In brief | 23 September '24
DW:
The "Deutschlandticket" monthly travel pass allows passengers unlimited trips on local and regional trains, trams and buses. Starting in 2025, the ticket will be 鈧�9 more expensive.
Reuters:
Norway's Equinor has scrapped plans to export so-called blue hydrogen to Germany because it is too expensive and there is insufficient demand, a spokesperson for the energy company said.
Bloomberg:
- German Economy Minister Habeck writes to EU Energy Commission
- EU is betting on hydrogen as key future source of green energy
CBC:
Berlin鈥檚 climate envoy Jennifer Morgan says Germany wants green energy from Canada 鈥� particularly hydrogen.
The Economic Times:
New Delhi and Berlin are enhancing cooperation in renewable energy, urban development, agroecology, and mobility.
Inside Climate News:
In his closing statement at last week鈥檚 presidential debate, Donald Trump made a blink-and-you-miss-it comment that earned a pointed response from the German government.
Politico:
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms, including a Clean Industrial Deal.
AP:
The U.N. General Assembly approved a blueprint Sunday to bring the world鈥檚 increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty.
Net Zero Tracker:
The report Net Zero Stocktake 2024 assesses the status and trends of net zero target setting across countries, subnational governments and companies.
International Railway Journal:
Similar to the German Deutschlandticket but "unlike the German version, which is valid on local and regional trains only, the Portuguese pass will also be valid for inter-city journeys."
Financial Times:
Fourteen institutions, including Citi, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, will pledge to support a goal to triple the world's nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
