24 Jun 2020, 17:30 Germany is one step closer to finalising legislation on the planned coal exit by 2038 at the latest, as the government approved a draft contract between the state and companies to flesh out the country鈥檚 farewell to lignite. Among other ...
29 Aug 2023, 13:36 Milou Dirkx Finance 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany reached its target of raising six billion euros from its state budget for international climate finance three years ahead of time, said the development ministry (BMZ). ...
05 Jun 2025
05 Jun 2025, 11:51 91tv Team Bloomberg:聽 There aren鈥檛 enough engineers to meet world鈥檚 growing hunger for power The world鈥檚 need for power is outstripping the workforce that can build it. Aging populations and anti-immigration rhetoric aren鈥檛 helping. ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal Cities Tagesspiegel The city of Berlin plans to speed up its coal exit, regional newspaper Tagesspiegel聽 reports. The prospective city government composed of the Social Democrats (SPD), the ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Solar Tagesspiegel The number of sunshine hours registered in Germany has constantly been on the rise over the past few decades, data by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Meteorological Service (DWD) has shown. Between 2011 ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:39 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Business & Jobs 91tv A large number of German companies are聽pursuing sustainability strategies and have ambitious climate protection goals to reduce their carbon footprint, according to ...
08 Dec 2022, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background The German state acted as a 鈥渄e facto speculator鈥� by supplying state funds and instructing Trading Hub Europe (THE) earlier this year to buy gas to fill the country鈥檚 storages quickly, ...
09 Sep 2019, 13:40 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Der Tagesspiegel The German government coalition "cannot continue" if it is not prepared to clarify how Germany will achieve its climate targets by 2030, German environment minister Svenja ...
18 Dec 2018, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Government COP24 Zeit Online Energy minister Peter Altmaier correctly said that Germany needs a new approach to climate action by the government and businesses, but it is now up to him and ...
22 Jul 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Rural districts in Northern Germany have the country鈥檚 largest potential for green hydrogen production due to their windpower capacities, according to a 鈥� Hydrogen Atlas ...
14 Sep 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 91tv The proposal for a " historic consensus " in German society on the need for climate action and the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 by economy ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
13 Jun 2019, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Security Nature Intensifying climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict within countries, according to a study published in the journal Nature co-authored by an ...
The approval of the government鈥檚 long-awaited Climate Action Plan 2050 in cabinet in the coming weeks remains uncertain, according to the environment ministry. 鈥淲e would like to have a Climate Action Plan before the start of the COP 22 in Marrakesh, but ...
01 Jun 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann International G20 & G7 91tv The G7 countries have to deliver a breakthrough in international climate policy that is commensurate with the urgency of protecting natural habitats in grave danger due to ...
19 Aug 2019, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society The Fridays for Future student climate protest movement will leave its mark on society, independent of its eventual duration, according to a working paper by the Institute for Social Movement ...
23 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Policy 91tv / Table.Media A draft bill that would seal a deal to phase out biofuels derived from food or feed crops should be voted on by ministers 鈥渁s soon as possible鈥�, German environment ...
21 Nov 2014, 00:00 Ten days before the plan to fix 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 "climate gap" is set for cabinet approval, it is still unclear how much the power sector will contribute toward the carbon emissions target of a 40 percent cut by 2020. Expert BMWi- ...
09 Jan 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel / Rheinische Post The German government will continue with its plans to rollback tax breaks for agricultural businesses, said ...
23 Sep 2019, 14:04 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom have called for "increased ambition and action by the global community" to conserve and restore tropical ...
Federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks rebuked her cabinet colleagues, the Christian Social Union transport and agriculture ministers, for insufficient climate protection, writes Reuters. 鈥淟ike the transport sector, agriculture 鈥� of course 鈥� is ...
27 May 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to miss its 2030 energy efficiency target if it relies only on its existing policy measures, a report commissioned by industry energy efficiency ...
15 Nov 2023, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German government is supporting the construction of a 9,700-kilometre-long pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its neighbours, the economy ministry said in ...
13 Mar 2020, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv The measures outlined in the German government's climate package last year will likely not be sufficient to meet the country's 2030 climate targets, a聽 study ...
20 Oct 2022, 14:27 The German government has said it increased public climate finance for developing and emerging countries to 5.34 billion euros last year, meaning the country is on track towards reaching its target of 6 billion euros by 2025. Together ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Renewable Energy Act | EEG Handelsblatt German power transmission grid operators have said that an additional 7.8 billion euros from the country's budget is needed to pay out renewable energy support in 2024, reports ...
02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv EU member states鈥� national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
22 Jan 2020, 13:26 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hard coal power plant operators criticise the ...
05 Jun 2025, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Utilities 91tv Auctions for new gas-fired power plants in Germany should be held before the end of this year, economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has said. While the ...
07 Apr 2021, 08:47 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling conservatives and the Greens are about to kick off the 2021 national election race in earnest by naming their respective leading candidates to take over the helm of Europe鈥檚 biggest economy in autumn. While the country ...
23 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv, Welt Activists are protesting for better climate protection measures after ...
07 Jul 2022, 13:28 Edgar Meza Finance EU Spiegel / 91tv The German government has joined environmentalists in condemning the European Parliament鈥檚 decision to support the inclusion of nuclear and gas power plants in the list of ...
04 May 2021, 12:09 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:00 Banks, insurers and investment funds in Germany look back at nearly two decades of energy transition 鈥� but many of the biggest actors still struggle to embrace its potential as a core business area. While most are well aware of the ...
15 Dec 2021, 11:55 Julian Wettengel Renewables Government 91tv The new German government's plan to more than double power production from renewable sources by 2030 presents a 鈥済igantic task鈥� for the country, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Jack McGovan Solar Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most recent push to boost the rollout of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the country, which is set to be agreed upon in parliament on Friday (26 April), could result in ...
04 Aug 2020, 14:50 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
23 Mar 2022, 15:41 A sudden stop of energy imports from Russia would threaten "hundreds of thousands of jobs" and push Europe's economy into recession, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned. He said Germany will end its energy dependence as ...
25 Feb 2021, 13:14 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Cost & Prices Society 91tv If ...
The neighbours of a lignite power plant in the city of Bergheim in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 western region of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are suing the energy company RWE over its plans to replace four older generating units at its Niederau脽em plant with a modern coal ...
15 Jun 2022, 12:20 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv Germany should be able to import green hydrogen from Australia at competitive prices, a feasibility study has revealed. German industry association BDI and the National Academy of Science and ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:43 The EU is struggling to decarbonise its buildings, most of which are heated by fossil fuels that spew planet-heating gasses. But it has the technologies to go green. The bigger problem, experts say, is overcoming the barriers to rolling ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Die Welt / Stern / NDR / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Governments in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states are concerned that the recent ruling by the country鈥檚 highest court declaring parts of the federal government鈥檚 budget ...
Social Democratic economy minister Sigmar Gabriel has lost his credibility regarding climate and environment policy with his last-minute decision to block an agreement on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 out of consideration for unions and industry, ...
19 Sep 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv The German government has to urgently step up its energy transition efforts in response to the 鈥淶eitenwende鈥� (turn of an era) brought on by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, an ...
07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024, 11:43 German ministers and lawmakers, just like most of their peers across the European Union, are heading into the parliaments鈥� summer 2024 recess and some time off. However, there are exceptions: three eastern German federal states will ...
13 May 2025
13 May 2025, 11:46 91tv Team Bloomberg: Southern Spain outages preceded nationwide blackout, report says About 2.2 gigawatts of capacity went offline in the south of Spain less than a minute before the complete collapse of the Iberian Peninsula鈥檚 ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Gas Bild am Sonntag 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner has renewed his call for allowing the controversial fracking technology to increase gas supplies. 鈥淭he ban should be lifted,鈥� the head of the Free Democrats ...
20 Sep 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / Der Spiegel A proposed subsidised electricity price for heavy industry would not be effective for the economy as a whole, according to a report by the German Institute for ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:53 Jessica Bateman Gas Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Local activists in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein are protesting the government鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure construction plans, newspaper S眉ddeutsche ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:13 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Cars Government 91tv Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has taken 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading political leaders to task for ...
30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv The German government coalition has unveiled a ten-point plan to strengthen the country鈥檚 economy and stimulate climate and energy efficiency investments. The announcement 聽includes ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Cars Business & Jobs n-tv / Handelsblatt / Elektrek / The Guardian Plans announced by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla to cut ten percent of its global workforce have led to worries over the potential impact on ...
05 Jul 2021, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv Germany's hydrogen council has said the country must urgently make up its mind whether to use hydrogen made with fossil fuels in its market ramp-up of the technology deemed key to reach ...
26 May 2025
26 May 2025, 11:06 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump extends deadline for 50% tariffs on EU goods to July 9 U.S. president Donald Trump said he would extend the deadline for the European Union to face 50 percent tariffs until July 9 after a phone call with ...
03 Apr 2023, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Politics Tagesspiegel / 91tv Social Democrats (SPD) and Conservatives (CDU), who want to form a government in the city of Berlin following an election in February, have agreed on a coalition treaty. A week ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year鈥檚 harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German ...
The proposal for a G20 energy and climate action plan, prepared for the summit in Hamburg on 7 and 8 July, remains vague and lacks ambition- and might yet be stopped completely by the United States, the tageszeitung (taz) newspaper writes. The 13-page ...
08 Aug 2024
08 Aug 2024, 15:22 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Unpacking 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hydrogen import strategy: 3 considerations for Global South partners Expectation that lower production costs can partially offset high conversion losses & transport costs may not ...
31 Aug 2016, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 refugee policy continues to dominate the political debates across all federal states and immigration trumps other topics in the upcoming state elections in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western ...
20 May 2025, 13:06 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government aims for a speedy adoption of the 2025 federal budget to finally end months of provisional budget operations resulting from the break-up of the previous coalition government. The finance ministry under its new ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:23 Edgar Meza Heating Tagesspiegel Background Representatives of federal and state consumer protection ministries report an "urgent need for action" in view of recent price hikes in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 district heating market, energy ...
21 May 2025, 13:19 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The new German government is aiming to increase investments in eastern Germany, where political opposition to current energy transition and climate policies has grown ...
22 Sep 2020, 13:49 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal budget draft shows spending on the 鈥淓nergy and Climate Fund鈥� (EKF) tripling in 2021 to ...
14 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables WirtschaftsWoche German economic affairs and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said his ministry will submit new calculations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 expected energy demand in the coming years due to ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Industry EU 91tv The EU鈥檚 proposed strategy for scaling up energy transition technologies would soften environmental standards across the board, is too broad in scope, and also lacks the necessary funding,聽 ...
06 Dec 2019, 14:56 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 91tv The new leaders of Germany's Social ...
06 Dec 2023, 13:16 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt The German government鈥檚 budget crisis could be largely solved by cancelling ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 91tv In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
Several states have created their own environmental regulations because they are dissatisfied with federal laws and plans, writes Angela Schmid in WirtschaftsWoche. 鈥淭he federal government鈥檚 lip service in Paris doesn鈥檛 do anything for the world climate. ...
07 Sep 2021, 13:59 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests need to be adapted to global warming in order to remain intact and contribute to balancing ...
The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) has proposed doing away with EU emissions limits for passenger cars and freight vehicles and instead including the transport sector in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS), the German parliament says in a ...
08 Aug 2019, 14:10 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 The Guardian Heat, drought and storms, as well as beetle and fungi plagues, have damaged an area of German forest the size of 200,000 football fields this year, leading politicians to raise the issue to a ...
12 Feb 2025, 13:33 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Extreme droughts and floods hit Italy, Greece and Spain more than most other countries across the globe in the past 30 years, causing many deaths and high economical losses, ...
11 Apr 2022, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Security Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland Climate action must not be eroded as governments focus on Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine and its effects on the economy, the head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment agency ...
28 May 2019, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Elections & Politics 91tv The results of the European elections, in which the Greens surged driven by concerns over global climate change, mean that energy companies must ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Heating Focus Online The eastern German city of Cottbus in coal mining region Lusatia plans to use an artificial lake in a former open pit mine for the installation of a large heat pump that could cover up to 40 ...
08 Mar 2023, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt The German government鈥檚 plan to introduce a subsidy scheme with so-called 鈥�climate contracts鈥� for less climate-damaging industry processes will also include small and medium-sized ...
15 Apr 2025
15 Apr 2025, 11:55 91tv Team Copernicus/WMO: European State of the Climate Report- 2024 warmest year on record During the year, there was a striking east-west contrast in climate conditions, with extremely dry and often record-warm conditions in the east, ...
German climate targets for the building sector are in danger because many house owners shy away from modernising their buildings to meet higher energy standards due to the costs involved, writes Ralph Diermann in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. ...
19 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024, 09:33 91tv Team Electric-Vehicles.com: Nio in talks to buy Audi鈥檚 factory in Belgium Move is part of its strategy to establish local production in Europe and avoid European Commission tariffs on imported Chinese EVs. Euractiv: Europe's ...
20 Oct 2023, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 91tv The German government wants to strengthen the role of recycled raw materials in the country's industry in a bid to increase supply security of metals and industrial ...
23 Nov 2016
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry should work with the government to reach the goals in the country鈥檚 newly adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 rather than just criticise the plan or individual measures, energy state secretary Rainer Baake told the 鈥� Agenda 2017 鈥� ...
21 May 2024, 14:17 The EU鈥檚 internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, has boosted hopes in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern coal mining region Lusatia that a prosperous future lies ahead in the transition towards climate-neutral industry in the area. At a visit to ...
29 Nov 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Fridays for Future and other climate activist groups are losing sympathy in German media, according to an analysis by Media Tenor, der Spiegel reports. The institute looked at coverage of climate ...
20 Jul 2021, 13:12 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Zeit Online Charging an electric vehicle at a public charging point can be significantly more expensive than doing it at home, Zeit Online writes. The price of electricity at a public charging station can be ...
15 Mar 2016
15 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淲as the nuclear phase-out unconstitutional?鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe will on Tuesday and Wednesday hear parties in the case of the country鈥檚 nuclear phase ...
11 Mar 2021, 14:24 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Resources & Recycling 91tv German solar power and recycling companies have released a joint proposal for ...
The Paris Climate Agreement clearly implies speeding up the Energiewende, but the Renewable Energy Act reform will have the opposite effect, writes Werner Eckert in a commentary for public broadcaster聽SWR. Instead of trying to solve the problems ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:19 Sven Egenter International Security Increasing competition and new global power structures caused by the shift to climate-neutral industries and energy sources risk splitting the world anew into conflictive spheres, German economy and ...
02 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Government International T&E: How to defuse the EU鈥檚 carbon tax time bomb The decision to create a Europe-wide carbon price was right but creates significant political risk. The good news is it can still be fixed. Carbon ...
02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Taking her final bow on the world stage after 26 years of climate policy involvement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow that progress in emission reductions has been insufficient to achieve the ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
31 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Hydrogen dw.com 鈥淟obby battle over Energiewende鈥� There is a lot of pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers to hammer out a compromise at tonight鈥檚 ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
11 Jan 2021, 13:51 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics Die Zeit Since the start of the pandemic, climate activists from Fridays for Future have shied away from organising mass demonstrations and turned to soft lobbying instead, Nele Spandick ...
Environment minister Barbara Hendricks wants to have her Climate Action Plan 2050 approved before the climate conference in Morocco in November, 鈥渢o send a signal to the global community鈥�, she writes in a guest commentary in the Handelsblatt. 鈥淲hat ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Energy Post / 91tv Coordinated action on climate by Germany and the Netherlands is critical for Europe, several researchers wrote ahead of a joint German-Dutch climate ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices International Tagesspiegel / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner has warned against a 鈥渢rade conflict鈥� between the EU and the U.S. as a result of the American government鈥檚 ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:11 Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The popularity of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 temporary 9-euro public transport ticket has not only shown that people are willing to embrace public transport and stop using their cars if such ...
The focus on climate in Bavaria鈥檚 coalition treaty 聽between conservative parties Christian Socialist Union (CSU) and Free Voters is a surprise, writes Peter Issig for the Die Welt. 鈥淪ome of it seems to have been copied directly from the Greens,鈥� writes ...
18 Jan 2023, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv The electrification of heating is gathering pace in Germany as sales of heat pumps increased by more than half last year. Sales rose 53 percent to 236,000 units, making heat pumps the technology ...
04 May 2021, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Clean Energy ...
20 May 2025
20 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Prospect: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next move could make or break green Europe Urgent national security and economic demands are competing with the country鈥檚 climate commitments. European Commission: Economic forecast for Germany After ...
24 Nov 2021, 16:23 The three parties planning to form the new German government have agreed on a coalition treaty that includes pulling forward the country's coal exit, "ideally" to 2030 from 2038, and rapidly speeding up the lagging ...
17 Nov 2014, 00:00 Following heated debate over a possible exit from coal-fired power, Sigmar Gabriel has reaffirmed his commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020. Sven Egenter Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 Germany's Minister for ...
28 Oct 2021, 13:30 Governments from across the world will descend on Glasgow next week for the UN climate change conference COP26, with the UK presidency鈥檚 key objective as keeping the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5掳C within reach. It is set ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Members of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition have agreed on new rules to ensure a significant increase in the country鈥檚 renewable power production. However, exact targets of the much-anticipated reform of the country's landmark ...
14 May 2025, 13:25 Jack McGovan Mobility Cost & Prices Policy 91tv A social leasing scheme could make it possible for low-income households in Germany to switch to an electric car without having to bear the upfront costs of buying a ...
10 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung One day after being thrashed by voters in two state elections, the three parties of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government coalition went into damage ...
14 Nov 2019, 13:33 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 91tv Outdoor air pollution contributed to over 44,800 premature deaths in Germany in 2016, more than 8,000 of which were linked to coal, says a policy briefing on Germany based on the Lancet ...
25 Jun 2019, 13:36 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 91tv A heatwave with temperatures expected to rise to around 40掳 Celsius has fanned calls ...
03 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Society 91tv While the vast majority (91%) of Germans support a climate and environmentally-friendly economic transformation, many worry that it could lead to social injustice and threaten ...
27 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany's most important carmakers have met in "secret workshops" since the 1990s in order to reach agreements on technological standards and prices, according to a report by news magazine Der Spiegel. The companies ...
03 May 2019, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Society ARD A large majority of Germans (81%) see a great need for action to protect the climate and say that climate change cannot be stopped without restrictions on people鈥檚 lives,聽 according to a representative ...
11 Jan 2022, 13:40 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance Watch Germany Finance Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
The current draft of the environment ministry鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 showed that Chancellor Angela Merkel 鈥� weakened by the refugee crisis 鈥� avoided a dispute over climate targets with the economic wing of her party, writes Bernhard P枚tter in an ...
20 Feb 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann International 91tv The economic interests of all states need to be accounted for in the fight against climate change, as moral reasons won鈥檛 be enough to motivate a successful green transition, German ...
15 Dec 2020, 14:02 The coronavirus pandemic has stifled the possibility of staging mass protests on the streets. Young climate activists from Fridays for Future (FfF) therefore have had to devise new ways to get their message across. In the run-up to ...
Initiating the end of combustion engine technology in Germany with corresponding legislation would be in accordance with European law, environmental organisation Greenpeace says in a press release. According to a legal opinion commissioned by the ...
The government coalition of the conservative CDU/CSU and Social Democrats (SPD) has failed to agree on a law (GEG) that would set new energy efficiency standards for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 buildings by 2019, Jens Tartler writes in Der Tagesspiegel. Social-Democrat ...
10 Mar 2023, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Heating Table.Media / 91tv / Spiegel The German government coalition is edging closer to a compromise in the dispute about a de facto ban on new fossil fuel heating systems from next year, Table.Media ...
The city of Berlin has decided to exit coal power generation by 2030 to protect the climate. The state coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), the Left Party, and the Greens has passed a corresponding law, according to a news report by press agency dpa ...
27 Mar 2023, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv German revenue from the European and national emissions trading schemes could amount to 227 billion euros for the years 2021-2030, said researchers from the ...
19 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities 91tv 91tv Society 91tv Climate change is still perceived as the top problem facing humanity, a survey 聽carried out in seven European ...
14 Aug 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv The German economy looks set to remain on a low-growth track in the coming months even though challenging factors such as price inflation and supply chain problems appear to ...
Germany's climate protection efforts are proving insufficient to achieve its climate protection targets for 2020 as well as for the period from 2021 to 2030 in the areas of transport, buildings and agriculture, according to a joint report by sister ...
The envrionmental organisation Nabu has criticised the German government for sacrificing the protection of nature and wildlife to meet its energy transition and climate protection goals, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. In a statement on ...
17 Apr 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Society 91tv Amid the coronavirus crisis, German Fridays for Future student climate activists are focusing on online activities for the announced聽 Global Climate Strike 聽on 24 April. The protesters are ...
Germany and China vowed to continue their fight against climate change hours before U.S. President Donald Trump announces whether he will quit the Paris Agreement, according to a Reuters report. "We are living in times of global uncertainty and see ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Policy 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz has proposed a "Pact for Germany" in which all levels of government and the opposition pull together to guarantee the country's success in the future. ...
The housing industry has criticised the federal government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, because of last-minute changes at the expense of the sector, writes Henrike Ro脽bach for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). After economy minister Sigmar Gabriel ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv Climate policy could be a ...
22 Jan 2020, 13:35 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating Welt Online / 91tv Tenants in Germany will be placed under further economic pressure by the new climate action ...
As the first government to adopt a long-term, economy-wide strategy towards decarbonisation, the German leadership expects its Climate Action Plan 2050 to trigger innovation and boost economic development, writes Richard Black for businessGreen. Black鈥檚 ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 The UNFCCC conference in Bonn needs to see more states make ambitious climate mitigation pledges, Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director of the Foundation 2掳- German Businesses for Climate Protection, tells 91tv. The outcome could spur the ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 91tv Excessive red tape hinders 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift to a low-emission economy, according to a report by industry association BDI. Planning and approval procedures are not only becoming ...
27 Sep 2019, 13:39 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ ...
Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks has demanded Chancellor Angela Merkel put down her foot in the聽 dispute 聽over the聽 Climate Action Plan 2050. According to news agency dpa, Hendricks told the Funke Mediengruppe 聽she had discussed her proposals with ...
18 Mar 2022, 14:48 The new German three-party coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz had started its term at the end of last year with optimism to launch a vigorous climate action programme after two difficult years in a pandemic. But the 鈥渢raffic light ...
26 Aug 2021, 13:45 Charlotte Nijhuis Solar Cities 91tv German cities are failing to fully utilise solar PV installations on new building rooftops, according to the country鈥檚 largest green power provider LichtBlick. The ratio of newly ...
17 Jun 2022, 14:12 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 91tv Industrial and commercial zones in urban areas ...
31 May 2019, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Transport Efficiency Policy 91tv German ministers proposed to expand public transport and to offer billions in tax breaks for the modernisation of buildings during this week鈥檚 second meeting of the government ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:16 Two new projects for the climate-friendly production of steel and cement illustrate the ambition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry to meet sustainability targets without ceding market share to foreign competitors. Economy minister, Robert Habeck, ...
The German government says the EU should devote at least 20 percent of its budget to climate-friendly projects and programmes, Rheinische Post reports. 鈥淭he government supports the propositions of the EU鈥檚 Green Growth Group,鈥� which called for one fifth ...
03 Mar 2023, 12:55 By insisting on a future for new combustion engine vehicles after 2035, German finance minister Christian Lindner has upended hopes for those aiming to agree an effective ban for the technology at a vote on EU car emissions initially ...
22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
Federal economy minister Sigmar Gabriel does not support setting an end date for coal-fired power generation in Germany, he said in the plenary of the German Bundestag, reaffirming his position that had held up the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050. ...
15 Jan 2020, 14:16 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International AFP Germany's finance ministry (BMF) has said Germany does not plan to increase its contribution to ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv The targets for renewable power consumption and wind energy expansion on land set by the German government's new ...
05 Nov 2020, 14:17 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture 91tv German farmers have understood the need for making agriculture more sustainable and integrate food production in ...
05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
Environment minister Barbara Hendricks criticised her federal coalition partners for obstructing her ministry鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel. 鈥淭he objections of the ministries of agriculture and transport show ...
The German Trade Union Association DGB is set to reposition itself on climate policy at its upcoming annual congress, reports Malte Kreutzfeldt in daily taz. In a draft paper on energy, the unions only say they support the Paris climate goals, thereby ...
08 Jun 2020, 13:11 Freja Eriksen Hydrogen Industry Rheinische Post The German government is working on an action plan to support the country's steel industry in becoming more competitive and climate friendly,聽 writes Antje H枚ning in the Rheinische ...
08 Jul 2019, 12:08 Financial markets can be a great accelerator for developments in the economy, but without a clear political roadmap for emissions reduction, they are unable to unleash their supporting abilities, Gerhard Schick, founder of the German ...
29 Jun 2016, 00:00 The energy industry and transport sector may escape specific greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to a new draft version of Germany's Climate Action Plan 2050. The proposal also omits an end date for power production from ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:14 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv People in Germany rank security as their top priority when it comes to energy supply, according to a survey by consultancy EY. The majority (61%) of those surveyed ranked energy supply ...
29 Oct 2021, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Renewables Policy 91tv Long-term company contracts for the supply of renewable energy, known as green power purchase agreements (PPAs), should become a central part of Germany's ...
14 Apr 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Efficiency 91tv Most homeowners in Germany support climate-friendly modernisation of heating systems, according a survey by non-profit consultancy co2online. Nearly 80 percent said it is ...
24 Jul 2015
24 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淧risoners of the atom鈥� The share of nuclear power in France鈥檚 power generation is to be reduced from 75 percent today to 50 percent in 2025. But it鈥檚 wrong to think that the ...
25 Oct 2023, 11:00 Germany's economy ministry wants to strengthen the country as an industrial location with a new industry strategy, a key aspect of it being a so-called bridge electricity price for energy-intensive companies. Robert Habeck wants to ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv The ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Business & Jobs Society 91tv More attractive conditions are needed to make people join civil protection and disaster relief volunteer units as Germany faces more frequent extreme weather ...
25 Apr 2025
25 Apr 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Politico: German coalition member backs US easing Nord Stream sanctions in Russia peace talks One of Germany's leading Social Democrats said Thursday that a potential U.S. move to ease sanctions on Russian energy could be ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:59 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics 91tv / Spiegel Online Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has reelected Manuela Schwesig as premier of the northeastern coastal state, which is aiming for climate neutrality by 2040. A member ...
14 Jul 2023, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Germany aims to put pressure on China to raise its climate targets, according to the聽 government鈥檚 first strategy 聽for dealing with the east Asian country. The paper, which was adopted by ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 upcoming coal phase-out commission must not be 鈥渄ominated鈥� by climate action and should instead focus on supply security and economic considerations in the affected regions, conservative (CDU) energy politician Joachim Pfeiffer told the news ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:56 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background Less money has been spent out of the Federal Energy and Climate Fund (EKF) than was available in 2020, Tagesspiegel Background writes after seeing the 2020 balance sheet of the ...
28 Feb 2020, 13:45 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
05 Jul 2023, 14:04 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Germany is set to spend less than half of the funds originally planned on the modernisation of its ailing railway system, report business daily Handelsblatt and other media outlets. ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:30 German government officials and industry associations have welcomed the EU鈥檚 proposal for a 鈥淕reen Deal Industrial Plan,鈥� intended to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's industry on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ...
NGOs and Green Party politicians have criticised the environment ministry for failing to meet the deadline to adopt stricter EU limits on pollution from power plants into national law, Benjamin Dierks reports for Deutschlandfunk. Germany was among the ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Die Welt German grid regulator BNetzA is facing a backlash ...
Germany will strive to get parliamentary approval for the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement before the next climate summit gets underway in Marrakech in November 2016, environment minister Barbara Hendricks said at the opening press conference ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:01 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 91tv At first sight, this election result could be interpreted as a defeat for climate action because both the Green Party and the Left Party, which have the most convincing answers ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal-exit commission could provide useful lessons for other countries and sectors seeking to both decarbonise and protect workers, Pieter de Pous writes in a blog post published by E3G, a climate-change think-tank. However, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Heating Handelsblatt Plans by the German economy and climate protection ministry (BMWK) to de-facto ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 are generating great uncertainty among homeowners, business ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:17 Germany's environment minister has called for a sharp increase in the country's renewables targets. Svenja Schulze said the country will have to increase renewables' share in power use to "at least 75 percent, maybe ...
13 Dec 2022, 11:30 European countries will continue to deal with the energy crisis throughout next year, and seek sufficient gas supply on world markets while boosting renewable energy and key technologies such as heat pumps. However, the biggest climate ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel and environment minister Barbara Hendricks have agreed on the Climate Action Plan 2050, which they had heavily debated in the run-up to the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, writes news agency ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 quest for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a substitute for halted Russian pipeline supplies entails significant risks regarding climate change mitigation, as the country鈥檚 demand could ...
06 Jan 2021, 18:13 A German state government attempts to circumvent looming U.S. sanctions on the contentious natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 with the help of a 鈥�climate鈥� foundation. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the pipeline will land, ...
Eleven consumer and tenant associations are putting pressure on energy minister Peter Altmaier to reform the tenant power law, Kathrin Witsch writes for Handelsblatt. The law, which was to animate landlords to install solar panels and offer their tenants ...
09 Jul 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) Chancellor Angela Merkel must now walk the walk when it comes to making sure climate action 鈥渢ops鈥� the German EU Council presidency agenda and ensuring that ...
G20 members commend private commitment to climate risk reporting but do not universally recommend it in the climate and energy action plan, which was annexed to the G20 Hamburg summit leaders鈥� communiqu茅, writes Dagmar Dehmer for Tagesspiegel Background. ...
06 May 2024, 12:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Der Spiegel The expansion of power transmission lines ...
13 May 2022, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv An alliance of environmental NGOs has called on parliamentarians to make significant changes to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned acceleration of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to ensure that the current ...
14 Jul 2022, 11:51 Germany must better prepare for the impacts of climate change, environment minister Steffi Lemke said, as a heat wave is sweeping across Europe exactly one year after deadly floods killed hundreds of people in Germany and neighbouring ...
07 Jul 2021, 13:15 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Kerstine Appunn Transport Seven major German cities want to test 30 km/h speed limits on a large scale. While inner-town speeds ...
18 Oct 2019, 14:22 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Benjamin Wehrmann ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The fulfilment of US President Donald Trump's election promise to pull the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement might impress his own voters but ...
19 Jan 2021, 12:18 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of Energy ...
17 Sep 2021, 12:36 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv / Spiegel Online German energy company RWE is ready to close down its coal-fired power stations earlier than prescribed by the country鈥檚 coal exit law, CEO Markus Krebber told聽 Spiegel Online. RWE ...
24 Sep 2021, 13:13 Youth climate movement Fridays for Future called for a rapid transition to climate neutrality at its eighth global climate strike just two days before the German federal election. Protests took place in hundreds of German towns and ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Gas Wind Freight 91tv / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to strengthen the country鈥檚 ports to support the expansion of offshore wind power and LNG and ...
23 May 2025, 13:08 Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out 91tv / FT Economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has confirmed media reports that her government agreed with France to largely drop its resistance to supporting new nuclear power ...
11 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv Germany's federal government has released the structural aid to hard coal power plant regions, the energy聽 ministry announced. By signing an administrative agreement with the states concerned, ...
20 Sep 2019
20 Sep 2019, 12:55 Hundreds of thousands of people demanded rapid climate action at Germany's Fridays for Future protests, keeping public pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's government following the announcement of a broad action package to ...
24 Jun 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU ARD / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A visit by German economy minister Robert Habeck to China has led to hopes that a diplomatic solution to the looming trade conflict about possible illicit state support for electric ...
08 Apr 2022, 14:13 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & ...
26 May 2020, 12:43 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv An active removal of several hundred ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:37 Julian Wettengel International 91tv The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, with a focus on pushing the climate-friendly ...
The federal government plans to phase out the tax privileges for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) next year, according to a draft law seen by news agency Reuters. 鈥淥riginally, the privileges for the comparably climate-friendly liquefied gas were supposed to ...
A new draft of federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� contentious Climate Action Plan 2050 says that there would be no new coal-fired power plants or expansions of existing open pit mines, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淲ith ...
The federal agriculture ministry wants to make further changes to the already watered down Climate Action Plan 2050 by Social Democrat environment minister Barbara Hendricks, writes Jan Grossarth in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). An internal ...
17 Jul 2021, 10:30 Catastrophic floods have killed more than 130 people in Germany in one of the worst natural disasters in the country's post-war history. The torrential rains have been widely linked to climate change, swinging the issue into focus ...
08 Nov 2021, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Finance Funke Mediengruppe / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany will work towards an exclusion of nuclear power from the EU taxonomy for sustainable investments, the country鈥檚 environment minister ...
06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
16 Jul 2021, 13:04 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv International 91tv Germany and the U.S. have entered a partnership aimed at strengthening climate ambition and deepening the countries鈥� collaboration on policies and sustainable ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:00 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Rundschau Emissions reductions due to the coronavirus crisis cannot be considered good news, ...
30 Jun 2023
30 Jun 2023, 12:20 Julian Wettengel NOZ / 91tv / Zeit German environment and consumer protection minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) supports the European Commission鈥檚 push to reign in false 鈥済reenwashing鈥� claims by companies, she told Neue ...
09 Apr 2025, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society Die Welt / Main Post One of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 final traditional wooden sled manufacturers is halting production because of climate change, report ed daily paper Die Welt. 鈥淭he fact that there is virtually no ...
06 Aug 2019, 14:12 S枚ren Amelang Society International 91tv Germans consider "the environment, climate and energy" the most important issue facing the country at the moment, according to a EU poll. 36 percent of respondents named it ...
27 Feb 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv Closer cooperation with Germany on renewable power and other energy transition technologies could help India increase its energy sovereignty, chancellor Olaf Scholz has聽 said ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Finance 91tv / Financial Times / Guardian The German government is advocating a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis. 鈥淢y goal is a World Bank which is well ...
16 May 2025
16 May 2025, 12:45 91tv Team Carbon Brief: Clean energy just put China鈥檚 CO2 emissions into reverse for first time Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal use despite rapid power demand growth. DW: Belgian ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
08 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of dispute, the German government has reached a tentative agreement on a roadmap to wean the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy from fossil fuels almost entirely by 2050, according to press reports. A last-minute Climate Action ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU 91tv France and Germany could soon agree on a reform of the EU electricity market, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have said after their meeting in ...
18 Nov 2020, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal Der Spiegel Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint by villagers fearing resettlement due to the expansion of an open-cast lignite mine in the West of the country,聽 reports ...
26 Oct 2020, 13:57 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities S枚ren Amelang Society 91tv People in Germany believe that politicians and consumers share equal blame for slow progress in climate action. In a survey ...
15 Jun 2020, 08:46 The independent expert commission in charge of monitoring Germany's energy transition says the European Green Deal requires the country to do more to fight climate change. The government advisors say a quicker-than-planned coal ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:48 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Society Germany hit its highest temperature ever on July 24, when the town of Geilenkirchen in the state North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 40.5 degrees Celsius, yet the record may stand of only one day as ...
16 May 2025, 13:12 Jennifer Collins Renewables Business & Jobs 91tv More than half of business leaders in eastern Germany rate the region's economic potential as "high" or "very high", with renewable energy seen ...
11 Apr 2022, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Agriculture 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state governments have agreed not to use fallow land and special eco areas for regular food production and instead preserve them for biodiversity and climate action. Large farm ...
21 Jul 2023, 14:12 Expert Greenpeace Czech Republic Climate & CO2 Renewables Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Jack McGovan Coal International 91tv / taz / ARD A decision by Poland鈥檚 Supreme Administrative ...
19 Feb 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar 91tv The potential of so-called prosumers in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition should be exploited more to reduce costs and increase the system's stability, the Federation of German Energy and ...
15 Nov 2021, 13:48 The results of the UN climate conference in Glasgow (COP26) add pressure to Germany's ongoing negotiations to form a new government coalition that needs to agree on ambitious steps to cut emissions. As the coalition negotiations ...
06 Oct 2022, 13:52 Expert NewClimate Institute Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate diplomacy initiative has made a promising start ...
21 Dec 2023, 10:12 Preparing a fast expansion of renewable power will be a key challenge for governments across Europe in 2024, says Sarah Jilibert-Schabram of the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition (DFBEW). France and Germany both have stated ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:03 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit Humankind cannot continue living and economising the way it has, ...
01 Mar 2022, 14:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 91tv, the economy and climate ...
02 Apr 2020, 13:31 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 International 91tv The decision to postpone the COP26 UN climate negotiations because of the coronavirus pandemic drew praise and concern from Germany. Government officials, experts and ...
21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
27 May 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Die Zeit Following massive damages in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 forests due to extreme weather, the country鈥檚 forestry industry has called for long-term support for making woodlands more climate-resilient. Between 2018 and ...
10 Nov 2017, 00:00 Tough talks- but not yet reason to worry / EU remains steadfast on pre-2020 action and inflexible on Adaptation Fund / "No jobs on a dead planet"- trade unions / Climate-smart agriculture / Effects of climate change in Germany ...
03 Jun 2025
03 Jun 2025, 12:10 91tv Team IMF: Making germany grow again聽 Labor costs are main driver of decline in German price competitiveness, even more so than rising energy costs.聽 PIK: Scientists say next few years vital to securing the future of the West ...
06 May 2021, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Zeit Online / SZ / General-Anzeiger German media commentaries largely welcome the government鈥檚 agreement to increase the country鈥檚 climate targets, but caution that the goals must now be underpinned ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:42 Edgar Meza Cars Society 91tv A majority of Germans oppose the EU鈥檚 planned 2035 ban of combustion engine cars, according to a survey by research institute forsa for UNITI, the German association of small and medium-sized ...
01 Dec 2020, 14:48 The first auction for the decommissioning of hard coal plants in Germany has been hailed as a success both by coal plant operators and climate activists, as it ensures that plants with a capacity of almost 5 gigawatts will be off the ...
29 Apr 2025
29 Apr 2025, 13:45 91tv Team Bloomberg: Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early on 29 April, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe鈥檚 worst ...
Implementing the sector targets for the year 2030 laid out in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 will have positive effects on the country鈥檚 economy, according to a study commissioned by the federal environment ministry (BMU). While the goals could be ...
13 Feb 2023, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 91tv The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country 鈥渋n almost unknown unity鈥�, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His ...
14 Nov 2019, 13:26 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 Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges ...
09 Sep 2019, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics The Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) 鈥� sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU 鈥� has agreed on what it calls a " ...
22 Apr 2021, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The coming legislative period is decisive in implementing the sustainable transformation in all economic sectors, a group of German environmental NGOs has said while presenting ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:19 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Expert ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government dpa / t-online With a set of immediate measures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and climate minister Robert Habeck wants to kickstart the government鈥檚 ambitious plans for fast emissions reduction and ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥� as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
Germany and other industrial nations have in the past set ambitious climate targets, but failed to decide and introduce concrete instruments and measures to reach these, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece for German business daily Handelsblatt. ...
13 May 2019, 14:12 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices A CO鈧� price can be a useful building block of a package of climate ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:11 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv The demand for energy-efficient building renovation programmes offered by Germany's government ...
08 Feb 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Finance International Die Zeit The German and French economy ministers said 鈥渟ubstantial progress鈥� has been made in talks about transparency and cooperation on green subsidies between the EU and the U.S during a visit ...
14 Oct 2015
14 Oct 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online/dpa-AFX 鈥淩enewable energy surcharge rises to record level of 6.35 cents鈥� The renewables surcharge German consumers pay with their power bills will rise to a record 6.35 cents per KWh next year, ...
22 May 2025, 13:02 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 91tv Germany's renewable power expansion, the finalised phase out of nuclear, and the ongoing decommissioning of coal and gas power plants have had a positive effect on the country's ...
03 Feb 2022, 13:46 Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background The new German government has not yet agreed on a joint position for the EU鈥檚 car emissions reduction plans, business newspaper Handelsblatt reports. The ...
The planned law on energy efficiency in public buildings will be further delayed due to disagreements within the government coalition of conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD), writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. 鈥淏uildings are key for ...
16 Dec 2021, 12:26 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv German politicians, NGOs and industry representatives have generally welcomed the second part of the European Commission鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥� package of energy and climate legislation, but criticised ...
06 May 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / SWR The聽 Green Party 聽and聽the聽conservative聽 Christian Democratic Union 聽(CDU) have concluded a new聽 coalition agreement 聽in the southern German state of Baden ...
17 Jul 2020, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Supporters of different climate action organisations have protested in Frankfurt against the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy during the coronavirus ...
17 Aug 2023, 14:25 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Efficiency 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥渆xcessive鈥� energy efficiency standards for new buildings make the construction of new homes too expensive, proving fatal for people who need affordable housing ...
14 Jun 2019, 13:18 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 German Development Institute Support for multilateral commitments, especially those ...
22 Nov 2019, 12:01 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Business sentiment in the German solar power ...
01 Oct 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Die Welt Climate activists want to get small and niche parties in Germany to unite as one political party to overcome the five percent threshold to gain seats in parliament after the 2021 ...
04 Nov 2019, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Hydrogen 91tv Expanding Germany's e-car charging infrastructure and more support for electric mobility options will be key issues at a meeting between Germany's government and ...
13 Sep 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv Activists from the Fridays for Future student group have called on the German government to set up a special fund for 鈥渕assive鈥� investments in climate action. 鈥淲e ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:56 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv The hasty buildout of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
13 Jan 2023, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv For the comprehensive electrification of sectors like heating and road transport, Germany must massively expand renewables and update its energy infrastructure with investments of 900 ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking as many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB has warned. ...
26 Nov 2019, 17:36 The effects of global warming are becoming increasingly felt in Germany, shows a government report on climate change adaptation. The average air temperature in the country rose by 1.5掳C from 1881 until 2018, and more frequent heat waves ...
18 Jun 2019, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 91tv Anti-coal activists and the student protest movement Fridays for Future are planning a series of demonstrations in Western Germany in the coming days. On Friday 21 June, Fridays For Future ...
16 Apr 2025
16 Apr 2025, 11:50 91tv Team DW: Euro emerges as safe haven amid Trump tariff turmoil聽 Anticipating European recovery amid US uncertainty, foreign investors shift capital from dollars into European stocks and bonds. EnergyTransition.org: New German ...
16 Jun 2016
16 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Volkswagen Group VW aims to sell 2-3 million e-cars by 2025 Car giant VW plans a "major electrification initiative" with more than 30 new聽purely battery ...
13 Jan 2021, 13:39 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 farmers will have to make greater efforts to contribute to the country鈥檚 goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, environment Minister Svenja Schulze has said at her ministry鈥檚 annual Agriculture ...
Angela Merkel鈥檚 chancellery officials have "shredded" the formerly ambitious Climate Action Plan 2050 proposal by environment minister Barbara Hendricks, Der Spiegel reports. The chancellery, which was to evaluate the draft over the summer, has ...
13 Oct 2020, 13:54 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy ...
17 Apr 2019, 13:19 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv The highest administrative court of the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg has ruled that state governments must retain diesel driving bans in their clean air plans if pollution limits exceed the ...
19 Apr 2021, 13:37 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert RWI 鈥� Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥� ...
09 Jun 2020, 13:15 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
26 Jun 2020, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Green stimulus Tagesschau / Frankfurter Rundschau Shareholders of Germany's Lufthansa have accepted the conditions of a multi-billion euro bailout which gives the government a stake in the company and 鈥� according ...
01 Jul 2019, 13:35 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv / Financial Times Environmental and development organisation Germanwatch聽 has said it is 鈥渞elieved鈥� that 19 of the G20 countries at ...
15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting聽in a similarly positive ...
08 Jan 2020, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv Decarbonising 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy while safeguarding the country鈥檚 prosperity will require "massive" investments by the state, for example in infrastructure, write economists at the ...
15 Jan 2025, 11:20 As geopolitical tensions escalate and make UN climate negotiations increasingly difficult, the next German government should continue to explore alternative alliances to push for decarbonisation, says Marian Feist, senior research ...
Several German states are demanding that the federal government and the EU should protect the steel industry from stricter environmental regulations and rising electricity costs, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. In a draft of the joint final statement for ...
13 Jan 2020, 14:02 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind dpa / Focus Online / 91tv Doing away with the ...
11 Apr 2025
11 Apr 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Politico: Friedrich Merz鈥檚 cabinet: Who will lead 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 key ministries? Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives and their Social Democratic Party (SPD) counterparts have struck a coalition deal, but party ...
27 Mar 2023, 14:01 Julian Wettengel Cars EU Handelsblatt / 91tv The deal between Germany and the European Commission to allow new combustion engine cars after 2035 鈥� if they run exclusively on e-fuels 鈥� could upset politicians鈥� climate policy ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics dpa The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country's CO2聽price for heating and transport, which is scheduled to enter into force ...
Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks does not expect the cabinet to approve her Climate Action Plan 2050 before COP22 in Marrakesh next week. 鈥淢y assessment at this moment is that it will be ready for approval in December,鈥� Hendricks said at a ...
16 Nov 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Business 91tv Climate protection played an important role for just under 60 percent of German start-ups founded last year, state-owned development bank KfW found. Ten percent of start-ups mainly offered ...
The governments of France and Germany have entered into an unusual alliance with BlackRock, the world鈥檚 biggest investment fund, to achieve progress in unlocking private capital for investments in climate action, Astrid D枚rner and Peter K枚hler write in ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv / n-tv A planned trip to India by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck aims to bring the countries closer together in efforts to develop renewable ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:51 Bennet Ribbeck Carbon removal 91tv Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security ...
13 Jun 2022, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Deutschlandfunk / Spiegel German economy minister Robert Habeck has said that the government intends to tighten the country鈥檚 antitrust law amid concerns that oil companies do not pass on ...
20 Apr 2021, 13:06 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz ...
Think tank Agora Energiewende* will present proposals to take better account of industry needs in the German energy transition, Angela Hennersdorf and Christian Schlesiger write in WirtschaftsWoche. In its "Charter for Energiewende Industrial Policy ...
09 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government 鈥渟hould finally come clean鈥� and tell citizens that climate action on the required scale is impossible without higher costs, writes ...
28 Mar 2022, 12:49 Kerstine Appunn Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament (Bundestag)聽 has passed 聽legislation forcing gas infrastructure operators to fill storage facilities to certain levels throughout the year in order to avoid shortages ...
27 Mar 2025, 10:12 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Table Media [UPDATES article to include support for scheme in coalition talks.] The European Commission has approved a support scheme worth five billion euros to help ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind Handelsblatt / RND The number of approved applications for ...
25 Sep 2015
25 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online 鈥淓xhaust affair: VW tricks increase doubts about climate calculations鈥� Car manufacturers are not only using tricks to stay under nitrogen oxide thresholds in tests but also to reduce ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities Der Tagesspiegel A report by the German parliament鈥檚 scientific service has backed Berlin鈥檚 city government in its rejection of a motorway project that cuts right through the eastern centre of the ...
11 Feb 2021, 13:32 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Tagesspiegel / dpa The German federal government and ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 91tv The economy ministers from France and Germany will use their planned visit to the U.S. on Tuesday (7 February) to advocate for 鈥渏oint green lead markets鈥� for climate ...
30 Nov 2020, 14:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Welt Markus S枚der, Bavaria's state premier and head of the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU, has said that climate policy will ...
The G20 Sustainability Working Group under German leadership aims to develop a 鈥楪20 Climate and Energy Action Plan鈥� in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July, Eva Kracht of the German environment ministry (BMUB) said at an event by Climate Transparency ...
05 May 2017, 00:00 Nicknamed the 鈥渃radle of the Energiewende鈥� by its own government, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northernmost state, Schleswig-Holstein, embodies some of the most pressing challenges and solutions to the country鈥檚 energy turnaround. With their decision in ...
04 Apr 2025
04 Apr 2025, 11:05 91tv Team NYTimes: Volkswagen to add 鈥榠mport fee鈥� to cars sold in US The company鈥檚 move is one of the first and clearest examples of automakers using price increases to deal with the 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on car and ...
04 Feb 2022, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Consumers must fully benefit from any potential early end to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables levy, the top-up to power prices ...
16 Feb 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Handelsblatt / Reuters / Spiegel The German government has settled its dispute over future CO2 rules for cars and will not call for more stringent EU fleet emission limits than currently proposed by the European ...
28 Apr 2021, 13:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die ...
10 Aug 2021, 12:56 Kerstine Appunn Coal Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The world is heating up, but the German government is clinging to its coal phase-out date in 2038, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a聽 commentary for S眉ddeutsche ...
08 Jan 2021, 12:41 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Charlotte Nijhuis Green stimulus Elections & Politics 91tv / Focus Online The CSU 鈥� Bavarian sister party to ...
27 Jul 2021, 13:36 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt Germany needs gas-fired ...
The German federal ministries, together with the Chancellery, have agreed on a national Climate Action Plan 2050 in time for COP22 in Marrakesh after months of dispute, reports Markus Wacket for Reuters. The federal cabinet is to approve the plan on ...
Lawyers acting for an international group, including a family living on the German island of Langeoog, a French lavender farmer, and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden, have launched legal action against the EU for failing to do enough ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:11 Current polls suggest Germany's elections on 26 September will be followed by complicated coalition talks, but the Green Party refuses to reveal what they consider red lines during the negotiations. The party's climate policy ...
07 Mar 2025
07 Mar 2025, 11:28 91tv Team Politico: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Merz has 2 weeks to deliver historic spending revolution Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it鈥檚 now a race against the clock. DW: Peruvian ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:46 Edgar Meza Technology 91tv While Germany remains a leading source for environmental technology patents 鈥� currently holding a 13 percent global share 鈥� its growth rates in the area are clearly lagging behind in an ...
21 Nov 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Three out of four Germans say it is right for scientists to get involved in the climate policy debate if political decision-making does not take into account their research ...
Cabinet approval of environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� Climate Action Plan 2050 before she travels to the COP22 in Marrakesh could be possible after all, reports news agency dpa. Ministry sources told dpa that Chancellor Angela Merkel had signalled ...
27 Sep 2023, 14:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 famed 鈥淢ittelstand鈥� sector of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) has coped well with turbulent prices on the energy markets caused by the Ukraine war,聽 ...
08 Jul 2022, 12:31 Hannah Naylor Finance International 91tv The economy ministry (BMWK) is channelling an additional 126 million euros into the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in order to support decarbonisation efforts in emerging and ...
The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 power market, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market liberalisation, German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel told ...
12 May 2025
12 May 2025, 12:08 91tv Team ENTSO-E: Expert panel initiates the investigation into the causes of Iberian blackout聽 Panel launched on 9 May led by experts from Transmission System Operators aims to find root causes of the blackout; will make ...
Germany is struggling with 鈥榗ognitive dissonance鈥� in agreeing on the details of its climate protection plan, writes Hermann Falk of the German Association for Renewable Energy (BEE) in a guest commentary in the Frankfurter Rundschau. Various competing ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv In a televised debate following on that of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three chancellor candidates, the four smaller parties in the country鈥檚 parliament have traded blows over the course of ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
08 Dec 2021, 15:00 The September 2021 election result has left Germany with several options for a new government coalition. Agreeing it will involve lengthy negotiations to overcome major discrepancies between party programmes, and agreeing on a ...
03 May 2019, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Policy Society Deutsche Welle The southern German city of Constance has become the first in the nation to pass a resolution declaring a聽 climate emergency, according to a Deutsche Welle report. The resolution, which was ...
20 Jun 2022, 12:23 Edgar Meza Wind Security Der Spiegel Growing tensions between the West and China are leading to increasing concern over the role of Chinese companies in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy sector, particularly in the wind power segment, Spiegel reports. A ...
10 Mar 2023, 13:29 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv A new solar PV strategy tabled by the ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:36 Climate activists from the Fridays for Future movement across the world took to the streets on Friday for their seventh Global Climate Strike. In a year of multiple state elections and a federal election for Germany, activists in over ...
Swiss voters have been lured into voting for the government鈥檚 Energy Strategy 2050 by 鈥渁 phalanx of profiteers鈥� of the new law, Giorgio V. M眉ller writes in a commentary for conservative Swiss newspaper Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung (NZZ). The vote could have been ...
06 May 2019, 13:33 Kerstine Appunn Citizens' energy ZDF Germany needs a nationwide masterplan for climate action that is applicable to all towns and municipalities, according to Gerd Landsberg, the head of the confederation of German towns and ...
12 Sep 2019, 14:00 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The proportion of peole in Germany who consider climate change to be "the single most serious problem facing the world" has doubled since 2017 to 30 percent, the latest ...
31 Jul 2019, 13:55 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
10 Jun 2022, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Renewables International 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz should focus on climate change mitigation during his visit to Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia and Bulgaria this week, NGO Germanwatch has said. ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Heating Handelsblatt / 91tv Germany could continue to emit greenhouse gases past its 2045 deadline to become climate neutral, with Norwegian certification company DNV forecasting emission ...
18 Oct 2021, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics ARD / 91tv / n-tv The possible new German coalition government of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic party (FDP) could install a 鈥渘ew climate ...
The vigorous debate within the German government about the content of its Climate Action Plan 2050 is in stark contrast to the relative half-heartedness of international climate negotiations, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter ...
04 Nov 2019, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport International 91tv The governments of India and Germany have agreed on close cooperation to promote a climate-friendly transition in the energy and transport sectors. On a visit to India, German ...
27 Sep 2018, 13:57 Germany needs to have a rational and open public discussion about carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) as ways to avoid releasing climate-harmful emissions from industry into the environment. A position paper by the ...
23 Sep 2015
23 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淭he German government knew the cheating technology鈥� The German ministry for transport has known for a long time that car manufacturers are using technologies that interfere ...
The new governing coalition in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) may not care too much about climate protection despite ambitious promises, Ralf K枚pke writes in a commentary for Energie & Management. The conservative ...
Little good will come of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, writes Jan Heidtmann in an op-ed for the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. If used as a basis for implementing the Paris Agreement, the plan would see the country ending the sale of conventional fossil ...
Cities play a vital role in the implementation of the Paris climate accord, Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, writes in an opinion piece in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. By ...
10 Jul 2020, 12:50 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Green stimulus 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coronavirus crisis economic stimulus package must undergo a climate impact assessment to ensure ...
01 Jun 2022, 14:16 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv Renewable energies will be at the heart of supply security in Germany in the future, but the country will continue to need gas and must 鈥渢hink big鈥� when it comes to ramping up hydrogen, ...
12 May 2025, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche from chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats ...
22 Dec 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza Society Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German Green Party co-leader Ricarda Lang has welcomed criticism from climate activists about the government coalition's climate policies in its first year in office, saying their ...
15 Jun 2020, 10:30 A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende's poster child, the power sector. But the 鈥淲盲rmewende鈥�, or heating transition, has significant potential to curb emissions and is ...
26 Feb 2021, 17:01 Countries across the world and especially the top greenhouse gas emitters must redouble their climate efforts if the global community is to reach the Paris Agreement鈥檚 goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2掳C 鈥� ideally 1.5掳C, ...
31 Jan 2022, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Government International Der Spiegel The German foreign ministry under Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) will create a new position of state secretary for international climate policy, reports Der Spiegel. The Bundestag ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 In their coalition treaty, negotiators from Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to set up a special commission charged with managing the phase-out of coal-fired power generation in ...
The deputy heads of the conservative CDU and CSU parties in parliament say that environment minister Barbara Hendricks' Climate Action Plan 2050 draft fails to take account of the market, innovation and competitiveness and could endanger 鈥渢he economy ...
11 Mar 2019, 14:17 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Deutsche Welle / Bild am Sonntag The weekly 鈥淔ridays for Future鈥� school strikes have prompted a fierce debate in Germany over whether students should be ...
04 Oct 2018, 17:11 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has decided to reduce emissions from diesel cars in polluted cities by swapping old models for new ones and retrofitting some older cars. Transport minister Andreas Scheuer and environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
06 Aug 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 service sector labour union Verdi has called on its 2 million members to join the global Fridays for Future climate strike on 20 September. 鈥淲e can only protect ...
German nuclear utilities E.ON, RWE and EnBW can hope for the repayment of about 6 billion euros after the Federal Constitutional Court declared the nuclear fuel tax law invalid and incompatible with basic law, reports Reuters. The federal government did ...
The economic council of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) criticises environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� (Social Democrats) Climate Action Plan 2050 as a 鈥渉orror catalogue for the 别肠辞苍辞尘测鈥�, writes Klaus Stratmann for Handelsblatt. In a position ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Industry Handelsblatt German conglomerate thyssenkrupp finds it increasingly difficult to spin off its troubled steelmaking division, Kevin Knitterscheidt and Martin Murphy write in Handelsblatt. In order to successfully sell ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:30 Jessica Bateman Cars Society 91tv Only 52 percent of Germans say they would consider purchasing a hybrid or electric car 鈥� a figure 15 percentage points behind the European average. According to the European Investment Bank ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's prospective new government coalition has signaled it will provide financial relief to households hit by the spike in ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ambitious goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 can only be achieved through a comprehensive and multi-layered approach that includes ...
It is 鈥渇easible鈥� that the UN climate summit in Katowice in December (COP24) will produce an agreement on implementation guidelines (also called rulebook or work programme) to the Paris Climate Agreement, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 negotiator Nicole Wilke from the ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Industry 91tv The states of eastern Germany are benefitting from the transition towards a climate neutral economy and are well-positioned to emerge as a strong industrial hub thanks to their ...
12 Apr 2019, 13:20 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs WWF Germany Environmental organisation WWF Germany has published a background paper on the climate ...
29 Apr 2019, 13:50 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Der Spiegel Right-wing populist parties could make major gains in the coming European elections, with many of them bringing a new climate scepticism to the chamber and making it ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency Policy 91tv Germany should develop a binding strategic framework for "good enough", in the form of a national sufficiency strategy, to reduce emissions as well as energy and raw ...
05 Mar 2020, 12:43 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv The German government's sustainable finance council has published a report calling for urgent action to avoid climate-related shocks to the financial system. In its first ...
02 Aug 2017
02 Aug 2017, 00:00 German carmakers have pledged to update the software in some 5 million diesel cars to lower emissions at the so-called "diesel summit", where leaders of the industry met with federal ministers and heads of federal states. ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:16 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Progress of German energy transition continues to be mostly stagnating, 聽a report by research centre Prognos carried out on behalf of the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) said ...
01 Jun 2016
01 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Federal government 鈥淔ederal and state governments agree on key points of the Renewable Energy Act reform鈥� State premiers and the federal government have agreed on ...
16 Jul 2019, 13:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 International Bild Two interior ministers of the German states Hessen and Bavaria have rebuked the ...
A group of more than 40 companies has called for 2030-targets for all sectors in a Climate Action Plan 2050 that 鈥渃learly signals鈥� the implementation of the commitments made in the Paris Agreement. 鈥淭his is the only way that new business models and ...
12 Jan 2015
12 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv E.ON Press Release E.ON sells Italian coal and gas operations聽 E.ON said Monday it would sell its coal and gas-fueled electricity operations to the Czech energy company Energetick媒 a Pr暖myslov媒 ...
16 Sep 2019, 14:05 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv Nine out of 10 businesses are in favour of ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Heating ARD A large new power-to-heat facility, running on wind energy has come into operation in the northern German city of Hamburg which is technically capable of providing about 27,000 households with low ...
03 Aug 2021, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Die Welt The earnings from selling allowances in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the German state look set to reach a new record level in 2021 ...
02 Oct 2019, 13:56 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Total ...
20 Mar 2023, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling Security 91tv Japan and Germany have agreed stronger cooperation to ensure sufficient supply of raw materials in areas critical to transforming their economies, such as ...
18 Jun 2020, 14:23 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy ...
20 Feb 2020, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 91tv Germany's first renewable power auction of 2020 has once more failed to attract enough bidders for onshore wind power projects, leading industry groups to call for a ...
Diesel technology has long been hailed as a climate-friendly alternative to petrol but has聽 suddenly come under intense fire, amounting to 鈥� a broadside against 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading industry,鈥� Alfred Gaffal, president of Bavarian industry association vbw, ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Heating 91tv Activists for a better inclusion of the buildings sector in Germany's climate plans have voiced their concerns in a parliamentary petition committee, calling for a true " ...
A basic principle of international law says that 鈥渁greements must be kept,鈥� Stefan Kornelius writes in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. By publicly pondering whether to pull his country out of the Paris Climate Agreement, US President Donald Trump ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The average heating consumption of oil, gas and district heating rose by over 23 percent in Germany between October 2024 and February 2025 compared to the previous heating ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn Politics 91tv 鈥淢y political life has been characterised by the work against climate change,鈥� German chancellor Angela Merkel said at her traditional summer press conference in Berlin. Merkel, who after 16 ...
16 Jul 2021, 10:23 The UK is leading the world in terms of climate targets as it heads towards COP26. This is in no small part due to the work of climate activists, who, in the words of the campaigning group Extinction Rebellion, have come together to ...
06 Jan 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Digitalisation 91tv Increased digitalisation in the energy sector can offer significant but limited opportunities to save greenhouse gases, according to a new report by the Institute for Ecological Economic ...
China and the USA have ratified the climate treaty but not much has happened in Germany, writes Petra Pinzler in a commentary for Zeit Online. There is no doubt that Germany and its European neighbours will eventually follow suit, but it seems ...
Berlin start-up ubitricity, which upgrades existing street lights to electric car charging stations, has won New York鈥檚 Local Climate Action Tech Competition. Ubitricity鈥檚 technology could be instrumental in helping New York achieve its climate action ...
20 Jan 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Wind Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background The first mandatory share offers in a new wind power farm for neighbouring residents have been introduced in Germany, news website Der Spiegel reports. ...
The greenhouse gas reduction target set for the energy sector in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 and the resulting accelerated coal exit will cut the total workforce connected to the lignite industry almost in half by 2025, according to a study by the ...
Emission reduction targets for the building sector laid out in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 combined with a planned limit to passing on modernising costs to tenants could 鈥渆nd in disaster鈥� if landlords had to foot the bill, writes Michael Fuchs, ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Security 91tv Climate change poses the greatest threat to German and European security because it destabilises states, undermines food security, increases conflicts over resources like water, according to ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
30 Jan 2023, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine The heads of many renewable energy companies showed mixed opinions in whether Germany can meet its targets for green electricity generation, according to an article in newspaper ...
04 Jun 2021, 11:57 Julian Wettengel Cars dpa German carmaker BMW has announced it wants to reduce supply chain CO2 emissions in China by 20 percent from 2019 levels by 2030, reports news agency dpa. 鈥淢any people believe that the biggest source of ...
It is high time for a finance transition- in addition to the energy, transport and agricultural transformations- to protect the climate, write Green Members of the German Bundestag Annalena Baerbock and Gerhard Schick in a guest commentary in Frankfurter ...
24 Mar 2015, 00:00 German utilities say plans to cut 22 millions tonnes of CO2 emissions from the energy sector by demanding additional emissions trading allowances from older power plants amount to an exit plan for the brown coal industry. But despite ...
22 Dec 2021, 13:50 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government coalition is set to markedly strengthen the country鈥檚 European and international climate policy efforts and use the presidency of the G7 next year to advance the establishment of a global 鈥�climate club鈥� and new ...
20 Jan 2022, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv Germany narrowly managed to meet its emissions budget for 2020 under the EU鈥檚 climate action targets for sectors such as transport and buildings (Effort Sharing Decision), the final ...
11 Dec 2020, 13:05 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Agriculture 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agriculture ministry has launched a 1-billion-euro 鈥滷armers for climate action鈥� package, including an investment programme worth 816 million euros to boost ...
26 Sep 2018, 13:53 The German Football Association (DFB) has included a sustainability concept in its bid to host the 2024 European Football Championship. While the plan lacks concrete goals for action, awarding the tournament to Germany could obligate ...
06 Mar 2020, 14:24 S枚ren Amelang Transport Wirtschaftswoche Germany should postpone the introduction of an aviation levy designed to lower emissions because the sector has already been dealt a blow by the coronavirus, Klaus-Peter Willsch, aviation expert ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital, Berlin, is set to introduce a new mobility law which aims to enhance the status of low-carbon means of transportation, Klaus Kurpjuweit reports in Der Tagesspiegel. The governing coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Green Party and Left ...
12 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 political parties should combine climate protection ...
The language in the Climate Action Plan 2050 regarding coal used to be crystal clear: it was to be ended 鈥渨ell before鈥� 2050. But the new draft version of the paper is lacking this kind of clarity, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. It ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:15 Germany's government has removed the last hurdles to finalising the country's much-anticipated coal exit law, clearing the way for a passage of the bill in parliament at the end of the week. The draft agreement grants ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / WirtschaftsWoche / Welt / Frankfurter Rundschau German media have praised the EU Council鈥檚 decision to raise the bloc's 2030 climate target as a success for the country鈥檚 ...
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04 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Welt online "Government advisors pick apart the Energiewende" Official advisors to the German government have criticised Energiewende policies as 鈥渘ot concrete enough鈥� and 鈥渘ot enough to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
29 Jan 2021, 13:16 Expert Difu- German Institute of Urban Affairs Deutsches Institut f眉r Urbanistik Cities Society Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Society 91tv German citizens would like to see their municipalities act more on climate ...
Germany will likely miss several of its key energy transition goals, according to leading experts commissioned by the German economy ministry (BMWi) to monitor the progress of the country鈥榮 energy transition. Among the three elements of the government& ...
International agreements for climate protection and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 spell a prosperous future for the country鈥檚 wind power industry, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) said in a press release. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power industry 鈥渉as an ...
04 Oct 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The climate activist movement Extinction Rebellion plans several road blockades and other activities in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin starting on 7 October, saying they want to use ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa With a set of demands on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition and social security expenditures, the pro-business government party Free Democrats (FDP) has caused a stir in the ...
22 May 2020, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland An alliance of hard coal plant operators plans to achieve an expansion of the runtime of Germany's seven most modern hard coal plants by ...
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02 Apr 2025, 11:06 91tv Team IEA: Promising new technologies face market uncertainty in pivotal moment for global energy innovation New IEA report highlights recent progress and emerging risks across the energy innovation landscape worldwide, with ...
14 Apr 2023, 10:18 Nuclear power production in Germany comes to an end on 15 April 2023, marking a milestone in the long and controversial process of the technology's phase-out in the country. Europe鈥檚 energy crisis, fuelled by the fallout of Russia ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:42 Jack McGovan Efficiency Construction 91tv Buildings in the worst energy efficiency categories have above-average carbon emissions, so targeting them first for refurbishments would have a significant climate impact, ...
12 Mar 2019, 14:06 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society dpa / Tagesspiegel / 91tv Students are expected to walk out of school in more than 1,000 cities around the world on Friday, as part of a global strike to demand action on climate ...
13 Sep 2023, 14:20 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Jack McGovan Solar Cities 91tv Rooftop solar panels in small and mid-sized German towns technically could generate enough electricity for the 41 million ...
12 Feb 2021, 13:54 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Expert PIK- The ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The operators of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 six remaining nuclear power stations, utilities E.ON, RWE and EnBW, have rejected calls to keep the plants in operation beyond their scheduled ...
03 Apr 2020, 13:44 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Freja Eriksen Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ...
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25 Mar 2025, 11:25 91tv Team The Guardian: German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with the far-right Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) the strongest opposition faction, ...
The government鈥檚 Climate Protection Report 2017 will confirm that Germany is set to miss its 2020 national climate target by a wide margin. A draft, seen by the 91tv, says that the country will only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32 ...
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29 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Federal Environment Agency (UBA) 鈥淓nergiewende: Industrial consumers can use power more flexibly鈥� German industry could make their power demand more flexible and thus reduce load by up to 6 ...
24 Jun 2016, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first roadmap for decarbonisation by the middle of the century has been delayed amid industry fears that tough climate targets would endanger the country鈥檚 economic competitiveness and growth. The Environment Ministry in ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv Humus build-up and a more climate resilient choice of field crops are among the main targets of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new 鈥� Arable farming strategy 2035 鈥�, which was presented by the Federal agriculture ...
12 May 2023, 13:51 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The flat-rate ticket for nationwide public transport in Germany ...
The final communiqu茅 of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging countries clearly reflects the dissent between the United States and the other 19 members on climate protection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a press conference after ...
The agreement that economy minister Sigmar Gabriel reached with the EU Commission on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policies 鈥渕akes regulations permanent that will keep Germany from reaching its 2020 ...
Biofuels 鈥渃elebrate a secret comeback鈥� in the recently adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 by the German federal government, writes Daniel Wetzel in die Welt. 鈥淚n the target scenario, the energy supply of street and rail traffic, as well as parts of air and ...
16 Dec 2019, 12:00 The UN climate summit COP25 in Spain is the last meeting of its kind before countries around the world are supposed to step up their ambitions under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020. Germany has made several key climate action ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Storage Hydrogen 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany can store enough hydrogen in salt caverns alone to meet more than the maximum expected national and European demand needs, the economy ministry (BMWK ...
German farmers oppose environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� Climate Action Plan 2050 because it suggests reducing the number of cattle, the use of fertiliser and tying EU subsidies to environmental performance, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas reduction target of 80-95 percent by 2050 can't be reached with current plans, and is in itself inadequate to meet the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement, according to a new study by Energy Watch Group (EWG). 鈥淭he ...
03 Jan 2024, 13:37 Maximising the use and potential of the existing building stock are key levers to respond to Germany's housing shortage and drive forth the decarbonisation of the buildings sector, say Sibyl Steuwer and Lisa Graaf from think tank ...
11 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to expand his campaign to phase out coal-fired power production from his home turf in the US to Europe, the Guardian reports. The billionaire and UN special envoy on climate change announced he will spend 50 ...
02 Oct 2019, 13:51 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Transport Technology 91tv Civil airlines should be required to use at least two ...
