03 Dec 2014, 00:00 The German government has approved a package of measures to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions 40 percent by 2020 compared to 1990. The following collection provides a snapshot of comments and reactions. Sven Egenter Climate ...
03 Feb 2025, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Solar Cars Heating 91tv Around two-thirds of homeowners in Germany plan to have a solar power system installed by 2029, according to a survey commissioned by Munich-based climate NGO Initiative ...
07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
18 Jan 2021, 13:57 Armin Laschet has been elected the new leader of Germany's largest party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), clearing a major hurdle on what could be his way to becoming next German Chancellor. The premier of Germany's largest ...
10 Oct 2018, 17:18 Two days after the UN's latest IPCC report on global warming urged greater international efforts against climate change, the German parliament saw a heated debate about the implications for Germany. While the Green Party, which had ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities 91tv Municipalities in Germany warn that they could be running out of money soon and are struggling to implement a wide range of their tasks, including guaranteeing a reliable ...
02 Aug 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv Four in ten industrial companies in Germany are considering production cuts in the country or relocating parts of their production capacities outside of the country due to ...
08 Sep 2021, 12:30 The Left Party would enter negotiations to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government with a demand to abolish the recently introduced carbon price on transport and heating fuels, according to MP Lorenz G枚sta Beutin, a climate and energy expert ...
03 Feb 2025
03 Feb 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany opens way for gas beyond 2035 with subsidy extension 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has extended a support scheme for some gas plants by four years to 2030, in a law hurried through just before the general election on ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 91tv Most citizens聽 surveyed 聽by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 civil servant union (DBB) believe the state is overburdened and incapable of achieving effective results in key policy areas. Climate action ...
25 Sep 2016, 00:00 In a move to fast-track the full ratification of the 2015 UN climate treaty (Paris Agreement), the German parliament has unanimously approved the terms of the treaty, helping to pave the way for it to enter into force before the end of ...
07 Feb 2024, 13:54 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Most citizens want Germany to play a leading role in climate protection, but they are divided over how to achieve this, slowing down climate policy efforts, said the ifo Institute ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel / 91tv The first major city in Germany, Augsburg, has announced plans for ending the use of natural gas in its heating system and informed customers ...
26 Aug 2021, 10:15 International partners can be assured that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government coalition after the September election will not veer far off course of the country鈥檚 current climate and energy policy, says government advisor and director of two ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry FAZ / 91tv The German government is continuing its push for carbon capture and storage technologies with the draft of its planned Carbon Management Strategy, reported Frankfurter ...
20 Jan 2022, 12:09 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has concluded that the German government鈥檚 Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG) does not ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:32 Ruby Russel Cost & Prices Society 91tv More than half of Germans say they are 鈥渧ery鈥� or 鈥渆xtremely鈥� concerned about climate change, but there is also widespread concern over the costs of the energy transition, with 55 ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:35 Jennifer Collins Heating Spiegel / 91tv Local authorities across Germany may have to submit plans detailing how they are going to transition to climate-neutral heating systems in their jurisdictions six months earlier than ...
20 Sep 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Society Government 91tv Public opinion on climate action in Germany is highly polarised, with a large part of society (56%) wishing for more climate action and around a quarter (24%) denying human-caused ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 91tv A majority of people in Germany (53%) agree that the next government should do more for climate protection, according to a survey commissioned by environmental NGO ...
22 Feb 2024, 13:35 Two years after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, Germany continues to struggle with its full economic recovery 鈥� even if energy prices are losing in relevance for the country鈥檚 growth prospects. Presenting the ...
26 Nov 2020, 13:55 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Business Society 91tv Purchase decisions for durable products and their long-term use contribute ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Society EU 91tv Policies on migration and combating climate change are the most polarising topics for people surveyed in several European countries, a report by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy ...
10 Jul 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv Public uncertainty about the government鈥檚 new policies to decarbonise heating have led to a collapse in heat pump sales in Germany, according to the country鈥檚 heating industry association BDH. ...
07 Apr 2022, 11:20 Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation. In the 鈥渂iggest energy policy reform in decades,鈥� the ...
17 Aug 2023, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Residents in eastern German states are generally critical of the federal government鈥檚 energy and climate policies, while at the same time endorsing measures to reduce ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Heating costs in Germany increased by up to 81 percent during the winter of 2022, an聽 analysis 聽conducted by non-profit consultancy co2online has found. At a time when the ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:54 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Gas International 91tv The highest Dutch court has put a halt to gas drilling off the German North Sea island of Borkum. The ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:48 Jack McGovan Adaptation Tagesspiegel Reinsurance company Munich Re's top climate scientist has said that many settlements destroyed by floods shouldn鈥檛 be rebuilt. With reference to Germany's Ahr valley, which suffered 40 ...
17 Sep 2021, 11:37 Three candidates vie to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor in the most unpredictable federal election in decades that will determine the next steps Europe's largest economy takes on the path to climate neutrality. A recent ...
04 Oct 2023, 10:11 Against the backdrop of a faltering economy and heated national debates about climate policies, two of Germany's key economic regions, Bavaria and Hesse, head to the polls in the first week of October. A change of government is not ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:00 The eviction of coal protesters in the Hambach Forest in 2018 was illegal, a court ruling in German state North Rhine-Westphalia found. The forest threatened by a nearby lignite mine had become a symbolic battleground in the context of ...
19 Oct 2020, 12:56 The three candidates for future leadership of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 鈥� party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, have all called for rigorous efforts to protect the climate at a debate organised by the party鈥檚 ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:49 Julian Wettengel International COP29 91tv As the UN climate change conference COP29 gets underway, Germany is continuing its push to include countries beyond the rich industrialised economies among those to contribute ...
01 Mar 2019, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Nuclear phase-out 91tv Nearly half of the people in Germany say the plan to close nuclear plants before coal is right, a survey commissioned by price comparison website Verivox has found. In the ...
28 May 2021, 13:46 Charlotte Nijhuis Business International Tagesschau / Wirtschaftswoche The German government has come to an agreement on the supply chain law, which aims to ensure human rights and the protection of the environment in production along ...
27 Jun 2024, 14:07 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society More than two thirds of Germans say they would 鈥渞ather not鈥� or 鈥渄efinitely not鈥� make financial sacrifices and lower their personal standard of living for the benefit of the climate, according to a ...
24 Aug 2020, 12:23 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Renewables ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:49 With the last minister choices announced and the Greens' and Social Democrat's (SPD) party basis confirming the coalition agreement, Germany's next government is set to be elected on Wednesday, 8 December. The SPD will ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:57 Carolina Kyllmann Construction 91tv Excessive bureaucracy and lack of acceptance for used building materials are getting in the way of Germany's targets to increase recycling rates of construction products, according ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental NGOs have said they will take legal action against a partial permit for a planned controversial gas extraction project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands in the ...
11 Apr 2024
11 Apr 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv An alliance of civil society groups has issued an聽 appeal 聽to the German government to not implement planned cuts in the 2025 budget and avoid damage 鈥渢o the economic, ecological, and social stability ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:41 Germany is set to widely miss its climate targets this year, according to a think tank analysis that adds pressure on the chancellor contestants to present plans for rapid emissions cuts. Six weeks before the country's general ...
09 Jul 2019, 12:40 Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Deutsche Bank Research / 91tv A coalition between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Green Party following snap elections in case of a breakdown of the ...
27 Aug 2019, 16:42 Addressing climate change and the pros and cons of renewable power have dominated German public debate for almost two decades, but the role of the finance sector in emissions reduction has taken a back seat. Many countries have already ...
01 Mar 2022, 13:29 The world is already facing 鈥渦nequivocal" consequences of climate change and damages will increase rapidly with rising temperatures, the United Nation鈥檚 climate science body IPCC is warning in its new landmark report. The paper on ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 91tv Citizens expect the German government to take decisive action against the consequences of climate change, and are calling for the greening of inner cities to counter increasing heat, as ...
05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new transport minister suggests the country is unlikely to face a profound policy overhaul to get the emission-intensive sector on track to meet ambitious 2030 climate targets. Long-serving conservative ...
24 May 2024, 14:08 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs Clean Energy ...
17 Nov 2023, 13:19 Milou Dirkx Finance International COP28 91tv The 100 billion U.S. dollars that developed economies aimed to raise annually for climate action in developing countries was likely reached for the first time in 2022, said the ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
12 Nov 2024
12 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team ICCI: State of the Cryosphere 2024 鈥� Lost Ice, Global Damage 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2掳C of warming, would bring disastrous and irreversible ...
17 Feb 2016
17 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt / Ministry for Environment 鈥淓verything for the climate鈥� The Ministry for Environment (BMUB) is about to enter the second phase of consultation for its Climate Action Plan 2050, and has ...
30 May 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cars 91tv / n-tv Large petrol station companies will need to offer at least one fast charging point for electric vehicles from 2028, according to a draft law agreed by Germany's government ...
15 Mar 2019, 18:19 Tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of students poured into the streets in cities across Germany to demand more action on climate change.聽It鈥檚 one of the biggest showings聽for the "Fridays for Future" movement, which has ...
04 Dec 2015
04 Dec 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Federal Network Agency / TenneT New law on underground cables in the transmission grid German parliament has passed a law detailing that new direct current transmission lines will be put underground 鈥� this will be ...
19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Expert: EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires By only focusing on firefighting without a prevention-focused holistic approach, it will be hard for the EU countries to face future ...
01 Dec 2020, 14:13 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU In an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau, Green Party colleagues聽Lisa Badum, a member聽of the German parliament, and ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sustainability issues have slid down the list of German managers鈥� priorities, a poll by business consultancy Horvath has revealed,聽 reports 聽newspaper Handelsblatt. The green transformation ...
22 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Bild / Die Welt Politicians from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance have reinforced their criticism of the planned end of new registrations of combustion engine cars in the EU by 2035. Bavaria鈥檚 state ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Adaptation 91tv Adapting Germany to the effects of climate change will create tens of thousands of extra jobs within 15 years, according to a report by the German environment agency (UBA). "In 2040, an ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:07 Months of negotiations among the parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition about the country鈥檚 2025 budget have ushered in 鈥渞ecord investments鈥� into renewable power, industrial decarbonisation, electric mobility and a faster transition ...
02 Jan 2024, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv 2023 marked Germany's hottest year since records began in 1881, according to preliminary analyses by meteorological service DWD. The year's average temperature reached 10.6 ...
17 Sep 2021, 10:05 Never before in German history has climate policy played a role as big as it does in 2021. Even after one and a half years of a turbulent pandemic, credible climate policies remain the yardstick many voters plan to base their decision ...
13 May 2020, 13:36 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Hydrogen International 91tv German chancellor Angela Merkel has said EU member states will have to re-negotiate their contributions to greenhouse gas emission ...
26 Feb 2024, 15:55 The German government has proposed plans to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) possible to help the country reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. State support would focus on capturing and storing or using carbon from industrial ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Policy Society Bild Three quarters of Germans worry about their future in regards to climate change, and many citizens say the government is not taking action rapidly enough,聽 a survey 聽by pollster INSA, commissioned by ...
03 Sep 2019, 17:45 Following key regional elections in eastern German Saxony and Brandenburg, the conservative parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition 鈥� the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥� have ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:45 Jack McGovan Policy Tagesspiegel Background Energy sector groups have called for improvements to a German interior ministry draft law set to regulate the resilience and physical safety of critical infrastructure, reports Tagesspiegel ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:35 Expert IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility Institut f眉r Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The carbon ...
29 May 2024, 13:42 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Developed countries finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years later than promised, the ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A proposal from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next chancellor for a 鈥渕oratorium on dismantling鈥� the remaining decommissioned nuclear reactors in the country has been met with reluctance ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Augsburger Allgemeine / dpa Germany's Olaf Scholz considers a gas drilling project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands as likely, as environmentalists continue to push back, the chancellor told radio ...
14 Sep 2021, 10:00 The EU鈥檚 鈥楩it for 55鈥� package of climate and energy legislation will be 鈥渋ncredibly difficult鈥� to get through member states and German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 successor must be willing to spend time, energy and diplomatic capital, ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The Federal Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has criticised the German government鈥檚 for not using funds designated for climate action to their ...
30 Nov 2021, 10:50 The three "traffic light coalition" parties have agreed to form Germany's next government and tabled a coalition treaty that they promise will put the country on a path compatible with Paris Climate Agreement 's ...
04 Jan 2021, 14:26 The transformation of the German and European economies will become more tangible in 2021, as new technologies, policies and business models begin to have an effect, Karsten L枚ffler, head of sustainable finance at the Frankfurt School ...
11 Sep 2020, 14:36 One year before Germany's next general election, economy minister Peter Altmaier calls for a "historic consensus" between all democratic parties, businesses and civil society to ensure that climate action and the ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Students in Germany and around the world are expected to walk out of school Friday for what is being billed as a 鈥済lobal strike鈥� to demand action on climate change. Organisers hope it will be the largest demonstration yet in the series ...
10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel / WDR The construction of new gas-fired power plants that are supposed to provide backup capacity for the German electricity system amid the transition to renewable power needs ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:46 Ruby Russel Cost & Prices Government 91tv A pause on funding from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF) has been lifted for programmes under the economy and climate action ministry (BMWK). The option to apply ...
13 Apr 2023, 12:59 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government dpa / Der Spiegel / 91tv Ahead of a major protest in Berlin announced by the climate activist group Last ...
28 Aug 2023, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Planned German state support will make a heat pump cheaper than a new gas boiler, even in comparatively energy-inefficient buildings, said environmental NGO WWF Germany. Consultancy firm ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance ministry, led by Social Democrat (SPD) Olaf Scholz, has rejected environment minister Svenja Schulze鈥檚 (also SPD) plan to work on a national price on CO鈧� emissions in Germany, which would include sectors such as heating and transport. ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Germans' support for the climate movement has halved following the rise of highly controversial street blockades by more radical activists, shows a survey by More in ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:10 Ruby Russel Heating 91tv Eastern German cities are taking the lead on energy-saving building upgrades, but the nationwide pace falls well short of climate targets, according to the Federal Association for Energy Efficient ...
30 Jan 2024, 13:15 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy Wite / ARD Climate activist group Last Generation, whose members are famous for gluing themselves to roads to halt traffic, have announced that they will no longer use this ...
28 Oct 2020, 15:00 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The European Union as a whole could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60 ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 91tv / rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
09 Jul 2019, 11:57 CORRECTION: This article previously stated that Gerd M眉ller is Germany's environment minister. That was a mistake. He is Germany's development minister. Planting huge amounts of trees across the globe could be an effective way ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv A large majority of 71 percent of voters in Germany say that the government must make sure that climate targets are met, but people lack trust in the abilities of major ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv The German government will make a total of 4 billion euros available by 2026 to improve the state of natural ecosystems, with the goal of making them more resilient and ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv The transition to climate-friendly heating is slowly gathering pace in Germany with the country's first major city announcing a 2035 phase-out date for its gas grid. MVV, the local ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
20 Dec 2021, 10:55 The start of Germany's new government makes 2022 a crucial year for the country's landmark energy transition. All eyes are on the three-way coalition's first steps towards implementing its ambitious climate plans, which ...
05 Dec 2022, 09:35 With motorway and airport blockades as well as attacks on artworks, climate activists have caused a stir in Germany. The actions have provoked mainly negative reactions from politicians, the media and the general public, following ...
08 May 2019, 13:31 German industry heavyweights including chemical maker BASF, HeidelbergCement, gas supplier Linde and steelmaker Salzgitter say they are prepared for profound emissions cuts, but still lack the necessary market signal from policymakers. ...
18 Jun 2019, 08:43 Germany will join a growing group of EU countries to support the pledge to aim for carbon neutrality by 2050, increasing the likelihood EU leaders will agree to the goal at a meeting this week (20-21 June), several media outlets report. ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:57 Jennifer Collins Technology Heating Policy 91tv / n-tv Germany wants to accelerate the use of geothermal plants coupled with large heat pumps and heat storage facilities by easing approval procedures hindering their ...
11 Feb 2020, 14:18 Expert IKEM- Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility Institut f眉r Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv German ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
05 Jul 2024
05 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: Germany to scrutinize Chinese turbine deal for offshore project-Government to look at impact on security and competition-Hamburg-based asset manager set to purchase 16 turbines Electrive: Tesla gets ...
12 Aug 2024, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry Policy Tagesspiegel Background / rbb The German state of Brandenburg, which surrounds the capital Berlin, plans to quicken the controversial capturing, transport, storage and utilisation of CO2 to ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv The world needs a "new approach to climate finance," German chancellor Olaf Scholz聽 said at his government's Petersberg Climate Conference in Berlin. He ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Some 70 percent of respondents from several European countries see the energy transition as everyone's responsibility and believe all citizens should be actively involved, ...
19 Apr 2024, 14:30 Democratic parties across Europe should treat climate policies as a matter of social justice to combat the increasing threat of far-right populist politicians who oppose strong climate action, says Linus Westheuser, sociologist at the ...
22 Jan 2024, 15:09 Franca Quecke Heating 91tv / Welt am Sonntag Heat pump sales in Germany reached a record of almost 400,000 units last year, but the positive development is at risk in 2024, the German Heat Pump Association (BWP) has said. ...
05 Dec 2019, 13:08 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
30 Jun 2022, 14:07 On 1 July,聽Germany marks the end of its landmark renewables levy on consumer power prices. The surcharge helped to spur the growth of wind and solar power capacity for more than two decades but has also been criticised for contributing ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:11 Charlotte Nijhuis Solar Cities Der Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin aims to take another step towards climate neutrality with a law to expand the number of solar panels on roofs, Tanja A. Buntrock writes in Der Tagesspiegel. The ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:25 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources & Recycling 91tv ...
06 Apr 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims 91tv Following growing criticism and a wave of court cases against product labels promising climate neutrality, German certifier ClimatePartner is withdrawing its 鈥榗arbon 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥� label. ...
12 Dec 2019, 16:06 The European Union鈥檚 new executive has presented its highly anticipated Green Deal to tackle climate change. The policy package聽 commits the EU to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The 91tv presents reactions to the ...
20 Aug 2024
20 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Austria submits 2030 climate plan late as Germany, Spain flout June deadline Just ten EU countries have submitted their long-term climate action plans to Brussels, with Austria being the most recent, as large ...
23 Dec 2022, 14:20 The German government coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz looks back at a turbulent first year in office, which has been dominated by the reality check of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine and the European energy crisis. The turmoil in global ...
06 Nov 2023, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Finance Handelsblatt Raising private capital to fund the fast expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacity could face difficulties due to regulatory challenges in taxation law, fund manager association BVI said in ...
20 Feb 2024, 13:46 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sales of new heating systems reached record level in Germany in 2023, with ...
08 Jan 2025, 12:06 The application of sustainable finance principles across the EU will take a major step forward in 2025 as reporting duties for environmental data are expanded to cover a much wider range of companies, says Matthias H眉bner, head of the ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv Germany and Italy have agreed to expand energy cooperation in order to strengthen supply security and the transition to climate neutrality, with gas and hydrogen pipelines across the Alps ...
06 May 2016
06 May 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓verything for the global climate鈥� A leaked draft of the Climate Action Plan 2050 shows the path the German environment ministry wants to take to聽carbon neutrality ...
09 Oct 2023, 13:49 The parties of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition suffered heavy losses in two state elections in economically strong Hesse and Bavaria in western and southern Germany, while populist parties including the far-right AfD celebrated ...
20 Aug 2020, 13:39 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal Tagespiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit is threatening the country鈥檚 supply of gypsum, Steven Hanke reports in Tagesspiegel Background. More than half of the gypsum used in Germany is derived ...
27 Sep 2021, 15:30 Germany is set to vote for a new government on 26 September. After 16 years at the helm of Europe's largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will make room for a successor who will shape the country's energy and climate ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:38 S枚ren Amelang Policy International Security 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to 鈥渟ystematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement鈥� in the Arctic in聽 new policy guidelines ...
25 Aug 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt / 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to greatly expand the use of geothermal energy in Germany. The Social Democrat (SPD) said his goal was to tap into the renewable energy鈥檚 ...
19 Apr 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv Germany is spending billions on becoming climate neutral by 2045 but has no idea whether this money is well spent, according to the country鈥檚 Federal Court of Auditors ...
03 Apr 2023, 13:47 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has reached an agreement over rules for the transition to climate-friendly heating, settling a months-long debate over the details of a law that would de facto ban fossil heating systems. From next year, ...
24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
23 Apr 2015
23 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv ZDF heute.de 鈥�Climate levy on coal: Gabriel puts his foot down鈥� With pressure and criticism from coalition partner CDU-CSU increasing, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has defended his ...
The German federal government cabinet has decided on a draft law for the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement. Once the parliament passes the law, Germany has done its bit to ratify the climate treaty. The ratification law would also be 鈥渢he basis ...
11 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of heated debate, the German government has finally struck an agreement on its contentious Climate Action Plan 2050, due to be signed off by the cabinet over the weekend. It includes emission reduction targets for transport ...
16 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:26 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Technology 91tv Germany should allow carbon storage on its territory, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said at an energy summit by business daily Handelsblatt in Berlin. Claiming ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:17 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas transmission system operators have submitted a joint application for a planned hydrogen core network to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Due to be completed by 2032, the planned network would ...
28 Jul 2020, 12:44 Edgar Meza Technology Tagesspiegel Background The German government鈥檚 recently published聽draft amendment to the country鈥檚 battery law聽aimed at improving battery recycling in the country does not go far enough for waste management ...
19 Dec 2018, 14:19 Diesel driving bans in numerous German cities are a major blow to many car drivers, the country鈥檚 carmakers, and its leading politicians. Now, the NGO that set the ball rolling on the bans is eyeing legal steps to end the world-famous ...
29 Mar 2021, 13:16 Germany will spend over 40 percent of the farming subsidies it expects to receive from the EU on climate, biodiversity and other sustainability-related practices, the country鈥檚 16 state agriculture ministers have agreed after 33 hours ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs Deutschlandfunk / ARD / n-tv The influential business association Federation of German Industries (BDI) has urged the government of chancellor Olaf Scholz to quickly implement measures that ...
12 Aug 2022, 11:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon market Company climate claims WirtschaftsWoche The German supermarket chain Rewe has said that it will ...
22 Aug 2024, 12:32 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating Rheinische Post Reaching Germany's district heating goals was put in jeopardy following planned cuts to the country's 2025 budget, local utilities association VKU warned, as reported by ...
23 Aug 2024
23 Aug 2024, 10:50 Carolina Kyllmann Fortune: Greenpeace files supreme court case accusing Finland of climate inaction A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday (22 August) that they were suing the Finnish government for violating ...
28 Jan 2021, 13:46 Expert City of Berlin Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection Senatsverwaltung f眉r Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz Berlin Climate & CO2 Transport Cities Julian Wettengel Transport rbb / Tagesspiegel ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 91tv / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
01 Aug 2024
01 Aug 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Footprint Network: August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day With the beginning of August, humanity鈥檚 demand on nature鈥檚 resources this year surpasses Earth鈥檚 capacity to regenerate them, the international sustainability ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv A jury of linguists and journalists has picked the expression 鈥�climate terrorists鈥� (Klimaterroristen) as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥榥on-word鈥� (Unwort) of the year 2022, the initiative ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Court of Auditors has compiled a聽 list of recommendations 聽for the country鈥檚 government to save money in several areas, including pensions, the military, ...
21 Sep 2021, 10:43 Regional votes in two German states on 26 September are being overshadowed by the federal election on the same day. But the outcome in German capital Berlin and in the north-eastern state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will affect how ...
30 Dec 2014, 00:00 After an eventful 2014 鈥� marked by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), a new climate action package and the first fall in CO2 emissions for two years 鈥� German energy policy is primed for action in 2015. Expert AGEB- AG ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv The costs and other burdens of climate action must be spread in a fair and balanced way across society to ensure social cohesion and avoid individual hardship, the German ...
03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 91tv / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
14 Aug 2018, 14:31 Technical fixes, better communication and smoother planning procedures are to accelerate 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid expansion, the energy minister has proposed in a new plan. Heading off on a visit to contested power line building sites in western ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
22 Nov 2024, 11:00 Social barriers make it tough for women to work in the solar sector in India, thwarting what could be a vibrant clean energy workforce in the world鈥檚 most populous country. Experts are calling for more attention to green skills and ...
18 Mar 2025
18 Mar 2025, 12:02 91tv Team BETD: German government hosts 11th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue聽 Event brings together representatives from over 130 countries to discuss the financing and roll-out of the global energy transition. S&P Global: Gascade ...
05 Apr 2023, 11:36 Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a 鈥渢urning point鈥� in the country鈥檚 adaptation efforts, the plans will also ...
08 Oct 2019, 11:00 Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have begun two weeks of blockades and acts of civil disobedience by occupying two main traffic intersections in Berlin, demanding that Germany's government "tells the truth" ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Germany has a rare window of opportunity to introduce CO鈧� pricing as part of a comprehensive reform of the country鈥檚 energy taxes and levies and must urgently use it, according to economist and government advisor Andreas L枚schel. To ...
22 Jul 2024
22 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: Allianz sees damages worth tens of millions for German vineyards Insurer Allianz SE expects to pay German winemakers tens of millions of euros in insurance claims this year after many vineyards lost their ...
13 Nov 2023, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Comprehensive measures in all sectors must be implemented in the 2020s to ensure Germany has a chance to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said researchers from Forschungszentrum ...
10 Sep 2024
10 Sep 2024, 11:44 Julian Wettengel FT: Northvolt to cut jobs and sell off unit to survive EV chill Swedish battery maker has been grappling with factory problems and slow growth in European EV take-up. Bloomberg: Europe braces for last of Ukraine鈥檚 ...
14 Feb 2020, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Coal Climate & CO2 91tv Germany must exit coal much quicker than planned to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). "A coal ...
21 Feb 2020, 13:25 Greta Thunberg will travel to Hamburg to participate in the student climate protests preceding local elections in the maritime city on 23 February, according to media reports. The Swedish activist's presence at the "Hamburg ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:39 Expert DEBRIV- Federal German Association for Brown Coal Bundesverband Braunkohle Fossil fuels Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Coal Clean Energy ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv At his first meeting with the newly elected Brazilian president Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has focused on joint efforts to protect the ...
21 Feb 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Tagesspiegel Background / ARD A draft law that would require all newly installed heating systems in Germany to run on 65 percent renewable energy from 2024 is making 鈥済ood progress鈥� after many delays, energy ...
30 Nov 2023, 15:00 [CORRECTION: Earlier version of the article misstated the number of members in the climate club. The club's website says 36 countries are members.] On the first day of the UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, Germany and ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 91tv A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
19 May 2022, 12:09 Edgar Meza Carbon removal Tagesspiegel Background The German economy ministry looks set to reevaluate the country鈥檚 carbon capture and storage (CCS) law this year, Tagesspiegel Background reports. While politically unpopular, the ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv Cloud and edge computing hold great promise to increase the efficiency of a future decentralised energy system, yet the widespread use and acceptance of these solutions still face ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Society 91tv Europeans aged over 30 show a better grasp of the causes and consequences of climate change than younger generations- but awareness of solutions is lacking across age groups, found a聽 survey by ...
26 Nov 2021, 13:25 As Germany's first climate "super minister", Green politician Robert Habeck will play a key role in fulfilling the future government's promise to get the country on a path compatible with the 1.5掳C global warming ...
28 Jun 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv / Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three ruling parties have finalised a deal on a controversial heating law to phase out gas and oil heating. The government will cover up to 70 percent of homeowners鈥� ...
28 Jun 2024, 16:00 French citizens are awaiting the upcoming snap election brought about by the dissolution of parliament following president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 loss to the far-right in this June鈥檚 EU elections. The vote could have a profound impact on the ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 91tv The climate crisis is 鈥渢he biggest security crisis of our time,鈥� said German foreign minister Annalena ...
10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 91tv The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
18 Sep 2024
18 Sep 2024, 12:11 91tv Team Reuters: German conservative Merz set to run for chancellor in 2025 vote The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year' ...
Germany needs to clearly spell out the steps it will take to phase out coal, and ensure binding commitments by all relevant levels of government, NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and the Heinrich-B枚ll-Foundation say in a press release. Following ...
24 Sep 2024, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture 91tv The share of people in Germany who say that their diet does not contain meat has remained largely unchanged in recent years, figures in the agriculture ministry's nutrition report ...
20 Apr 2021, 13:00 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 LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG ...
11 May 2023, 13:09 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Undeveloped rural areas should be replaced if construction happens on them, environment minister Steffi Lemke said, calling for the quick introduction of legislation to secure and provide ...
14 Aug 2023, 13:00 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society Watson / Rheinische Post 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fridays for Future youth climate movement has renounced the more radical tactics (such ...
18 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Spiegel, rbb As expected, the Berlin House of Representatives has passed a law making solar photovoltaic (PV) systems mandatory on residential and non-residential buildings in the city, Spiegel writes. The Berlin ...
02 Jul 2024
02 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Brussels urges EU countries to submit climate plans 鈥榓s soon as possible鈥� On 30 June, EU countries were legally obliged to submit their national energy and climate plans until 2030 (NECPs). These are key ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:51 Julian Wettengel Wind EU 91tv German energy industry players have welcomed a European Union package of proposals to strengthen the bloc鈥檚 wind power industry. The main goal of the measures in the package should be to ...
20 Dec 2023, 09:05 Europe has no time to lose in formulating its renewed emissions reduction ambitions after the results of next June鈥檚 European Parliament elections become known, says Simone Peter from the German Renewable Energy Federation. A 鈥淔it-for ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:34 Jack McGovan Company climate claims 91tv The 40 large companies listed in the German DAX stock market index reduced their full value chain greenhouse gas emissions by a combined four percent in 2023, compared to the ...
08 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv Government subsidies for boiler exchanges must take into account the full lifecycle emissions of heating systems, said 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading technical inspection and certification service provider, ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:30 Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Coal Handelsblatt Hard coal power station operator Steag is suing to get better compensation for the shutdown of its plants under 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit plan, writes J眉rgen Flauger ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:25 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry lobby group, the ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:40 Jack McGovan International Zeit Online / 91tv German聽chancellor Olaf Scholz called 2023 a potential turning point in the fight against climate change, reports Zeit Online. "2023 could be a defining moment," he ...
13 Aug 2021, 13:15 Many economists and climate researchers view raising the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels faster than currently planned as essential to reaching new, higher climate targets in both sectors. The debate about a ...
08 Nov 2021, 13:58 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland Green party leader Annalena Baerbock has said that a veto option must be created in government for laws that are in conflict with the goal of ...
20 Mar 2023, 12:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society ZDF / 91tv Several German cities are considering, or are already brokering, deals with climate activists from the group Last Generation to end their disruptive protests in ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar ZfK / Montel Cloudy weather conditions expected for the Easter weekend have alleviated fears by grid operators in Germany that a high supply of solar power during a period of low consumption could lead to ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:25 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Jack McGovan Grid Solar 91tv Necessary regulatory and technical precautions ...
09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
02 Aug 2024
02 Aug 2024, 14:20 Six months after the new ruling coalition in Poland came to power, there are still no significant changes to the country鈥檚 energy policy. The government of Donald Tusk, however, is finally getting back to work on key laws for the energy ...
08 Apr 2020, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The federal government has largely rejected calls by German states to make changes to the planned coal exit law, reports Nora Zaremba in energy and climate policy ...
15 Jun 2022, 15:01 German states will have to actively look for areas that can be designated for wind farm construction in order to meet government targets. The cabinet is forwarding another set of draft laws aimed at accelerating the country鈥檚 energy ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Business Elections & Politics 91tv Bureaucracy and energy are the top issues that German companies say the next government to should prioritise, according to a survey by economic research institute ifo ...
10 Feb 2021, 13:05 The material demands of a transition towards a low-carbon energy system are immense, meaning countries like Germany that expand renewable power generation will have to greatly expand imports of many different raw materials over the next ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Security 91tv Pressure is mounting to better protect the coasts of Germany and other North Sea countries against threats such as storm tides. Rising sea levels and increased rainfall and floods ...
13 Mar 2019, 11:10 The Hambach Forest in western Germany has become a symbol for climate activists, who are seeking to prevent energy company RWE from razing it to expand a nearby coal mine. A lawsuit by the environmental NGO BUND last year temporarily ...
22 Nov 2022, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Business 91tv Companies in Germany invested about 55 billion euros in climate action measures in 2021 but still have to double their financial efforts to get on track towards the country鈥檚 2045 greenhouse ...
20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Preview 2020: The fate of coal-fired power production in Germany has been sealed with the agreement of a government-appointed commission to phase-out the fossil fuel no later than 2038. But the proposal so far has not been translated ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:11 Edgar Meza Solar Cities pv magazine The German capital is a step closer in making solar PV systems mandatory on residential and non-residential buildings in the city, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. In a special meeting, the ...
13 Jul 2019, 13:04 Germany should introduce a price on carbon emissions for sectors such as transport and buildings currently not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, the government鈥檚 top economic advisors have proposed. This would work as an ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised the actions of climate activists targeting artworks and blocking traffic by gluing themselves to streets. 鈥淭here are other ways in which people can ...
12 May 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Der Spiegel About half of the people in Germany would accept a carbon storage site in their region, an online聽 survey 聽commissioned by news magazine Der Spiegel has found. In the survey ...
05 Mar 2020, 14:35 Rachel Waldholz Coal Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest coal state, North Rhine-Westphalia, says it cannot accept the federal government鈥檚 proposed coal exit law without major amendments, arguing that ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society Elections & Politics EU 91tv For people in France, Denmark and Switzerland, climate change is the most important of five major crises which Europeans say have changed the way they look at the ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind energy sector requires faster approval procedures and better working conditions to attract the skilled workers needed reach expansion targets, a report commissioned by ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:30 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Building wind power turbines in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 woodlands is permissible and cannot be prohibited by individual states on the basis of their own environmental regulation, the country鈥檚 ...
01 Sep 2022, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The German government has presented a draft action programme worth 4 billion euros over the coming four years for moorland protection, forest projects and other natural climate action ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淗ow the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle鈥� The Paris climate summit could result in a global commitment to decarbonisation, writes Axel Bojanowski for Spiegel, but there is still resistance from the oil producing ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:10 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Welt / Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion by the energy law firm Rosin ...
05 Jun 2019, 16:00 The European elections delivered major gains for Green parties in several countries, as voters signalled a strong desire for more aggressive action on climate change. In Germany, the Green surge was especially strong. The party doubled ...
28 Nov 2024, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Coal Renewables 91tv The incoming coalition government in the eastern German state of Brandenburg has said it aims to continue the expansion of renewable energies to make the region surrounding the country ...
19 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy Society The majority (79%) of homeowners in Germany are in favour of replacing fossil heating systems with climate-friendly alternatives, but uncertainty reigns as to how this heating transition will be ...
14 Jun 2024, 16:07 Poor results in the EU elections mean that governing is set to be anything but smooth sailing for Germany's ruling coalition. Pressure is mounting on all three partners 鈥� chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, the Green Party and the ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:52 Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to argue the case for using emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate change if they become part of the next federal government. The party wants to extend the ...
07 Sep 2020, 14:27 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 achievements in the field of climate and energy policy mustn鈥檛 mean that the country becomes complacent now, Olaf Scholz, finance minister and the ...
15 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
05 Jun 2023, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society The climate protest group Last Generation (Letzte Generation) has announced that in the coming weeks its protest activities will target 鈥渢he rich鈥� and 鈥渟ymbols of modern wealth鈥� in order to ...
14 Jun 2022, 13:09 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv A new report by the German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy and sustainability consultancy Better Earth indicates that climate protection has a major impact on the strategic decisions ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 91tv The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
20 Mar 2023, 17:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The world is on track to surpassing the crucial target of limiting global warming to 1.5掳C and should prepare accordingly, said Oliver Geden, senior fellow at the German Institute for ...
05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Power market reforms are mainly 鈥渆mergency repairs鈥� German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel says the reforms passed in cabinet yesterday train the power market for the ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society EU 91tv Two-thirds of the people in Europe (66%) support stricter government measures to change people鈥檚 individual behaviour to tackle climate change, according to the second part of the European ...
28 Nov 2018, 15:20 If Germany manages its coal exit in a socially fair way, this will not only prevent the success of populists in the country, says Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the German environment ministry. It could serve as a model for other ...
11 Sep 2019, 13:58 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Euractiv / Tagesspiegel Background A commitment to making Europe "the world鈥檚 first climate-neutral continent" will be "at the heart" of President-elect Ursula ...
17 Mar 2023, 12:21 German government officials have welcomed proposals by the European Commission to boost net-zero industries and the competitiveness of European companies in an effort to keep up with other regions of the world, such as the U.S. and ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 91tv Effective climate action in Germany and Europe will require sustained economic growth to demonstrate that a more sustainable way of living is possible without giving ...
12 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 91tv The U.S. government鈥檚 decision to put a halt to licensing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
01 Jun 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Germany, Denmark, the UK and the EU will provide 100 million euros for climate change mitigation projects in developing countries, economy minister Robert Habeck said at the Global NDC ...
20 Jun 2023, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government ARD German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the federal government is to reduce its spending and return to 鈥渇iscal policy normality鈥� after state support for citizens and businesses ...
02 Feb 2024, 14:35 Franca Quecke Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 91tv The German parliament has passed the 2024 federal budget after delays caused by a聽constitutional court ruling on the country's debt limit and subsequent ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:52 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Cuts in public funding for energy research could lead to a "massive decline in German industry's ability to innovate in technologies for the ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating Society 91tv The rate of energy-efficient housing renovations in Germany improved slightly in the last couple of years, but remains far below the levels needed to reach the country鈥檚 climate ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government plans to rapidly accelerate the expansion of solar power capacity in the country with several legal changes, energy policy newsletter Tagesspiegel Background reports. ...
02 Apr 2025, 10:05 They may rail against immigration and climate action on stage but behind the scenes, far-right leaders across Europe welcome labour migrants who are needed for the continent鈥檚 energy transition. To fill its rapidly widening skill gaps, ...
15 Jul 2021, 14:02 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU taz / FAZ / Volksstimme The European Commission鈥檚 legislative proposals to reach the new 2030 climate target have elicited mixed reactions from German media. The farewell to the conventional ...
20 Sep 2024, 15:02 The worst floods in at least a decade hit southern Poland and neigbouring regions in mid-September due to extreme rainfall, which scientists said was likely more intense due to climate change. The situation has received wide political ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
09 Feb 2018, 00:00 The provisions on climate, energy, and transport in the coalition treaty agreed by Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) recognise the big challenges of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition project, but ...
30 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Government Handelsblatt Germany's government coalition is facing yet more heated debates about how to plug a gap in the country's budget, as the deficit in next year's聽federal funding could be even bigger ...
06 Oct 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Finance 91tv Twenty-five countries including Germany, France and Japan have pledged a total of 9.3 billion U.S. dollars to support climate action in developing countries from 2024 to 2027 ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ARD The latest round of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating transition support scheme was launched on 27 August and now allows all building owners to apply for subsidies to decarbonise their ...
03 Sep 2015
03 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Zeit / Spiegel Online / Reuters Utilities must remain liable for nuclear clean-up costs Energy companies are to remain liable for the cost of decommissioning nuclear power plants and storing ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:19 The far-right party AfD scored its first ever state election win in eastern Thuringia and came a close second in neighbouring Saxony, while the parties of the federal coalition government in Berlin recorded heavy losses. One year ahead ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv Germany cannot realistically reach climate neutrality by 2045 without using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, several research academies have said in a ...
01 Oct 2021, 11:34 After Spain hosted the COP25 in 2019 and many Spanish cities declared a climate emergency, the country's climate movement has grown 鈥� especially among young people. But the coronavirus pandemic slowed down this newfound momentum ...
12 Mar 2024, 14:07 With a novel subsidy system that supports energy-intensive industries in Germany switch to more climate-friendly production processes, the country counts as a pioneer in Europe by linking climate action with increased competitiveness, ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental and political NGOs have called on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
15 May 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation 91tv Electricity smart meter should become 鈥渓argely standard鈥� in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 homes by 2032 as the Bundesrat 鈥� the country鈥檚 upper house of parliament representing its 16 states 鈥� approved a ...
11 Sep 2015
11 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淭here鈥檚 no alternative to a nuclear fund鈥� In the fight over who will provide the billions of euros needed for nuclear decommissioning and storage, the utilities always seem to be two ...
18 Feb 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 91tv The German government should intensify its efforts for introducing a new EU carbon emissions trading system for the transport and buildings sectors, a group of climate science ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy ZDF German economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck defended the German government鈥檚 decision to cut government support payments for energy transition and climate action projects as well as energy cost ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:42 Jennifer Collins Company climate claims Handelsblatt The vast majority of consumers avoid companies linked to greenwashing, a survey seen by business daily Handelsblatt has found. Some 72 percent of respondents in the survey聽conducted ...
14 Sep 2023, 13:36 Increasing international competition in the transition to a more sustainable economy will require tight-knit cooperation among EU countries and a tough stance on defending the bloc from unlawful trade subsidies abroad, the economy ...
09 Oct 2024
09 Oct 2024, 10:29 91tv Team IEA: Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity ...
27 Apr 2021, 13:48 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
21 Jun 2023, 09:00 The governments of China and Germany have agreed to introduce a 鈥�Climate and Transformation Dialogue鈥� to speed up their transition towards a more climate friendly economy. Fighting climate change remained a main concern for the two ...
16 Jun 2020, 14:50 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal MDR / 91tv The German coal exit law should be finalised quickly and get parliamentary approval before the summer break ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Grid Industry dpa / Reuters / Tagesspiegel SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz is aiming for a new law to ensure industry has enough renewable electricity to decarbonise over the coming decades, ...
15 Aug 2023, 14:02 Expert Deutsche Post Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Freight Cost & Prices Die Welt / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post says it will invest less than planned in emissions reduction and climate action ...
30 Oct 2023, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv About a fifth (22%) of people in Germany know their personal "carbon footprint", with younger people more likely to engage with the topic than older ones, shows an ...
27 May 2016
27 May 2016, 00:00 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Panorama (ARD) 鈥淎bsurd Energiewende: climate law rewards electricity waste鈥� To be exempted from Germany's聽 Renewable Energy Act (EEG)聽 surcharge, 聽some companies just on 聽the threshold of ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:43 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Cost & Prices Society Government 91tv / Spiegel / Table.Media Following a noisy backlash from farmers, the German government coalition has decided to backtrack on planned cuts to climate ...
03 Dec 2018, 11:28 Politicians across party lines, environmental and industry groups and researchers alike are in favour of a price on carbon emissions in all sectors. There is debate on details such as the pros and cons of a carbon tax versus a trading ...
31 Jul 2020, 12:22 Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Coal Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Hard coal power station operator Steag鈥檚 petition to the German Federal Constitutional Court to improve compensation for plant ...
20 Dec 2024, 08:44 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government will inherit a major policy predicament: How can it finally initiate serious transport emission cuts against a backdrop of tight finances, a struggling car industry, and a crumbling transport infrastructure? ...
18 Dec 2019, 13:31 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DENEFF- German Industry ...
04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain鈥檚 secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
28 Jan 2019, 11:36 The agreement by Germany's coal exit commission to end the fossil power source's use by 2038 the latest is welcomed by the country's climate activists and energy industry representatives alike. They praise the final ...
30 May 2022, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU Der Tagesspiegel / 91tv The German foreign ministry鈥檚 special envoy for international climate action, former Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan, has said she supports the idea of higher import ...
02 May 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv / dpa German government representatives welcomed聽 the agreement 聽by the Group of Seven (G7) major economies to end coal power generation by 2035, and said EU emissions trading means that there is ...
04 Oct 2024, 09:00 While Europeans expect a continuation of the Biden administration鈥檚 climate policies under a Harris presidency, they are worrying about how to save the global climate fight from a second Trump administration. EU officials and experts ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:00 Ruby Russel Industry Business & Jobs 91tv A survey by consulting firm EY has found that only one in five companies considers Germany a compelling place to decarbonise production 鈥� with excessive bureaucracy the biggest ...
04 Feb 2021, 11:15 Germany will increase the share of renewable energies in its transport sector to 28 percent by 2030, the government cabinet decided today, agreeing on draft legislation proposed by the environment ministry. The greenhouse-gas reduction ...
15 Jul 2024, 13:52 Jack McGovan Industry Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Many industrial companies have submitted proposals for low emission investments to the German government's scheme to reimburse them for the extra costs associated with climate ...
13 Nov 2019, 13:53 Government plans to tighten distance rules for onshore wind turbines are a threat to Germany's energy and climate targets, according to stark warnings by industry, trade unions and environmental NGOs. Strict minimum distances to ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:36 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Efficiency Government Tagesspiegel The new draft law on the energy efficiency of 聽buildings, proposed by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 interior (BMI) and economy and energy (BMWi) ministries, does ...
22 Jan 2024, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Technology Handelsblatt / Reuters German chemical company BASF's sale of Wintershall Dea assets to UK producer Harbour Energy could be a risk for the country's security, because it ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:59 The world鈥檚 top management consultancies, who for decades have advised the biggest polluters, are now piling into the business of helping companies cut emissions to become more sustainable. They are retraining staff, poaching ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:58 Jack McGovan Industry EU 91tv / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry decarbonisation project to date has been approved for funding by the EU Commission,聽 according to 聽the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...
24 Apr 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Politics rbb / taz The city of Berlin has edged a decisive step closer to a new government coalition led by the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), after the incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) gave the green light to ...
09 Feb 2023, 13:39 Mexico is experiencing a carbon offset gold rush, as polluting multinationals turn to the country鈥檚 extensive forests in droves to absolve their climate sins. Countless companies, eager to prove their climate credentials with 鈥渘et zero鈥� ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:51 Few nominations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government cabinet have caused as much international uproar as that of FDP leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. Critics have warned that the head of the pro-business party could thwart ...
23 May 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Acceptance of the energy transition in Germany would greatly improve with the introduction of a compensation mechanism for citizens to counter cost increases caused by CO2 ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:09 Ruby Russel Wind Business & Jobs 91tv / Die Welt New wind farms greatly benefit the local economy and municipal budgets, says a case study by industry consultancy Deutsche WindGuard. Building and operating several wind ...
30 Nov 2018, 15:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition parties have locked horns over the envisaged 65 percent share of renewables in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gross power ...
16 Aug 2019, 10:00 Voters in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg head to the polls on 1 September for crucial state elections. The results could have an outsized impact on German climate policy for three reasons. First, these states are ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:06 Jessica Bateman Adaptation Society Tagesspiegel Germany is drafting its first-ever nationwide plan to prevent heat-related deaths as heatwaves have become more severe as a result of climate change, health minister Karl Lauterbach said. ...
22 May 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Society 91tv About one in five teenagers in Germany say they have never heard of climate change or the climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and ...
22 Nov 2024, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics MDR / dpa Three parties have agreed to form a coalition in Germany's eastern state of Thuringia following elections in September. The Christian Democrats (CDU), Social Democrats (SPD) and ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / Reuters Environmental NGOs from Germany are among the lobby groups making last-minute efforts to influence European Union lawmakers, who are scheduled to vote on key elements of the bloc鈥檚 future ...
15 Aug 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv A majority of Germans continue to be in favour of further wind power expansion in the country, with 68.9 percent in western states and 54.4 percent in the East supporting the industry, showed a ...
05 May 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Funding opportunities to replace heating systems to ones which run using renewable sources should be increased to cover up to 80 percent of the total costs, the Green Party parliamentary group ...
17 May 2021, 13:29 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 Ember Climate & energy think ...
13 Dec 2023, 14:15 Germany and other EU governments have welcomed the outcome of the climate conference COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, saying it heralds the end of the fossil fuel era. EU lawmakers said the deal reached in Dubai will form the ...
27 Jul 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 91tv German drugstore chain DM is no longer allowed to advertise several of its own brand products as 鈥�climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥� or 鈥榚nvironmentally 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥�, a court ruled on 26 July. In a ...
14 Dec 2022, 13:18 Finding a proper economic policy response to the U.S. government's "Inflation Reduction Act" to lure green energy investments into German and European projects will be one of the key challenges the government is going to ...
01 Sep 2021, 12:12 In Poland, the debate about climate change has only recently gained mainstream attention. Two main stumbling blocks 鈥� the economy鈥檚 strong dependency on coal and the conservative political climate 鈥� have caused years-long political ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / rbb German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has narrowly defeated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to emerge as the strongest party in the ...
02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
11 Dec 2020, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government and parliament are struggling to complete the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the law that guides the ...
12 Nov 2020, 14:18 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 highest court has ruled that the compensation clauses in the country鈥檚 nuclear exit law are unconstitutional. The decision forces the government to make changes to the law yet again, after the original legislation had to be ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:52 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Politics Die Welt In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, including Bavaria, last week, Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der (CSU) has said more effort is needed to combat climate change. 鈥淲e can and ...
25 May 2020, 14:58 Experts have criticised the German government's draft coal exit law for deviating from the compromise found by the coal commission in early 2019. At a parliamentary committee hearing, representatives from industry, research ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:00 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Germany will grow its solar PV capacity by an annual record of around 17.5 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024, said energy industry association BDEW. This would bring total installed capacity in ...
14 Aug 2020, 15:45 Germany will likely reach its original target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by the end of this year, compared to 1990, estimates by researchers from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate ...
29 Jun 2020, 12:53 Renewables covered more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first estimate聽 by think tank Agora Energiewende*. As coal use dropped and demand was low due to the coronavirus crisis and ...
23 Jun 2023, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society dpa / 91tv The largest beer tents at Munich鈥檚 famous Oktoberfest are to become "climate-neutral" within five years at the latest,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa. The聽 ...
13 Dec 2023, 13:47 German and European politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society have overwhelmingly welcomed the key message of this year鈥檚 UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai: the agreement to "transition away" from fossil ...
18 Aug 2023, 14:06 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs International 91tv Large swathes of German industry will be impacted by the incoming carbon border tax, but a survey among affected companies shows they are 鈥渋nsufficiently prepared鈥� for ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:15 Jack McGovan Elections & Politics 91tv The number of voters for the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is highest in industrial areas that are most in need for decarbonisation efforts, according to a聽 new ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU 91tv French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have vowed to uphold close Franco-German cooperation to ensure European sovereignty in key industrial areas as the new U ...
15 Nov 2023, 11:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Finance 91tv Climate protection investments by German companies rose by 18 percent in real terms in 2022 to 72 billion euros, said KfW, a government-owned development ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 91tv A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
22 Nov 2023, 12:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Spiegel / Tagesspiegel German economy minister Robert Habeck has insisted that planned climate action measures must continue to be financed despite a constitutional court ruling which ...
22 Apr 2016
22 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv UBA Record high CO2 measurements in Germany 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has measured the highest annual CO2 concentrations ever in 2015. In its research stations on ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Company climate claims 91tv About one in four companies classified as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany has compiled its own sustainability report in recent years, technical ...
20 Jun 2023, 12:18 Jessica Bateman Society Focus Online German climate activists from the Last Generation ('Letzte Generation') group are turning their attention to the 鈥渟uper-rich鈥� with a number of actions on the North Sea island of Sylt. ...
10 May 2022, 13:30 Edgar Meza Cities Society 91tv City leaders in Germany have for the first time named the climate as the most pressing issue they are currently facing, according to a survey by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). ...
25 Nov 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Gas International dpa The European Commission is planning measures against methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the EU, according to a draft law proposal seen by聽 German news agency ...
05 Apr 2024, 11:50 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The number of companies in Germany which say they offer goods and services that contribute to climate protection has reached 30 percent, according to results of survey by the state-owned ...
27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing conservative parties CDU and CSU risk undermining聽 one of the country鈥檚 key climate protection targets 聽by postponing the adoption of a planned law on energy efficiency in public buildings,聽Jens Tartler writes in Der Tagesspiegel. ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northern most state Schleswig-Holstein will be the ninth of 16 states to have a climate protection law, taz reports. The state cabinet passed the draft law on Wednesday, now parliament has to approve it. Targets established in the law are ...
12 Jan 2022, 12:00 As some of the richest democracies in the world, the Group of Seven (G7) have the opportunity to strike a 鈥済rand bargain鈥� with developing nations on combatting climate change at the same time as health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
08 Jan 2024, 13:54 Workers from agricultural companies across Germany have launched a week of authorised protests in the country by blocking roads and motorways with their tractors. They are demonstrating against cuts to tax breaks for diesel fuel widely ...
20 Dec 2023, 10:40 Money that Germany has earmarked for climate action should be spent on projects that have a direct impact on key sectors, says Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). The economist warns against cross ...
09 Jan 2019, 13:53 Municipal utility chief executive Andreas Feicht will take on the role as Germany's energy state secretary on 1 February. With his appointment, economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier fills a position crucial to the progress of ...
16 Apr 2024, 12:01 Jennifer Collins Company climate claims CORRECTIV The carbon offset market is a billion-dollar business that promises buyers they can compensate their climate-damaging emissions in one place by funding a green scheme elsewhere. But an ...
08 May 2023, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv / ARD Kenya has signalled its interest in becoming the first African nation in an international 鈥�climate club鈥� of countries agreeing on tighter climate action rules that ...
17 Jun 2022, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ARD / Tagesspiegel The increasing pressure on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas supply system could lead the government to tighten its grip on gas distribution and enforce savings by law, economy and climate minister Robert ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Security 91tv [Adds paragraph on related study about climate policy perception by science platform WPKS] The 鈥渋ncreasingly tangible鈥� threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:55 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Companies in the German manufacturing and service sectors generated 107.5 billion euros in revenue from output that ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal Company climate claims 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Companies are no longer allowed to label their products 鈥�climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥� in Germany without adding a detailed explanation to ...
28 Mar 2024, 13:42 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv German postal service Deutsche Post has ended its domestic air transport service after nearly 63 years in order to reduce costs and limit its climate footprint, the company said. This will ...
08 Apr 2020, 15:30 The coronavirus crisis is driving many economies around the globe into recession, leading policymakers to draw up unprecedented spending plans to cushion the impact and enable recoveries. Activists, environmental think tanks and others ...
08 Nov 2024, 13:46 After an exhaustingly hot summer, the end of September and beginning of October ushered in extreme rainfall events and flooding in several Croatian cities along the coast and in the hinterland. At the start of November, higher ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:28 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Transport Company climate claims Welt Climate action is set to play an increasingly important role in the travel industry, according to the German Travel Association (DRV). 鈥淚'm sure the CO鈧� footprint ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
13 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent global warming, a survey among 1,000 consumers commissioned by heating technology company ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv 73 percent of participants in a German online survey said they are dissatisfied with the progress of the country's landmark energy transition. Most (77%) see too much ...
24 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
02 Aug 2024, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A draft agreement on a budget for 2025 by the German coalition government might have to be re-opened after advisors to the finance ministry (BMF) found that it might ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:16 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The German government鈥檚 action on emission reductions is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥� for reaching its climate promises, an analysis NGO Climate Action Tracker has found. In a press ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:19 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost ...
20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
28 Sep 2023, 14:17 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Storage Cars Table.Media / Focus The German government is opposing new draft EU rules that could make it more difficult for battery production factories to scale up in the country, according to a聽letter to the EU ...
06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
05 May 2021, 10:03 The latest pledges for greenhouse gas reductions by large emitters like the EU and the U.S. are making a difference in predicted global temperature rise and 鈥渟how progress and a great need for action,鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister ...
03 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Heating system sales in Germany fell by close to a third in the first three months of the year compared to the same quarter of 2023, with heat pump sales recording a sharp drop, according to ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics 91tv Nearly all parties expecting to gain seats in Germany's parliament are open to completing the country's coal exit well before the official 2038 end date. At a ...
14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 91tv A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥� to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Gas NDR 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 controversial new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen is ready to start commercial operations 鈥� but the project lacks demand, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. ...
19 Sep 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency Heating 91tv To reach its climate targets, Germany's building sector must phase out the use of fossil fuel boilers and introduce minimum efficiency standards for existing buildings, a聽 ...
14 Nov 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv Denmark tops the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by NewClimate Institute, Climate Action Network and Germanwatch, which saw Germany fall ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage EU Die Welt Plans by the European Union to measure the carbon footprint of battery production based on the host country鈥檚 electricity mix are causing concerns among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 automotive industry, which fears ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology鈥檚 fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Office for ...
05 Aug 2021, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Rheinische Post / 91tv Chancellor candidates Armin Laschet (conservative CDU/CSU) and Olaf Scholz (Social Democrats 鈥� SPD) have come out against the Green Party proposal to install ...
12 Mar 2020, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The environmental impact of offshore wind turbines remains a hotly contested subject in Germany. German offshore wind farm operator association BWO said a study found that populations of loon ...
25 Oct 2024, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Households installing smart meters could face higher costs in future, Tagesspiegel Background reported based on a draft amendment to Germany's energy industry ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International 91tv The agreement among shareholders of the World Bank on a reform that will facilitate investments in climate action and development assistance projects is a sign that significant ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables dpa / Welt Online Several German states and the federal government have reached an agreement on key aspects of the country鈥檚 much-needed transmission grid expansion, news agency dpa reports in an ...
13 Sep 2024, 15:00 The fate of France鈥檚 green transition remains on hold despite President Emmanuel Macron finally appointing a new prime minister in Michel Barnier. The decision to name a new prime minister had been a long time coming, following the ...
22 May 2019, 13:19 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 Coal Elections & ...
17 Mar 2023, 13:31 Supermarket shelves have increasingly been flooded with products featuring green claims like 鈥�climate 苍别耻迟谤补濒鈥� or 鈥減ackaging reusable,鈥� but a lack of regulation means many of these can be vague, misleading or even factually wrong 鈥� ...
31 Jul 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Society 91tv German health minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) aims to halve the number of excess deaths due to heat this year compared to 2022 with a nationwide heat protection plan. Lauterbach, who ...
26 Aug 2024, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Households in East Germany on average pay nearly a quarter more for energy than those in the West if adjusted for purchasing power, an聽 analysis 聽by price comparison website ...
19 Apr 2024, 15:00 A series of politically turbulent months for Croatia culminated with early parliamentary elections on 17 April. The short campaign didn鈥檛 leave much space for discussions on energy policy, but when asked, all the biggest parties claimed ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:38 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Gas Heating taz / Die Welt / 91tv Fossil fuels are still being used to heat three quarters of homes in Germany, with renewable ...
04 Apr 2022, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Die Zeit Slow climate action has increasingly risked missing the world鈥檚 climate targets and also keeps Europe and Germany dependent on energy imports from Russia, UN climate panel IPCC ...
17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO鈧� price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
28 Aug 2023, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Germany is expecting a below-average grain harvest due to difficult weather conditions that are likely to worsen with climate change, according to a preliminary harvest ...
06 Jun 2019, 17:11 Germany continues to be off track regarding many of its energy and climate targets according to the economy ministry鈥檚聽 latest progress report on the energy transition. In an accompanying opinion, government advisors lament that the ...
14 Sep 2023, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation International BR The record rainfalls triggering deadly floods in Libya and Greece dwarf the precipitation that caused 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2021 flood catastrophe, and are a grim reminder of the need to act on and ...
07 Mar 2018
07 Mar 2018, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen her close ally and former head of the Chancellery Peter Altmaier as the next economy and energy minister. This puts the political heavy-hitter in charge of shaping 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Energiewende at a ...
23 Apr 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
13 Jul 2021, 13:07 The German energy ministry has increased the country鈥檚 estimated power needs in 2030-- a figure that will be crucial after the general elections in September, when a new government has to set renewable energy expansion targets based on ...
28 Aug 2019, 14:02 Edgar Meza Coal Government 91tv Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 cabinet on Wednesday adopted a draft law submitted by Germany's economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier aimed at strengthening coal regions following the ...
26 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Carbon market 91tv The European Union should set up a carbon central bank as part of a proper regulatory structure to effectively remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere to help reach ...
17 Jan 2025, 15:00 Energy prices are becoming increasingly expensive for Italian businesses and households due to delays in the development of renewables and increases in the cost of gas on international markets. The rise in energy costs will be, along ...
26 Apr 2022, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Security 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has sharpened the tools to fight the escalating crisis on the energy markets by updating the 1975 Energy Security Act. The amended law will allow the ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:25 Following Croatia鈥檚 inconclusive elections in April, the country鈥檚 parliament finally approved the new coalition government on 16 May. The centre-right HDZ, which won the most seats, formed a coalition with the right-wing Homeland ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:44 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 Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Cars Clean Energy ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 91tv Building construction on land at high risk of flooding is continuing apace in Germany and must stop, the country鈥檚 insurers have warned. "Only climate-adapted construction can reduce the ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Transport Heating Policy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans to cut transport emission to get the sector on track for the country鈥檚 climate targets are 鈥渓acking in sufficient ambition even at the outset鈥�, government advisors ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Freight dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post has called for mandatory labelling of the CO2 footprint of parcels sent by parcel services to inform customers, reports news agency dpa. Such a ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:38 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & ...
27 Mar 2019, 15:42 The German commission charged with proposing emissions cuts for the nation's transport sector has failed to agree on enough steps to reach the country鈥檚 climate targets. During what was billed as the decisive meeting, members could ...
21 May 2021, 13:13 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Business International 91tv A majority of consumers would like to see a strong supply chain law ...
14 Aug 2019, 11:53 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid dpa / Handelsblatt Expansion of the German power grid is ...
21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India鈥檚 industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
23 Mar 2022, 12:35 Paul Gordon Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Climate activist group Fridays for Future (FfF) will stage its next global climate strike on Friday (25 March), calling not only for more action to prevent global warming but also ...
27 Jun 2023, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Cities 91tv The prospective future government coalition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 smallest state, the City of Bremen, is betting on green hydrogen and its derivates to decarbonise local industries, such as ...
22 Dec 2022, 09:12 贬耻苍驳补谤测鈥檚 climate movement is struggling to build on the earlier success of the country's Fridays for Future student protests to make their voices heard. Nonetheless, many activists believe that spectacular acts of civil ...
06 Dec 2024, 11:14 The appointment of Michel Barnier as France鈥檚 new prime minister in September sparked as many concerns as it ignited hopes for advocates of more ambitious climate action. But the former environment minister, who had laid some of the ...
17 May 2023, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy Stuttgarter Nachrichten The leader of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) said it was the party's imperative to prevent sharp cost increases for tenants during the shift to climate-friendly heating systems ...
05 Oct 2020, 10:45 Stepping up the 2030 EU climate target to an emission reduction of at least 55 percent as proposed by the European Commission would very likely require the bloc to phase out coal almost entirely by that date, according to experts. The ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating 91tv Cologne energy supplier RheinEnergie is planning Europe鈥檚 largest heat pump that will use energy contained in Rhine river water to heat homes in the city centre. 鈥淩heinEnergie has ...
19 May 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Politics Society 91tv / Zeit Online The island of R眉gen on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Baltic Sea coast is to be included into law as a location for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals despite local ...
10 Jul 2023, 13:00 Germany is bracing for summer heat and drought, as temperatures across Europe reach record levels and the rest of the world faces unparalleled extreme weather events. With the first heat warnings, dropping water levels in major rivers, ...
15 Jan 2024, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society 91tv A citizens鈥� assembly on improving nutrition in Germany has聽 called for 聽a mandatory government food label that includes information on the product鈥檚 climate impact, as well ...
12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
27 Nov 2024
27 Nov 2024, 11:03 91tv Team Euronews: Parliament gives final approval for new European Commission A majority of Members of the European Parliament gave the final approval to the new European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen, allowing the executive to ...
06 Aug 2021, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 upcoming national election is the first in which climate and energy policy have truly taken centre stage. In the agriculture sector, droughts and new policies aimed at bringing out the sector鈥檚 potential for eco-system ...
10 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Freja Eriksen Coal 91tv / Spiegel Online Five ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:30 Following a tight election that saw the Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservatives, the smaller Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) look set to become decisive for building a new government that must set Germany on course ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Deutsche Verkehrszeitung Germany has only spent about ten percent of the 1.8 billion euros earmarked for the expansion of electric mobility charging infrastructure in its Climate and ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Rising temperatures in Europe could have a negative impact on one of the world's most important regions for growing hops, a key ingredient in beer ...
27 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport 91tv Germany should lead the way in making mobility more sustainable, transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) said following the conclusion of the聽 ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 91tv / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
05 Aug 2020, 14:14 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
