastructure against increasingly regular ...
The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) wants to 鈥渆nd the sustained subsidies system of the [Renewable Energy Act] EEG鈥� with its priority grid access and feed-in tariffs for renewables, writes the party in its draft programme for the autumn federal ...
19 May 2020, 14:17 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government The governing conservative CDU/CSU alliance has shrugged off concerns by the German Advisory Council on the ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:31 Ruby Russel Mobility Cost & Prices Politics Berliner Morgenpost The city of Berlin has agreed to cancel its 29-euro monthly public transport ticket in a bid to cut government spending. Scrapping the budget subscription price is part ...
08 Jul 2020, 13:14 The European Union wants to establish itself as the world leader in hydrogen technologies and will focus on ramping up electrolyser capacities in the next four years. According to the European Commission's hydrogen strategy, the ...
29 Sep 2021, 13:42 Olaf Scholz has led Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) to an unexpected win in the country's 2021 elections. The finance minister of chancellor Angela Merkel's outgoing government has led a campaign based on continuity with ...
02 Aug 2024, 12:34 The upcoming elections in three Eastern German states in September have put the region at the centre of attention of the country鈥檚 political landscape in 2024, especially due to the expected success of populist parties which could shake ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Wind International 91tv The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) has called on the government to stand by the aim of achieving net-zero emissions across Europe by 2050 and urged concrete ...
10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
26 Nov 2014, 00:00 The German government looks set to approve plans to force the power sector to reduce carbon emissions by an additional 22 million tons by 2020. Environmentalists worry the plans don't go far enough and are calling for more coal ...
16 Jan 2020, 14:28 Expert IAB- Institute for Employment Research Institut f眉r Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Business & Jobs 91tv Germany's climate package will create more jobs than a business-as ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
16 Mar 2021, 17:30 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
14 Feb 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background While heat pump sales increased more than 50 percent in 2022, oil and gas boilers continued to dominate the German heating market, according to the annual heating ...
19 Jun 2018, 18:10 In her speech at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for more ambitious global climate action and multilateral cooperation. At international level, it will be important to develop a rulebook for the ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:54 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Gas International 91tv The highest Dutch court has put a halt to gas drilling off the German North Sea island of Borkum. The ...
22 Sep 2022, 13:52 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv The German industry plans to stick to existing ...
22 Apr 2020, 15:01 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 Expert ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:49 Julian Wettengel International COP29 91tv As the UN climate change conference COP29 gets underway, Germany is continuing its push to include countries beyond the rich industrialised economies among those to contribute ...
16 Sep 2024
16 Sep 2024, 12:13 91tv Team Bloomberg: Travel chaotic, damage mounts after Central European floods Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of ...
23 Jun 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Heating dpa / Handelsblatt An agreement by the government coalition to split the extra costs from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new carbon price on heating fuels 50:50 between landlords and tenants has failed at the last ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental NGOs have said they will take legal action against a partial permit for a planned controversial gas extraction project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands in the ...
02 Feb 2024, 14:35 Franca Quecke Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 91tv The German parliament has passed the 2024 federal budget after delays caused by a聽constitutional court ruling on the country's debt limit and subsequent ...
01 Apr 2025, 12:20 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 91tv / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:31 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 Ministry of the Environment, Climate ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background The government鈥檚 plan to introduce a tender system to ensure new gas-fired power plants are built 鈥� which the government considers necessary as a supplement to renewables ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 91tv Citizens expect the German government to take decisive action against the consequences of climate change, and are calling for the greening of inner cities to counter increasing heat, as ...
17 Jul 2019, 12:46 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Heating Handelsblatt Plans by the German economy and climate protection ministry (BMWK) to de-facto ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 are generating great uncertainty among homeowners, business ...
01 Nov 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Coal K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger / 91tv Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has rejected a coal phase out by 2030 if the country lacks affordable energy, newspaper K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger reported. ...
25 Sep 2015
25 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online 鈥淓xhaust affair: VW tricks increase doubts about climate calculations鈥� Car manufacturers are not only using tricks to stay under nitrogen oxide thresholds in tests but also to reduce ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
17 Nov 2023, 13:19 Milou Dirkx Finance International COP28 91tv The 100 billion U.S. dollars that developed economies aimed to raise annually for climate action in developing countries was likely reached for the first time in 2022, said the ...
21 Feb 2020, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Hydrogen Elections & Politics Hamburger Abendblatt The mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschentscher, has proposed shutting down the city's coal plant Moorburg "many years" earlier than the current end ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry is working on a long-term strategy for negative emissions, including a 2060 target to ensure the country absorbs more greenhouse ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
31 Jan 2025, 13:06 Joey Grostern Carbon market Business EU 91tv Around three quarters of German companies are not able or only partially able to report emissions data from their suppliers outside of the EU, with two-thirds fearing that this ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 91tv Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
17 Feb 2023, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Coal Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry (BMWK) wants to take all CO鈧� certificates from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will be freed up by the country鈥檚 coal exit off the market. ...
12 Nov 2024
12 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team ICCI: State of the Cryosphere 2024 鈥� Lost Ice, Global Damage 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2掳C of warming, would bring disastrous and irreversible ...
08 Sep 2023, 15:13 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy 91tv A new law for the phase out of oil and gas boilers in Germany was agreed upon in parliament today (8 September 2023), though changes to the original plans following controversy within the ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:48 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 steel and renewable industries have launched a joint call for a 鈥渢ransformation summit鈥� to clarify the urgently needed funding for industry decarbonisation in the wake of ...
The German and Moroccan governments together with the World Resources Institute (WRI) have initiated a partnership programme to help developing countries create and implement their national climate plans to meet commitments made in Paris last year. 鈥淎ny ...
10 Jan 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Efficiency Die Welt Increasing efficiency is crucial for the success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, but there has been little progress on the issue, which is strongly neglected in comparison to ...
14 Dec 2022, 13:18 Finding a proper economic policy response to the U.S. government's "Inflation Reduction Act" to lure green energy investments into German and European projects will be one of the key challenges the government is going to ...
12 Oct 2020, 13:43 If the European Union doesn't include stricter rules for climate friendly farming in its main subsidy scheme (CAP), the farming sector will not achieve any emission reductions in the next ten years, a new report finds. Expert ...
20 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Germany needs a national instrument to reduce carbon emissions from the power sector to meet climate targets by 2020 because even a reformed European Emissions Trading System (ETS) alone will not have enough impact, leaked ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Heating dpa / BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The draft legislation to introduce a de-facto ban on new gas and oil heating systems in Germany starting in 2024 has sparked a dispute within the government coalition ...
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)鈥檚 revelation that newly registered passenger cars consume significantly more fuel than advertised highlights the need for better testing, environmental organisation NABU says in a press release. ...
12 Nov 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Electricity Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Environmental groups from Germany and Austria have come out in opposition to two proposed hydropower projects in the Alps, emphasising their negative impacts on biodiversity, ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 91tv About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Government 91tv The German government has approved its climate adaptation strategy to better prepare the country for dealing with extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, heavy ...
18 Jul 2022, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 push for energy independence triggered by the Ukraine war could boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts in the medium term, as well as economic growth and ...
29 Jan 2024, 14:40 Franca Quecke Adaptation Cities 91tv / idw The increase in extreme weather events is taking a toll on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urban green areas, a large-scale report by researchers from the Technical University Berlin has revealed. For ...
22 Nov 2023, 12:46 Jack McGovan Renewables Energiewende 91tv Although there are positive signs in the expansion of renewable energies, electric cars and heat pumps, new figures made available by the Ariadne project show progress in the German ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 91tv / Zeit / n-tv A law requiring German municipalities, states and the country as a whole to adapt to the effects of climate change has now come into force (1 July). For the first time, ...
15 Dec 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Cost & Prices Policy Zeit Online The German government might not have enough money to pass on revenues from its national carbon price to citizens as a compensation for rising climate protection costs as ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sustainability issues have slid down the list of German managers鈥� priorities, a poll by business consultancy Horvath has revealed,聽 reports 聽newspaper Handelsblatt. The green transformation ...
03 Feb 2021, 13:38 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars WirtschaftsWoche The German government will invest ...
30 May 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Funke Mediengruppe / Bild / n-tv Plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 labour minister to assist households struggling with high energy prices and inflation by paying them a 鈥渟ocial climate money鈥� have led to ...
29 May 2020, 13:01 The German government is set to make the large-scale use of offshore wind power to produce emission-free hydrogen a cornerstone of its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy, reports Tagesspiegel Background. With additional ...
09 Aug 2021, 12:15 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv Germany finds it unexpectedly hard to translate its landmark energy transition into an export ...
13 May 2019, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Rheinische Post Horst Seehofer (CSU), German federal minister of the interior, building and community and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate cabinet, will propose making the climate-friendly ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 91tv More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
The election programme drafts by the Green Party and Free Democrats (FDP) indicate areas of agreement- which would open up federal coalition possibilities 鈥� but there are considerable differences in energy and climate policy, writes Stefan Braun in ...
10 Jun 2020, 16:10 Germany places a large bet on hydrogen produced using renewable energy in its highly anticipated national hydrogen strategy that serves to underpin the country's ambitions to become a global leader in the technology. The strategy ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Adaptation 91tv Adapting Germany to the effects of climate change will create tens of thousands of extra jobs within 15 years, according to a report by the German environment agency (UBA). "In 2040, an ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Industry 91tv The states of eastern Germany are benefitting from the transition towards a climate neutral economy and are well-positioned to emerge as a strong industrial hub thanks to their ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of Energy Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major parties say that they are committed to the Paris Climate Agreement, but climate protection measures specified in the election programmes of CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Green Party are not enough to reach the goal of limiting global warming ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv / dpa / Handelsbatt Offshore wind farms in the German North Sea generated around eight percent more wind power last year compared to 2023, transmission system operator TenneT said. At 20.8 ...
The EU could significantly reduce the financing costs of developing its renewable energy potential by setting up a guarantee programme,聽according to a study by energy think tank Agora Energiewende*. 鈥淥ne euro of public funding would leverage 50 euros of ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:14 Edgar Meza Wind Security WirtschaftsWoche Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path ...
11 Jan 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Germany must restore 50,000 hectares of moorland annually 鈥� and the whole of the EU 500,000 hectares 鈥� for the world to reach the Paris Agreement target of limiting global ...
02 Jan 2024, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv 2023 marked Germany's hottest year since records began in 1881, according to preliminary analyses by meteorological service DWD. The year's average temperature reached 10.6 ...
08 Nov 2023, 14:21 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany is lagging behind European countries such as Norway and the Netherlands when it comes to transitioning its energy market away from fossil fuels, according to an ...
09 Nov 2023, 14:20 Leading German economists have urged more innovation and investments to put the country that is still grappling with the fallout of the energy crisis and inflation back on a growth track. The German Council of Economic Experts forecasts ...
Annual climate protection efforts must be quadrupled compared to the average over the past ten years in order for Germany to reach its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, according to members of the Green Party parliamentary ...
07 May 2021, 15:54 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for action against global warming, and urged countries to not fall behind on climate protection measures and financing for developing countries despite the 鈥渕assive holes鈥� in ...
07 Oct 2024
07 Oct 2024, 10:53 91tv Team Bruegel: Europe鈥檚 2040 climate target: four critical risks and how to manage them Achieving target will require massive expansion of renewable electricity generation, drastic reductions in fossil-fuel use, energy efficiency ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:24 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International WWF / Greenpeace / DUH / BNE / VCI / BDI The European Commission鈥檚 plan to make the EU CO2-neutral by 2050 has been largely appreciated by environmental NGOs as ...
01 Aug 2024, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 goal of having 15 million electric cars on roads by 2030 could be missed by up to 6 million cars without cooperation with China and improved regulations and ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Policy Society Bild Three quarters of Germans worry about their future in regards to climate change, and many citizens say the government is not taking action rapidly enough,聽 a survey 聽by pollster INSA, commissioned by ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar 91tv / pv magazine The German Solar Association (BSW Solar) is calling for a 鈥渞apid dismantling of market barriers鈥� in view of an ongoing slump in the commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) segment. Companies ...
14 Jun 2024, 16:07 Poor results in the EU elections mean that governing is set to be anything but smooth sailing for Germany's ruling coalition. Pressure is mounting on all three partners 鈥� chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, the Green Party and the ...
18 Mar 2020, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Coal Gas Hydrogen Policy 91tv / Handelsblatt / Energate The German government has adjourned a decision on the country's highly anticipated strategy on how to boost the use of hydrogen to decarbonise ...
10 May 2024, 15:00 Poland saw a change in power last autumn when a pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk took over after eight years of rule by the right-wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS). Since then, however, the ...
29 May 2024, 13:42 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Developed countries finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years later than promised, the ...
12 Feb 2025, 13:55 Jack McGovan Renewables Wind 91tv Germany has started a multi-year campaign to measure wind speeds around 280 kilometres off the German Noth Sea coast to prepare the expansion of wind farms in the area. The government is ...
26 Oct 2016, 00:00 The rifts over the German Climate Action Plan 2050 and an exit from coal-fired power generation were highlighted at a string of events on Wednesday. Federal and regional environment ministry officials stressed the need for a framework ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv Cloud and edge computing hold great promise to increase the efficiency of a future decentralised energy system, yet the widespread use and acceptance of these solutions still face ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:33 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Augsburger Allgemeine / dpa Germany's Olaf Scholz considers a gas drilling project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands as likely, as environmentalists continue to push back, the chancellor told radio ...
10 Jan 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) are doubling down on their efforts to achieve a reform of the country鈥檚 constitutionally enshrined limit on new government lending, the ...
16 Jul 2024, 13:52 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 weakened industrial sector coupled with the expansion of renewable energy sources have resulted in a record drop in the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions traded in the EU Emissions Trading System ...
18 Oct 2024, 10:56 The new government of prime minister Michel Barnier was announced on 21 September, with the 2025 budget following on 10 October. To reduce the public deficit to 5 percent of the country's economy by 2025, and to 3 percent by 2027, ...
22 Feb 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Cities Society 91tv The initiators of an upcoming referendum on committing the German capital Berlin to 2030 climate neutrality have expressed confidence the vote will be successful, ...
27 Jul 2021, 16:55 After several years of expansion doldrums, onshore wind power development in Germany has slowly picked up in the first half of 2021, but remains insufficient for renewables expansion and climate targets, the country's wind power ...
16 Aug 2019, 12:11 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 Solar pv magazine The ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:55 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 91tv The German environment ministry has presented a draft circular economy strategy as "a crucial element to reach climate targets and to create new possibilities for growth, ...
09 Nov 2020, 14:57 European leaders, researchers and media commentators breathed a collective sigh of relief following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential elections and expressed hope for a new partnership on combating climate change. The news ...
29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: The secret behind 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 record renewables buildout As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry鈥檚 toughest problem: slow permitting, writes Bloomberg. Bloomberg: ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 91tv First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Industry Hydrogen 91tv German industry demand for electricity will rise steeply during the sector鈥檚 decarbonisation even if it opts for intensive use of hydrogen, according to a聽 report 聽by a ...
05 Sep 2023, 14:55 Jennifer Collins Energiewende 91tv Germany is off track regarding many areas of its famed energy transition, with several indicators either "unrealistic" or at risk, consultancy firm McKinsey聽 found in its ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 91tv / rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:01 Ruby Russel Heating 91tv Heat pump sales in Germany are set to fall to around 200,000 units this year, from 350,000 in 2023, according to the German Heat Pump Association (BWP), which blames the 45 percent decline on ...
13 Apr 2023, 12:59 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government dpa / Der Spiegel / 91tv Ahead of a major protest in Berlin announced by the climate activist group Last ...
20 Jan 2022, 12:01 Germany's onshore wind power capacity is recovering from years of depressed expansion, but is still not close to levels necessary for the country鈥檚 renewables targets for 2030, the country's wind power industry聽said in its ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Germans' support for the climate movement has halved following the rise of highly controversial street blockades by more radical activists, shows a survey by More in ...
23 Jan 2019, 18:16 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 detailed coal exit path and the end-date to coal-fired power generation remain unknown only days before a highly anticipated phase-out proposal is due to be published. A leaked draft of the final report of the country鈥檚 coal ...
04 Feb 2021, 11:15 Germany will increase the share of renewable energies in its transport sector to 28 percent by 2030, the government cabinet decided today, agreeing on draft legislation proposed by the environment ministry. The greenhouse-gas reduction ...
30 Jan 2024, 13:15 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy Wite / ARD Climate activist group Last Generation, whose members are famous for gluing themselves to roads to halt traffic, have announced that they will no longer use this ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:30 German government officials and industry associations have welcomed the EU鈥檚 proposal for a 鈥淕reen Deal Industrial Plan,鈥� intended to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's industry on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 10:50 91tv Team Eurelectric: Europe needs an energy security strategy based on clean electrification A new report demonstrates the need for a new approach to energy security based on clean electrification to reduce fuel imports dependence, ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv Germany's renewable energy sector employed 387,700 people in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent and the highest level in a decade, said the economy ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:15 The two most influential members of the EU, Germany and France, agree on the urgent need to jointly decarbonise Europe鈥檚 energy system and put supply security on a safer footing after the tumultuous energy crisis year 2022. Russia鈥檚 war ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv A large majority of 71 percent of voters in Germany say that the government must make sure that climate targets are met, but people lack trust in the abilities of major ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
18 Jul 2024
18 Jul 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Ursula von der Leyen: "We'll stay the course on the EU Green Deal and the goals we set for 2030 and 2050" " We will now focus on implementation & investment" and "put forward a Clean ...
10 Jul 2023, 13:00 Germany is bracing for summer heat and drought, as temperatures across Europe reach record levels and the rest of the world faces unparalleled extreme weather events. With the first heat warnings, dropping water levels in major rivers, ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
05 Dec 2022, 09:35 With motorway and airport blockades as well as attacks on artworks, climate activists have caused a stir in Germany. The actions have provoked mainly negative reactions from politicians, the media and the general public, following ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
16 Jan 2024, 13:01 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Government Zeit Online The German government has said that the allocation of so-called 'climate bonus' (Klimageld) to citizens to help alleviate high CO2 costs must start at the latest when the new ...
14 Jul 2020, 14:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has exceeded its own emissions reductions goal, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by the ...
22 Dec 2017, 00:00 After a year filled with events that put 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy in the limelight, such as the G20 summit in Hamburg, the COP23 in Bonn, or the debate over coal in the ill-fated 鈥楯amaica coalition鈥� talks, the country鈥檚 political life ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Nuclear phase-out BR Southern German state Bavaria will retire its last major coal plant this week because the plant in Zolling near Munich was used less and less, also after the country completed its nuclear ...
06 Dec 2024, 12:50 S枚ren Amelang Cars Electrive The average price of newly registered electric cars rose by around 4,000 euros to 56,669 euros in Germany this year, slowing the transition to climate-friendly mobility, according to the Center of Automotive ...
28 May 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza Mobility Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Wirtschaftswoche Nearly one in four Germans support a ban of short-haul flights, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by news agency dpa, Handelsblatt reports. One in ...
13 Aug 2021, 13:15 Many economists and climate researchers view raising the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels faster than currently planned as essential to reaching new, higher climate targets in both sectors. The debate about a ...
01 Jul 2024
01 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Reuters: Germany, Morocco agree alliance to support green hydrogen production and exports Germany is seeking to expand its reliance on hydrogen as a future energy source to cut greenhouse emissions for highly polluting ...
19 Apr 2024, 14:30 Democratic parties across Europe should treat climate policies as a matter of social justice to combat the increasing threat of far-right populist politicians who oppose strong climate action, says Linus Westheuser, sociologist at the ...
19 May 2025, 17:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Policy 91tv [UPDATE adds quotes by minister Reiche, Commissioner Ribera] The new German government should largely adopt the previous government's plans for building new gas power ...
07 Apr 2025
07 Apr 2025, 13:36 91tv Team International Energy Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:55 Edgar Meza Efficiency Die Welt Climate-neutrality in the residential building sector cannot be achieved with ever-more efficiency and insulation requirements, especially if real estate prices are to remain affordable, says the Federal ...
12 Dec 2018, 14:11 Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der called for a national exit from coal-fired power generation but rejected the current financial demands from coal-mining states to cushion the phase-out. In a speech on his new government鈥檚 priorities, ...
28 Jul 2020, 12:23 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Edgar Meza Wind 91tv Dutch transmission grid operator聽TenneT recorded a more than 21 percent increase in offshore wind energy transmission from the North Sea to ...
18 Sep 2023, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany's environment minister Steffi Lemke wants to ensure that a United Nations (UN) summit in New York this week "initiates a race to catch up" on the ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 91tv The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
24 Jan 2019, 12:10 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 mobility transition is a matter for Chancellor Angela ...
05 Feb 2020, 13:21 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry Reuters / Deutsche Welle Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser is ready for Siemens Energy- an energy business it plans to spin off by September- to be at the centre of the ...
12 Jan 2021, 13:48 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Freight 91tv The German transport ministry ...
The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5掳C, released today, shows the urgent need for ambitious climate action, according to the German government. In a press release, environment minister Svenja Schulze said the key message of the report is that ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:09 Finding sources of funding for climate action and ensuring a fair distribution of benefits and costs among different groups in society look set to become the main challenges for negotiators of a new German government coalition. While ...
07 Jul 2020, 13:22 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices Green stimulus 91tv German households ...
19 May 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Policy WirtschaftsWoche / WAZ / FAZ The cronyism allegations and subsequent departure of energy state secretary Patrick Graichen, as well as the public dispute about government plans for a de-facto ban of fossil heaters ...
07 Jan 2019, 09:30 The impending phase-out plan for coal power in Germany will have a profound impact on the country's entire energy policy, says Antje von Broock of environmental organisation Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). The NGO is a member ...
06 Apr 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims 91tv Following growing criticism and a wave of court cases against product labels promising climate neutrality, German certifier ClimatePartner is withdrawing its 鈥榗arbon neutral鈥� label. ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
17 Mar 2020, 14:32 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv A new decade-long weather forecast made by Germany's ...
18 Mar 2024, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry 91tv Germany will have to build a 4,800-kilometre CO2聽pipeline network at a cost of around 14 billion euros in order to decarbonise its cement, lime, and waste incineration industries, ...
06 Sep 2024, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Cars 91tv One in five German company fleet cars in 2023 were electric, around half of which are pure battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and the other half plug-in hybrids, a survey done by state-owned development ...
10 Nov 2021, 17:04 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit.聽 91tv tracks the latest views and comments from ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
13 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024, 11:35 Julian Wettengel ISGlobal: Heat caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Europe last year 鈥� study More than 47,000 people died in Europe in 2023 due to extreme heat, says the study by Barcelona Institute for Global Health. E3G: Investment ...
31 Jul 2017, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks has been at the helm of Germany's climate protection efforts for the past four years. During her tenure, the country has contributed substantially to brokering the Paris Agreement and put ...
02 Jul 2019, 13:39 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The likely next government coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and the Left Party in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 smallest state Bremen wants to declare a ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government must implement the key recommendations given by its coal exit commission, but the proposal should not be followed to the letter to maintain necessary flexibility in ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:38 S枚ren Amelang Policy International Security 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to 鈥渟ystematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement鈥� in the Arctic in聽 new policy guidelines ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv Germany and Italy have agreed to expand energy cooperation in order to strengthen supply security and the transition to climate neutrality, with gas and hydrogen pipelines across the Alps ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy Handelsblatt The German economy ministry will delay the release of a report on the impacts of the country鈥檚 coal phase-out on energy security, power prices, and the climate targets, business daily ...
18 Dec 2019, 13:31 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DENEFF- German Industry ...
10 Sep 2020, 13:59 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv The majority of cruise ship operators in Europe lack a real strategy for ...
28 Jan 2022, 13:43 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The planning for offshore wind power projects in German waters is ...
21 Jun 2018
21 Jun 2018, 16:13 An internal brawl in the German government's conservative camp over immigration has a paralysing effect on the country's energy and climate policymaking. After 100 days in office, the government coalition officially has to ...
24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
19 Feb 2024, 09:49 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt The European Commission has approved a subsidy scheme by the German government worth 4 billion euros to help reduce emissions from industry production. Support would be given ...
10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
25 Oct 2024, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv / Table.Media Damage caused by natural hazards like flooding cost German insurers 5.6 billion euros in 2023, up from four billion euros the previous year, after the country ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Edgar Meza Solar Elections & Politics Welt am Sonntag Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 state premier and chancellor ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv To聽supply a sufficient number of homes聽with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology,聽 a report 聽by ...
16 Jan 2025, 12:00 Europe's ageing buildings are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of climate change, with homes increasingly threatened by floods or at risk of becoming unbearably hot to live in. The job of adapting the spaces where ...
12 Jan 2023, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Society 91tv / ZDF German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said he has 鈥済reat respect鈥� for climate protesters but sees the village L眉tzerath 鈥� which is due to be demolished and replaced ...
24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an 鈥渆conomic nationalism鈥� policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:28 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Cars 91tv A large majority of Germans opposes a general ban of combustion engine ...
30 Nov 2023, 13:10 Edgar Meza Renewables EU 91tv In order to increase the market share of European manufacturers in the renewable energy sector, wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) roof systems could receive more funding if they are produced ...
30 May 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cars 91tv / n-tv Large petrol station companies will need to offer at least one fast charging point for electric vehicles from 2028, according to a draft law agreed by Germany's government ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Edgar Meza Transport Hydrogen Die Welt / 91tv Aviation industry representatives and political leaders in Germany have vowed ...
23 Aug 2024
23 Aug 2024, 10:50 Carolina Kyllmann Fortune: Greenpeace files supreme court case accusing Finland of climate inaction A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday (22 August) that they were suing the Finnish government for violating ...
29 Nov 2018, 12:35 The rise of populism and unilateralists like US President Donald Trump increasingly challenge the rules-based international order and put global climate action as pledged in the Paris Agreement at risk. Still, a changing mind-set in ...
14 Sep 2023, 13:36 Increasing international competition in the transition to a more sustainable economy will require tight-knit cooperation among EU countries and a tough stance on defending the bloc from unlawful trade subsidies abroad, the economy ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥�, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
12 Aug 2022, 11:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon market Company climate claims WirtschaftsWoche The German supermarket chain Rewe has said that it will ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel / WDR The construction of new gas-fired power plants that are supposed to provide backup capacity for the German electricity system amid the transition to renewable power needs ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Cars Die Welt / Handelsblatt A slump in new electric vehicle (EV) registrations in Germany could set the country's electromobility growth target back at least five years, according to industry expert Ferdinand ...
01 Aug 2024
01 Aug 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Footprint Network: August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day With the beginning of August, humanity鈥檚 demand on nature鈥檚 resources this year surpasses Earth鈥檚 capacity to regenerate them, the international sustainability ...
11 Jun 2021, 12:54 Green delegates are pushing for more ambitious climate policies in the party's election manifesto to be finalised at a party congress over the weekend, as the party seeks to stem a recent slide in the polls. Against the backdrop of ...
German transport subsidies worth billions of euros are harmful to the environment, a serious obstacle to the transition to a renewable mobility future, and should be abolished, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Subsidies for diesel ...
09 Jul 2019, 12:42 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 FDP- Free Democratic ...
12 Jul 2024, 15:00 The European elections are over and, as was widely expected, centre-right conservatives finished on top, leaving everybody else in the European Parliament the duty to find common ground with the biggest group and form an alliance. ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv A jury of linguists and journalists has picked the expression 鈥�climate terrorists鈥� (Klimaterroristen) as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥榥on-word鈥� (Unwort) of the year 2022, the initiative ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Court of Auditors has compiled a聽 list of recommendations 聽for the country鈥檚 government to save money in several areas, including pensions, the military, ...
08 Dec 2020, 13:30 Edgar Meza Storage Hydrogen 91tv German technology company Bosch is ramping up stationary fuel cell efforts, announcing this week plans to begin full-scale production of distributed power stations based on solid oxide fuel ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv The costs and other burdens of climate action must be spread in a fair and balanced way across society to ensure social cohesion and avoid individual hardship, the German ...
06 Apr 2020, 12:33 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
17 Mar 2023, 12:21 German government officials have welcomed proposals by the European Commission to boost net-zero industries and the competitiveness of European companies in an effort to keep up with other regions of the world, such as the U.S. and ...
04 Oct 2019, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Energiewende Hydrogen International 91tv The economy ministers of Germany and the Netherlands, Peter Altmaier and Eric Wiebes, have signed a joint declaration at the sidelines of joint cabinet consultations ...
24 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz ...
02 Feb 2022, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture International 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry (BMUV) will launch four new projects worth a total of 32 million euros to protect wetlands and peatlands abroad, it announced on the occasion of ...
31 May 2022, 14:14 Edgar Meza Industry Heating Handelsblatt As Germany reorients its energy policy in the wake of the Ukraine war and seeks to increase gas imports from other sources than Russia, it should also promote greater energy efficiency and make ...
18 Mar 2025
18 Mar 2025, 12:02 91tv Team BETD: German government hosts 11th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue聽 Event brings together representatives from over 130 countries to discuss the financing and roll-out of the global energy transition. S&P Global: Gascade ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 91tv Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making 鈥渟ignificant strides鈥�, according to a report by the ...
18 Jan 2024, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Cars Die Welt / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 sudden cut of electric vehicle purchasing subsidies has caused carmakers to outdo each other with heavy discounts, reports Die Welt. Tesla, the U.S. electric car company, cut the ...
08 Jul 2024
08 Jul 2024, 11:00 S枚ren Amelang Reuters: France faces coalition puzzle after left-wing surge Left-wing bloc comes first but no majority in parliament Macron's centrists second, far-right RN in third place Unexpected outcome leaves France in limbo ...
27 May 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to miss its 2030 energy efficiency target if it relies only on its existing policy measures, a report commissioned by industry energy efficiency ...
23 Jun 2020, 13:52 EU 91tv A group of non-governmental organisations warns in a report that corporate interests could push for and achieve climate-damaging EU legislation during the country鈥檚 upcoming EU Council presidency. Lobbycontrol and ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The shortage of skilled labour is a drag on the global energy transition and could put UN climate targets at risk, says a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) that ...
21 May 2021, 12:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 91tv A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
05 Aug 2020, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Start-ups Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A start-up from Munich has developed a programme that could help e-car producers to massively improve their assessment of the residual value of used car batteries, ...
26 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germans have handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in the country鈥檚 federal election. Most likely, Merkel will have to start talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a so-called "Jamaica coalition, ...
05 Sep 2019, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Investments in renewable energy were halved in Germany in 2018 compared to the year before, landing the country in fourth place in global renewable investments, said Ulf Moslener, ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:46 Edgar Meza Renewables Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der has reaffirmed his government鈥檚 intention to take over more than 80 power plants on the southern German state's rivers from energy company ...
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) wants to develop a national climate protection law and introduce a CO鈧� floor price, the party says in a first draft for the federal election campaign programme. "We will continue to develop European emissions trading ...
09 Nov 2017, 00:00 German state secretary for environment says ETS reform shows EU can work together on climate policy / Negotiators progress on technical details of Paris rulebook / COP president Fiji was world's third most climate-impacted country ...
28 May 2020, 12:29 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen 91tv A coordinated European green hydrogen production infrastructure is a ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Society 91tv Europeans aged over 30 show a better grasp of the causes and consequences of climate change than younger generations- but awareness of solutions is lacking across age groups, found a聽 survey by ...
03 Sep 2019, 17:45 Following key regional elections in eastern German Saxony and Brandenburg, the conservative parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition 鈥� the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥� have ...
06 Jun 2016
06 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Tagesspiegel 鈥�80 percent renewables are not a problem鈥� There is much more flexibility in the German power grid to cope with renewables development than currently needed, said Boris ...
18 Dec 2019, 14:05 Germany has seen a second year of significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, as coal use fell by more than 20 percent and energy production from renewables increased, preliminary calculations by energy research group AG ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:51 As the UN climate change conference (COP27) gets underway in Egypt, the German government has pledged additional funding to protect forests worldwide and support the most vulnerable countries in dealing with climate risks. Chancellor ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥� for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 91tv Energy industry association BDEW has聽 presented a proposal 聽for a new electricity market design in Germany, with a new capacity mechanism at the heart of the plan. 鈥淭he current ...
26 Feb 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hydrogen 91tv The European Commission has approved 1.3 billion euros of German state aid to help multinational steelmaker ArcelorMittal make its operations in the country more climate-friendly. The ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices Clean Energy ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 91tv The climate crisis is 鈥渢he biggest security crisis of our time,鈥� said German foreign minister Annalena ...
11 Jul 2019, 10:30 The German candidate for the top job in the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told European parliamentarians that tackling climate change is a top priority for the EU. She said the bloc's emission reduction goal could be ...
19 May 2015, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have thrown their weight behind an ambitious and urgent push to make the Paris climate summit a success. The international community must start work now in order to ...
17 Nov 2017, 00:00 The Bonn climate summit of 2017, a short way from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest coal mining district, is almost over. But the COP will reconvene next year, 1,050 kilometres away from Bonn in Katowice, another traditional coal mining area located in ...
01 Apr 2020, 15:14 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Mobility Transport Hydrogen 91tv Trains with alternative propulsion systems have a large market potential in ...
23 May 2019, 12:19 Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Cars Reuters / Daimler Daimler鈥檚 outgoing Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche has announced a sweeping cost review as he bid farewell to shareholders following more than a ...
11 Apr 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Bloomberg The G7 countries cause a large part of the world's resource consumption and the associated damage to the climate and environment and thus have to 鈥渁ccept their ...
14 Aug 2023, 13:00 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society Watson / Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fridays for Future youth climate movement has renounced the more radical tactics (such ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:34 Jack McGovan Company climate claims 91tv The 40 large companies listed in the German DAX stock market index reduced their full value chain greenhouse gas emissions by a combined four percent in 2023, compared to the ...
09 Jan 2024, 13:41 Edgar Meza Society Elections & Politics 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt / Dlf Former German Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht on 8 January officially launched her much-anticipated political party, the " ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:51 Julian Wettengel Wind EU 91tv German energy industry players have welcomed a European Union package of proposals to strengthen the bloc鈥檚 wind power industry. The main goal of the measures in the package should be to ...
07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv / Die Welt At 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first mobility summit under Olaf Scholz on 10 January, the German chancellor aims to renew efforts to tackle the country鈥檚 lagging emissions reduction in the ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:04 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
09 Dec 2019, 12:58 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 ...
27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
18 Jul 2023, 13:55 Jack McGovan Cars Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The German government is aiming for 15 million electric cars on roads by 2030, but industry insiders say orders for EVs have dropped since the end of 2022, business daily Handelsblatt ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:02 Milou Dirkx Mobility Transport 91tv Municipalities will face no additional financial burden if they align necessary investments to maintain and expand rail networks and roads in Germany with the move to a sustainable ...
14 Apr 2021, 15:02 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics 91tv Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to enter the election campaign with a pledge to extend emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate ...
20 Mar 2023, 12:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society ZDF / 91tv Several German cities are considering, or are already brokering, deals with climate activists from the group Last Generation to end their disruptive protests in ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv Almost 70 percent of Germans say that the climate crisis means a "fundamental rethink is needed in the area of mobility," shows a survey by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading technical ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
07 Jul 2023, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon market 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emissions under the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) remained constant in 2022 compared to the previous year, the annual report from the German Emissions Trading ...
26 Jun 2019, 12:45 Renewable energy sources delivered a fresh record in Germany in the first half of 2019 with a share of 44 percent in electricity consumption as stormy weather boosted wind power production on land and at sea, utility association BDEW ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices Die Welt Representatives of the German energy industry say that the policy announcements by the new U.S. administration could benefit their country鈥檚 competitiveness if the next government ...
14 May 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv A quarter of people in Germany either already have or plan to install a mini solar module on their balcony or in their garden, found a survey by comparison portal Verivox. Around nine percent of ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power capacity continued to grow apace in early 2025 after four gigawatts (GW) of new turbines were licensed in the first three months of the year, industry ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:59 The world鈥檚 top management consultancies, who for decades have advised the biggest polluters, are now piling into the business of helping companies cut emissions to become more sustainable. They are retraining staff, poaching ...
05 Sep 2024
05 Sep 2024, 11:01 91tv Team Le Monde: France's Macron appoints Michel Barnier, former European commissioner, as prime minister The appointment of the EU's former Brexit negotiator, a member of the right-wing Les R茅publicains party, comes after ...
21 Sep 2018, 16:19 Germany will miss its climate targets for the building sector if it continues to neglect efficiency because of the increasingly tight housing market, environmental NGOs and efficiency associations warn. The climate action proponents ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen 91tv Germany is betting big on green hydrogen imports but the country should strengthen its own production as well because it is "uncertain" where those imports will come from in relevant ...
24 May 2019, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency 91tv The energy efficiency gains of one- or two-family homes in Germany have begun to flatten out in recent years, making clear that more efforts are needed to achieve further progress in ...
23 Sep 2022, 14:02 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Clean ...
15 Oct 2018, 17:33 The ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) 鈥� the sister party to Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and the partner in her national grand coalition government 鈥� were dealt a historic blow in the Bavarian state elections, ...
22 Nov 2022, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Business 91tv Companies in Germany invested about 55 billion euros in climate action measures in 2021 but still have to double their financial efforts to get on track towards the country鈥檚 2045 greenhouse ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany plans to electrify only around 66 kilometres of railway lines in 2025, falling well short of its targets to expand overhead electricity lines and replace diesel-powered ...
05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
15 Jan 2021, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert DUH- Environmental Action ...
02 Jul 2024, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Transport dpa / 91tv Germany's railway service reliability took a severe hit in June 2024 due to the effects of extreme weather events, reported news agency dpa. Ageing and ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:37 Joey Grostern Grid 91tv / Der Spiegel A key operator of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid, TenneT, has hit several important milestones in its goal to expand the grid and help the country meet its decarbonisation plans, according ...
30 May 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition is a vast national project that is reshaping the entire country- but it is not happening at an equal pace everywhere in the country. 91tv takes a look at the county Marburg-Biedenkopf in the central German ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised the actions of climate activists targeting artworks and blocking traffic by gluing themselves to streets. 鈥淭here are other ways in which people can ...
27 Oct 2023, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Renewables Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The coalition agreement of the renewed government alliance of conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters in southern German Bavaria presents nothing ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society Elections & Politics EU 91tv For people in France, Denmark and Switzerland, climate change is the most important of five major crises which Europeans say have changed the way they look at the ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:40 Franca Quecke Company climate claims EU 91tv Following a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities,聽Berlin-based fashion retailer聽Zalando has committed to removing "misleading ...
12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU 91tv The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:51 Few nominations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government cabinet have caused as much international uproar as that of FDP leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. Critics have warned that the head of the pro-business party could thwart ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Heating costs in Germany increased by up to 81 percent during the winter of 2022, an聽 analysis 聽conducted by non-profit consultancy co2online has found. At a time when the ...
27 Mar 2018
27 Mar 2018, 00:00 Germany saw its greenhouse gas emissions dip slightly in 2017, as wind power continued to replace coal-fired electricity generation and hard coal power plants were shut down, new estimates released by the Federal Environment Agency show ...
21 Feb 2019, 14:36 The vast majority (90%) of Germans are supportive of the country's energy transition. However, more and more are losing faith in the government鈥檚 ability to pursue this landmark project in a socially just way, a new survey finds. ...
As the European Union sets itself more ambitious energy efficiency goals for 2030, Germany will miss its 2020 targets, writes Steven Hanke in Welt am Sonntag. 鈥淲e will not reach the efficiency targets we have set ourselves for 2020 in this way,鈥� said ...
20 Apr 2022, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Cars Utilities 91tv The German government's subsidy programmes for the rollout of public e-car charging infrastructure are so ineffective that they should be rebuilt from scratch, the country's ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv Rail passengers and freight customers are set to be hit by higher prices as a result of a German government railway funding proposal aimed at ensuring a federal budget in line with the ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 91tv The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
05 Jun 2023, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society The climate protest group Last Generation (Letzte Generation) has announced that in the coming weeks its protest activities will target 鈥渢he rich鈥� and 鈥渟ymbols of modern wealth鈥� in order to ...
01 Mar 2022, 14:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 91tv, the economy and climate ...
28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / 91tv The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
14 Jun 2022, 13:09 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv A new report by the German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy and sustainability consultancy Better Earth indicates that climate protection has a major impact on the strategic decisions ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal EU Die Zeit The shut down of German coal plants in 2021 is set to have only a minor impact on European emissions reduction because the government might not report plant decommissionings to the European Commission, ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society EU 91tv Two-thirds of the people in Europe (66%) support stricter government measures to change people鈥檚 individual behaviour to tackle climate change, according to the second part of the European ...
06 Mar 2020, 13:57 Freja Eriksen Heating Die Welt The housing group Vonovia, which acts as Germany's largest landlord, has called on the state to support energy efficient renovations in rented homes, writes Die Welt. Although the group's rental ...
20 May 2019, 13:08 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
Aligned with the goals of the energy transition, the federal government cabinet has decided 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 7 th energy research programme, the economy ministry said in a press release. 鈥淭he Energiewende is an ambitious modernisation project for our economy. ...
16 Jan 2023, 14:08 The Green Party's leadership has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the village of L眉tzerath to expand a neighbouring mine as part of a larger deal to exit coal in western Germany by ...
23 May 2023, 13:44 Carolina Kyllmann Politics Society Tagesspiegel / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz labelled the protest actions from climate activist group Last Generation, who glue themselves to artwork or roads, as 鈥渃ompletely nutty ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:41 With a new sustainable finance strategy, Germany's government hopes to better align financial policies with climate targets and to ensure the country moves from a cautious to a more proactive role in the budding green finance ...
17 Mar 2023, 13:31 Supermarket shelves have increasingly been flooded with products featuring green claims like 鈥�climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥� or 鈥減ackaging reusable,鈥� but a lack of regulation means many of these can be vague, misleading or even factually wrong 鈥� ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 91tv Effective climate action in Germany and Europe will require sustained economic growth to demonstrate that a more sustainable way of living is possible without giving ...
16 Nov 2020, 14:15 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International Der Spiegel Germany's state environment ministers back the European Parliament's call for raising the bloc's 2030 emission target to a 60 percent ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 91tv The U.S. government鈥檚 decision to put a halt to licensing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 91tv Europe and Germany should ensure that certain elements of the supply chain of industries critical for the move to climate neutrality happen on their home turf to make the ...
05 May 2023, 14:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv In a bid to greatly improve ...
02 Nov 2022, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv / Reuters [CORRECTION: Corrects wrong date for run-off election in Brazil. It took place on 30 October 2022.] Germany is willing to quickly unfreeze funds to help curb ...
13 Sep 2021, 13:52 Jessica Bateman Agriculture Tagesspiegel Four German food brands have announced plans for a common labelling system explaining how environmentally damaging each of their products are. According to an article in Der Tagesspiegel by ...
01 Jun 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Germany, Denmark, the UK and the EU will provide 100 million euros for climate change mitigation projects in developing countries, economy minister Robert Habeck said at the Global NDC ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:41 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal consumption continued its downward trend in 2024, helping to reduce the country鈥檚 climate-damaging CO2 emissions, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:51 Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices 91tv Rising energy costs have led to a drop in approval ratings for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit in eastern German mining regions, according to the Central Germany Monitor ...
08 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nineteen members of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies underscored their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States isolated. The US also was the only country to opt-out of a first ...
22 May 2019, 13:45 Voters across the EU will head to the polls between 23 and 26 May to elect a new European Parliament. It鈥檚 one of three major European institutions 鈥� along with the European Commission and Council 鈥� due for elections or leadership ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating Society 91tv The rate of energy-efficient housing renovations in Germany improved slightly in the last couple of years, but remains far below the levels needed to reach the country鈥檚 climate ...
13 Sep 2024, 15:00 The fate of France鈥檚 green transition remains on hold despite President Emmanuel Macron finally appointing a new prime minister in Michel Barnier. The decision to name a new prime minister had been a long time coming, following the ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 91tv Public transport in Germany could be headed for a 鈥渃ollapse鈥� if the government does not take measures to abate the 鈥渕assive labour shortage鈥� in the sector, labour union ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:58 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv A working group made up of government officials and industry representatives focusing on climate-neutral aviation is calling for clear commitment by political leaders and industry to the market ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:39 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany should act quickly to kickstart the hydrogen economy with concrete steps as not enough has been done in practice so far, said the Association of German Engineers ...
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03 Feb 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany opens way for gas beyond 2035 with subsidy extension 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has extended a support scheme for some gas plants by four years to 2030, in a law hurried through just before the general election on ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government has nearly doubled subsidies within three years, but less than half of them have a positive effect on climate and the environment, ...
06 Oct 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Finance 91tv Twenty-five countries including Germany, France and Japan have pledged a total of 9.3 billion U.S. dollars to support climate action in developing countries from 2024 to 2027 ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:19 The far-right party AfD scored its first ever state election win in eastern Thuringia and came a close second in neighbouring Saxony, while the parties of the federal coalition government in Berlin recorded heavy losses. One year ahead ...
20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental and political NGOs have called on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
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17 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel EU Council greenlights 鈧�2.3 billion energy transition support for Germany The EU approved 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 amended recovery and resilience plan, which now includes an additional 鈧�2.3 billion to contribute to accelerating ...
25 Oct 2024, 13:52 Jennifer Collins Mobility Policy 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Rail passenger and freight transport is set to see strong growth over the next 16 years in Germany, but trucks and cars are expected to remain the dominant ...
14 May 2019, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 91tv The world鈥檚 oldest carmaker Daimler has said it aims to bring the share of e-cars in its sales to 50 percent by 2030 and to achieve a 鈥渃arbon-neutral passenger car fleet鈥� by 2039. Plug ...
04 Apr 2019, 15:12 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 percent in 2018 as warm weather and higher prices dampened the use of climate-damaging fossil fuels. The government called the largest drop since the 2009 recession the 鈥渇irst notable ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Following the inauguration of Brazil鈥檚 new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on 1 January, Germany has released 35 million euros for the country鈥檚 Amazon Fund, which is dedicated to ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv Germany cannot realistically reach climate neutrality by 2045 without using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, several research academies have said in a ...
28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
