02 May 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Table Media / Handelsblatt Several international climate policy experts have warned that the next German government’s decision to strip the foreign office of its responsibility for ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 91tv Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa’s energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe’s green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Government International 91tv Several climate and environmental NGOs have called on the German government to step up its leadership efforts and remain a reliable climate protection advocate ahead of the ...
15 Jan 2025, 11:20 As geopolitical tensions escalate and make UN climate negotiations increasingly difficult, the next German government should continue to explore alternative alliances to push for decarbonisation, says Marian Feist, senior research ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:40 Sören Amelang Security 91tv Climate change poses the greatest threat to German and European security because it destabilises states, undermines food security, increases conflicts over resources like water, according to ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 Germany’s designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country’s east and its population’s fatigue of constant changes ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Der Spiegel / Die Welt Germany’s carmakers have fallen behind competitors from Japan and the US in sales and profits throughout 2024, an analysis by consultancy EY has found. Volkswagen, ...
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 Germany’s Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:31 Bennet Ribbeck Business & Jobs International 91tv European industry could profit from a possible US drawback in climate-policy related collaborations, said Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock. Climate ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Industry International energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv German energy and industry representatives have expressed concern over the new tariff announcements by US president Donald Trump, ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
15 May 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:30 Edgar Meza Adaptation Society 91tv Germany's major aid organisations are urging the future government to increase civil protections in light of " the disasters resulting from rapidly increasing global warming and ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:15 Sören Amelang Transport Industry 91tv Climate-neutral industrial alcohol made with renewable electricity appears to be the most suitable synthetic fuel to decarbonise international shipping, researchers from the Institute ...
28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain’s secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:51 The European Commission unveiled a series of plans to make the bloc's industry more competitive, reduce energy costs and cut red tape. Germany's industry associations called the proposals an important first step in the right ...
24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025, 10:30 91tv Team DW: German election results explained in graphics Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics. Bloomberg: German Social Democrats ditch Scholz ...
29 Apr 2025
29 Apr 2025, 13:45 91tv Team Bloomberg: Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early on 29 April, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe’s worst ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government’s coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Reuters The German state secretary Jochen Flasbarth has said the government regretted the U.S. withdrawal from international partnerships to support major global polluters’ socially ...
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 ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany’s prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country’s landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty, conservatives and Social Democrats ...
09 May 2025
09 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Montel: German zone split plan “half-baked”, may lead to extreme prices Large impact of weather on green output expected in the smaller of five proposed areas. Reuters: Germany's energy transition hits reverse so far in ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump’s second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann International EU Handelsblatt France and Germany are preparing a relaunch of their cooperation on energy policy, competitiveness, and technology for when conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has formed his ...
26 Mar 2025, 13:43 Bennet Ribbeck Society 91tv Human rights organisation Amnesty International and other NGOs have criticised official charges against members of the German Last Generation climate movement because of “suspicion of forming a ...
13 May 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Security 91tv Germany’s new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has emphasised the value in working with European partners to ensure energy supply for the continent. “Cooperation with European ...
26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
02 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Government International T&E: How to defuse the EU’s carbon tax time bomb The decision to create a Europe-wide carbon price was right but creates significant political risk. The good news is it can still be fixed. Carbon ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is “of geopolitical importance” for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
08 Jan 2025, 12:57 Jennifer Collins Industry Tagesspiegel / 91tv Companies in Germany are increasingly experiencing short power outages of up to three minutes, with the number of companies reporting such "flickers", as they are ...
07 Apr 2025
07 Apr 2025, 13:36 91tv Team International Energy Agency (IEA)- Our latest review of Germany’s energy policies is out now Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
06 Dec 2024
06 Dec 2024, 12:28 91tv Team S&P Globa l: Spain's Grenergy sees Germany, US as prime markets for battery storage expansion "Fantastic opportunity in Germany for stand-alone [battery] projects," chairman says. AFP: Europe's oldest ...
14 May 2025
14 May 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Bloomberg: Merz risks coalition spat with call to scrap EU supply-chain law Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, reiterated a call for the European Union to scrap rules designed to make companies pursue sustainable ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Auswärtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 91tv The climate crisis is “the biggest security crisis of our time,” said German foreign minister Annalena ...
27 Sep 2024, 13:33 It will be very difficult for Germany to reach its target of providing developing countries with at least six billion euros in climate finance from its federal budget by 2025, said government officials in Berlin. The recent budget ...
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 ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:29 Julian Wettengel Finance COP29 Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Upcoming negotiations on a new goal for financial support from richer countries to developing economies to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be “very ...
17 Feb 2025
17 Feb 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Jacques Delors Centre: One month into Trump: Europe’s hour New U.S. president means dangers for rest of the world by demolishing rules-based international system, disdain for environment. Building defensive and dissuasive ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt / Handelsblatt The slow uptake of electric mobility by German motorists could get a boost in 2025 thanks to changing attitudes and the availability of more affordable electric vehicles ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt Germany’s leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
23 May 2025, 13:08 Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out 91tv / FT Economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has confirmed media reports that her government agreed with France to largely drop its resistance to supporting new nuclear power ...
20 May 2025, 13:11 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A key plan by Germany’s new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily ...
13 Dec 2024
13 Dec 2024, 12:03 91tv Team Carbon Brief: State of the climate: 2024 will be first year above 1.5C of global warming Strong El Niño event contributed to exceptionally high global temperatures early in the year. IEA: Technology breakthroughs are unlocking ...
09 Apr 2025, 13:41 Sören Amelang Adaptation Society Die Welt / Main Post One of Germany’s final traditional wooden sled manufacturers is halting production because of climate change, report ed daily paper Die Welt. “The fact that there is virtually no ...
30 Aug 2024, 13:49 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating Carolina Kyllmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv German car suppliers are losing market share internationally and need to be more flexible ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dröge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:19 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Security 91tv Accelerating the transition to largely domestically produced sustainable energy such as wind and solar electricity is the only way to really ensure energy security in Europe, said the European ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 91tv Electric vehicles (EVs) tend to function more reliably and have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engine cars (ICEs), the German Automobile Club (ADAC) has found in an ...
03 Feb 2025, 13:35 Jennifer Collins International Kölner Stadtanzeiger / Tagesspiegel / 91tv / Politico The German government has warned U.S. president Donald Trump against starting a trade war with Europe, saying that if the country imposes ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:57 Germany will continue to aim to provide 6 billion euros annually in funds to developing countries for climate mitigation and adaptation by 2025, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said. The government would do so despite a recent ...
20 Nov 2024
20 Nov 2024, 09:53 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year’s CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 91tv Europe's wind power industry and the German government have agreed on a set of measures to tackle challenges regarding the sector’s competitiveness, continued investments ...
12 May 2025, 13:47 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Most people in Germany continue to be very concerned about the impact of global ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt Every second e lectric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Vol kswagen, while two out of three newly register ed e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU’s most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv The Association of German Engineers (VDI) has cautioned that new-found enthusiasm for nuclear power, as a means to mitigate global warming, must not slow the rollout of ...
01 Aug 2024
01 Aug 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Footprint Network: August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day With the beginning of August, humanity’s demand on nature’s resources this year surpasses Earth’s capacity to regenerate them, the international sustainability ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:50 India and a group of countries including the U.S. and Germany will not agree on a so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a key international deal that was meant to promote the South Asian nation’s climate-friendly ...
01 Aug 2024, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling International dpa / Die Welt Germany looks set to vote against lifting the current ban on mining the seabed in international waters at a conference on the future of deep sea mining, news ...
10 Apr 2025, 14:11 Germany’s prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country’s landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:38 Sören Amelang Policy International Security 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to “systematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement” in the Arctic in new policy guidelines ...
04 Feb 2025
04 Feb 2025, 12:00 91tv Team EEA: EU maritime transport: progress made but environmental, sustainability challenges persist Europe’s maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv The world needs a "new approach to climate finance," German chancellor Olaf Scholz said at his government's Petersberg Climate Conference in Berlin. He ...
24 Nov 2024, 15:30 Politicians and civil society from Germany have said that the agreement on future climate finance at the UN climate change conference COP29 shows that international cooperation has prevailed even in a challenging geopolitical context. ...
25 Mar 2025
25 Mar 2025, 11:25 91tv Team The Guardian: German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition Germany’s new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) the strongest opposition faction, ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 91tv Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company’s CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
26 May 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Security Funke Mediengruppe Germany’s electricity supply infrastructure increasingly represents a target for cyber attacks, Claudia Plattner, president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ...
04 Nov 2024, 13:48 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 International 91tv The UN biodiversity conference in the Colombian city of Cali achieved real progress by improving coordination between climate and environmental protection, according to ...
06 Jun 2024, 14:00 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv ...
17 Jan 2025, 15:00 Energy prices are becoming increasingly expensive for Italian businesses and households due to delays in the development of renewables and increases in the cost of gas on international markets. The rise in energy costs will be, along ...
13 Jun 2024, 13:30 This year's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, to be held in a secluded luxury resort in the Puglia region on 13-15 June, has been largely sidelined in the country's public discourse as the focus is firmly on the campaign for ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Politico / 91tv / Reuters The European Union as a business location is set to profit from additional infrastructure investments planned by the likely next German government, Philipp Jäger of the Jacques ...
26 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025, 10:30 Sören Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
21 Jan 2025
21 Jan 2025, 11:00 91tv Team AP: Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement — again Move is blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Ursula von ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition’s break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
25 Apr 2025, 09:00 European and UK leaders have pledged to cooperate closely to strengthen energy supply security, and said bringing down fossil fuel imports and ramping up domestic clean sources is the only way to do so. At an energy security summit in ...
09 May 2025, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU ARD / Tagesspiegel / 91tv The new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a “restart” of Franco-German relations at his first international trip on Wednesday (7 May), after his ...
12 May 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The massive nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal on 28 April continues to raise questions across Europe regarding the incident’s origins and the conclusions that need ...
27 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport 91tv Germany should lead the way in making mobility more sustainable, transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) said following the conclusion of the ...
09 May 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Security 91tv Germany must speed up the electrification of its rail network for military purposes as well as for environmental reasons, said the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections’ result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
16 May 2025, 13:20 Expert BMUKN- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesminister für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Nuclear phase-out Policy Government ...
04 Oct 2024, 13:29 Joey Grostern Cars International 91tv / Euronews The European Commission will proceed with its proposals to impose additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles following a key vote among member states on 4 October, said ...
27 Mar 2025, 10:12 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Table Media [UPDATES article to include support for scheme in coalition talks.] The European Commission has approved a support scheme worth five billion euros to help ...
02 Apr 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv Europe could reduce its spending on security and defence by cutting its reliance on fossil fuels – thereby starving Russia of funds from oil exports which are critical ...
02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv EU member states’ national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:15 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Sören Amelang Transport Freight 91tv Decarbonising the freight transport sector will require a shift from planes and trucks to ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:37 Germany is unlikely to face the kind of massive power outage which hit Spain and Portugal on 28 April, as the country’s system is based on redundancies and many safeguard measures are in place, said grid agency BNetzA. The two countries ...
07 Jan 2025
07 Jan 2025, 10:12 91tv Team E3G: Four tests driving EU politics in 2025 – and what they mean for climate action Think tank E3G's 2025 EU climate policy briefing, includes timeline of events and developments. ICIS: Net imports of LNG from Russia into ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Cars 91tv Germany's economy and climate ministry has welcomed the European Commission’s plans for the automotive sector, arguing it will increase the sector's international competitiveness. "With ...
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 “find a new agreement on the ...
08 Nov 2024
08 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany's looming snap vote throws wrench into energy goals Energy was key area of contention within three-party coalition. Industry warns political crisis mustn’t delay key measures. Bloomberg: Spain’s ...
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025, 11:45 91tv Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
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, ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:36 Ruby Russel Resources & Recycling International 91tv German industry is calling for the country's international development budget to increase the country’s access to resources from developing countries. A paper by ...
18 Dec 2024
18 Dec 2024, 11:15 91tv Team Bertelsmann Stiftung: Climate neutrality: The OECD and EU countries best equipped to lead the way The analysis compares the effectiveness of national policies in climate protection, energy transition and circular economy ...
03 Jun 2024, 14:08 For years, Germany's government heavily lobbied for the completion of an additional direct natural gas link to Russia, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, while publicly calling it a "private sector project", internal documents ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute’s (IW) ...
23 Oct 2024
23 Oct 2024, 11:47 91tv Team Reuters: Germany bets on India to reduce reliance on China From cars to logistics, German companies are largely optimistic about India's growth potential, tapping into a wealth of skilled young workers, a cheaper cost ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:41 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels 91tv The G7 group of industrialised nations failed on a 2016 pledge to phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" by 2025, according to a report commissioned by NGO Greenpeace ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:25 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Jack McGovan Grid Solar 91tv Necessary regulatory and technical precautions ...
09 May 2025, 16:15 Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies. The bloc has come a long way from the dependency it once had, yet certain EU countries still rely on Russia for ...
11 Oct 2024
11 Oct 2024, 10:23 91tv Team WBGU: German govt advisors call for international water strategy with regional platforms In a climatically and geopolitically heated world, the challenges surrounding water are becoming substantially more acute, said the ...
01 Nov 2024, 16:30 As the world heads to the international climate summit COP29, the European Union is in a tricky position. The Brussels machine is still getting back up and running after the June elections, with the European Commission chiefs yet to be ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:39 Sören Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dpa / Der Spiegel / DVZ Germany’s railway operator Deutsche Bahn has laid claims to almost one third of the entire 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund planned by the ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt Germany’s Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 91tv In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:39 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:57 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG Utilities Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 International 91tv / ZDF A landmark court hearing initiated by a Peruvian farmer and ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:58 The global growth of renewable power sources is an encouraging trend for climate action but needs to be better coordinated to ensure international targets are met, according to Germany’s economy and foreign affairs ministers. ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:22 Joey Grostern Wind 91tv Germany looks set to exceed its 2030 onshore wind power target by 2.6 percent, according to an analysis by the Google-backed think tank Goal100. Considering the number of applications and permits for ...
08 Jan 2025, 12:06 The application of sustainable finance principles across the EU will take a major step forward in 2025 as reporting duties for environmental data are expanded to cover a much wider range of companies, says Matthias Hübner, head of the ...
02 May 2025, 09:30 The European Union should strive for a well-connected energy system designed in a way that allows different national strengths to complement each other, says Nikos Tsafos, deputy energy minister of Greece. The country is expected to ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:22 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv High energy prices have little influence on the transformation needs of most of the 100 companies on Germany’s HDAX stock market index compared to four other ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:14 Germany must not hide its commitments to international climate finance amid ongoing federal budget problems, said Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the development cooperation ministry, at COP28. The German delegation at the UN ...
08 May 2024, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EUElections2024 Clean Energy ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 Germany’s likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
17 Nov 2023, 13:23 Sören Amelang Policy International COP28 Spiegel Online German lawmakers have agreed to increase funds to support climate protection in foreign countries by 500 million euros, reports Spiegel Online. The Green-led economy and climate ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Gas Table Media Germany’s LNG import terminals are under pressure as technical issues and a wait for approval from the European Commission regarding state aid could lead to months-long disruptions, reported news service ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:13 Italy has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) large democratic economies, but its positions on climate policy often remain ambiguous, says Luca Bergamaschi, co-founder of the think tank Ecco Climate. He ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:44 Edgar Meza Industry Policy EU 91tv Expectations among industrial players and environmental NGOs are high for the EU’s highly anticipated Clean Industrial Deal, a follow-up to the European Green Deal that aims to build on ...
06 Dec 2023, 13:31 To help the world get on a path that ensures the global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C, Germany has presented a new strategy to coordinate its climate foreign policy efforts across all ministries. The government unveiled the long ...
14 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
14 Feb 2025, 10:00 Germany’s snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 91tv Government representatives from Algeria, Austria, Italy, Germany, and Tunisia have signed a joint letter of intent for a new hydrogen corridor that should connect southern ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of Germany’s leading parties say they are committed to the country’s 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major TV debate on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics BR / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Merkur A controversial decision by the government of Bavaria to delay the German state’s climate neutrality target to 2045 has drawn heavy criticism ...
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 ...
03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:51 Bennet Ribbeck Carbon removal 91tv Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security ...
11 Jan 2024, 14:17 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Policy Table.Media / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt The German government plans to cut development aid and funds earmarked for rail freight transport and cycling paths as part of saving ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs SWR / 91tv / dpa Germany is debating a range of ideas to boost sales of electric vehicles (EV) and support the transition of one of the country’s most important industries. The ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Grid Renewables 91tv Dividing Germany’s single power price zone into several individual regions could reduce final electricity prices for consumers across the country, said a report by ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:10 Sören Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, conservative Christian Democrat Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, has reached a breakthrough deal on the 500-billion-euros ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:37 Julian Wettengel International 91tv The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, with a focus on pushing the climate-friendly ...
24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia’s war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
27 Aug 2024
27 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team Financial Times: Spanish environmentalist poised to take charge of EU’s green agenda Teresa Ribera likely to become next commissioner for climate and environmen t, reports the FT. Bloomberg: Chinese EV maker Xpeng is looking ...
28 Feb 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind EU 91tv Europe installed a total 16.4 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity in 2024, down from 18.4 GW achieved in the previous year, according to data by industry association WindEurope. " ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv This year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue will create space for ministers from about 40 countries to have "difficult discussions" on international climate ...
09 May 2023, 12:10 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport International 91tv German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has seen international long-distance traffic grow faster than ever ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:53 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln Electricity market Business & ...
29 Aug 2024
29 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team IISD: Countries are underdelivering on fossil-to-clean energy finance pledge Germany, Italy, Switzerland and U.S. among countries not fully implementing pledges, the International Institute for Sustainable Development finds. ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:15 Sören Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 91tv The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don’t do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
27 Apr 2023, 12:44 Julian Wettengel International Table.Media German chancellor Olaf Scholz will have an opportunity to improve his – and the country’s – international credibility on climate when the government invites ministers from several dozen ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 91tv / rbb Germany’s outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The German government is open to partnering with African countries on fossil gas projects, as well as blue hydrogen production (made from fossil gas, ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The state premier of southern German Baden-Wurttemberg, Green Party politician Winfried Kretschmann, has called for the suspension of possible EU climate ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating 91tv Sales of heat pumps in Germany dropped by almost half (46%) in 2024 but the industry is confident that support mechanisms will quickly lead to a strong increase in ...
31 Jul 2024
31 Jul 2024, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann International Energy Agency: World adding 510 GW renewable capacity in 2023 means 50%-increase from a year before Under current policies & market trends, global renewable capacity is set to be 2.5 times higher by ...
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 ...
24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an “economic nationalism” policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
03 Dec 2024
03 Dec 2024, 11:35 91tv Team Nature: Why the EU must reset its Green Deal – or be left behind- comment The world has changed since Europe’s ambitious climate package was designed. Here’s how the agreement should evolve. Reuters: Dutch power grid group ...
25 Oct 2024
25 Oct 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany sees €12.6 billion less in tax income by 2028 Finance minister Christian Lindner highlighted that the €7 billion in subsidies earmarked for US chipmaker Intel Corp in 2024 — which paused its investment on a ...
26 Oct 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv The EU still lacks an ambitious industrial strategy to accompany the Green Deal to strengthen the bloc's industry and ensure it is able to keep up in the global race for the green ...
05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
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 ...
05 Nov 2024, 12:48 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs International 91tv The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is likely to promote German exports rather than harming them, the German Economic Institute (IW) has found. The economists, however, ...
31 Jan 2025, 14:00 Poland’s energy transition is lagging and set to rely on natural gas as a bridge fuel and nuclear energy for baseload capacity. A far-right party is pushing against new renewable investment with a referendum on a pending new wind farm ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels International Security 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung / ZDF The events leading up to Germany’s commitment to building the controversial Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline to Russia could be ...
20 Dec 2024, 08:44 Germany’s next government will inherit a major policy predicament: How can it finally initiate serious transport emission cuts against a backdrop of tight finances, a struggling car industry, and a crumbling transport infrastructure? ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:57 Aniket Narawad Storage Technology International 91tv Germany is set to join the Global Battery Alliance, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. Highlighting the critical role of batteries ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Security 91tv Germany and Europe are well prepared to deal with serious disruptions to their gas supply in the long term, according to a report by consultancy PwC assessing the reliability of gas ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:47 Sören Amelang Business & Jobs International 91tv The expansion of renewable energies, in particular geothermal, as well as Germany’s shortage of skilled workers needed to implement its landmark energy transition will be ...
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 ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / AP Government members and NGOs from Germany have welcomed the adoption of the EU nature restoration law by member states following months of delay. Member states on Monday gave their final ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU 91tv French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have vowed to uphold close Franco-German cooperation to ensure European sovereignty in key industrial areas as the new U ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The past year was “a record year” for ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said in its draft election campaign programme that it aims to ensure the country is competitive in industry ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:15 Germany made significant progress in the area of climate adaptation in the past legislative period, said Andrea Fischer-Hotzel from the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). From the national to the municipal level, there is now ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:13 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU dpa / t-online The sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Germany must grow by about 75 percent this year compared to 2024 for carmakers ...
29 May 2024, 14:07 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv The production of low emissions cement and steel is set to become cheaper than that of counterparts produced with fossil fuels before the middle of the century, according to a report by the ...
29 Jul 2024
29 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Reuters: Trump effect in clean tech sector deepens angst in Europe's boardrooms European companies focused on clean energy are abandoning expansion plans, bracing for lower sales or see funding of U.S projects in ...
06 Oct 2022, 13:52 Expert NewClimate Institute Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany’s climate diplomacy initiative has made a promising start ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 91tv A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into Germany’s electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
22 Nov 2024, 11:00 Social barriers make it tough for women to work in the solar sector in India, thwarting what could be a vibrant clean energy workforce in the world’s most populous country. Experts are calling for more attention to green skills and ...
13 Jan 2025, 10:15 A last-minute move by Germany’s government to call for a delay to key EU sustainable finance legislation has caused dismay among observers from the finance industry and beyond. At a time when economic and political uncertainty is ...
16 Aug 2024
16 Aug 2024, 10:08 Julian Wettengel Eurostat: EU economy greenhouse gas emissions:-4.0% in Q1 2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0 percent ...
25 Aug 2023, 13:30 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Politics Government 91tv Internal spats and external crises have caused the German ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:44 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv / taz The switch to electric vehicles is not yet possible for all income groups equally in Germany, according to a report by clean mobility NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Industry Handelsblatt / 91tv The break-up of the coalition government and insecure funding mean that it is unclear whether Germany’s pioneering ‘climate contract’ subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
30 Nov 2023, 15:00 [CORRECTION: Earlier version of the article misstated the number of members in the climate club. The club's website says 36 countries are members.] On the first day of the UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, Germany and ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:38 European transmission system operators (TSOs) have recommended that Germany split its single electricity price zone into up to five bidding zones. This should maximise economic efficiency across the whole market area, ensuring security ...
06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to Germany’s new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
10 May 2024, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 91tv Germany has vowed to support the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine’s power grid, which has been greatly damaged by missile attacks over the past two years in the context of ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:19 Sven Egenter International Security Increasing competition and new global power structures caused by the shift to climate-neutral industries and energy sources risk splitting the world anew into conflictive spheres, German economy and ...
28 Feb 2025, 15:00 Last week’s parliamentary snap election changed Germany’s political landscape: The former tripartite “traffic light coalition” of chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clearly voted out- and conservative CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal G20 & G7 91tv The Group of Seven (G7) large industrial democracies can be a key forum for “pioneering new cooperation” on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), wrote researchers from Germany and ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Energy and climate cooperation, as well as countering migration, will be among the top priorities of Italy's G7 presidency this year. Led by prime minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's right-wing government will bring its ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:24 Government members and political observers have warned that Germany must avoid a high-stakes gamble among government coalition parties at critical time for the country and Europe. As disunity in the three-party coalition becomes more ...
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 ...
29 Nov 2024, 11:00 Military and energy security are key priorities for Poland as it prepares to assume the EU’s rotating presidency in January 2025. The country plans to achieve these targets by pushing for nuclear energy, sanctions on Russia, and EU ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Die Welt / Deutsche Welle Restarting Germany’s decommissioned nuclear power plants is not a viable option, former plant operator E.ON has said. The company ...
16 Sep 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy International 91tv / Bloomberg / Tagesspiegel Background German chancellor Olaf Scholz is strengthening ties with the Central Asian region, signing accords for energy and ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 91tv The collapse of Germany’s coalition government could threaten important energy transition projects across the country if no precautions are taken ...
04 Sep 2023, 13:19 Sören Amelang Industry Cost & Prices Policy Handelsblatt The premiers of Germany’s 16 federal states have urged the EU to enable electricity price subsidies in support of industry, reports business daily Handelsblatt. In a joint ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:49 Sören 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 “significant strides”, according to a report by the ...
16 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Bloomberg: Top polluter China’s shrinking emissions put carbon peak in play- Use of coal for power generation tumbled in second quarter- Nation’s emissions seen on track to begin decline ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
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 ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jennifer Collins Policy International 91tv / FAZ / ARD Germany's economy and climate minister Robet Habeck and Indian renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi are set to unveil a green hydrogen roadmap during a meeting ...
30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:38 Edgar Meza Business 91tv The majority of Germany’s large companies expect that the transformation to a climate neutral economy will have no negative or even positive effects on their international competitiveness, and ...
13 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024, 11:35 Julian Wettengel ISGlobal: Heat caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Europe last year – 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 ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:26 Jennifer Collins Transport dpa Electric scooter schemes are seen as a scourge in many cities, with Paris even banning them, but in Germany demand for vehicles is growing, according to Plattform Shared Mobility, an association that ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:53 Germany’s efforts to replace Russian gas this year are perceived internationally as lacking coherence with its climate ambitions and the government must show that these efforts do not impede the country’s emissions reduction plans, says ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv German industry's dependence on ...
19 Sep 2024, 12:25 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv The German association of energy intensive businesses (VIK) has pushed back against plans to adjust industrial grid fees to incentivise flexible power consumption, saying it ...
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 ...
05 Jul 2024
05 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: Germany to scrutinize Chinese turbine deal for offshore project-Government to look at impact on security and competition-Hamburg-based asset manager set to purchase 16 turbines Electrive: Tesla gets ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 91tv / dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / ZDF Germany's environment minister has promised better precautions to prevent fraud in emissions reduction schemes abroad after a special session in ...
09 Aug 2024, 13:30 A number of key issues relating to France’s ecological transition have been put on hold after the rise of the far-right Rassemblement National party in June’s European elections caused president Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National ...
22 Mar 2023, 13:26 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Germany and the U.S. are jointly pushing for a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis, and agreed that it should be finalised at the ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Carbon removal Industry International Die Welt A project that would connect Germany's Rhine-Ruhr industrial heartland to an undersea carbon storage project in the Dutch North Sea is set to be delayed by years, ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv The transition to climate-friendly heating is slowly gathering pace in Germany with the country's first major city announcing a 2035 phase-out date for its gas grid. MVV, the local ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:40 Jack McGovan International Zeit Online / 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz called 2023 a potential turning point in the fight against climate change, reports Zeit Online. "2023 could be a defining moment," he ...
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 ...
21 Feb 2025, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal EU 91tv EU scientific advisors have called for a rapid scale-up of methods to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Both nature-based carbon removal solutions, such as plants, and modern ...
13 Dec 2023, 13:47 German and European politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society have overwhelmingly welcomed the key message of this year’s UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai: the agreement to "transition away" from fossil ...
16 Jul 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to have a diversified import structure for green hydrogen, shows a draft strategy seen by Tagesspiegel Background. It counts on pipelines to supplier ...
04 Oct 2024, 09:00 While Europeans expect a continuation of the Biden administration’s climate policies under a Harris presidency, they are worrying about how to save the global climate fight from a second Trump administration. EU officials and experts ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:04 Jack McGovan Industry EUElections2024 EU Handelsblatt / 91tv More than 70 companies from across Europe have come together to demand an industrial deal from the European Commission and member states under fear of falling ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs dpa / Zeit Online German chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to hold an industry summit later this month in a bid to address the ongoing woes in the country’s manufacturing sector. ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Grid Security 91tv / Der Spiegel Disruptions to electricity supply within the German network remained around the ten-year average in 2023, the year in which the country had to deal with the fallout of the ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:07 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ZDF German environment minister Steffi Lemke is demanding clarification from the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) following allegations of fraudulent emission reduction projects in China used by fossil fuel ...
15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country’s fourth floods within a year, triggered by intense rainfall on 19 and 20 October. Parts of Sicily, in the south, were also severely impacted. The floods came as Italy’s ...
31 Jan 2022, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Government International Der Spiegel The German foreign ministry under Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) will create a new position of state secretary for international climate policy, reports Der Spiegel. The Bundestag ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:03 Sören Amelang Industry 91tv The global emission-cutting drive is among several factors dampening the long-term growth outlook of Europe’s largest economy, the country’s leading economic research institutes said in their ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:00 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Industry representatives have largely welcomed Germany's plans to ramp up the hydrogen market, but called for amendments to a draft law to broaden ...
30 Oct 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen International 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Nigeria in a bid to secure new energy and economic partnerships, and help diversify Germany's energy ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
23 Sep 2024
23 Sep 2024, 11:23 91tv Team DW: Germany increases 'Deutschlandticket' price to €58 The "Deutschlandticket" monthly travel pass allows passengers unlimited trips on local and regional trains, trams and buses. Starting in 2025, the ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:25 Sören Amelang Policy Security Tagesspiegel Background The German government has agreed to hand extra power to the country’s grid agency to improve the protection of critical energy infrastructure. The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is ...
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 ...
26 Sep 2023, 13:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Company climate claims 91tv Environmental NGO Greenpeace Germany has hailed a fine for the fund management company DWS in the U.S. as a “success” in the fight against greenwashing in the ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:34 Edgar Meza Solar Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Despite a strong performance over the past two years, Germany’s solar sector is facing declining demand and a weakening market, leading to major cutbacks among photovoltaic (PV) companies. ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Strong popular demand for climate action and a push towards more energy autonomy in the wake of the war in Ukraine have led Hungary’s populist leader Viktor Orbán to describe himself as an advocate of climate-friendly power generation. ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:17 Julian Wettengel International COP27 91tv The German government aims to continue efforts to regain the trust of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, while at the same time strengthening ...
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 ...
10 Nov 2021, 13:23 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany should put more emphasis on international cooperation in the fight against climate change, the country's Council of Economic Experts has ...
23 Aug 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland The German government is pushing for the establishment of an international climate alliance aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement, ...
20 Feb 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann International 91tv The economic interests of all states need to be accounted for in the fight against climate change, as moral reasons won’t be enough to motivate a successful green transition, German ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 91tv German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under particular pressure to underline Germany's climate policy credibility when ministers from 40 countries meet at the 13th ...
10 Feb 2022, 09:25 Germany aims to strengthen its climate foreign policy with the appointment of Greenpeace International head Jennifer Morgan as special envoy. The new “face of Germany’s international climate policy” will expand partnerships with other ...
25 Oct 2024, 16:00 Poland’s new government has updated the country’s energy strategy, which it says is more ambitious, but implementation remains uncertain as it depends on how coal miner unions react. In its push to increase nuclear power generation, the ...
09 Jan 2023, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany announced an additional 84 million euros to support Pakistan as part of both countries’ climate partnership at an international conference, in the wake of ...
31 May 2024, 12:50 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International 91tv Germany has signed a declaration of intent with Italy and Austria to develop a green hydrogen import corridor in a bid to improve future energy security, the economy ministry ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:45 Exceeding the 1.5°C temperature limit of the Paris Climate Agreement would jeopardise the prospect of living in security and prosperity in Germany and globally, says Germany’s first-ever National Security Strategy. In the document, the ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance – winner of February’s snap election – ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 91tv Most citizens surveyed by Germany’s civil servant union (DBB) believe the state is overburdened and incapable of achieving effective results in key policy areas. Climate action ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International 91tv The agreement among shareholders of the World Bank on a reform that will facilitate investments in climate action and development assistance projects is a sign that significant ...
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 ...
21 May 2024, 14:09 Jack McGovan Grid International 91tv The construction of a major power line connecting Great Britain to Germany through the North Sea has begun in the coastal city Wilhelmshaven in northwestern Germany. Spanning a total ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:17 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv Car industry firms that focus on electric engines are looking to employ far more people in Germany than those that rely on combustion engine technology, according to a report published by the ...
31 Jul 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Dlf / Spiegel / dpa The Paris Climate Agreement’s aim to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is “politically basically no longer manageable,” Stefan Rahmstorf, climate ...
14 Sep 2023, 14:03 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany plans to ...
30 May 2024, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity International 91tv France and Germany will strengthen bilateral cooperation to unlock the potential of flexibility in the electricity system, government representatives agreed on the margins of ...
23 May 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Acceptance of the energy transition in Germany would greatly improve with the introduction of a compensation mechanism for citizens to counter cost increases caused by CO2 ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:12 Germany is of central importance when it comes to the EU defining its priorities in energy and industrial policies, says Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. He argues that the country’s next ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology’s fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by Germany’s Federal Office for ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:36 A sudden and sharp electricity price spike during a day of very little wind and solar power output in Germany has prompted the country’s grid regulator to investigate a possible market manipulation. Fossil backup plants that are meant ...
21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind International n-tv / Bloomberg / 91tv A new offshore wind power project in the German North Sea is causing a stir in the European wind power industry, as the project will be the first of its kind to ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv Technologies to capture and store or use carbon dioxide from industrial processes will become "a special focus" of the next round of Germany's pioneering subsidy ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel International 91tv The UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on 5-15 June are set to be marked by “tough negotiations under high pressure from the fossil fuel lobby,” NGO Germanwatch said. By all indications, ...
06 Mar 2024, 10:00 UEFA is reining in the climate impact of the Euro 2024 football tournament by funding subsidised rail travel for fans, and initiatives to make Germany’s amateur football scene greener. But critics argue that for long-term sustainability ...
24 May 2024, 12:00 The far-right populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is Germany's only large party to unequivocally reject any action against climate change- but its impact on the country's efforts has been limited. The AfD has not yet ...
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 ...
29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country’s large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
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 ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
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 ...
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’s coal phase-out on energy security, power prices, and the climate targets, business daily ...
11 Aug 2023, 13:13 Sören Amelang Carbon market Industry Policy EU 91tv The European Commission has greenlighted a German 6.5 billion euro scheme to prevent energy-intensive companies from relocating production to countries with less stringent ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union’s focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
31 May 2024, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv / dpa / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy minister has awarded steelmaker ArcelorMittal 1.3 billion euros to drive the decarbonisation of its production sites in the states of ...
28 Jan 2025, 12:58 Slowing down industry decarbonisation in Germany would result in a dangerous loss of competitiveness in emerging green markets, says Philipp Verpoort, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Instead, the ...
16 Jul 2024, 12:24 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems that serve as natural marine carbon sinks, such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes, can be a significant measure for ...
16 May 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Table.Media Members of parliament from France and Germany have called for intensifying efforts to create a more coherent energy policy together with Poland, Table.Media reported. The three major EU member states ...
19 Jun 2023, 13:12 Sören Amelang Coal International 91tv / Tagesspiegel Germany has committed an additional 200 million euros to help Colombia reach its climate targets. During the Colombian President, Gustavo Petro’s, visit to Germany, the ...
15 Jul 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Transport ARD / Die Welt / 91tv One of the most used stretches of the German rail system will be closed for the next five months due to major modernisation works, ARD reports. The repairs on the 70 kilometre ...
28 May 2024, 13:26 Edgar Meza Storage Business pv magazine / electrive German solar photovoltaics company Solarwatt is halting production of battery storage systems at its site in Dresden by the end of the year, pv magazine reports. The move follows ...
27 Jan 2022, 13:04 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Finance International 91tv The new German finance minister, Christian Lindner, has said climate action and sustainable finance will be two core topics during the country’s G7 ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv / n-tv A planned trip to India by Germany’s economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck aims to bring the countries closer together in efforts to develop renewable ...
15 Feb 2022, 13:24 Expert Federal Foreign Office Auswärtiges Amt International Security Paul Gordon Transport Government 91tv / RTL German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) wants to use regular scheduled flights more frequently ...
09 Jun 2023, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating International 91tv The French city of Strasbourg and the German town of Kehl, which are located on opposite sides of the river Rhine, are planning to connect their heating systems in a cross-border ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt Only internal combustion engines or hydrogen fuel cells allow Germany and Europe to produce cars “almost self-sufficiently”, as battery-driven vehicles are heavily dependent ...
07 Mar 2025, 15:00 Winter may finally be on the way out but Italy is still grappling with high electricity prices, with average wholesale prices in February among the highest in Europe. Under increasing pressure to halt further rises, the government ...
22 May 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Society 91tv About one in five teenagers in Germany say they have never heard of climate change or the climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and ...
03 Apr 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International 91tv Germany is exploring ways to expand cooperation with Australia on hydrogen and raw materials in a bid to diversify its import partners and reduce dependencies. Together with a ...
19 Jan 2022, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen G20 & G7 Germany will use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies this year to turn the group into “a nucleus of an international climate club,” said German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:49 Sören Amelang Transport Technology 91tv The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international leader in sustainable aviation. “With a joint effort by industry, science, politics and society, ...
12 Jul 2024, 13:36 Sören Amelang Hydrogen International 91tv In its highly anticipated first auction for the import of green hydrogen products, Germany has awarded a contract to receive green ammonia from Egypt. “Between 2027 and 2033, at ...
22 Aug 2023, 13:44 Jack McGovan Industry Cost & Prices Policy 91tv Germany’s energy price caps, implemented to help consumers with rising costs during the energy crisis, often did not compensate businesses for price increases to the ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Renewables Cost & Prices Electricity prices in Germany could be made more flexible and fall during particularly sunny or windy conditions according to a proposed measure to adapt grid fees to renewable power supply by ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:38 Aniket Narawad Climate & CO2 Society Only 47 percent of people in Germany agree that high-income countries should take the lead on compensating low-income countries for climate change-led economic losses, one of the lowest support ...
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 ...
08 Jul 2022, 12:31 Hannah Naylor Finance International 91tv The economy ministry (BMWK) is channelling an additional 126 million euros into the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in order to support decarbonisation efforts in emerging and ...
25 Jul 2023, 13:29 Jennifer Collins International 91tv / Die Zeit Germany is planning to end export guarantees for oil and coal projects and will bolster support for green technology exports in an effort to align the country’s foreign trade ...
31 May 2024, 12:52 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Policy 91tv An alliance of environmental NGOs, a motorist club, trade unions and various labour unions and associations has called on Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner to slash ...
04 Jan 2023, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling 91tv In order to make the economy fit for the requirements of a decarbonised energy system, Germany’s economy and climate ministry (BMWK) has proposed an update to the country’s ...
02 Aug 2024, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Carmaker Volkswagen is facing “enormous efforts” to meet its own business targets due to high costs and decreasing revenue, said the company’s CEO Oliver Blume. ...
09 Feb 2023, 15:22 The spread of corporate net zero targets is starting to make itself felt across the world – not only among businesses, but also far beyond. An increasing number of companies have started to scan- and then reduce- the climate impact of ...
14 Oct 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Die Zeit / ntv / ARD / Politico Germany’s parties are gearing up for their election campaigns with around a year to go before the country’s next scheduled national vote. Chancellor ...
03 Jan 2022, 14:13 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would use its year-long presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), which began 1 January, “to make this group of countries a trailblazer for a climate-neutral ...
15 Feb 2022, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Climate action and the protection of biodiversity need be more closely linked, according to a German scientist contributing to the UN’s climate change report, which ...
11 Oct 2024, 16:39 In Italian, the expression “hot autumn“ describes what happens when, after the long summer lull, political and social conflict cyclically rises again. For the energy transition, this is going to be a hot autumn indeed. Three of Italy’s ...
10 May 2023, 12:20 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv Germany should introduce a ‘climate passport’ for people displaced by the effects of climate change, an independent government advisory panel has proposed in its annual report. The Expert ...
01 Jun 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann International G20 & G7 91tv The G7 countries have to deliver a breakthrough in international climate policy that is commensurate with the urgency of protecting natural habitats in grave danger due to ...
10 Mar 2023, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv / Reuters Germany’s special envoy for international climate action Jennifer Morgan welcomed the climate and energy diplomacy priorities adopted by the EU Council ...
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, ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage EU Die Welt Plans by the European Union to measure the carbon footprint of battery production based on the host country’s electricity mix are causing concerns among Germany’s automotive industry, which fears ...
20 Sep 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / Der Spiegel A proposed subsidised electricity price for heavy industry would not be effective for the economy as a whole, according to a report by the German Institute for ...
02 May 2023, 13:39 Internationally agreed targets to expand renewable energies and increase energy efficiency are needed to put the global economy back on a path towards limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C, Germany's foreign minister ...
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 ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:22 Sören Amelang Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sustainability issues have slid down the list of German managers’ priorities, a poll by business consultancy Horvath has revealed, reports newspaper Handelsblatt. The green transformation ...
08 Aug 2024, 14:03 Sören Amelang Fossil fuels Society dpa / 91tv A German court has temporarily banned the construction of an electricity connection needed to power a planned gas drilling platform in the Wadden Sea, a World Heritage Site in ...
31 May 2024, 15:00 As the European elections approach and the political parties in Italy engage in divisive campaigns over European policies and the management of various international contexts, the country is preparing to host the summit of G7 countries ...
22 Dec 2021, 13:50 Germany’s new government coalition is set to markedly strengthen the country’s European and international climate policy efforts and use the presidency of the G7 next year to advance the establishment of a global “climate club” and new ...
19 May 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics International RND German federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has proposed the creation of an international organisation of countries to lead the way in climate protection, Andreas Niesmann writes for ...
07 Sep 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Aniket Narawad Electricity Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv / dpa Germany's net exports of electricity in the first half of this year were significantly lower than in the same period in 2022. The ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:38 Julian Wettengel International COP28 91tv The challenge to reach an agreement on phasing out fossil fuels is going to be the toughest nut to crack at the ongoing UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, said German ...
08 May 2024, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv The industry-affiliated NGO German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy (Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft) has called on Germany’s government to come up with an ambitious ...
12 Jul 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Policy n-tv / Die Welt The new support mechanism for accelerating the roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany through increased tax write-offs for company cars has been received well by the automotive industry, ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:41 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / Euractiv German environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) has slammed the EU member state governments' failure to consent to the bloc's Nature Restoration Law at today's (25 ...
29 Aug 2023, 13:36 Milou Dirkx Finance 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany reached its target of raising six billion euros from its state budget for international climate finance three years ahead of time, said the development ministry (BMZ). ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:21 Hannah Naylor Climate & CO2 91tv Germany’s foreign minister has reassured small island states that suffer the most from climate change that Germany will deliver on its climate financing promises and indicated support in ...
09 Feb 2023, 13:39 Mexico is experiencing a carbon offset gold rush, as polluting multinationals turn to the country’s extensive forests in droves to absolve their climate sins. Countless companies, eager to prove their climate credentials with “net zero” ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:03 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The Bavarian Industry Association vbw's energy price index fell by nearly 30 percent in 2023, but the group says companies are still suffering from high energy ...
20 Mar 2024, 10:10 Julian Wettengel EUElections2024 International EU 91tv / Table.Media / Reuters The German government has said it will give its consent to the EU nature restoration law in an upcoming member state meeting which is set to ...
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 “accept their ...
06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
23 Mar 2022, 12:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany has a key role to play when it comes to getting governments across the world on board for the transition away from fossil fuels, said the country’s new state ...
27 Feb 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv Closer cooperation with Germany on renewable power and other energy transition technologies could help India increase its energy sovereignty, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said ...
30 Aug 2024, 14:17 As Europe’s most intense heatwave in recent years finally comes to an end, following at least 35 days of well-above average temperatures, life in Italy has slowed into the summer break. In mid-August, the entire country grinds to a halt ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:16 Two new projects for the climate-friendly production of steel and cement illustrate the ambition of Germany’s industry to meet sustainability targets without ceding market share to foreign competitors. Economy minister, Robert Habeck, ...
18 Apr 2023, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Forest experts have called for immediate improvements in Germany’s forest fire protection as incidents cost the country over 600 million euros in 2022 in damages to health ...
25 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany could play a decisive role in the global transition to renewable energy, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA ...
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 ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Cars Business & Jobs n-tv / Handelsblatt / Elektrek / The Guardian Plans announced by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla to cut ten percent of its global workforce have led to worries over the potential impact on ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:37 Edgar Meza Cars 91tv The establishment of U.S. carmaker Tesla will likely lead to the emergence of an electromobility cluster in Germany’s Berlin-Brandenburg region that could benefit from the numerous small and medium ...
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 ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany’s steel and chemical industries, the country’s government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance has warned. These sectors ...
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 ...
05 May 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas use by private households, industry and power stations in Germany fell 23 percent in the second half of 2022, compared to the same period in the previous year, according to a report by ...
03 Jun 2022, 13:40 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv / manager magazin The Federation of German ...
14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become Germany’s next chancellor – but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel EU G20 & G7 91tv Climate action tops the agenda of the German presidency of the G7 group of influential economies, which the new economy and climate ministry aims (BMWK) to use to improve greenhouse gas ...
03 Apr 2024, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar Resources & Recycling 91tv Better recycling infrastructure is needed for discarded solar panels in Germany, especially as waste volume is set to increase in the coming years, according to a report by ...
22 May 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel International G20 & G7 91tv Researchers, NGOs, and media commentators have criticised the German and Japanese governments for what they say is a weak outcome on climate policy at the Group of Seven (G7) ...
04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
29 Sep 2023, 13:53 Sören Amelang International 91tv Public climate financing from Germany for poorer countries reached a new record level last year, already surpassing the 6-billion euro target set for 2025, the government has said. A total ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling n-tv / 91tv Lithium from southeastern European country Serbia could bolster Germany's ambitions for establishing a domestic battery production industry. German ...
08 Dec 2021, 14:36 Jessica Bateman Elections & Politics Government Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s new foreign minister, Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock, will head up international climate policy for the first time in the ministry’s history, ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Solar International 91tv Germany has joined an international alliance of 75 countries to further the expansion of solar energy generation, the ministries for energy and development announced after a cabinet ...
23 Aug 2024, 15:00 The summer holiday peak has arrived across Europe and most parliaments on the continent have gone into recess. But while federal politics won’t fully resume in Germany before 8 September, politicians and their observers have already ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:03 Sören Amelang International 91tv Following the inauguration of Brazil’s new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on 1 January, Germany has released 35 million euros for the country’s Amazon Fund, which is dedicated to ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 91tv Representatives of the Nama people in Namibia are preparing an appeal to the German government to consider its colonial past in its plans to make the southern African country a ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:46 Edgar Meza Technology 91tv While Germany remains a leading source for environmental technology patents – currently holding a 13 percent global share – its growth rates in the area are clearly lagging behind in an ...
29 May 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility 91tv The share of cycling in short trips in Germany could triple by 2035, from 13 percent today to 45 percent, if consistent measures are taken to make cycling more attractive, a report by ...
06 May 2024, 12:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Der Spiegel The expansion of power transmission lines ...
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’s energy system and put supply security on a safer footing after the tumultuous energy crisis year 2022. Russia’s war ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:30 Franca Quecke Carbon market Cost & Prices Society dpa / Zeit Online The planned climate bonus (“Klimageld”) payment to return state revenues from carbon pricing to citizens as compensation for rising CO2 prices is an “excellent idea ...
09 Mar 2022, 12:55 Sören Amelang Industry International EU Handelsblatt The German government must urgently take position on the future design of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and should support the proposal for an unbureaucratic ...
24 Jun 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU ARD / Süddeutsche Zeitung A visit by German economy minister Robert Habeck to China has led to hopes that a diplomatic solution to the looming trade conflict about possible illicit state support for electric ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:47 China’s prime minister has branded allegations from Europe of Chinese overcapacities in key technologies such as solar panels as unfounded. The “theory” of unfair competition would not hold and China was merely using its national ...
27 Nov 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 91tv The German economy ministry (BMWi) will join the environment ministry (BMU) in managing the government's international power-to-X hub to facilitate the production of ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:13 Julian Wettengel International 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre have called for better coordination among coastal states to protect critical energy and communication ...
22 May 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv Using public procurement contracts and quotas for climate-friendly basic materials could help drive demand for climate-friendly products like green steel or cement, the German economy ministry ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:00 Croatia is feeling the consequences of climate change this summer. The country experienced long heat waves and record temperatures were recorded in the Adriatic Sea. This has led to more media attention on the topic of climate change, ...
07 Feb 2024, 10:30 The European Commission has recommended that the bloc reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, saying the EU's Green Deal now needs to become an "industrial decarbonisation deal." Politicians from member ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Gas Security 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The EU isn’t prepared to properly deal with a future gas crisis like the one resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new report ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:47 In light of several fossil fuel phase-out pledges at the COP26 climate summit, researchers and activists have pointed out that Germany's planned coal exit date is far from ambitious enough and called on the next government ...
