17 Sep 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Policy Society 91tv / Handelsblatt Greenpeace and Germanwatch filed a new constitutional complaint against the German government鈥檚 鈥渋nadequate鈥� climate policy, especially when it comes to the transport sector, ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:30 Burning less coal and an increase in renewable electricity has helped cause a drop in greenhouse gas emissions of three percent in Germany last year, said think tank Agora Energiewende. Preliminary calculations show that real ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / Table.Media The German parliament (Bundestag) could vote on the highly disputed reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law as early as this Friday (26 April), according ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to reach 2030 targets is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥� and in violation of EU law, said NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and filed a lawsuit ...
28 May 2025, 13:16 A higher court in Germany has set an important precedent, arguing that large global emitters can be held responsible for climate damages under the country鈥檚 civil law, legal experts representing environmental NGOs said. The court, ...
08 Nov 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv Industry representatives and environmental groups have warned the German government against scrapping key components of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law in a planned ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:39 Aniket Narawad Policy Society 91tv Climate activists in Germany have accused the government of watering down a key law to ensure emissions reductions during the global climate strike organised by the Fridays for Future ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Controversial plans by the German government to reform the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets faces legal challenges by NGOs and an opposition lawmaker ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Friday. ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Policy dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau Climate policy experts from two of the three parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government have voiced concerns over the government鈥檚 planned reform of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
02 Jun 2025
02 Jun 2025, 13:29 91tv Team European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness Board calls on the European Union to maintain high climate ambition as it revises the ...
12 Apr 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 91tv / Der Spiegel Representatives of German government coalition parties have voiced diverging views on the consequences for transport if a law reform is delayed that would ...
26 Apr 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has approved a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets, to the outrage of many NGOs who say the changes ...
30 May 2025, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:27 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Constitutional Court has declined to accept eleven constitutional complaints directed against existing state climate action laws and the lack of CO2 reduction paths ...
10 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025, 11:30 91tv Team E3G: Europe鈥檚 competitiveness push and what it means for climate action In its first 100 days, the European Commission has put into motion a series of flagship plans intended to boost the EU鈥檚 economy in difficult times. So ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:27 After months of delay, lawmakers from Germany's coalition government have agreed to a reform of the country's climate action law, which would weaken the responsibility of ministries to ensure targets in their sectors are met. ...
22 Jun 2021, 13:45 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Leading experts and representatives from civil society, environmental NGOs and industry sharply criticized the planned amendment to the German federal Climate Action Law during a public ...
22 Feb 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The environment ministry鈥檚 climate action law draft shows how words on climate protection can become deeds, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a commentary in the ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests can provide the annual sink capacity needed to achieve ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany has annual greenhouse gas reduction targets for individual economic sectors, but the country lacks 鈥渓ong-term, strategic considerations鈥� how to reach these targets and become ...
22 Aug 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany will miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045 without additional measures despite considerable progress being made, according to the emissions projections report 2023 by the ...
15 Aug 2022, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung (taz) The German economy and climate ministry (BMWK) is edging closer to introducing a 鈥�climate check鈥� for all new laws that could become a prerequisite for future lawmaking in ...
02 Aug 2019, 11:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
13 Oct 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
21 Feb 2019, 13:26 German environment minister Svenja Schulze has sent a first draft of the planned Climate Action Law to the chancellery for 鈥渆arly coordination鈥�, even as conservative politicians continue to criticise key elements and demand for it to be ...
15 Mar 2024, 13:21 Germany is largely on track to reaching its national target to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, but is set to fail its EU goal for sectors such as transport, buildings and agriculture, according to ...
24 Mar 2022, 12:26 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's environment ministry has launched a plan for immediate action on climate change adaptation. In a press release, the ministry said it will be supporting municipalities ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany can still achieve its 2030 climate targets as long as a number of requirements are met, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) concluded in a new report. These include the expansion ...
11 Oct 2021, 14:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / Handelsblatt Several German economists and researchers have criticised the annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets laid down in the Climate Action ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Policy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has greenlighted a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law, which is set to effectively weaken ministerial responsibility for excessive emissions in ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Merkur A controversial decision by the government of Bavaria to delay the German state鈥檚 climate neutrality target to 2045 has drawn heavy criticism ...
07 May 2025, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics 91tv The election of Friedrich Merz as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country鈥檚 energy, industry, and ...
06 Mar 2019, 13:32 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Both the new state secretary in the energy ministry, Andreas Feicht, and CDU-head Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer have made tentatively positive remarks about a price on carbon ...
05 Apr 2019, 11:37 The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives has criticised a key proposal for reaching Germany's 2030 climate targets, signalling major negotiations are still needed before the highly anticipated Climate Action Law ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv / Bayrischer Rundfunk Bavaria's state cabinet has adopted a climate action law and additional measures to reach its target of becoming climate neutral between 2040 and 2050. The ...
29 May 2019, 12:57 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv German Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 climate cabinet has announced it will make key decisions about climate action legislation and measures in September and adopt these by the end of ...
14 Jan 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned climate action law must not only prescribe CO鈧� emissions reduction, but secure social acceptance, technical feasibility and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
30 Nov 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Policy Government 91tv The German government will have to present emergency climate action programmes with short-term measures to reduce emissions in the transport and building sectors, ...
26 Feb 2019, 14:05 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Government Handelsblatt In an op-ed in Handelsblatt, Klaus Stratmann argues that the draft Climate Action Law鈥檚 rigid sector targets don鈥檛 allow for innovation that could make future emissions cuts more ...
26 Mar 2019, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt [Update adds details on launch of environment ministry鈥檚 investment support programme.] 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial sector fears the investment in energy efficiency it will ...
23 Dec 2021, 12:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Society Tagesspiegel Background The new German government plans to develop a legal framework for climate adaptation measures that could be a first in Europe, Kristina Thomas reports in Tagesspiegel Background. The ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:05 The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) 鈥� the second strongest polling party ahead of Germany's snap elections on 23 February 鈥� is the only major party to outright reject the scientific consensus behind human-induced climate ...
22 Feb 2019, 18:00 German environment minister Svenja Schulze is calling for an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal of 鈥渁t least 95 percent鈥� by the year 2050 compared to 1990, in a draft of the highly anticipated Climate Action Law, seen by Clean ...
29 Mar 2023, 14:19 The German government coalition has overcome a month-long dispute with a deal on comprehensive reforms in climate and environmental protection, the acceleration of major infrastructure projects, and billions for the modernisation of ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv With a very ambitious climate policy, the transport sector can be transformed in the long term from the "problem child" of German climate action efforts into one that ...
17 May 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A German court has ruled that the country's government must improve its climate policy plans to reach the 2030 emissions reduction target, as ...
28 Feb 2019, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung The Climate Action Law proposed by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry is 鈥渁 planned economy approach鈥� that could 鈥減aralyse the country without making progress on climate action,鈥� ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
11 Sep 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 91tv The German government鈥檚聽 new building energy legislation 聽to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems has generated mixed reactions from industry associations and ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government鈥檚 coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 91tv A first attempt to reduce excess emissions in Germany's buildings sector by launching an additional home energy refurbishment support programme is likely to be insufficient, ...
05 Jul 2021, 14:50 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 91tv Environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has issued five new legal cases on ...
09 Apr 2024, 14:00 German environmental NGOs have welcomed a landmark climate victory by an association of women in Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights as a breakthrough for climate action. The court found that the European Convention on ...
18 Mar 2019, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Svenja Schulze is confident that the ministries relevant to the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions record will eventually ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German environmental NGO umbrella association DNR and 54 other organisations are calling on the German government to back up the soon-to-be revised Climate Action Law with ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Spiegel Online Climate action belongs in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Basic Law as a 鈥渂inding state task鈥�, a majority (59%) of respondents in an online climate policy survey by Spiegel Online say. About 70 percent of ...
15 Nov 2019, 15:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government [Update adds opinion piece by S眉ddeutsche Zeitung] The German parliament (Bundestag) has decided the country's first major climate law, less than two months after the聽coalition of ...
25 Feb 2020, 13:38 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Claudia Kemfert German ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:44 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 91tv / Spektrum Forests across Germany have become a source of carbon dioxide for the first time since records began, that鈥檚 the takeaway from a report by the agriculture ministry (BMEL). ...
06 Feb 2019, 13:38 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Heating Society 91tv People in Germany would like to see more factual information around policies to make heating and transport more climate-friendly, such as carbon pricing, and they attach great ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:30 Leading climate experts have called on the next German government voted in after the February snap election to reintroduce the so-called 鈥�climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥�. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:41 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 BR The German state of Bavaria wants to be climate-neutral by 2040 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, according to the revised Climate Protection Act, passed by the state cabinet on ...
11 Apr 2019, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The expectations towards German Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 new 鈥�climate 肠补产颈苍别迟鈥� are high, and the federal government 鈥渃annot afford to fail鈥� in taking the right steps now for the ecologic ...
05 Mar 2024, 12:10 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's government has appealed November's court ruling that required it to present emergency climate measures after failing emissions reduction targets in ...
20 Dec 2018, 09:06 The weak and fragile German government is unlikely to implement the drastic measures needed for a speedy coal exit, regardless of the coal commission 's proposals due early next year, according to energy policy reseacher Claudia ...
03 Jun 2024, 13:33 Germany is still set to miss its emissions reduction targets until 2030 and lacks a real strategy for the years that follow, said the country's key government advisors on climate policy. Recent official projections 鈥� which had seen ...
29 Apr 2021, 14:43 In an unexpected decision widely hailed as historic, Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate legislation is insufficient, lacking detail on emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The decision ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will make good on a key coalition agreement promise this week and present an 鈥渋mmediate climate action programme鈥� with measures in all economic ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 91tv / Zeit / n-tv A law requiring German municipalities, states and the country as a whole to adapt to the effects of climate change has now come into force (1 July). For the first time, ...
13 Apr 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv Greenhouse gas emission intensity, i.e. carbon emissions in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), last year increased in Germany for the first time since 2013, the Expert Council ...
14 Jun 2023, 19:55 The German economy and climate ministry has presented a long-awaited climate action package, but the comprehensive policy proposals will remain insufficient for putting Europe鈥檚 largest economy on track for meeting its 2030 emission ...
21 Mar 2019, 12:22 The new 'climate cabinet' consisting of ministers responsible for Germany's emissions reduction record will help to make sure that the country introduces its much-awaited Climate Action Law still in 2019, Chancellor ...
12 May 2021, 15:34 The German government鈥檚 decision to aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 鈥� five years earlier than previously envisaged 鈥� is to be substantiated by a reform of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law. Angela Merkel and her ministers have ...
28 May 2019, 13:25 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
25 Feb 2019, 14:17 The first draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law, presented last week, has laid bare conflicting views within the German coalition聽government over how the country should meet its climate targets. The proposal has drawn criticism from ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
03 Nov 2021, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Policy 91tv Climate action programmes introduced by the current and previous grand coalition governments under chancellor Angela Merkel aren鈥檛 enough for Germany to reach its greenhouse gas reduction ...
13 Jul 2022, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Heating Government 91tv German government ministries have launched a set of immediate action programmes that are to ensure emission reductions in the laggard buildings and transport sectors ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:24 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
22 Mar 2019, 16:00 European leaders did not call for climate neutrality by 2050 at today鈥檚 summit in Brussels, despite several countries including France suggesting it to be included. Germany is among a group of countries rejecting a tougher wording on ...
09 Apr 2019, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ahead of tomorrow鈥檚 first meeting of the so-called climate cabinet, German finance minister Olaf Scholz has launched his vision for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition. In his ...
12 Aug 2020, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has appointed the members of the 鈥淓xpert Council on Climate Issues鈥�, an independent body that is to advice the government on the implementation of ...
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, ...
25 Jun 2021, 13:40 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 91tv, ZEIT Online In its last session before the summer recess, the German parliament passed a bill that amends the federal Climate Action Law. The new law brings forward the deadline for ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv A group of experts largely rejected calls for tougher penalties for climate activists who stage acts of civil disobedience like motorway blockades or artwork attacks.聽 In response to a motion ...
12 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025, 10:35 91tv Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
15 Jan 2019, 12:01 Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel German businesses support the planned federal climate action ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society 91tv An overwhelming majority of Germans want the country to ramp up its climate adaptation efforts and better prepare the country's infrastructure against increasingly regular ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:45 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 91tv NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is filing lawsuits against five German states on behalf ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 91tv The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The council of federal state governments (Bundesrat) has greenlit聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽and the聽 planned national emissions trading system for transport and ...
14 Nov 2023, 13:49 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Jack McGovan Resources & ...
09 Oct 2019, 17:06 The German government cabinet has adopted the country鈥檚 first framework climate law and a detailed programme of measures to reach national and European targets for 2030. Against the backdrop of climate action protests by the Extinction ...
30 Jul 2019, 10:30 Markus S枚der, Bavaria鈥檚 conservative state premier, has called for climate action to be enshrined in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Basic Law, according to German daily S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. S枚der has thus embraced a long-standing demand by the Green Party, ...
19 Jun 2020, 14:14 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 91tv Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
10 Apr 2019, 13:46 Germany's so-called climate cabinet- a round of ministers with key responsibilities touching climate issues- has decided to discuss options for a carbon price at its first meeting in Berlin today. Environment minister Svenja ...
12 May 2021, 11:31 The German government has given the green light to the necessary legal changes to speed up the country's bid for climate neutrality, aiming to hit the goal five years earlier in 2045. Cabinet approved a reform of the country's ...
06 Apr 2023, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Policy 91tv Germany's environment ministry聽 has proposed a federal climate adaptation law that sets a framework for action at the national and state level. The draft bill is 鈥渋ntended to ...
13 Dec 2018, 17:52 Delays in the work of the commissions charged with providing pathways to a coal exit and the mobility transition are threatening the German government's climate policy timetable. However, environment minister Svenja Schulze told ...
31 Jan 2025
31 Jan 2025, 11:39 91tv Team Euractiv: Norway鈥檚 governing coalition breaks over EU energy rules row Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area 鈥� which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed. FT: 脴rsted replaces ...
04 Apr 2023, 13:54 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv Clear energy saving targets for 2030 will be set into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 law for the first time, according to a draft of the Energy Efficiency Act released by the economy and climate action ministry ...
09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
03 May 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is planning to support up to four gigawatt (GW) electrolyser capacity and wants to get rid of the last inland flights for the postal ...
23 Aug 2023, 09:00 The German coalition government鈥檚 Climate Action Programme 2023 is insufficient to meet 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets- and overestimates its total potential to lower emissions, said the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on ...
04 Apr 2019, 14:03 The influential German industry association BDI wants the country to opt for the lower end of its 2050 climate ambitions. The lobby group says a 95 percent reduction in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is currently聽 鈥渢otally ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 91tv The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
19 Feb 2019, 13:19 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv A referendum in Berlin on making the German capital climate neutral by 2030 failed to garner sufficient support. Only around 442,000 people voted in favour of the initiative, ...
11 Apr 2025, 12:30 Climate will play a smaller role under 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government and greater ambition will be mostly pushed by the opposition, says Johannes Hillje, a political communication advisor who has worked with several German ministries. The ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry plans to use the concept of CO 2 聽budgets in next year鈥檚 much-anticipated Climate Action Law, reports Nora Marie Zaremba in Tagesspiegel Background. A ministry spokesperson told the publication that it wants to define the ...
15 Mar 2019, 13:32 The German government has agreed to install a 鈥�climate cabinet鈥� to coordinate emissions reduction efforts across various ministries to reach the country's 2030 climate targets. Environment minister Svenja Schulze said the climate ...
20 Mar 2019, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Elections & Politics dpa / Rheinische Post The planned German 鈥� climate cabinet 鈥� that aims to improve coordination among climate-relevant ministries to put the country on track to meet its ...
09 Jan 2019, 10:45 Energy and climate policy has played a notable role in recent elections in Germany, where public opinion is split over the course of the country's coal exit and diesel emissions in inner cities, says Michael Sch盲fer, head of ...
12 Aug 2021, 13:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:20 Opposition parties have strongly criticised the German government coalition鈥檚 climate policy package in a first parliamentary debate on key legislative elements, such as the planned major climate action law. The first reading in the ...
28 Mar 2019, 13:28 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv Low-emission vehicles with electric and natural ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:08 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
08 May 2019, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International EurActiv / Handelsblatt France, the Netherlands and Sweden are among a group of eight countries that have launched an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major EU leaders summit, ...
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 ...
17 Aug 2023, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv / Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has agreed on a draft law requiring municipalities to submit plans for the transition to climate-neutral heating, but has softened interim targets for ...
10 Dec 2021, 14:07 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Several citizens in two German states have filed lawsuits against their state ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Germany should urgently tackle the task of restoring nature regardless of the outcome of the discussion on a European level, said Josef Settele, member of country's ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:17 Germany's Council of Experts on Climate Change has confirmed that the country's transport sector again exceeded its annual greenhouse gas emissions limit in 2023, and that current policies are insufficient to put the sector on ...
21 Dec 2018, 09:32 Ambitious climate action and a resolute energy transition are already possible in Germany but the country's government has yet to prove how serious it is about putting words into action, says Andreas Kuhlmann, the head of the ...
27 Nov 2020, 14:33 A little more than one year after 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 so-called 鈥�climate cabinet鈥� presented a big policy package to reach 2030 climate targets, its members will meet again on 2 December 鈥� but this time only to take stock, not decisions. ...
22 Sep 2023, 13:21 Jack McGovan Efficiency Policy 91tv A legal framework for energy efficiency has been passed into law by the German parliament for the first time. The Energy Efficiency Act aims for a reduction in annual energy consumption ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:50 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices International 91tv Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
19 Dec 2018, 10:10 Germany must face several fundamental energy and climate decisions in 2019 to save the country's Energiewende and its international standing, according to Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan. Most importantly, the promised Climate ...
07 Oct 2019, 16:41 The German government has presented a draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first-ever major Climate Action Law, which assigns flexible annual greenhouse gas budgets to economic sectors for the years 2020-2030, but does not make long-term climate targets ...
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 ...
10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU鈥檚 most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
04 Oct 2021, 13:44 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel The German Environment Agency (UBA) has called to raise the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emission ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must massively increase climate action efforts in order to triple the current average annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions, ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:00 The European Parliament elections this week (6-9 June) are unlikely to cause a big rollback of existing EU Green Deal legislation, but a projected shift to right-wing 鈥� and often climate action sceptic 鈥� parties could lower ambition ...
02 Jul 2021, 13:13 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wind Die Welt / dpa / 91tv The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state parliament has passed a new climate protection law that paves the way for climate neutrality by 2045, five years earlier than ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition is moving ahead to implement its climate action plan to put the country back on track to reach 2030 targets. The cabinet has adopted several legislative drafts to mould the decisions into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 tax ...
10 Jan 2019, 09:15 The German coal exit commission is set to deliver its final recommendations for the country鈥檚 coal exit in February 2019, but this report is likely to be only the beginning of a long and controversial policymaking process in the country ...
24 Mar 2023, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Cities 91tv With only a few days to go before the referendum to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital climate neutral by 2030, the debate over the ambitious initiative intensified among policymakers, experts, and in the ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:43 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy RND A draft law from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture minister, Cem 脰zdemir, to protect the country鈥檚 forests against the effects of climate change has come under criticism for being significantly watered down ...
26 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
12 Sep 2024
12 Sep 2024, 10:53 Julian Wettengel IEEFA: European LNG import terminals are used less as demand drops European Union (EU) LNG import terminals are being utilised less as demand for the fuel continues to decline across the continent. ECA: EU recovery fund ...
11 Jun 2021, 14:09 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy ...
13 Jul 2023, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Policy 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Steffi Lemke aims to better prepare cities and municipalities for the consequences of climate change with a聽 national climate adaptation law, as many are unprepared to ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Elections & Politics ARD / ntv / Der Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major spending package that contains a reform of the country鈥檚 debt brake and hundreds of billions of euros of investments in defence, infrastructure ...
17 Jul 2023, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government Der Spiegel A draft report commissioned by the German government shows that the country鈥檚 current and planned climate policies are not enough to reach the official target of net-zero ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Mobility Cars 91tv Germany has a record number of cars, but fewer people are using them on the road, according to an analysis 聽by聽transport policy聽think tank Agora聽Verkehrswende.聽"Despite a slight ...
03 Mar 2021, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The new supply chain law introduced by the German government to improve corporate compliance with social and environmental standards in sourcing and ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥�, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
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 Mar 2019, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new climate cabinet is proof that policymakers can look ahead only as far ahead as the next election, and are unable to make decisions that might cause upset, ...
23 Aug 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv A broad alliance of more than 40 civil society associations and organisations聽 has called on the German government to step-up climate measures as the country is projected to miss its ...
23 May 2023, 13:44 Carolina Kyllmann Politics Society Tagesspiegel / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz labelled the protest actions from climate activist group Last Generation, who glue themselves to artwork or roads, as 鈥渃ompletely nutty ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:04 The spread of unregulated company publicity involving 鈥渘et zero鈥� or 鈥�climate neutral鈥� claims has become a systemic barrier to achieving climate targets, argues ClientEarth, an NGO focussing on using laws to advance environmental ...
24 Feb 2022, 12:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch ...
16 Mar 2021, 12:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020- the largest annual fall since 1990- as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable ...
02 Oct 2024, 16:10 Germany's fight against the devastating long-term impact of climate change has reached a new milestone, with the environment ministry (BMUV)聽presenting a draft strategy that, for the first time, sets measurable targets to increase ...
29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore 鈥� but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
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 ...
30 May 2023, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 91tv / ARD / Spiegel Ahead of talks with MPs from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling coalition today (30 May), economy minister Robert Habeck said that a draft heating law which would impose ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Promoting agroforestry, reforestation, sustainable forest management and, in particular, the rewetting of peatland soils have an important role to play in preserving and ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:11 As German stakeholders eagerly await the European Commission鈥檚 proposals on overhauling the EU鈥檚 energy and climate policy, the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has said new EU laws could mean that the country has to once again ...
05 May 2022, 13:58 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices 91tv Even with significantly higher CO2 prices on transport and heating fuels, Germany will not reach targets set in the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law, shows a report commissioned by the German ...
13 May 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Freight 91tv Delaying climate action in the transport sector will lead to a significantly more expensive transition to climate neutrality by 2045, said think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a new ...
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 ...
21 Apr 2021, 16:38 German politicians have welcomed the deal concluded by EU lawmakers on a climate law that enshrines the goal of climate-neutrality 2050 and a more ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. However, conservatives and industry ...
07 Jun 2024, 12:00 Right-wing populist parties opposed to climate action are gaining power and popularity across the European continent and are set to do well in the 2024 European Parliament elections. These parties strongly influence climate narratives ...
13 May 2019, 14:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Agora Energiewende / Agora Verkehrswende [This article was based on the German version of the proposals. Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende published an English version on 15 ...
31 May 2023, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung About four million fossil heating systems in Germany will reach their legal runtime limit of 30 years in 2024, newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung聽 reported 聽based on a ...
13 May 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv German forests are in a poor state, as four out of five trees of the most common species 鈥� spruce, pine, beech and oak 鈥� are damaged, said the agriculture ministry' ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 11:48 91tv Team Bloomberg: Porsche has nowhere to hide as Trump unleashes next tariff wave While Mercedes and BMW have some flexibility due to factories in the US, Porsche has no plants in North America. Bloomberg: German minister says Trump ...
10 Aug 2023, 14:20 Nearly halfway through its four-year term, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government faces increasing public discontent over its switch from two years of energy crisis management to controversial climate policies. The coalition government of the Social ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:07 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's climate policy and action are "insufficient" to meet its national and international climate targets,聽 according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) project. ...
04 Jun 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The German government will decide whether to follow a sectoral emission reduction approach or a general pricing of carbon emissions in its bid to get on track in achieving the ...
16 Jul 2021, 15:30 The EU鈥檚 proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively bring forward 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) mean coal will become unprofitable in most of Europe, said ...
01 Feb 2019, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservatives are annoyed by a first and as yet unpublished environment ministry draft of Germany's highly anticipated climate ...
03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
06 Dec 2023, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Society EU 91tv Action against climate change ranks among the topics people in Germany want the European Parliament to prioritise, according to the聽 latest Eurobarometer survey. Climate action and EU defence are ...
21 May 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Renewables Government 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background A law reform agreed by lawmakers from Germany's government coalition would speed up approval processes around the planning and construction of new ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:22 Expert Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ...
04 Jan 2019, 11:00 German climate and energy policy must urgently become more proactive in 2019 to increase companies鈥� planning and investment security, says Mario Ohoven, president of the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW). ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Strong popular demand for climate action and a push towards more energy autonomy in the wake of the war in Ukraine have led Hungary鈥檚 populist leader Viktor Orb谩n to describe himself as an advocate of climate-friendly power generation. ...
11 Sep 2023, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Most people in Germany agree with the 鈥渃ore aim鈥� of the government鈥檚 controversial building energy law to replace old fossil heating systems with sustainable alternatives, ...
14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next chancellor 鈥� but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
05 May 2021, 14:59 The German government has agreed to aim for climate neutrality as early as 2045, pulling forward its previous target by five years as part of more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases. In a reform to be presented next week, the ...
09 Apr 2021, 12:16 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
23 Oct 2019, 13:24 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
03 May 2021, 12:59 The landmark ruling from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 top court has catapulted climate to the top of the political debate as government coalition partners shifted into election campaign mode, blamed each other for shortcomings of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 91tv First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv Reducing the energy consumption of Germany's least energy efficient buildings is essential for聽letting clean heating technologies achieve the sector's climate targets, a report by ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading parties say they are committed to the country鈥檚 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major聽 TV debate 聽on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
19 May 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Policy WirtschaftsWoche / WAZ / FAZ The cronyism allegations and subsequent departure of energy state secretary Patrick Graichen, as well as the public dispute about government plans for a de-facto ban of fossil heaters ...
17 Apr 2024, 13:30 The election victory of the pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk in late 2023 stirred high hopes for the start of serious climate policies in Poland after an eight-year lull during the rule of the right ...
06 Mar 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Energiewende EU 91tv Researchers at the German National Academy of Sciences have called on German and European governments to speed up efforts to transform the energy system to help reach climate targets, ...
23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
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 ...
04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
20 Feb 2019, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background If Germany doesn鈥檛 fulfil its greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations under the EU effort sharing, it could end up having to pay between 13.5 and 41 ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:03 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Forests across Germany absorbed 52.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021, which corresponds to 6 percent of the country鈥檚 annual emissions in the same year, according to ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:10 Boasting about 鈥�climate neutral鈥� products or vague plans to become 鈥渘et zero鈥� is turning into a legal risk for companies, as activists drag firms into courts over deceiving consumers with questionable climate pledges. A raft of landmark ...
12 May 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Handelsblatt German education and research minister Anja Karliczek is calling for immediate investment in research and development of technologies to remove CO2 from ...
11 Feb 2022, 14:32 S枚ren Amelang Society Government 91tv / Der Tagesspiegel Climate activists' repeated blockages of motorways in Berlin and other German cities have sparked a debate among government parties about the legitimacy of these ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:50 The criminalisation of climate protesters is intensifying all over Europe, with multiple countries considering harsh new laws. While human rights activists express concern at the crackdown, experts are divided over the impact on the ...
15 Apr 2021, 15:15 The European Union鈥檚 decision to increase its greenhouse gas reduction target to at least 55 percent by 2030 could mean that Germany has to decrease emissions by much more than its current target. Much depends on the concrete proposal ...
26 Sep 2019, 13:56 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 91tv The German government's newly agreed climate action ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Merkur An election promise by German conservative alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) to abolish parts ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
23 Jun 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, Zeit Online, Handelsblatt Chancellor Angela Merkel has said both the private sector and the state have a duty to invest ...
10 Sep 2019, 13:43 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv The draft law aimed ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices German government procurement will become more climate-friendly as of January 2022, the cabinet has decided by adopting a new administrative regulation. The procurement regulation 鈥� ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:51 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell around ten percent last year to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and electricity generation from coal ...
24 May 2024, 15:00 The curtain is coming down on five years of EU energy and environment legislative drama. Since the 2019 鈥済reen wave鈥� that helped put the spotlight on sustainable policy, dozens of laws have passed through the complex process of EU ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Joey Grostern Adaptation Cities 91tv Campaigners from the NGOs German Environmental Aid (DUH) and German Children鈥檚 Aid (DKHW) have ...
17 May 2021, 12:30 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry ...
25 Nov 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Green stimulus 91tv / Die Welt Lower Saxony is going to invest one billion euros into a comprehensive climate action programme to make the northern German state the country's "No.1 ...
21 Jan 2021, 11:30 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
27 May 2019, 15:43 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
07 Aug 2019, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Germany has to step up its climate ambitions so Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn鈥檛 travel to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September empty-handed, according to Climate ...
07 Mar 2019, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Energiewende 91tv The advanced stage of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition has led the country to understand that a broader change of economic structures is necessary to complete the ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Heating Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Ahead of Germany's snap elections, economy minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) has warned that overturning a law aimed at reducing stubbornly high heating emissions ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
04 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Policy Zeit Online The Climate Action Law proposed by ...
The financial industry is a relevant actor in virtually all sectors of the economy and should therefore be included in聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽as well as in any action plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 2030, the environmental NGO Climate ...
03 May 2024, 15:35 With the sudden arrival of summer weather, Germans stream back into street cafes and beer gardens with a collective sigh of relief. On the way, they are greeted by EU election campaign posters, which have sprung up across the country ...
15 Jun 2021, 12:51 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv Taking issue with efforts by the German government to tighten climate targets in its decision to amend the Climate Action Law, which is set to be voted on in parliament on 24 June, ...
29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
The German government will stick to its plan to introduce a Climate Protection Law in 2019 despite聽 major internal difficulties 聽harrowing the coalition of Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD). A first ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
29 Apr 2019, 13:39 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
08 Apr 2021, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cars Tagesspiegel / The Driven U.S. e-car company Tesla has criticised that slow approval processes for German industry and infrastructure projects stand in the way of urgent climate action efforts, as the carmaker ...
22 May 2025, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy 91tv The German government must quickly provide clarity on how it plans to cut emissions in the heating sector and create reliable framework conditions, a host of energy industry ...
24 May 2024, 12:00 The far-right populist Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) is Germany's only large party to unequivocally reject any action against climate change- but its impact on the country's efforts has been limited. The AfD has not yet ...
21 May 2025
21 May 2025, 12:50 91tv Team Bloomberg: EU likely to propose quota to ban Russia gas imports by end 2027 The European Union is likely to propose a quota as the mechanism to enforce a bloc-wide import ban on Russian gas by the end of 2027, which officials ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:33 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government coalition is racing to put together a major climate action package by 20 September, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' climate summit in New York on 23 September. Mere ...
25 Oct 2024, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv / Table.Media Damage caused by natural hazards like flooding cost German insurers 5.6 billion euros in 2023, up from four billion euros the previous year, after the country ...
07 May 2024, 10:00 The impact of a populist party opposed to climate action is starting to make itself clearly felt in Spain. From climate budget cuts to suspending low-emission zones and reversing plans for green taxes: As a partner in several city and ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:03 Germany is facing a significant gap between estimated greenhouse gas emission reductions and targets over the coming 20 years, a draft government report shows. Germany recently decided to reduce emissions by 65 percent by 2030. However, ...
28 Mar 2019, 13:25 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country鈥檚 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鈥檚 ...
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 ...
10 Nov 2021, 13:00 A string of landmark rulings forcing governments to step up emission cuts have turned the courts into a new and powerful line of defence in the fight against climate change. An increasing number of judges now consider global warming a ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Welt am Sonntag The head of Germany's conservative ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:55 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly five percent in 2021, in an expected rebound during the economic revival after the pandemic. The country's Federal Environment Agency warned that the 鈥淐orona windfall ...
30 May 2025
30 May 2025, 11:40 91tv Team Politico: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Merz vows to keep Nord Stream 2 pipeline switched off Some German politicians have pushed for the restoration of the flow of gas from Russia to Germany via the Nord Stream pipelines. UBA: Nature-based ...
21 Jun 2021, 12:30 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Left Party has agreed the most radical election programme yet in terms of climate protection goals and demands at its party convention on 19-20 June. Climate is the key ...
06 Nov 2019, 14:38 Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists give the German government mediocre mid-term marks for its climate and energy efforts- while Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 coalition has presented a largely positive self-evaluation. In what ...
07 Jan 2019, 09:30 The impending phase-out plan for coal power in Germany will have a profound impact on the country's entire energy policy, says Antje von Broock of environmental organisation Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). The NGO is a member ...
22 May 2025
22 May 2025, 12:05 91tv Team FT: Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe鈥檚 battery industry Swedish start-up鈥檚 fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the 鈥榲alley of death鈥�. Bloomberg: Spain, Portugal urge EU effort on power link after ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:03 Expert Heinrich B枚ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Climate action tops the wish list of German citizens for their government ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv Rail passengers and freight customers are set to be hit by higher prices as a result of a German government railway funding proposal aimed at ensuring a federal budget in line with the ...
11 Oct 2019, 14:09 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
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 ...
19 Mar 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government International Tagesspiegel Background Germany could face fines of up to 300 million euros payable over three years for its failure to comply with emissions reduction targets under the EU鈥檚 ...
12 Aug 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 91tv More than half of the forest in some central German regions is "severely damaged" following extreme drought periods over the past years, according to a report by the Helmholtz Centre ...
10 Jun 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Society Die Welt German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering ...
29 May 2019, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics CNN The results of the European elections mean that Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) must give better answers on the climate issue, the German ...
27 Feb 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency 91tv Responding to the cancellation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 buildings commission, the governing Social Democrats (SPD) are calling on their coalition partner, Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 conservative CDU ...
08 Apr 2019, 12:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Organisers of the German section of the 鈥淔ridays For Future鈥� student climate protests have called for net zero emissions by 2035, a coal exit in 2030 and 100 percent renewables by ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥� for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
06 Apr 2021, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg have decided to enter coalition negotiations with the goal to make the southern German ...
16 Jul 2021, 12:39 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating Tagesspiegel Background Germany's interior ministry has finalised an emergency programme to get emissions in the building sector in line with climate targets but will not say whether it ...
26 Jan 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport Cars 91tv Germany's strategy for transport infrastructure development is not oriented towards the country鈥檚 climate and environmental goals, according to an analysis conducted by ...
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 ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
13 May 2019, 14:00 Implementing the Paris Agreement means that countries have to have more ambition on a national level and the same is true for the European Union, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Svenja Schulze said at the opening of the 10th Petersberg ...
14 May 2020, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Policy Germany should base its climate policy on a CO2 budget in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, which would require fast-tracking efforts to reach climate neutrality, ...
20 Dec 2024
20 Dec 2024, 14:57 Dave Keating *** Our weekly Dispatches provide an overview of the most relevant recent and upcoming developments for the shift to climate neutrality i n selected European countries, from policy and diplomacy to society and industry. For ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Heating Elections & Politics 91tv Electrical and IT companies in Germany have called on Germany's parties to not discredit the energy transition in the federal election campaign leading up to the vote ...
19 May 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Society 91tv Some 66 percent of German households are in favour of raising the top tax rate to finance climate action, according to a survey conducted by the ifo Institute in cooperation with ...
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 ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Handelsblatt German transport minister Volker Wissing has been accused of breaking the country's Climate Protection Act in an expert report, newspaper聽Handelsblatt reports. According to the report ...
25 Oct 2024, 13:52 Jennifer Collins Mobility Policy 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Rail passenger and freight transport is set to see strong growth over the next 16 years in Germany, but trucks and cars are expected to remain the dominant ...
16 Apr 2019, 13:59 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv [Update adds comment by environment ministry spokesperson] By the end of 2019, the German government will decide whether to introduce CO 鈧� pricing to reach its 2030 ...
22 Dec 2023, 08:48 Germany made dealing with the consequences of climate change more binding in 2023, and it must now use this momentum to step up implementation, says Christian Kind, adaptation head of programme at think tank adelphi. Spreading the costs ...
07 Mar 2019, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Tageszeitung The coming petition by hundreds of German scientists who openly support the school student movement Fridays for Future that calls for more rapid climate action is a laudable ...
22 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv A group of more than 1,000 companies from Germany has joined the appeal by student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) for greater climate action efforts. Under the label ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:40 Franca Quecke Company climate claims EU 91tv Following a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities,聽Berlin-based fashion retailer聽Zalando has committed to removing "misleading ...
28 May 2019, 13:21 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
02 Jul 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cities Der Tagesspiegel Not satisfied with the Berlin state government鈥檚 climate protection targets, a broad-based citizens鈥� initiative is aiming to mount a referendum to make the German capital carbon ...
06 Nov 2019, 09:11 Energy and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
20 May 2025, 13:11 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A key plan by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv The Association of German Cities (Deutscher St盲dtetag) has called on the federal government to adopt a price on CO2 emissions as 鈥渁n appropriate and necessary approach for ...
05 Dec 2024, 11:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
26 Sep 2019, 14:12 Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives insist on a low initial price tag for CO2 emissions to secure public acceptance for the government's new climate strategy. In the first parliamentary debate on the package unveiled ...
24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
28 May 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv Extreme weather events, such as storms, hail and heavy rainfall, caused insured losses to the tune of 5.7 billion euros in Germany in 2023, the German Insurance ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Resources & Recycling Der Tagesspiegel / Tagesschau German development cooperation minister Gerd M眉ller said lobby groups prevent the strengthening of sustainability and climate action chapters ...
26 Sep 2023, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Efficiency 91tv / ARD Construction industry representatives have welcomed the German government鈥檚 new housing聽 package 聽 that will suspend the planned tightening of energy efficiency ...
28 Jun 2019, 12:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parties are hastening to put together proposals on how the country can reach its national and international climate targets as pressure from recent election results, ongoing climate protests and an early heat wave continues to ...
07 Jan 2022, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany has veered off its path towards reaching its 2030 climate target, as the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (t CO2 eq) in ...
20 Sep 2019, 10:12 Today, the grand coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) aim to agree on a major policy package to bring Germany back on track to reaching the international ...
27 Nov 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv More than 500 German cities will see protests for more ambitious climate action on Friday, 29 November, the activist movement Fridays for Future Germany has announced. The ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 91tv Germany has unveiled a package of measures aimed at providing cost relief to farmers who are under pressure to make food production more sustainable and in line with ...
Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der and his ministers are planning to expand existing measures, such as building insulation, support for community climate action, and growth of renewable energies, in order to fight climate change, they announced after a ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the country must stop its 鈥渆asy-peasy鈥� ("Pillepalle") approach to climate action and announced 鈥渞adical changes鈥� to her ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 91tv Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
04 Mar 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next coalition government should push to decarbonise the country鈥檚 heating systems, said a wide alliance of sector associations in a joint appeal. The ...
26 Feb 2024, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / taz The City of Berlin鈥檚 plans for massive climate investments are on the brink of collapse after legal experts have deemed the current funding scheme as illegal, according to ...
08 Dec 2020, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Disputes about coronavirus recovery funds slow down climate action in the EU, Hendrik Kafsack writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). The veto of Hungary ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:21 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
27 Apr 2023, 13:00 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Policy dpa Cities and municipalities in the state of Bavaria have demanded more money from the state government for climate protection measures, according to a dpa report in Die Zeit. The state government ...
30 Nov 2021, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Climate policy is a cross-sectoral task that requires a reform of its mode of governance, researchers from the state-supported Ariadne project write in a policy paper directed ...
06 Jul 2021, 12:54 Edgar Meza Agriculture Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is calling for the German government to campaign for a strong EU supply chain law and tough EU legislation against what it describes as 鈥渋mported deforestation鈥� with regard to ...
12 Mar 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government Die Zeit / n-tv A public debate between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck and Saxony鈥檚 state premier Michael Kretschmer in Berlin has showcased many of the problems the country is currently ...
18 May 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels 91tv Germany should legally anchor its 2045 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target in a way that prevents operators of fossil fuel-burning power plants from later seeking taxpayer-funded ...
Energy and climate policy must be key policy areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government in 2019 in order to significantly reduce carbon emissions and make a substantial contribution to limiting climate change, Social Democratic (SPD) energy and climate politician ...
25 Mar 2019, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Germany is failing to take advantage of the huge potential of the 鈥渞igorous electrification鈥� of transport and heating to cut emissions, consultancy McKinsey says in its latest ...
14 Jul 2022, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating 91tv The government action programmes for bringing the high-emitting transport and buildings sectors back on their emission reduction trajectories, has been criticised for ...
27 Jun 2019, 12:27 Expert German Advisory Council on the Environment Sachverst盲ndigenrat f眉r Umweltfragen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv In ...
14 May 2025
14 May 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Bloomberg: Merz risks coalition spat with call to scrap EU supply-chain law 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, reiterated a call for the European Union to scrap rules designed to make companies pursue sustainable ...
16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
16 Aug 2023, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 91tv Only about one in four people in Germany believe that the state is able to fulfil its tasks and implement effective policies to tackle the important topics of migration, education, ...
04 Jun 2025, 16:37 The Danish government intends to use its EU Council presidency in the second half of this year to prioritise reaching an agreement among member states on a 2040 climate target for the European Union, said climate and energy minister ...
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 ...
17 May 2023, 14:09 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green energy and climate action minister, Robert Habeck, has suffered a setback for his decarbonisation plans with the departure of his energy state secretary, Patrick Graichen. Habeck鈥檚 state secretary left his post following ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union鈥檚 focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
20 Dec 2018, 14:13 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background In addition to the already working coal exit and mobility commissions, Germany will get a new buildings commission in 2019, tasked with finding measures to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
09 May 2025
09 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Montel: German zone split plan 鈥渉alf-baked鈥�, may lead to extreme prices聽 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 ...
25 Apr 2019, 13:04 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As new warnings of drought show that "the climate crisis is intensifying", the German ...
26 Apr 2019, 16:50 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Spiegel Online 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liberal, pro-business Free ...
25 Mar 2022, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Government The German state鈥檚 climate action measures lack a targeted approach to achieving its greenhouse gas reduction goals, the Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has found in ...
06 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 The ...
02 Feb 2023, 10:20 Deadly summer heatwaves, floods, and snow-free ski slopes in winter are a wake-up call: Europe must urgently adapt to climate change, in addition to reducing emissions. Temperatures in the region have increased at more than twice the ...
24 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Policy EU FAZ The European Union should focus on strengthening existing policy instruments when charting the course for climate action in the years after 2030, write researchers Brigitte Knopf and Oliver Geden in an op ...
17 Dec 2018, 13:19 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Finance dpa / Focus Online 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law planned for 2019 must include a price for ...
06 Jun 2023, 13:14 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Industry 91tv Steel and iron production plants dominate in a聽 list of the 30 most polluting industrial facilities 聽in Germany ...
12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU 91tv The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥� conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
12 Feb 2020, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann International 91tv The German government must take advantage of its EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to bolster the bloc's climate action ambitions and vouch for a 2030 emissions ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 91tv Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
19 Sep 2019, 13:37 Germany's governing parties are heading into the final talks over what finance minister Olaf Scholz has said must be a "big and convincing step for climate action." But CO鈧� pricing and a proposed major framework climate ...
20 Feb 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Business Policy Handelsblatt The German finance ministry is preparing a law to support companies that invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation through tax rebates, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Tax ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:04 Germany's highest court has ruled in a landmark decision that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack detailed emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The court said the country's Climate ...
10 Jan 2025, 09:59 Croatian citizens ended 2024 with a first round of presidential elections, marking the finale of a super election year. In terms of the climate, it was yet another year of above-average warmth, accompanied by numerous extreme weather ...
28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has said the country has 鈥渉ad a deficit in climate action for many years鈥� and urged that 鈥渨e have to change course鈥� to meet emissions reduction ambitions. In her speech at the regional industry event ...
09 May 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥� part of Chancellor Angela 惭别谤办别濒鈥檚 alliance of centre-right parties 鈥� is sceptical regarding the introduction of a new CO鈧� tax. The ...
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 ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Germany's government will have to amend its national clean air programme and present effective measures to reduce air pollution in line with EU rules, a court has ruled. ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dr枚ge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
14 May 2024, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities 91tv Germany's towns and cities are insufficiently prepared to deal with more frequent and more severe flooding, periods of high heat, and drought and water shortages, a report by ...
29 May 2019, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The Energiewende (energy transition) is the linchpin of German climate policy, but the governing parties do little to deal with opposition, explain the ...
22 Mar 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics Die Welt German climate activist group 鈥淟ast Generation,鈥� known for its controversial forms of protest, such as road blockages and attacks on artworks, is considering the establishment of a ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Concern about the impact of climate change is rising, while fewer people feel individual action is needed to combat the problem, according to a survey in 32 countries on ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics EU 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Friedrich Merz, a prominent politician of the governing conservative CDU/CSU who stands a chance to become a minister in Germany's next government ...
10 Sep 2021, 14:56 Germany could transform its economy to net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs, because switching to green technologies opens up new markets and opportunities for growth, consultancy McKinsey has found. In its report 鈥濶et-Zero ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:38 S枚ren Amelang Gas Heating Welt / 91tv / Zeit / taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas industry has welcomed the coalition government鈥檚 compromise on the transition to climate-friendly heating, while some media commentators and environmental ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Policy 91tv A planned reform of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 immigration law is aimed at recruiting skilled workers from abroad to fill tens of thousands of vacant positions in energy transition-related ...
04 Apr 2019, 15:12 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 percent in 2018 as warm weather and higher prices dampened the use of climate-damaging fossil fuels. The government called the largest drop since the 2009 recession the 鈥渇irst notable ...
18 Nov 2019, 13:30 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Julian ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 91tv State support granted for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in private households increased to 14.4 billion euros in 2024, up from 12.3 billion euros in 2023, said ...
The new Climate Action Plan 2050 being prepared by Germany pursues an 鈥渁bsolute priority鈥� of climate protection, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion-piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The plan is still vague but postulates targets which nobody is ...
17 Jul 2019, 12:46 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher ...
01 Apr 2019, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Rheinische Post The leader of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing Social Democrats (SPD), Andrea Nahles, has called for a quick implementation of the proposals made by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, Jan Drebes ...
09 May 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 91tv The German coal exit will likely be completed before the 2038 end-date agreed on by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, environment minister Svenja Schulze has said. 鈥淭his will happen much faster ...
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 ...
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 Jul 2020, 12:48 In a vote that has been hailed as "historic", Germany's parliament has adopted a law that will ensure the phase-out of coal power by no later than 2038. The decision follows two years of intense debate about the country& ...
05 May 2022, 13:32 Germany is rapidly pushing several infrastructure projects for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to wean itself off Russian natural gas. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck visited the kick-off ceremony for the ...
21 Nov 2024
21 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team AP: Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe Of the total, 2,900 jobs would be lost in Germany, 800 in Britain and 300 in other European Union countries. Reuters: Volkswagen enters third ...
18 Jan 2023, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Cities 91tv A broad alliance of German trade unions and environmental associations has launched a joint call to the federal government for a legal reform to guarantee more financial support to implement ...
08 Oct 2019, 13:59 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy ...
03 Dec 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government had aimed to reform several laws to improve flood protection in the country, but environment minister Steffi Lemke told news magazine Spiegel that the reform is no longer possible ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 91tv Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
19 Jul 2019, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy Rheinische Post The leader of the conservative CDU party鈥檚 parliamentary group, Ralph Brinkhaus, has called for 鈥渉undreds of billions of euros鈥� to be invested in climate action over the next ...
11 Apr 2019, 14:13 The German government is exploring the introduction of a CO2 price to get the country back on track to reach its ambitious targets for emission cuts. In a turning point in the government's approach to CO2 reduction, Chancellor ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
25 Sep 2019, 14:08 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating 91tv Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
14 Jun 2019, 13:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:32 The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet adopted a law detailing plant shutdowns and compensation payments for coal companies, confirming a ...
10 Sep 2024
10 Sep 2024, 13:44 With the summer break coming to an end, lawmakers in Brussels are back to school. After the newly elected European Parliament started its legislative term last July, all eyes are now on the formation of the next European Commission. ...
16 May 2019, 13:57 Expert Ecologic Institute Energiewende Policy International Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv The current emissions reduction and energy transition plans by all of the 28 EU member states do not ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance 91tv The new advisory council on sustainable finance established by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has held its first meeting to debate how the country鈥檚 financial sector can better ...
22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
16 May 2023, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating Zeit Online 鈥淗ydrogen-ready鈥� gas boilers are nothing but window dressing because they delay effective climate action, are unlikely to be ever powered by renewable gas, and could end up being very expensive ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background It remains unclear whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned reform of its carbon storage law will make it through parliament ahead of the snap election in February 2025,聽 ...
09 Aug 2021, 12:48 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super ...
02 Apr 2019, 13:52 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Politics Society 91tv Germany should strive to find consensus on the ...
27 Apr 2023, 12:44 Julian Wettengel International Table.Media German chancellor Olaf Scholz will have an opportunity to improve his 鈥� and the country鈥檚 鈥� international credibility on climate when the government invites ministers from several dozen ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv Germany must systematically collect building efficiency data like all other EU countries, which would boost its lagging efforts to make its housing stock climate-neutral,聽 according to 聽the ...
17 May 2024, 15:00 Just as France is marking the biggest drop in its greenhouse gas emissions in almost a decade, the debate about the country鈥檚 future energy policy continues in full swing. This applies to almost all sectors of the economy 鈥� and the ...
12 Apr 2019, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Cars 91tv A broad alliance of environmental NGOs, police unions and traffic accident victim organisations has called for the swift introduction of a general speed limit on the ...
29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
20 Oct 2021, 13:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv Climate activists from Fridays for Future have presented a list of demands for the first 100 days of a new German government. The activists first and ...
20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
07 Jun 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Agriculture Der Spiegel / ARD Severe floods like those affecting large parts of southern Germany in June are no longer a 鈥渙nce-in-a-century鈥� event, but rather 鈥渁 new reality鈥� that the country must come to ...
15 Feb 2021, 13:44 After months of internal dispute, Germany's government has agreed on a draft law for reforming corporate responsibility for sustainable supply chains. Large companies that rely on imported resources and workers in source countries, ...
01 Oct 2020, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy and economy ministry will launch a new round of debates on using carbon capture and storage (CCS), an idea that was deemed dead after a 2012 law ...
20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
04 Aug 2022, 14:05 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Hannah Naylor EU Security RND / Deutschlandfunk / 91tv NGOs ...
08 Jan 2019, 11:00 A key premise聽for Germany to meet聽its climate goals is a strong CO2 price signal, says Manuel Frondel, head of the department "Environment and Resources" at the RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Preferably, such a ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:23 Jessica Bateman Wind Handelsblatt German wind power expansion is declining despite government efforts to increase capacity, according to figures from the Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA Wind) as seen by business daily Handelsblatt. ...
18 Nov 2020, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Green stimulus 91tv Corona stimulus packages in G20 countries are set to delay climate action,聽according to a report published by Climate Transparency, an international partnership ...
09 Jul 2021, 16:32 UPDATE: Adds background information on climate policy and coal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv CO2 emissions in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia ...
22 Apr 2025
22 Apr 2025, 12:35 91tv Team FT: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 neighbours eye share of Friedrich Merz鈥檚 big spending plans 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economically liberal neighbours are warming to relaxing EU state subsidy rules for the long term, as they bet on their national industries ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:54 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Edgar Meza Agriculture Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) is demanding a surcharge on domestic agricultural products to be ...
13 Jan 2025, 10:15 A last-minute move by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 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 ...
24 Sep 2021, 13:43 In a last TV debate three days before the German elections, the representatives of almost all major parties have agreed that more rapid and effective climate protection must be a priority for the next government. At the same time, the ...
10 May 2023, 12:20 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv Germany should introduce a 鈥�climate passport鈥� for people displaced by the effects of climate change, an independent government advisory panel has proposed in its annual report. The Expert ...
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 鈥渟uspicion of forming a ...
23 Oct 2020, 11:56 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel EU 91tv ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
07 Sep 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Heating Society 91tv The share of homeowners who say they don鈥檛 have the money to install climate-friendly technologies has increased significantly in Germany. 41 percent of property owners ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor鈥檚 three-party ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal International 91tv / Handelsblatt German energy company RWE is suing the Netherlands for compensation payments in relation to the ...
26 Aug 2020, 12:23 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of Energy ...
17 Mar 2025
17 Mar 2025, 13:00 91tv Team FT: Green energy stocks fall back to levels last seen 5 years ago聽 Uncertainty over political support for clean transition depresses market. Reuters: Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Contracts refunding companies for investments in low-emissions technologies could be a key tool to ensure industry starts the transition to聽 climate-neutral production, a ...
06 Jul 2020, 12:23 Coal Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / DW / NDR Following the German parliament鈥檚 vote on Friday in favour of a law ending all coal power production by 2038, the country鈥檚 media has been reacting to the controversial bill. As well as an ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport Elections & Politics 91tv Leading German environmental organisations are calling for an immediate halt to the construction and expansion of highways and for a new federal mobility law to be passed ...
16 Aug 2023, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
22 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Politics 91tv An economist and regional state secretary will become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new energy state secretary following the departure of Patrick Graichen due to violations of the ministry's compliance rules. ...
05 Apr 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 91tv Climate Action Germany (DUH) has won a lawsuit against TotalEnergies over 鈥�climate-neutral鈥� and 鈥淐O2-compensated鈥� heating oil claims, the environmental NGO announced. DHU had ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
07 Feb 2025
07 Feb 2025, 11:27 91tv Team Climate Home: UN gives countries more time to submit 鈥渜uality鈥� climate plans for 2035 The head of the UN climate change body has urged countries to submit new 鈥渇irst-rate鈥� climate targets by September, after only a handful of ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Heating Policy 91tv [Updates with cabinet agreement] The German government has earmarked almost 60 billion euros to boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts next year. The designated ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:42 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv聽 The German government coalition's first year in office has brought much-needed progress in key energy transition areas but still falls ...
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 ...
07 May 2024, 13:31 Expert Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Bundesanstalt f眉r Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Climate & CO2 Resources & Recycling Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country鈥檚 existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:47 Joey Grostern Coal Society K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger / 91tv B眉rgewald, an empty village on the edge of the Hambach open-cast coal mine in the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia, has been bought back by the local ...
03 Dec 2014, 00:00 The government approved what it claims to be the largest climate action package in the country鈥檚 history. Most observers applauded the commitment to emissions reduction goals by 2020. But environmentalists criticised the lack of a ...
23 Apr 2021, 12:55 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine ...
Germany will miss its climate targets unless the next federal government steps up its efforts, according to non-profit environmental and consumer protection association Environmental Action Germany (DUH). In a list of 85 measures for the energy, heating ...
24 Apr 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv German municipalities are increasingly caught between rising climate protection needs and limited resources, a report by state-owned development bank KfW found. ...
13 Feb 2025
13 Feb 2025, 13:49 91tv Team Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)- Little potential for "climate plantations" within planetary boundaries Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is being discussed as a way to remove ...
27 Feb 2025
27 Feb 2025, 13:14 91tv Team Bloomberg: Don't sound the death knell for Germany's green wave yet The nation鈥檚 industrial giants believe clean technology is the best bet for the future. That should be an incentive for Friedrich Merz to stay the ...
15 May 2019, 12:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A Climate Action Law in Germany that spells out clear sectoral emissions reduction targets is in the interest of energy-intensive industries like steel, environment ...
08 Apr 2025
08 Apr 2025, 11:31 91tv Team Copernicus: Warmest March in Europe and lowest Arctic winter sea ice The average temperature over European land for March 2025 was 6.03掳C, 2.41掳C above the 1991-2020 average for March, making it the warmest March for Europe. ...
05 Mar 2019, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background More than 700 scientists from German-speaking countries have signed a petition that explicitly backs students鈥� strikes demanding rapid climate action by the ...
08 Jul 2019, 13:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die ...
12 Nov 2018, 14:15 Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze continued her push for a price on CO2 emissions, announcing plans to team up with fellow Social Democrat Olaf Scholz's finance ministry in order to prepare a concept in line with ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:41 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 constitutional court verdict that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they endanger future generations' freedoms is the 鈥渕ost far-reaching ruling in the world to date鈥� on climate protection, ...
09 Nov 2021, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics DLF Climate action will become 鈥減erhaps the most important point鈥� in the planned coalition treaty of the next German government, the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) secretary general Lars Klingbeil has ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Heating dpa / BR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The draft legislation to introduce a de-facto ban on new gas and oil heating systems in Germany starting in 2024 has sparked a dispute within the government coalition ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
04 Mar 2020, 11:02 The European Commission is unveiling its proposal for the EU's first ever climate law, which will form the basis of the EU's proposed Green Deal, and will provide a framework for reaching the bloc's target of becoming ...
07 Oct 2020, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society 91tv / Tagesspiegel Activists of the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) occupied the headquarters of Germany's lignite mining industry association, DEBRIV, in Berlin in ...
23 Sep 2019, 10:34 After receiving more than 43,500 signatures on a petition in August, the Berlin House of Representatives will have to deliberate on a climate emergency status for the German capital. Forty German municipalities have already declared ...
