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 ...
20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
11 Nov 2019, 08:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv No G20 country has a climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement鈥檚 ambitious end of its main target- to limit global warming to 1.5掳C- although most are technically capable and have ...
01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 91tv The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
11 Sep 2023, 13:49 Julian Wettengel Renewables G20 & G7 91tv Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) influential economies聽 have agreed 聽on the aim to triple of renewable energy capacity globally by 2030, but stopped short of calling for an ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 The progress made so far by the world鈥檚 largest industrialised and emerging countries is far too miniscule to adhere to the Paris Agreement鈥檚 1.5 degree temperature ...
08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 91tv Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
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 ...
18 Nov 2020, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Green stimulus 91tv Corona stimulus packages in G20 countries are set to delay climate action,聽according to a report published by Climate Transparency, an international partnership ...
The joint communiqu茅 from July鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg was a 鈥渕ajor success鈥� for multilateralism, German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 economic advisor and G20 sherpa Lars-Henrik R枚ller said at an event on the sidelines of the UN climate conference in Bonn. ...
Germany aims to use a large international energy conference in Berlin to inject fresh momentum and ideas into the G20 process in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July. "We want to use our G20 presidency this year to find a common position for all ...
In contrast to their prepared text, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors included no mention of the challenges posed by climate change in the communiqu茅 after their meeting in Baden-Baden on 18 March, writes Germanwatch. 鈥淎pparently, the new ...
29 Jun 2017, 00:00 European Union leaders have underscored their commitment to work towards a joint solution on climate issues at the G20 summit in Hamburg. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would not be easy regarding questions such as climate ...
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12 Jul 2024, 12:26 S枚ren Amelang S&P Global: Germany's gas storage operators warn demand curtailments still required ahead of winter Storage sites 84% full by mid-July but extreme cold could prompt gas shortages and empty reserves by February ...
Think20 (T20), which brings together research institutions and think tanks from the G20 countries, presented key policy recommendations for G20 policy makers at the T20 Summit in Berlin. The proposals include recommendations on climate policy, such as ...
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to miss the G20 leaders鈥� discussion on climate and energy as they have scheduled their first personal meeting during the working session, German news聽 website Spiegel Online ...
23 Nov 2020, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn International G20 & G7 91tv The heads of state and government from the G20 (Group of Twenty) major economies have formally confirmed their cooperation on climate protection. Despite the United States ...
Japan and Great Britain did not sign a joint statement with France, Germany and Italy in reaction to the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, and Canada鈥檚 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed to strike the references to the Paris Agreement from the ...
G20 finance ministers may encourage private funding for climate change instead of government pledges, according to a draft statement for the upcoming G20 finance ministers meeting, writes Joe Ryan for Bloomberg. This was a significant shift from what ...
More than 300 civil society organisations call on 鈥渢he remaining 19 members of the G20 to reaffirm their unfaltering commitment鈥� to the implementation of The Paris Agreement after the US decision to leave the accord. The G20 engagement group Civil20 (C20) ...
As China has begun to refocus the G20 energy agenda on sustainability, Germany should use its upcoming presidency to further boost the importance of energy within the intergovernmental institution, writes Andreas Kraemer in a policy brief for Canada-based ...
22 May 2017, 00:00 Germany and China increased pressure on the US government to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement ahead of the G7 and G20 summits. The continuing uncertainty about the US position puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim to agree on a G20 energy and climate ...
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to miss the G20 leaders鈥� discussion on climate and energy as they have scheduled their first personal meeting during the working session, German news聽 website Spiegel Online ...
20 Jun 2017, 00:00 NGOs from all over the world have called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to fight for a strong stance on climate at the G20 summit in little more than two weeks. Merkel said the US decision to leave the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥渂roke ...
A draft of conclusions to the G20 summit in Hamburg contains a compromise on climate protection between the US and other member states, news agency Reuters reports. The document, dated 3 July, acknowledged Washington鈥檚 鈥渋solation in opposing the Paris ...
The G20 summits will continue to play an important role for climate protection, because 鈥渨ithout the pressure on the political level, implementing and monitoring climate targets would hardly be possible in some countries鈥�, write Susanne Dr枚ge and Felix ...
01 Dec 2016, 00:00 Calls for Germany to take on a leadership role in international climate protection grow louder as the country鈥檚 government is set to take over the G20 presidency from China on 1 December. Commentators and politicians see the ...
30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement does not mean that the country鈥檚 climate policy was already 鈥渇ully outlined鈥�, a German government official told reporters at a press briefing in Berlin, when asked about the upcoming G20 ...
Power generation from coal, oil and gas, and transport produce the largest share of emissions in the vast majority of G20 countries and none of these economies鈥� climate pledges are on a 1.5藲C-compatible pathway, according to the Brown to Green Report 2018 ...
The G20 meeting in Hamburg is meant to address some of the most pressing global problems but many of the heads of state present at this year鈥檚 summit have a very poor record of defending human rights in their own countries, Christian Grefe writes in a ...
This year鈥檚 G20 summit in Germany will be 鈥渁 test for governments, civil society, and companies to stick to鈥� the goals of the Paris Agreement, France鈥檚 former climate change ambassador Laurence Tubiana said, Ed King writes on Climate Home. While US ...
The lack of a consensus at the G20 could become actually a success for the German presidency, if it succeeded in building alliances for individual topics, in essence breaking with the forum鈥檚 convention of consensus-based decision-making, Dennis Snower, ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency is 鈥渁n important opportunity for other major powers to resist backsliding鈥� on climate change, especially in view of uncertainty over the new US president Donald Trump's energy policy, writes Climate Home. The German ...
For Germans, climate change topped the list of the most pressing global issues for G20 to fix, a poll by public broadcaster ZDF showed. Thirty-three percent put solutions to climate change at the top of the list, 29 percent said the migrant crisis was the ...
Energiewende country Germany will use its G20 presidency this year to push for a global price on carbon as one of many measures to achieve climate goal, reports Roger Harrabin for BBC News. 鈥淲e need to find a mechanism for a carbon price. Then it鈥檒l be ...
For Germans, climate change topped the list of the most pressing global issues for G20 to fix, a poll by public broadcaster ZDF showed. Thirty-three percent put solutions to climate change at the top of the list, 29 percent said the migrant crisis was the ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her chief task during 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency is to 鈥渨ork on options for an agreement and not contribute to speechlessness". In an interview with weekly newspaper Die Zeit ahead of this year鈥檚 G20 summit in ...
Representatives of the G20 nations are meeting in Berlin today to talk about resource efficiency. The resource dialogue came out of the G20 summit in Hamburg last summer and aims to find ways of using resources such as water and land more sustainably. ...
20 Mar 2017, 00:00 Germany aims to use a large international energy conference in Berlin to inject fresh momentum and ideas into the G20 process in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 鈥� a two-day conference on ...
G20 president Germany will press the Group to reaffirm its commitment to fighting climate change when finance ministers meet next month for the first time since the election of Donald Trump, G20 sources said, report Noah Barkin and Jan Strupczewski for ...
30 Nov 2017, 00:00 During its G20 presidency this year, Germany made the issue of climate change and energy transition a central topic- and its G20 presidency successor Argentina is ready to carry it forward to the 2018 summit in Buenos Aires, according ...
G20 countries must promote climate protection and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, said the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germanwatch and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in a joint press release ...
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. ...
It remains to be seen if the other member states will support Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 agenda for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency starting on 1 December, write Jan Hildebrand and Martin Greive in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭he Chancellor aims to rope in the G20 to ...
G20 countries should develop and share renewable energy innovation in water use, food and agriculture to ensure food security, according to policy recommendations by the G20 think tank network T20 Task Force Towards Ending Hunger and Sustainable ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tries to be factual and content-focussed in her clear criticism of US President Donald Trump鈥檚 policies but she is unlikely to be successful in light of the 鈥渃acophony of interests鈥� at the G20 summit, writes Stefan ...
It is 鈥渟urprising鈥� that major German banks did so little to finance renewable energy internationally while the country was a driver of the global energy transition, Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE) told Christian Schaudwet ...
08 Jul 2017, 00:00 The German presidency and chancellor Angela Merkel pulled off a 鈥渟olid鈥� diplomatic success on climate policy by closing the ranks of all G20 members except the United States at the summit in Hamburg, experts for climate diplomacy said. ...
It is 鈥渞emarkable鈥� that the G20 summit in Hamburg did not end up in scandal given that US President Donald Trump came across like a 鈥済rizzly bear among a mountaineering rope team鈥�, writes Stefan Ulrich in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎bove ...
G20 agriculture ministers called for more sustainable use of resources in a joint declaration following the first G20 ministers meeting under the current German presidency. 鈥淚n light of the growing global population and the goals of the Agenda 2030, ...
G20 governments put four times more money into fossil energy generation than into renewables- despite their official commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 aims, NGOs including WWF, Urgewald and Friends of the Earth say in a press release. In a ...
The fact that climate protection has been one of the most discussed topics at the G20 summit in Hamburg is 鈥渙ne of the paradoxical achievements of Donald Trump鈥�, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎las, the climate ...
The G20 is in principle 鈥渁n acceptable format鈥� to find solutions for big global challenges, but the Hamburg summit 鈥渕ust deliver results鈥� given the costs associated with hosting the event, said Sweelin Heuss, managing director at Greenpeace Germany, at a ...
There鈥檚 a big discrepancy between Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 call for other countries to decarbonise their economies and the grand coalition鈥檚 climate policy at home, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Merkel was able ...
An international group of 45 private foundations and philanthropic organisations has called on the G20 to make the implementation of the UN agreements on climate protection and sustainability their core responsibility. 鈥淚f necessary, this must be enforced ...
19 Nov 2019, 13:42 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs G20 & G7 Reuters / Passauer Neue Presse / Handelsblatt / 91tv ...
Representatives of the G20 dialogue forums business (B20), civil society organisations (C20) and think tanks (T20) have together called on the Group of Twenty member countries to take the lead in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. They demand a ...
11 Jul 2017, 00:00 The G20 group of the leading industrialised and emerging economies has agreed on a statement that shows the commitment of 19 of them to implement the Paris agreement on climate protection, including a first-ever plan for action on ...
08 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nineteen members of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies underscored their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States isolated. The US also was the only country to opt-out of a first ...
It is economically beneficial for G20 member states to invest in climate protection measures, according to the new report "Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth" by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), presented ...
The G20 summit in Germany in July 2017 will provide an important opportunity for major powers to resist backsliding on global climate goals, despite uncertainties after the US election, and it could even aid progress, according to a post on ...
After the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, the German government will work on uniting all remaining G20 members in climate protection efforts in the run-up to the summit in July, said government spokesperson Steffen Seibert at a press conference ...
The Heinrich B枚ll Foundation has launched a website to accompany the German G20 presidency. The site offers feature articles, explanatory pieces, interactive maps and factsheets on the G20 issues. 鈥淲ell-founded information are crucial for honest public ...
04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
Reducing global emissions from transport sector is key to limiting climate change, and G20 countries are responsible for the lion鈥檚 share, according to a study by the German government's international development agency (GIZ) and transport think tank ...
The G20 must resolutely advance and implement both the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a special report by German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), an independent scientific advisory body. The nations ...
Global business leaders including Kurt Bock, CEO of German chemical giant BASF, have called on G20 governments to up their efforts on climate protection, Cordula Tutt writes in WirtschaftsWoche. Bock, who heads the B20 Energy, Climate & Resource ...
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney urged Germany to use its G20 presidency in 2017 to make progress concerning green financing in emerging economies. "The upcoming German presidency of the G20 now has a historic chance to mainstream climate finance ...
07 Aug 2019, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang International 91tv Germany has to step up its climate ambitions so Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn鈥檛 travel to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September empty-handed, according to Climate ...
Climate and Energy have been the most debated G20 topics discussed on social media on the first day of this year鈥檚 summit in Hamburg according to data provided by the Press and Information Office of the German Government. The office counted 16,881 posts ...
The G20 should boost the innovative strength of industry and accelerate technology development, so that it can 鈥渕ake its maximum contribution to climate protection,鈥� writes Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and CEO of BASF, and ...
01 Jul 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel can still hope to achieve substantial progress in climate protection as she enters difficult talks with the leaders of the world鈥檚 largest economies at this week鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg, John J. Kirton ...
Climate risks have to be included in company reports, writes Peter Wolff, head of department World Economy and Development Financing at the German Development Institute (DIE), in a guest article in Frankfurter Rundschau. The move was demanded by ...
The G20 summit鈥檚 G19 outcome on climate is 鈥渜uite acceptable鈥� as Donald Trump was unlikely to change his mind on pulling out of the Paris Agreement, writes Christoph Seidler for Spiegel Online. Little has therefore changed as the countries鈥� commitments ...
The G20 Sustainability Working Group under German leadership aims to develop a 鈥�G20 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 ...
Foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to 鈥渄emonstratively foster multilateral cooperation鈥� with the G20 foreign minister meeting in Bonn- but concrete outcomes are unlikely, writes Stefan Braun in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淢ission saving the earth鈥檚 ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not want to be US President Donald Trump鈥檚 opponent, but she is, writes Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭his could pay off in terms of domestic politics,鈥� as other ...
Convening in Argentina, ministers from the G20 鈥� a group of both developing and developed countries, including Germany 鈥� are discussing fossil fuel extraction, the digitalisation of energy markets, and the transparent handling of data, according to dpa in ...
A joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency, on investment needed by 2050 to transform the world鈥檚 energy supply in line with Paris Climate Agreement targets, shows competing visions of a clean energy ...
Social Democratic (SPD) head of the federal parliamentary group Thomas Oppermann called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to forge a 鈥�19:1 alliance鈥� against US President Donald Trump on climate policy, reports news agency dpa. In a speech in the German ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:40 Jack McGovan International Zeit Online / 91tv German聽chancellor Olaf Scholz called 2023 a potential turning point in the fight against climate change, reports Zeit Online. "2023 could be a defining moment," he ...
Environmental NGO WWF Germany is calling on the G20 finance ministers to show a clear commitment to climate protection at the upcoming meeting in Washington, DC., after they聽 made no mention of the issue in the communiqu茅 that followed their last meeting. ...
The G7 and G20 summits provide European leaders with the opportunity to carefully 鈥減ush the Trump administration to take a stance on climate鈥�, write Sara Stefanini and Andrew Restuccia for Politico. German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 visit to the White ...
The German government tried to bring climate and sustainable development into the mainstream of international politics at the G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in light of leadership changes in several member states, writes Irene Quaile for Deutsche ...
The G20 leaders must show readiness for compromise at the Hamburg summit, 鈥渨ithout bending their own positions too much鈥�, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her opening remarks to leaders of the world鈥檚 largest economies, ahead of the first ...
The G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging countries have agreed on a joint communique at the summit in Hamburg, though leaders had still to iron out one last 鈥渨rinkle鈥� in the climate section, news agency Reuters reported, citing an EU official. ...
The city of Hamburg, host of this week鈥檚 G20 summit, has joined the international network Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, according to a press release. 鈥淐ities and communities are key to reaching international climate targets. Especially after ...
In a telephone call, US President Donald Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he wants to help her make the G20 summit in Hamburg this week a success, according to the White House, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Before the phone call, Merkel ...
It is impossible to predict the climate policy results of the G20 summit in July after the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, said German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert in an interview with public radio broadcaster NDR 90,3. But it is ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 91tv The German government wants to build on last year鈥檚 G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
Despite the outcome of last week鈥檚 G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, a consensual statement by all leaders 鈥渟hould be the aspiration鈥� for the G20 summit in Germany in July, said Lars-Hendrik R枚ller, Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 economic advisor and the ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have vowed to work together closely at the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg to further shared goals and overcome diplomatic difficulties with third countries. During a visit in Berlin, Xi said ...
If climate action and renewables growth are constrained under the new US administration, the EU must step up its efforts and join forces with China and India, according to a joint report by Allianz Climate Solutions, NewClimate Institute and Germanwatch. ...
Germany no longer is among the countries most engaged in advancing climate protection, Werner R盲tz, co-founder of global justice group Attac Germany says in an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau. This year鈥檚 G20 host is advancing its energy transition ...
鈥淐limate change and the challenge of defending multilateralism in an era of Trumpian protectionism has finally given Germany a global leadership role,鈥� writes Jennifer Tollmann in a blog article for E3G. US president Donald Trump鈥檚 rejection of the ...
The German development ministry (BMZ) has concluded so-called reform partnerships with three African countries that include expanding the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency, the BMZ said in a press release. Tunisia, Ivory ...
Experts and green groups are urging Germany to set a target year for the G20 nations to phase out hundreds of billions of dollars in state subsidies to polluting fossil fuels, writes Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. As host of next year鈥檚 ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 role in international climate protection demonstrates that the energy transition can be an economic success story, state secretary in the economy ministry (BMWi) Rainer Baake said at the presentation of the International Energy Agency鈥檚 (IEA) ...
G20 member states are beginning to decarbonise their economies, but the required investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the 鈥渨ell below 2掳Celsius鈥� global warming reduction target will be 鈥渕issed by a wide margin鈥�, according to the Brown to Green ...
G20 member states are beginning to decarbonise their economies, but the required investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the 鈥渨ell below 2掳Celsius鈥� global warming reduction target will be 鈥渕issed by a wide margin鈥�, according to the Brown to Green ...
The German government wants to make climate change a central topic at the upcoming G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in Bonn and is ready to challenge the new US administration on the issue, report Brian Parkin and Patrick Donahue for Bloomberg, citing ...
The G20 group of countries, whose energy ministers are going to meet in Beijing this week, are responsible for around 75 per cent of global energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. State secretary Rainer Baake, who is going to ...
The Paris Climate Agreement is unlikely to be the right way to reach the goal of limiting global warming, according to the federal economy ministry鈥檚 independent academic advisory board, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). In a ...
Germany passed on the presidency of the Group of Twenty major economies to Argentina on 1 December, the federal government said in a press release. Government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said the G20 had delivered important results in 2017, demonstrating ...
Germany did 鈥渁 fantastic job鈥� working for climate protection at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July, said former US Vice President Al Gore in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淚 admire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leadership,鈥� said Gore. 鈥淐hancellor [Angela] ...
22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
After the G20 summit in Hamburg, the governments of France and Germany should use the joint Ministerial Council meeting in Paris to establish the two countries as the 鈥� energy transition motor of the European Union 鈥�, writes Andreas Kuhlmann, chief ...
The European Union, together with China, Canada 鈥渁nd other important partners鈥� must take on a leadership role in international climate policy, after the US announced that it would pull out of the Paris Agreement, environment minister Barbara Hendricks ...
The German federal government proposes a partnership on resource efficiency for G20 member countries. 鈥淲e need a strong partnership of all large economic powers so that we don鈥檛 keep exceeding our planet鈥檚 limits,鈥� said federal environment minister ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg will focus not only on the economic growth, but also on sustainable growth, Reuters writes, quoting a podcast of the Federal Press Office. "We've got to have a 'win ...
The wording on climate policies in the final G20 communiqu茅 was still not decided, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at a press conference after leaders met to discuss the issue. The 鈥渓arge majority鈥� of G20 members expressed their commitment ...
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 ...
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The leaders of the leading industrialised and emerging economies will discuss ways to funnel capital into financing climate measures at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 4 and 5, a German government official said on Tuesday. The Chinese ...
03 Jan 2022, 14:13 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would use its year-long presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), which began 1 January, 鈥渢o make this group of countries a trailblazer for a climate-neutral ...
The German government has published its 2016 version of the country鈥檚 sustainability strategy. 鈥淲ith the strategy, the federal government lays the groundwork for Germany to become one of the world鈥檚 most efficient and environmental-friendly economies by ...
14 Jun 2022, 08:55 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine will throw the agenda of the upcoming聽G7 summit off course, but it will not derail the climate focus host country Germany has set, political analyst Ella Kokotsis told 91tv. As a leading ...
The BRICS group of powerful emerging economies add pressure on US President Donald Trump by urging an implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement at the G20 summit in Germany, news agency Reuters reports. In a joint communiqu茅 issued by the Russian ...
The US negotiating team is 鈥渨orking hard to water down鈥� climate texts for the upcoming G20 summit at the preceding negotiations,聽said International Executive Director at Greenpeace Jennifer Morgan at the Global Solidarity Summit in Hamburg. It is ...
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15 Jan 2025, 11:45 91tv Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
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 ...
The presidency of this November鈥檚 UN Climate Change Conference, the government of Fiji, is 鈥渧ery optimistic鈥� about the outcome of COP23, while the US administration still has not decided on its international climate policy positions. 鈥淭he rest of the ...
13 Jan 2022, 14:11 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Industry G20 & G7 91tv Germany should use its G7 presidency to push for more ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chief climate diplomat Karsten Sach has stressed the need for China and Germany to show joint 鈥減ragmatic鈥� leadership in climate protection in light of new disorder in international climate diplomacy following the decision of US President Donald ...
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), the party foundation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU, has compiled and updated an overview of private-sector involvement in financing climate protection in the G20 countries. Find the report ...
A standstill can still be considered a success during Donald Trump鈥檚 time as US president, write Malte Kreutzfeld and Ingo Arzt in an article for tageszeitung (taz). The G20, which isolated Trump on climate, did not bring progress to global climate ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:57 Aniket Narawad Storage Technology International 91tv Germany is set to join the Global Battery Alliance, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. Highlighting the critical role of batteries ...
This year鈥檚 G20 summit was not a major step forward in solving the climate problem, yet it did not result in a major clash with US President Donald Trump either, Brigitte Knopf writes in the T20 blog, an initiative led by the German Development Institute ...
The Hamburg summit must send out the clear signal that the 鈥渙verwhelming majority鈥� will now implement the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥� with or without the US, says environmental NGO Germanwatch in a press release. 鈥淭he G20 has a special responsibility for ...
The EU needs to take a leadership role in addressing fossil fuel subsidies and the G20 platform is 鈥渁n obvious way for EU leaders and ministers to showcase their efforts and actions to eliminate鈥� them, writes Maeve McLynn, finance and subsidies policy ...
06 Jul 2017, 00:00 With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, China and Germany are making a very public display of leadership on climate protection and transition to green energy. The export heavyweights are eager to keep the global economy on track ...
More than 30 foundations from eight countries have initiated the Foundations Platform (F20) 鈥渢o further shape the political discourse on future sustainability measures before, during and after the G20 summit鈥澛� on聽7-8 July聽in Hamburg. The goal is to ...
14 Jun 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 Science ministers of the G7 countries have agreed on a number of measures to promote greater climate change research, CO2 removal and protection of the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus. A meeting in Frankfurt on ...
17 Jun 2022, 08:50 The German government鈥檚 G7 agenda has been thrown off course by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, but chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is determined to keep climate policy as a top priority for the summit of the seven large economies in ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:52 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv Efforts to replace fossil fuel imports from Russia must be accompanied by an "even stronger adoption of policies embracing the transition to decarbonisation and the green economy, ...
18 May 2022, 12:25 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv Development ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) are meeting in Berlin on 18-19 May to discuss the German G7 presidency鈥檚 plans for so-called Just Energy ...
Coal-fired power generation 鈥渓ooks set to remain the backbone鈥� of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply, writes Vera Eckert for Reuters. This contrasts with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 international ambition as climate protection role model, she adds. Read the article ...
Germany will release a G20 plan on addressing climate change next week, which will outline how member states can lead by example to implement the Paris Agreement, report Joe Ryan and Brian Parkin for Bloomberg. Germany was 鈥渢aking cautious steps ...
16 May 2022, 13:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv Foreign ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) have committed to supporting emerging and developing countries in their endeavour to transition towards climate ...
22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:00 Climate is planned to figure high on the agenda as leaders of the G7 democratic economies come together in a remote castle with picturesque views of alpine peaks in southern German state Bavaria. The German presidency has promised to ...
24 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal G20 & G7 91tv The Group of Seven (G7) large industrial democracies can be a key forum for 鈥減ioneering new cooperation鈥� on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), wrote researchers from Germany and ...
12 Jan 2022, 12:00 As some of the richest democracies in the world, the Group of Seven (G7) have the opportunity to strike a 鈥済rand bargain鈥� with developing nations on combatting climate change at the same time as health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Representatives of industry, civil society and science call for an internationally coordinated price system for CO鈧� emissions in a guest commentary in Die Zeit. The Federation of German Industries (BDI), environmental NGO Germanwatch and the Mercator ...
26 Jun 2019, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Coal Cost & Prices 91tv The largest part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government support to coal and coal-fired power production and consumption goes to measures focusing on the transition away from the fossil fuel, ...
With federal elections coming up in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel 鈥渘eeds some sort of win on climate change at the G20鈥�, Andrew Light, a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI) told the Washington Post. Things will 鈥済et interesting鈥� at ...
China, Germany, Denmark, Mexico and other countries plan to form an international Energy Transition Coalition this year 鈥渇or accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future鈥�, writes International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in a press ...
G20 states鈥� annual investments in renewable energies must almost double compared to 2015 levels to carry out measures needed to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, according to the Allianz Climate and Energy Monitor 2017 by Allianz Climate ...
Due to its inner unity, reliability and common interests like free trade and climate protection, China has become the most important G20 ally for Germany, besides other EU states, writes Finn Mayer-Kuckuk for Frankfurter Rundschau. Major topics of dispute ...
Canada鈥檚 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disputed a report by German weekly Der Spiegel which claimed he proposed to strike the references to the Paris Agreement from the upcoming G20 communiqu茅 in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淣o, ...
11 Mar 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv Some countries are likely to wait and see whether U.S. President Donald Trump wins another four years in office in November before committing to stepping up their ...
The United States鈥� insistence to include a reference to fossil fuels in the section on climate policy in the G20 communiqu茅 remains the final sticking point to finish the document, news agency Reuters reported. Sources close to the process confirmed to ...
Climate policy should be integrated with the G20 finance ministers鈥� agenda in order to stay below the 2 degrees Celsius guardrail set in the Paris Agreement, a team of authors including Ottmar Edenhofer, director of Mercator Research Institute on Global ...
22 May 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel International G20 & G7 91tv Researchers, NGOs, and media commentators have criticised the German and Japanese governments for what they say is a weak outcome on climate policy at the Group of Seven (G7) ...
13 Jun 2024, 13:30 This year's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, to be held in a secluded luxury resort in the Puglia region on 13-15 June, has been largely sidelined in the country's public discourse as the focus is firmly on the campaign for ...
The T20 group of international think tanks are hoping for 鈥淕17, G18, G19鈥� solution on the disputed issue of climate protection, where 鈥渨e know that some of us are moving in the wrong direction鈥�, but the rest grew closer together in their push forward, ...
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 鈥渃limate club鈥� and new ...
Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement will be challenging, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.聽 She said at the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this was already evident at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 present work on a Climate Action Plan. All ...
11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
The United States鈥� delegation successfully pushed for significant changes to the G20 climate and energy action plan draft during working group negotiations, reports Arthur Neslen for Climate Home. The latest draft of the plan, which was initiated by the ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:13 Italy has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) large democratic economies, but its positions on climate policy often remain ambiguous, says Luca Bergamaschi, co-founder of the think tank Ecco Climate. He ...
New guidelines for the industry in the German government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 bear traces of a planned economy, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. He cites measures such as expanding the area of arable land reserved for ecological ...
US President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to take the country out of the international Paris agreement on climate has harmed global trust and will also hurt the US economy, German environment minister Barbara Hendricks told company leaders at a conference on ...
15 Nov 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Reuters The G7, along with Norway and Denmark, have announced a 20 billion U.S. dollar partnership to support Indonesia in moving away from fossil fuels and speeding up its energy ...
Foreign minister Heiko Maas said that Germany would be dedicated to dealing with climate change-related conflict risks should the country be elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2019/2020, reports the AFP news ...
Special national targets for climate protection are 鈥渃ounterproductive鈥� and should be abolished, writes the Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in a concept paper on the EU energy market. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) should ...
The G20 foreign ministers will have to talk about global warming at their meeting in Bonn, as climate change increasingly is a threat to world peace, writes Christoph Bals of environmental NGO Germanwatch in a guest article for Zeit Online. 鈥淭he intensity ...
23 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germany is heading into a year filled with international top-events and elections that will determine the future course of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project. The uncertainties about the new US administration and the exact details of ...
A determined transition to carbon-free energy production in Germany is crucial for the Paris Agreement to become a success, according to the environmental NGO Germanwatch. Signatories would have to make sure that the agreement is swiftly implemented- with ...
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hopes to engage developing countries in mobilising green finance projects with a new investment platform, according to NAMA News. Around 25 countries involved in the 鈥渄ialogue鈥� ...
The United States' 鈥渟hort-sighted and irresponsible鈥� withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has prompted the G20 engagement groups to call on the remaining G19 member states to 鈥渃onvincingly show their willingness to implement the deal鈥� at the upcoming ...
27 May 2022, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang International G20 & G7 91tv Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
A study by the influential Pew Research Center has found that confidence by citizens around the world in the leadership skills of German Chancellor Angela Merkel decisively outweighs that in US President Donald Trump. While 42 percent of respondents in 37 ...
05 Jan 2017, 00:00 The year 2017 will be filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. In addition to presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
16 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 role as host of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg will not be easy should the US administration decide to pull out of the Paris Agreement, because other countries 鈥� 鈥渢he eternal laggards鈥� 鈥� would 鈥渞elapse into old blockade ...
A global emissions trading system would be the ideal instrument to fight climate change, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淚t would be best if damaging emissions had a price world-wide. A global carbon market would be an incentive for the ...
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks will travel to Washington from May 15-17 to meet her US counterpart, EPA head Scott Pruit, and talk about climate and environmental protection, the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) said in a press ...
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 ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Energy and climate cooperation, as well as countering migration, will be among the top priorities of Italy's G7 presidency this year. Led by prime minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's right-wing government will bring its ...
This week's G7 summit in Italy comes 鈥渁t the right moment" to talk about the Paris Climate Agreement with the US administration, but it will be a 鈥渃ontinuous dialogue鈥� in a long process until the G20 summit in Germany in July, said a German ...
Ill-advised legislation and an alienation of citizens from renewable investments put the success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition in jeopardy, Hans-Josef Fell writes for EurActiv. The country continued to be internationally celebrated for its Energiewende, ...
03 Dec 2018, 14:39 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 COP24 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The international community is failing badly to cooperate as needed to counter the rise in global temperature, writes Andreas Mihm in an ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would try to work on climate policy with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, reports news agency Reuters. At a meeting of her party (CDU), Merkel pointed out that ...
05 Jul 2017, 00:00 The pressure on Germany to take global leadership on climate action has been constantly mounting since US President Donald Trump decided to take the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. Ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg ...
Sustainability criteria, such as climate protection, are becoming more and more important for major companies, and new developments in data transparency increase the pressure on them to act accordingly, Jan Willmroth writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Former ...
21 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
The 鈥楾rump effect鈥� of right-wing populism and climate change scepticism could become an obstacle for the world's most advanced energy revolution in Germany, writes Aaron Wiener in the US magazine Mother Jones. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 broad consensus on the shift ...
02 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 ...
20 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
23 May 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to try and convince 鈥渄oubters鈥� of the urgent need to mitigate climate change. But environmental organisations said her credibility as 鈥淐limate Chancellor鈥� was severely damaged because Germany had ...
The significant increase of investments into renewables in G20 countries is insufficient to meet the Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 pledge to keep global warming well below two degrees Celsius, Klaus Stratmann and Silke Kersting write in Handelsblatt Global. ...
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 ...
03 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 ...
A global Energiewende is already underway, but world leaders should give it a further push at the upcoming G20 meeting in China, according to a WWF report. 鈥淎s the current level of coal in the mix remains a problem to be solved for Germany, the country ...
The governments of France and Germany have vowed to make cross-sectoral climate protection covering all areas 鈥渁 priority鈥� of their bilateral activities. In a joint statement by the Franco-German council of ministers, the countries鈥� leaderships said they ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel might enjoy global respect as 鈥渓eader of the free world鈥� but her current standing also warranted 鈥渁 more nuanced assessment鈥� of what her country 鈥渉as done and can do鈥�, Michael Br枚ning writes in an opinion piece for Politico ...
Pope Francis has urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand firm over international climate protection and protect the Paris Climate Agreement against dissenters, news agency Reuters reports. "The Pope encouraged me to continue to fight for ...
Germany and China reiterated their calls on the US administration to commit to international climate protection efforts and stay in the Paris Agreement at a climate conference in Berlin. Germany is currently trying 鈥渙n all levels鈥� to persuade the US ...
German finance minister Wolfgang Sch盲uble cited the fact that the large majority of G20 countries showed clear commitment to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement in the Hamburg summit talks as proof that the summit was a success. In an ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is determined to lead the climate negotiations at the G20 summit in Hamburg 鈥渋n a way that they serve the content and goal of the Paris Agreement鈥�, she said in a government declaration before the federal parliament. After ...
Even though renewable power is now cheaper than conventional fossil power in many countries, it would be wrong to assume global energy and climate policy will become 鈥渁 no-brainer,鈥� Brigitte Knopf, secretary general of the Mercator Research Institute on ...
29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
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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 ...
International efforts in the framework of the G20 to limit the effects of climate change will have to rely on wind power as a pillar of low-carbon energy generation, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) says in a press release. 鈥淎uctions for wind and ...
Germany is a reluctant global leader but persistently works on providing assistance to developing countries, not least in the energy sector, Catherine Cheney writes on international development website聽 devex.com. Effective development assistance must be ...
China and the USA ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement聽shortly before the start of the G20 summit in China proves that both countries now see more chances than risks in climate protection, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The move will ...
11 Dec 2023, 12:20 Italy aims to become an important player once again at the table of international climate negotiations, the country鈥檚 recently appointed special envoy for climate Francesco Corvaro said. The university professor and engineer said that ...
12 May 2022, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Society G20 & G7 91tv / Die Zeit Several major environmental groups have urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to step up the country鈥檚 climate action efforts and make the topic a priority of the G7 ...
A rule of thumb in international environmental policy so far has been that it will move forward as long as the US and China agree 鈥� 鈥渂ut this rule seems to have become obsolete鈥�, Jan Heidtmann writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. At the latest G7 summit, as ...
Environmental and development NGO Germanwatch is 鈥渞elieved鈥� that all leaders except US President Donald Trump clearly committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and there was no 鈥渨eakening or re-interpretation鈥� of the accord, the organisation writes in a ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel EU G20 & G7 91tv Climate action tops the agenda of the German presidency of the G7 group of influential economies, which the new economy and climate ministry aims (BMWK) to use to improve greenhouse gas ...
11 Mar 2022, 13:45 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Security G20 & G7 Clean ...
19 Jan 2022, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen G20 & G7 Germany will use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies this year to turn the group into 鈥渁 nucleus of an international climate club,鈥� said German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the ...
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 ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 91tv The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
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 ...
23 Mar 2022, 12:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany has a key role to play when it comes to getting governments across the world on board for the transition away from fossil fuels, said the country鈥檚 new state ...
According to a government official, Germany wants the 8-9 June G7 summit, to be held in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, to issue a joint communiqu茅 that also covers climate and energy-related issues. In light of the US鈥� position, agreeing on a ...
24 May 2019, 13:24 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Spiegel Online The goal of becoming a ...
21 Jan 2022, 18:40 The German government wants to use this year鈥檚 presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialised nations and democracies to improve the coordination of global efforts to combat climate change. 鈥淲e want to achieve that no ...
01 Mar 2019, 13:43 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels International 91tv A majority of ...
13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
The chief of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 chancellery, Peter Altmaier, has said that while Germany is intent on meeting its 2020 emissions-reduction goals, it was not clear it would succeed. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know if we鈥檒l make it,鈥� Altmaier said at the debate ...
The governments of China and Germany have vowed to intensify their joint efforts in global climate diplomacy and in upholding free trade, as well as in the development and rollout of energy transition technologies, the German government says in a press ...
06 Jan 2021, 13:19 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The new US ...
06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
17 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 ...
23 May 2022, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International G20 & G7 91tv The burgeoning global trade in green hydrogen risks becoming an environmental and social burden in producing countries, and the G7 must take steps to ensure it will ...
20 Jun 2022, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels G20 & G7 91tv The question of how to replace natural gas supply from Russia will play an 鈥渆normous role鈥� at upcoming leaders鈥� summits of the European Union, the G7 and NATO, said a German ...
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 ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
01 Jun 2017, 00:00 According to several US media reports, the Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The US President said on Twitter he would announce his decision on Thursday. The USA would be the first country to ...
04 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Policy Zeit Online The Climate Action Law proposed by ...
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 ...
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 ...
20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet鈥檚 role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 criticism of the current US administration鈥檚 stance on the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as her call for greater European assertiveness, have met with broad support from German politicians and business representatives, ...
30 Apr 2020, 12:37 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International ...
04 Apr 2022, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Cars Finance Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A group of Volkswagen shareholders pushes Europe's largest carmaker to reveal its emissions regulation lobbying, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Seven institutional ...
27 Jun 2022, 19:30 The leaders鈥� meeting at Schloss Elmau in the German Alps is set to be a 鈥渉istoric鈥� G7 summit, says political analyst John Kirton. Never before has a summit of the G7 summit faced such a simultaneously unfolding and severe set of ...
27 May 2022, 13:31 The Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) has committed to making their electricity systems 鈥減redominantly鈥� carbon-free by 2035, but stopped short of setting a concrete date for exiting coal. Following their meeting in ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Ecologic Institute ...
02 Jun 2017, 00:00 President Donald Trump has announced that he will pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. The USA will be the first country to leave the seminal 2015 treaty signed by nearly 200 individual nations that agreed ...
23 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. " ...
30 May 2022, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU Der Tagesspiegel / 91tv The German foreign ministry鈥檚 special envoy for international climate action, former Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan, has said she supports the idea of higher import ...
10 Dec 2020, 11:02 With the EU presenting its Green Deal implementation packages next summer, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 autumn election will be a climate election, says Christoph Bals, Policy Director at NGO Germanwatch. He has a long list of changes that the new ...
21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
22 Apr 2021, 10:00 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil ...
18 Jul 2019, 13:36 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Policy German Institute for International and Security ...
15 Dec 2016, 00:00 An expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German energy transition warned the country will probably miss its 2020 emission targets and other crucial Energiewende goals, threatening the entire project鈥檚 credibility. ...
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 ...
25 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year鈥檚 international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn. The conference will be about establishing the trust in mutually agreed rules on climate protection, says Carsten Rolle, head of the energy and climate policy ...
09 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 international ...
07 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germany must urgently step up its CO2 reduction efforts immediately after the upcoming elections if it wants to prevent a spectacular miss of its 2020 climate targets, according to think tank Agora Energiewende. Instead of reducing ...
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 ...
03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
20 May 2020, 13:44 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:57 Germany will continue to aim to provide 6 billion euros annually in funds to developing countries for climate mitigation and adaptation by 2025, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said. The government would do so despite a recent ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 German-Turkish relations might be at a low-point in many respects but when it comes to climate politics, Germany will try to keep the country on side during the COP23 summit in Bonn. Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, ...
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 ...
13 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany should implement a national tax on carbon emissions in order to meet its own emission reduction targets in the an efficient and straight forward way, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) proposed based on a study by ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:47 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Renewables Business International Allianz / Germanwatch Germany has ceded its position as the G20鈥檚 most attractive market for renewable energy investments to its neighbour France, the Climate ...
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 2024, 15:30 Politicians and civil society from Germany have said that the agreement on future climate finance at the UN climate change conference COP29 shows that international cooperation has prevailed even in a challenging geopolitical context. ...
16 Nov 2015
16 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online 鈥淕rid Agency: About 350,000 households had their power cut off鈥� The number of power cut-offs in Germany rose by two percent to a new record in 2014, reports Spiegel Online. According ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
14 May 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv A quarter of people in Germany either already have or plan to install a mini solar module on their balcony or in their garden, found a survey by comparison portal Verivox. Around nine percent of ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 91tv Importing shipped green hydrogen from Africa could be more expensive for Germany than previously thought, according to a joint study by TU Munich, Oxford University and ETH ...
20 Mar 2025
20 Mar 2025, 14:00 91tv Team AP: Jury finds Greenpeace USA must pay over $660 million in case over Dakota Access protest activities NGO plans to appeal and had said earlier that a large award to the Texan pipeline company could threaten to bankrupt the ...
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 ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Business & Jobs Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung French energy company TotalEnergies says it plans to stay on its expansion course in Germany, welcoming the CDU/CSU and SDP coalition deal that will continue ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 91tv Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa鈥檚 energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe鈥檚 green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 91tv The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
14 Apr 2025
14 Apr 2025, 12:20 91tv Team UN: Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions聽 Under new system, ships exceeding emissions limits need to acquire remedial units to offset excess pollution. BBC: Race to keep furnaces burning at British Steel ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Renewables Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), which is currently run by the Greens, who will likely not be part of the new coalition government, has presented ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The cost of buying and running a new gas boiler in Germany is predicted to be twice as high as a heat pump over a 20-year period, according to a report by non-profit ...
20 Feb 2025
20 Feb 2025, 10:16 91tv Team Carbon Brief: Profile: Germany The nation with both the most renewable power and the highest emissions in Europe. Agora Energiewende: Update FAQ on Germany's Energiewende An interactive dashboard with data and FAQs on the ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Digitalisation Der Spiegel Almost 500 of the 879 companies that operate metering points in Germany are still to install their first smart meter, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The Federal Network ...
10 Jan 2025
10 Jan 2025, 10:21 91tv Team Copernicus Climate Change Service: 2024 鈥� a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, ...
01 Apr 2025, 12:20 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 91tv / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
19 May 2025, 17:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Policy 91tv [UPDATE adds quotes by minister Reiche, Commissioner Ribera] The new German government should largely adopt the previous government's plans for building new gas power ...
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 ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Der Spiegel / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carmakers have fallen behind competitors from Japan and the US in sales and profits throughout 2024, an analysis by consultancy EY has found. Volkswagen, ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Grid Zeit Online Amid the phase-out of coal power, Germany plans to install new gas-fired power plants as a backup for renewable energy sources. Economy minister Katherina Reiche announced at a party convention of ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥�, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
07 Apr 2025
07 Apr 2025, 13:36 91tv Team International Energy Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 91tv Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars dpa / WirtschaftsWoche While sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled recently, the share of citizens who would consider buying one in the future has risen considerably, a survey ...
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 May 2025, 12:41 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Transport 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has agreed on the country鈥檚 first ever聽 pedestrian transport strategy 聽that aims to strengthen walking as a sustainable and healthy way of getting around. Transport ...
16 May 2025, 13:10 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices ...
03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 91tv Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
14 Nov 2018, 14:13 A new government report detailing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 failure to cut emissions increases pressure on the country鈥檚 coal commission to agree on a speedy phase-out plan. Work in the coal commission enters a critical stage for climate protection ...
20 Dec 2024
20 Dec 2024, 12:00 91tv Team Ember: EU generated record 30% of electricity from wind and solar in first half of 2024, surpassing fossil fuels for first time Ember's 2024 review shows highlights of energy transition's development. The Guardian: & ...
03 Apr 2025
03 Apr 2025, 10:35 91tv Team Reuters: Deutsche Bank-owned asset manager DWS fined 鈧�25 million for greenwashing German prosecutors have fined asset manager DWS 25 million euros after a lengthy probe found the firm guilty of greenwashing, or making ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said in聽 its draft election campaign programme 聽that it aims to ensure the country is competitive in industry ...
18 Dec 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Primary energy consumption in Germany dropped to a new low in 2024 amid聽warmer weather, a continued weakness of the country鈥檚 economy, and ongoing efficiency gains, the Federation of ...
14 Feb 2025, 13:20 Bennet Ribbeck Society Elections & Politics 91tv A climate strike in Berlin by the youth movement Fridays for Future (FfF) ahead of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election at the end of next week ended up attracting far fewer ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
27 May 2025, 12:17 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Technology WirtschaftsWoche In view of the massive energy capacity needed for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, German energy company RWE is calling for government support to ensure the German ...
17 May 2018, 00:00 Germany must ensure a "just Energiewende" by making sure the project remains affordable for all and provides high quality jobs, according to the 6 million-member trade union group DGB. The unions back 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate targets ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics ARD The leader of Germany's largest opposition party, Friedrich Merz, has ruled out helping the minority government of chancellor Olaf Scholz to get major policy projects across the line ...
19 May 2025
19 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team FT: Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable energy in EU legislation, ...
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 ...
21 Nov 2024
21 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team AP: Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe Of the total, 2,900 jobs would be lost in Germany, 800 in Britain and 300 in other European Union countries. Reuters: Volkswagen enters third ...
11 Oct 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry鈥檚 warning adds further ...
20 Nov 2024
20 Nov 2024, 09:53 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year鈥檚 CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
13 May 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has called for a wider reform of the system of fees that finance the country鈥檚 electricity grid and is considering an option where ...
31 Jan 2025, 13:06 Joey Grostern Carbon market Business EU 91tv Around three quarters of German companies are not able or only partially able to report emissions data from their suppliers outside of the EU, with two-thirds fearing that this ...
23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power capacity continued to grow apace in early 2025 after four gigawatts (GW) of new turbines were licensed in the first three months of the year, industry ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:13 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dts Significant parts of the population聽in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the expected cost increases in fossil heating and mobility due to carbon pricing, said Dirk ...
20 May 2025, 13:11 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A key plan by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily ...
12 Mar 2025
12 Mar 2025, 10:57 91tv Team Reuters: RWE, TotalEnergies agree long-term green hydrogen supply deal聽 Germany's top utility agrees to supply French oil major with around 30,000 t of green hydrogen a year from 2030, in one of the sector's biggest ...
27 May 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Energy consumption in Germany has seen a 鈥渟urprisingly strong鈥� increase in the first three months of 2025, an analysis by AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) has found. Consumption ...
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 ...
10 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025, 11:30 91tv Team E3G: Europe鈥檚 competitiveness push and what it means for climate action In its first 100 days, the European Commission has put into motion a series of flagship plans intended to boost the EU鈥檚 economy in difficult times. So ...
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 ...
28 May 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Homeowners in Germany installed more gas boilers than climate-friendly heat pumps when replacing their heating systems in 2024, though the gap is closing, found a report by the government ...
20 Aug 2024
20 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Austria submits 2030 climate plan late as Germany, Spain flout June deadline Just ten EU countries have submitted their long-term climate action plans to Brussels, with Austria being the most recent, as large ...
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 ...
23 Apr 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Transport Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must ensure that aviation can become climate-neutral within 20 years, which will require a plethora of policy initiatives, an alliance of ...
07 Dec 2015
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt 鈥淪till up in the air鈥� There are still many hurdles to an agreement in Paris and there is a real danger of disappointment, writes Klaus Stratmann in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
12 May 2025, 13:47 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Most people in Germany continue to be very concerned about the impact of global ...
03 Dec 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 91tv Germany's government cabinet is set to adopt a national circular economy strategy tomorrow (4 December), said the environment ministry. The ministry spells out targets ...
16 Apr 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars WirtschaftsWoche The tariff policies of US president Donald Trump are likely to lead to a massive drop in global automobile production, the CEO of German automotive industry supplier Mahle, Arnd Franz, has warned ...
10 Nov 2021, 17:04 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit.聽 91tv tracks the latest views and comments from ...
16 Sep 2024
16 Sep 2024, 12:13 91tv Team Bloomberg: Travel chaotic, damage mounts after Central European floods Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt Every second e lectric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Vol kswagen, while two out of three newly register ed e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 91tv A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 11:48 91tv Team Bloomberg: Porsche has nowhere to hide as Trump unleashes next tariff wave While Mercedes and BMW have some flexibility due to factories in the US, Porsche has no plants in North America. Bloomberg: German minister says Trump ...
09 Apr 2025, 13:20 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Handelsblatt The German government is concerned about the country鈥檚 oil refineries, which are facing the most serious crisis in decades caused by the rising cost of emissions, cheap fuel imports, weak demand ...
20 Sep 2024
20 Sep 2024, 09:15 91tv Team Bloomberg: Tesla could help far right secure win in German state vote Tesla鈥檚 first factory in Europe was supposed to revitalize the region near Berlin with thousands of jobs and millions in extra tax revenue. It succeeded on ...
04 Oct 2024
04 Oct 2024, 10:18 Julian Wettengel Politico: You could kill the EU, says France. No, you could, Germany replies. Macron and Scholz clash again over how to counter protectionist America and Chinese power. Bloomberg: New solar to meet most of Europe鈥檚 ...
15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 91tv Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company鈥檚 CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
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 ...
06 Dec 2024, 12:56 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 91tv Climate action has dropped in German voters鈥� priorities vs economic growth over the course of the past five years, according to a聽 survey 聽conducted by the Konrad Adenauer ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:22 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 91tv Households in Germany continue to pay higher energy prices compared to pre-energy crisis levels, price comparison website Verivox said on the three-year mark of Russia's war of ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 91tv The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government could threaten important energy transition projects across the country if no precautions are taken ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Reuters The German state secretary Jochen Flasbarth has said the government regretted the U.S. withdrawal from international partnerships to support major global polluters鈥� socially ...
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 ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Die Welt / 91tv A new round of purchase incentives for electric vehicles planned by the prospective next German government has aroused scepticism among the country鈥檚 car industry, ...
01 Apr 2025, 12:50 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Concern about the impact of climate change is rising, while fewer people feel individual action is needed to combat the problem, according to a survey in 32 countries on ...
20 Sep 2024, 12:19 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv The Deutschlandticket, a subscription public transportation ticket, likely contributed to a six percent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers using local bus and train services in ...
16 May 2025, 13:20 Expert BMUKN- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesminister f眉r Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Nuclear phase-out Policy Government ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 91tv NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has won separate greenwashing lawsuits against airline Lufthansa and apparel company Adidas on the grounds of misleading consumers with ...
21 Dec 2018, 11:58 The German government has said it will use its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to spotlight the security implications of climate change. After the recent shift in climate policy by some permanent ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:41 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal consumption continued its downward trend in 2024, helping to reduce the country鈥檚 climate-damaging CO2 emissions, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Industry International energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv German energy and industry representatives have expressed concern over the new tariff announcements by US president Donald Trump, ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:32 Joey Grostern Adaptation 91tv More workers are being exposed to heat stress across the world due to climate change, with Europe and Central Asia experiencing the largest rise in excessive heat exposure in 20 years, ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 91tv Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
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 ...
09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
20 Sep 2024, 12:17 Edgar Meza Mobility Policy Spiegel / NDR Germany's economy ministry has invited stakeholders to a car industry summit to discuss the current industry crisis, Spiegel reported. Representatives of the country's carmakers, the ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:20 Jack McGovan Storage Resources & Recycling 91tv Deep bodies of water in northern Germany have been found to contain large amounts of lithium that could be used to help produce batteries for the energy transition, ...
22 Jun 2017, 00:00 Germany's energy transition can only be successful if it is created by citizens themselves in a socially fair way, the Left Party writes in its election campaign programme. The Left is currently the largest opposition group in the ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background U.S. gas turbine manufacturer GE Vernova has expressed doubts about the plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
18 Nov 2024
18 Nov 2024, 13:20 91tv Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 would-be leader touts his recipe for a growth miracle Merz wants voters to back a distinctly pro-business agenda Political compromises may water down what he can achieve DW: Germany approves more ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 91tv More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute鈥檚 (IW) ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:38 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Policy 91tv The German government has started its largest green hydrogen import auction yet. For the first time, one portion of the tender worth 2.5 billion euros in total will be funded jointly by ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:41 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels 91tv The G7 group of industrialised nations failed on a 2016 pledge to phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" by 2025, according to a report commissioned by NGO Greenpeace ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:14 Edgar Meza Wind Security WirtschaftsWoche Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:47 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv / dpa / Handelsbatt Offshore wind farms in the German North Sea generated around eight percent more wind power last year compared to 2023, transmission system operator TenneT said. At 20.8 ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 91tv In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
13 Jan 2016
13 Jan 2016, 00:00 [Updates German industry association on energy policy] Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv Federation of German Industries (BDI) German industry association warns against German 鈥渟olo鈥� in climate, energy policy The ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:22 Joey Grostern Wind 91tv Germany looks set to exceed its 2030 onshore wind power target by 2.6 percent, according to an analysis by the Google-backed think tank Goal100. Considering the number of applications and permits for ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:45 Jack McGovan Electricity Heating 91tv Corrects third paragraph to specify share of heat pump sales compared to all heating sytems sold, a previous version of the article incorrectly stated this was the share of heat pumps ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:22 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv High energy prices have little influence on the transformation needs of most of the 100 companies on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 HDAX stock market index compared to four other ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Grid fees for users in urban and in rural areas of Germany have, for the first time, been brought to similar levels, according to price comparison website Verivox. After a nine ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Handelsblatt German transmission grid operator 50Hertz has called for a more balanced and careful approach when it comes to the further expansion of solar photovoltaics (PV), saying there is a risk of overloading ...
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 ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country鈥檚 existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:38 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Der Spiegel Most German citizens still believe the energy transition is ...
28 May 2025, 13:16 A higher court in Germany has set an important precedent, arguing that large global emitters can be held responsible for climate damages under the country鈥檚 civil law, legal experts representing environmental NGOs said. The court, ...
06 Jan 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Solar 91tv The German solar industry marked a milestone at the turn of the year, as the total capacity of all installed solar power systems surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW), said industry association BSW Solar. ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 91tv The absence of climate mitigation measures is the greatest threat to prosperity and security in Germany and Europe, a group of environmental organisations said in a joint ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:24 Joey Grostern Gas dpa / 91tv State-owned liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals on the North Sea at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsb眉ttel handled the majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 imported LNG last year, and operated at 65 percent capacity, ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:37 Jennifer Collins Cars 91tv / Handelsblatt Registrations of new plug-in electric cars in Germany fell by more than a quarter in 2024 compared to the previous year, while the average CO2 emissions of newly registered ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Gas Heating Handelsblatt Many gas grid operators in Germany have not decided yet whether to use the possibility to increase their fees now in order to protect their dwindling customers from a massive price hike in the ...
31 Jan 2025, 11:49 Joey Grostern Storage 91tv Almost 600,000 new stationary battery storage systems were installed across Germany in 2024, increasing the country鈥檚 storage capacity by 50 percent year-on-year, according to preliminary data ...
31 Jan 2025, 11:50 Joey Grostern Wind Society SWR A group of about 6,660 people are behind a slew of over 440,000 letters objecting to plans for wind farm developments in 40 areas in the Neckar-Alb region of Baden-W眉rttemberg, according to reporting from ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society 91tv The majority of people in Germany view renewable energies favourably, but many worry about costs associated with the energy transition and there are clear differences between the ...
18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
13 Jan 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background With just six weeks to go before 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliamentary elections in late February, several parties have specified their ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Handelsblatt Gas supply in Germany at the beginning of winter is stable and storage facilities are well stocked as the heating season gets underway, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The risk of a tight gas ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥� conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Heating Tagesspiegel Background Municipalities should expand their mandatory planning for future climate-friendly heating to encompass general energy distribution, think tank Agora Energiewende has proposed, ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Heating Cities 91tv District heating already supplies more than a third of houses in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three largest cities of Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, according to utility E.ON. In Munich and Hamburg, the share ...
04 Nov 2024
04 Nov 2024, 13:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shaky coalition heads for a 鈧�75 billion budget reckoning Top judges to scrutinize levy on high earners and businesses. The ruling could bring the fragile coalition to the brink of collapse. S&P Global: ...
11 Mar 2024, 12:52 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 91tv Corrected: The renewable share in energy consumption in 2022 was 20.8 percent and ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 91tv A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 91tv The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:17 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 91tv About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A proposal from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next chancellor for a 鈥渕oratorium on dismantling鈥� the remaining decommissioned nuclear reactors in the country has been met with reluctance ...
09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The German government is open to partnering with African countries on fossil gas projects, as well as blue hydrogen production (made from fossil gas, ...
08 Jan 2025, 10:08 Jennifer Collins Electricity Renewables 91tv The share of renewable energy in net public electricity generation in Germany in 2024 reached a record high of 62.7 percent, with solar power smashing government expansion ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv / pv magazine Spaces alongside German highways could be utilised better to build solar energy systems, with around 250,000 potential sites identified聽 in a report 聽by the Federal Highway Research ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market 91tv An energy system dominated by solar and wind energy does not require baseload power stations to guarantee supply security, German research academies聽 have said. 鈥淭he academy project ...
08 Sep 2017, 00:00 As the current legislative period draws to a close, The 91tv asked key stakeholders to review the last four years of German energy and climate policy 鈥� and tell us what they would like to see from the next government. ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥�, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new transport minister suggests the country is unlikely to face a profound policy overhaul to get the emission-intensive sector on track to meet ambitious 2030 climate targets. Long-serving conservative ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
20 Mar 2024, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 91tv One in two German utilities are finding it difficult to attract new employees, and four out of five companies in the sector expect the problem to worsen in the near future and slow ...
16 May 2025, 14:30 As Croatia goes to the polls for local elections on 18 May the green transition has been relatively absent in political campaigns. Citizen participation in the transition has picked up with the opening of the first large-scale solar ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Cars Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The CEO of German car manufacturer Mercedes, Ola K盲llenius, has called for more long-term subsidies for electric vehicles as demand weakens. By the end of the decade ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are due to go into operation before the winter in Germany, state-owned operating company Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) told news agency ...
02 Oct 2024
02 Oct 2024, 11:21 91tv Team Bruno Burger (Fraunhofer ISE): In the first three quarters of 2024, around 106 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted from electricity generation in Germany This is 15 per cent less than in the first three quarters of 2023 and ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / AP Government members and NGOs from Germany have welcomed the adoption of the EU nature restoration law by member states following months of delay. Member states on Monday gave their final ...
20 Dec 2023, 12:51 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv A sluggish economy saw primary energy consumption in Germany fall to a historic low in 2023, according to preliminary figures from energy data service AG ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating NDR The northern German city of Flensburg has commissioned one of the world鈥檚 largest seawater heat pumps to supply climate-neutral heat through its district heating system, reports regional public ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv The majority of employees in German companies are satisfied with the speed with which their employer is promoting sustainability efforts and say it is increasingly gearing its business ...
16 Aug 2024
16 Aug 2024, 10:08 Julian Wettengel Eurostat: EU economy greenhouse gas emissions:-4.0% in Q1 2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0 percent ...
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 ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:48 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Current plans for gas networks in European countries largely fail to account for the necessary decline in gas consumption in the coming years as states try to reach climate targets, according to a ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 91tv A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
06 Sep 2024, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 91tv Greenwashing-related incidents have an overall negative effect on company stock prices, but only once financial supervisory bodies intervene, according to a report by finance NGO Finance Watch ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Industry Handelsblatt / 91tv The break-up of the coalition government and insecure funding mean that it is unclear whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pioneering 鈥榗limate contract鈥� subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
23 Oct 2024, 13:27 Jennifer Collins Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / SWR Plans for a 2.75 billion euro聽cutting edge silicon carbide chip plant in Germany are up in the air, amid reports that construction聽has been put on hold indefinitely and that ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:41 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / Euractiv German environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) has slammed the EU member state governments' failure to consent to the bloc's Nature Restoration Law at today's (25 ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
18 Mar 2024, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry 91tv Germany will have to build a 4,800-kilometre CO2聽pipeline network at a cost of around 14 billion euros in order to decarbonise its cement, lime, and waste incineration industries, ...
15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Government 91tv The German government has approved its climate adaptation strategy to better prepare the country for dealing with extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, heavy ...
10 Oct 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv Germany should alter its current plans for a national carbon price for transport and heating fuel emissions and stick to a fixed price until the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition鈥檚 break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv New large scale batteries and hydrogen electrolysers could see their grid connection fee lowered in areas where there is surplus electricity, according to proposals made by ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 91tv Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making 鈥渟ignificant strides鈥�, according to a report by the ...
08 Nov 2017, 00:00 Talks in Bonn as technical as expected but also 鈥渦nexcited, friendly and positive鈥�, says German negotiator / Developing countries call for voluntary reporting / US should remain part of COPs / German taxpayers are financing the climate ...
09 Nov 2023, 14:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv One in every ...
24 Nov 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 network of charging points for electric cars is growing rapidly, according to utility association BDEW. 鈥淎s of 1 October, 113,112 public charging points with a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) ...
15 Oct 2024, 12:50 Jack McGovan Cars Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sales of cars from German manufacturers VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes in the EU, USA and China are 2.1 percent lower in 2024 so far than the same time period last year, despite ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥� result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 91tv Fourteen percent of German households are already putting their money into sustainable investments, while another 30 percent can imagine doing so in the future, a survey by the government-owned ...
18 Oct 2023, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Household consumers in Germany could be hit by rising electricity costs next year as distribution network operators increase their grid fees, energy software company ...
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 ...
20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen FAZ / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner, a Free Democrat (FDP), has proposed several tax exemptions for combustion engine cars that run exclusively on renewables-based ...
