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  • Youth climate movement drives public debate about policy

    Climate protests and their policy impact 16 Aug 2023, 11:11 After the youth climate movement was struggling to find resonance during the energy crisis, some activists turned to more drastic protests, such as motorway blockades and attacks on artworks. ...
  • 29 Apr 2021 |

    Climate cabinet to put Germany back on track for 2030 targets

    Chancellor Merkel's coalition government aims to agree on steps and climate action law 29 Apr 2021, 12:00 [UPDATE adds 2021 Consitutional Court ruling that Climate Law is insufficient due to lack of emission reduction targets beyond 2030] Chancellor ...
  • Vote25: 2030 climate and energy targets hinge on next German government

    Collapse of Scholz's coalition leaves unfinished policy business 23 Feb 2025, 21:00 The collapse of chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government led to snap elections in Germany in early 2025. Climate and energy policy played a major role in ...
  • 11 Sep 2019 |

    Europe's largest auto show pits climate protests against carmakers

    The energy transition closes in on German carmakers 11 Sep 2019, 09:14 This year's Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) pits a wave of climate protests against the car industry. Europe's largest car fair from 12-22 September also coincides with a crunch ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Vote21- German elections set the scene for key decade of energy transition

    Climate and COVID define campaigns as Merkel's era comes to an end 27 Sep 2021, 15:00 Germany is heading towards a three-party federal government with a significant climate action focus as the Social Democrats scored a thin victory in the federal ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    New German government charts cautious climate course for Europe's largest economy

    Germany on track for 2030 targets? 07 May 2025, 13:30 Germany's new coalition government has set out a steady but cautious path in climate and energy policy, committing to current EU targets but showing little ambition to go beyond. Chancellor ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    Germany's incoming coalition plans massive infrastructure boost via debt rule overhaul

    Building Germany's new leadership in the midst of a stagnating economy and geopolitical challenges 02 May 2025, 12:00 Germany is on course to get a coalition government composed of the conservative CDU/CSU alliance under chancellor candidate ...
  • 02 Apr 2025 |

    Skills shortage growing challenge for global energy transition

    Jobs for the energy transition 02 Apr 2025, 10:09 Energy systems around the world must be reshaped to meet the rising global appetite- while keeping the climate goals alive. But a growing lack of skilled workers threatens this transition. Financing ...
  • Climate and energy high on the agenda in 2024 EU parliament elections

    Worries over climate change effects and cost of living fears set scene for EU election campaign 10 Jun 2024, 15:00 In this year's EU parliament elections, citizens from across the European Union voted to shape the bloc鈥檚 climate and energy policy in ...
  • Legacy of East-West divide lives on in Germany's climate and energy debate

    Different histories, different attitudes, different incomes 鈥 one shared climate goal 25 Sep 2024, 08:49 The separation of Germany into East and West ended more than three decades ago, but the divide's legacy can still be felt today in many aspects ...
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  • 14 Aug 2023 |

    Fridays for Future criticise radical tactics of Last Generation climate activists

    14 Aug 2023, 13:00 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society Watson / Rheinische Post Germany鈥檚 Fridays for Future youth climate movement has renounced the more radical tactics (such ...
  • 17 May 2022 |

    Fridays for Future protests influenced parents, benefitted Green Party in German elections 鈥 researchers

    17 May 2022, 12:49 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Climate protests organised by the Fridays for Future movement directly helped the Green Party in German elections between 2019 and 2021 鈥 in part due to the influence of children on ...
  • 19 Mar 2021 |

    Fridays for Future holds strike across Germany, demands 1.5掳C action and gas exit

    19 Mar 2021, 13:36 Climate activists from the Fridays for Future movement across the world took to the streets on Friday for their seventh Global Climate Strike. In a year of multiple state elections and a federal election for Germany, activists in over ...
  • 17 Mar 2021 |

    Fridays for Future plans protests in 210 German cities to highlight 1.5掳C limit

    17 Mar 2021, 12:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics 威力彩玩法 Climate activists from the Fridays for Future movement across the world will take to the streets on Friday 19 March for their seventh Global Climate Strike. With the slogan ...
  • Fridays for Future pre-election climate protest in Berlin attracts far fewer participants than in 2021

    14 Feb 2025, 13:20 Bennet Ribbeck Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 A climate strike in Berlin by the youth movement Fridays for Future (FfF) ahead of Germany鈥檚 snap election at the end of next week ended up attracting far fewer ...
  • For German youth activists, climate justice means more than getting to net-zero

    27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
  • Germany should combine climate action with strong social policy 鈥 Fridays for Future leader

    12 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 political parties should combine climate protection ...
  • Fridays for Future activists call for 100-billion-euro climate fund for Germany

    13 Sep 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Activists from the Fridays for Future student group have called on the German government to set up a special fund for 鈥渕assive鈥 investments in climate action. 鈥淲e ...
  • 17 Apr 2020 |

    German Fridays for Future takes climate strike online

    17 Apr 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Society 威力彩玩法 Amid the coronavirus crisis, German Fridays for Future student climate activists are focusing on online activities for the announced聽 Global Climate Strike 聽on 24 April. The protesters are ...
  • 20 Sep 2019

    Massive Fridays for Future climate protests keep pressure on German govt

    20 Sep 2019, 12:55 Hundreds of thousands of people demanded rapid climate action at Germany's Fridays for Future protests, keeping public pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's government following the announcement of a broad action package to ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Fridays for Future accuses new German government of failing on climate promise

    11 Feb 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Society 威力彩玩法 The German Fridays for Future climate protest movement has said the new German government is nowhere near to implementing the policies necessary to address the climate emergency. "It's ...
  • 06 Aug 2024 |

    Gas drilling project in German North Sea faces renewed pushback from environmental groups

    06 Aug 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Gas Society 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt / NDR As a gas drilling project off the German North Sea island of Borkum advances, environmental organisations have renewed calls to shutter the new extraction site. Groups ...
  • 'We can accomplish this'- Fridays for Future pin hopes on EU elections

    22 May 2019, 16:37 Ahead of the European Elections from the 23rd 鈥 26th of May, organisers of the German Fridays for Futures see the election as a last chance to put climate at the top of the European Parliament鈥檚 agenda. 鈥淭his election will have a ...
  • 18 Jun 2019 |

    Germany faces new protests against coal and for climate action

    18 Jun 2019, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 威力彩玩法 Anti-coal activists and the student protest movement Fridays for Future are planning a series of demonstrations in Western Germany in the coming days. On Friday 21 June, Fridays For Future ...
  • 26 Mar 2025 |

    Amnesty condemns criminal association charges against climate activists in Germany

    26 Mar 2025, 13:43 Bennet Ribbeck Society 威力彩玩法 Human rights organisation Amnesty International and other NGOs have criticised official charges against members of the German Last Generation climate movement because of 鈥渟uspicion of forming a ...
  • Global Fridays for Future strike calls for climate action 2 days before German election

    24 Sep 2021, 13:13 Youth climate movement Fridays for Future called for a rapid transition to climate neutrality at its eighth global climate strike just two days before the German federal election. Protests took place in hundreds of German towns and ...
  • 14 May 2021 |

    German Fridays for Future activists take aim at financial sector

    14 May 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Finance Society 威力彩玩法 The youth climate activists from Fridays for Future are for the first time specifically targeting banks and other financial services companies for their involvement in ...
  • Youth organisations call for fair climate policy for all generations ahead of German elections

    06 Feb 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Twenty-seven youth organisations from the fields of climate, social affairs, trade unions, development, religion, civil protection, environment and sport have ...
  • German labour union calls on 2 million members to join climate strike

    06 Aug 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 service sector labour union Verdi has called on its 2 million members to join the global Fridays for Future climate strike on 20 September. 鈥淲e can only protect ...
  • Fridays for Future activists return to German streets ahead of national election

    17 Jun 2021, 11:48 La铆s Clemente Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The student climate protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) has announced to bring activists to the streets in 25 German cities on 18 June. As German COVID-19 ...
  • Fridays for Future movement gears up for German election year with protest

    25 Sep 2020, 14:04 With numerous protests across Germany, the Fridays for Future youth movement has taken aim at pushing climate action to the very top of the political agenda in the run-up to the country's general elections next year. The activists ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    Pandemic turns Fridays for Future activists into lobbyists

    11 Jan 2021, 13:51 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics Die Zeit Since the start of the pandemic, climate activists from Fridays for Future have shied away from organising mass demonstrations and turned to soft lobbying instead, Nele Spandick ...
  • 07 Mar 2019 |

    Scientists take a stance on school strikes for climate but could do more 鈥 opinion

    07 Mar 2019, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Tageszeitung The coming petition by hundreds of German scientists who openly support the school student movement Fridays for Future that calls for more rapid climate action is a laudable ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Climate strikes announced in more than 500 German cities on eve of UN climate conference

    27 Nov 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 More than 500 German cities will see protests for more ambitious climate action on Friday, 29 November, the activist movement Fridays for Future Germany has announced. The ...
  • 05 Mar 2019 |

    Hundreds of scientists in Germany back Fridays for Future climate school strikes

    05 Mar 2019, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Society 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background More than 700 scientists from German-speaking countries have signed a petition that explicitly backs students鈥 strikes demanding rapid climate action by the ...
  • Fridays for Future calls on next govt to introduce German CO2 budget in line with 1.5掳 target

    20 Oct 2021, 13:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Climate activists from Fridays for Future have presented a list of demands for the first 100 days of a new German government. The activists first and ...
  • 12 Mar 2019 |

    Researchers back 鈥Fridays for Future鈥 protests, global school strike planned for Friday

    12 Mar 2019, 14:06 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society dpa / Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 Students are expected to walk out of school in more than 1,000 cities around the world on Friday, as part of a global strike to demand action on climate ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    Greens and Fridays for Future denounce radical climate protests by Last Generation group

    13 Apr 2023, 12:59 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government dpa / Der Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 Ahead of a major protest in Berlin announced by the climate activist group Last ...
  • 17 May 2019 |

    Teenage Fridays For Future activist challenges German carmaker BMW at AGM

    17 May 2019, 13:00 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The 18-year old student and Fridays ForFuture activist Ferdinand Klemm has ...
  • 17 Aug 2020 |

    Merkel meeting with Thunberg must be more than symbolic act- activists

    17 Aug 2020, 13:40 威力彩玩法 Society dpa / die Welt / taz Germany鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with climate activists including Greta Thunberg and Luisa Neubauer on Thursday (20 August) to discuss climate policy,聽 dpa reports in an ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German service union under fire for joining climate activists鈥 strike

    03 Mar 2023, 13:16 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Expert Verdi ver.di Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Society taz / DLF / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German service sector labour union Verdi has come ...
  • 01 Mar 2024 |

    Climate protesters in Germany join forces with public transport workers to push for change

    01 Mar 2024, 14:06 At the height of its popularity just a few years ago, the climate protest movement Fridays for Future brought over a million people to the streets in Germany and across the world. Yet the movement now fights against losing relevance in ...
  • 08 Apr 2019 |

    Fridays For Future Germany presents set of climate action demands

    08 Apr 2019, 12:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Organisers of the German section of the 鈥Fridays For Future鈥 student climate protests have called for net zero emissions by 2035, a coal exit in 2030 and 100 percent renewables by ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Climate movement demands fossil fuel embargo, will strike on Friday

    23 Mar 2022, 12:35 Paul Gordon Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Climate activist group Fridays for Future (FfF) will stage its next global climate strike on Friday (25 March), calling not only for more action to prevent global warming but also ...
  • 15 Sep 2023 |

    German activists decry 鈥渨eakening鈥 of key climate law during global strike

    15 Sep 2023, 11:39 Aniket Narawad Policy Society 威力彩玩法 Climate activists in Germany have accused the government of watering down a key law to ensure emissions reductions during the global climate strike organised by the Fridays for Future ...
  • 19 Aug 2019 |

    Fridays for Future will leave its mark 鈥 study

    19 Aug 2019, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society The Fridays for Future student climate protest movement will leave its mark on society, independent of its eventual duration, according to a working paper by the Institute for Social Movement ...
  • 24 Jul 2020 |

    Fridays for Future announces new mass protests in Germany in September

    24 Jul 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 The climate activist movement Fridays for Future (FfF) has announced a new "global climate action day" on 25 September on which it will hold protest events in ...
  • 09 Jan 2020 |

    Climate activists up pressure on Siemens over Australian coal mine contract

    09 Jan 2020, 13:33 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Coal Industry 威力彩玩法 Germany's Fridays for Future student climate protest movement has increased the pressure on engineering conglomerate Siemens for its involvement in ...
  • Climate ambition dispute brews in Germany鈥檚 second biggest city Hamburg ahead of state election

    21 Jan 2025, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Cities Elections & Politics Die Welt The mayor of Hamburg has warned against burdening citizens with too ambitious climate targets, as Germany鈥檚 second largest city might be headed for a referendum on its emissions ...
  • Rise of radical actions risks dividing German climate movement 鈥 protest researcher

    15 Mar 2022, 10:46 More drastic forms of climate protest such as recent hunger strikes and motorway blockades risk widening the divisions within the German youth climate movement, says social movements researcher Dieter Rucht from the Berlin Social ...
  • 31 May 2022 |

    Fridays for Future leader accuses German Chancellor of likening climate activists to Nazis

    31 May 2022, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 威力彩玩法 / Die Welt Prominent German youth climate activist Luisa Neubauer has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of comparing 鈥渃limate activists to Nazis鈥, thereby trivializing the National ...
  • 29 Nov 2021 |

    German climate activists鈥 media image on the decline 鈥 analysis

    29 Nov 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Fridays for Future and other climate activist groups are losing sympathy in German media, according to an analysis by Media Tenor, der Spiegel reports. The institute looked at coverage of climate ...
  • 24 May 2019 |

    Fridays For Future: Students protest for climate action ahead of EU election

    24 May 2019, 17:25 Young climate activists across Europe took to the streets Friday to demand more ambitious climate action from politicians two days ahead of the main day of the EU elections. In Germany, 鈥Fridays For Future鈥 students protested in more ...
  • Fridays for Future鈥 strikes have expanded far beyond just students- study

    27 Feb 2020, 14:15 Rachel Waldholz Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / Der Spiegel Germany鈥檚 Fridays for Future climate strikes expanded over the course of 2019 as older protesters joined what began as a younger 鈥 and majority female- ...
  • 22 Dec 2022 |

    Hungary鈥檚 climate activists struggle to make their voices heard

    22 Dec 2022, 09:12 Hungary鈥檚 climate movement is struggling to build on the earlier success of the country's Fridays for Future student protests to make their voices heard. Nonetheless, many activists believe that spectacular acts of civil ...
  • Climate activists demand faster energy transition after flood disaster hits Germany

    23 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法, Welt Activists are protesting for better climate protection measures after ...
  • Entrepreneur initiative calls for fast, effective CO鈧 price, will join global climate strike

    22 Aug 2019, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 / Frankfurter Rundschau A German business initiative called "Entrepreneurs for Future" will join the global climate strike on 20 September and call for a ...
  • 30 Jan 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 Last Generation climate activists announce strategy change, ditch roadblock protests

    30 Jan 2024, 13:15 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy Wite / ARD Climate activist group Last Generation, whose members are famous for gluing themselves to roads to halt traffic, have announced that they will no longer use this ...
  • Merkel鈥檚 endorsement of climate strikes 鈥渉ypocritical鈥- teachers鈥 assoc

    20 Mar 2019, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Elections & Politics Tageszeitung (taz) Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 support for the climate school strike movement Fridays for Future is 鈥渉ypocritical鈥 because it pretends that the government has nothing to ...
  • 23 Mar 2020 |

    German Fridays for Futures leader warns against protests during corona crisis

    23 Mar 2020, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Germany and the rest of Europe means that the weekly Fridays for Future (FfF) protests for greater climate action need to be ...
  • 01 Mar 2019 |

    Young climate activist Greta Thunberg visits Germany for Friday school strikes

    01 Mar 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society dpa / Tagesspiegel The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says Germany鈥檚 school strikes for climate action give her 鈥渁 lot of hope,鈥 news agency dpa reports in an article in the ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Thousands of German students to join global strike for climate action

    14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Students in Germany and around the world are expected to walk out of school Friday for what is being billed as a 鈥済lobal strike鈥 to demand action on climate change. Organisers hope it will be the largest demonstration yet in the series ...
  • 30 Mar 2022 |

    Climate activists vow to resist demolition of town for German lignite mine expansion

    30 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Die Welt Climate activists from student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) have said they will resist the planned ...
  • 29 Mar 2019 |

    Greta Thunberg joins German students for climate protest in Berlin

    29 Mar 2019, 14:03 Swedish activist Greta Thunberg visited Berlin on Friday, joining thousands of young people who took to the streets in the most recent "Fridays for Future" school strike demanding more action on climate change. Protesters ...
  • 03 May 2019 |

    Constance becomes first German city to declare 鈥渃limate emergency鈥

    03 May 2019, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Policy Society Deutsche Welle The southern German city of Constance has become the first in the nation to pass a resolution declaring a聽 climate emergency, according to a Deutsche Welle report. The resolution, which was ...
  • 11 Mar 2019 |

    New parents鈥 group backs student climate protests in Germany

    11 Mar 2019, 14:17 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Deutsche Welle / Bild am Sonntag The weekly 鈥Fridays for Future鈥 school strikes have prompted a fierce debate in Germany over whether students should be ...
  • Fridays for Future plans climate strike in over 350 German cities ahead of election

    23 Sep 2021, 13:45 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Activists from student climate movement Fridays for Future plan to take to the streets worldwide and in over 350 German cities for a global ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Entrepreneur initiative from Germany joins Fridays for Future appeal for more climate action

    22 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 A group of more than 1,000 companies from Germany has joined the appeal by student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) for greater climate action efforts. Under the label ...
  • 21 Nov 2019 |

    Scientists should speak up if politicians ignore climate research 鈥 survey

    21 Nov 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Three out of four Germans say it is right for scientists to get involved in the climate policy debate if political decision-making does not take into account their research ...
  • 25 Aug 2021 |

    German election primer 鈥 Climate activists push parties to commit to 1.5掳C

    25 Aug 2021, 11:25 As Germany鈥檚 federal election in September draws closer, climate activists put pressure on all parties to back the 1.5掳C global warming limit outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement. After a year of continuous protests in 2019, the ...
  • Splits as Fridays for Future activists run for parliament

    25 Aug 2020, 13:29 Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics taz/ S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Several members of Fridays for Future (FfF) Germany have declared their intention to run for federal parliament, exposing divisions within the non-partisan climate ...
  • 16 Aug 2019 |

    Young Germans consider climate most important issue 鈥 survey

    16 Aug 2019, 12:14 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt ...
  • 08 Aug 2024 |

    Court bars energy firm from building power connection for gas platform in North Sea

    08 Aug 2024, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Society dpa / 威力彩玩法 A German court has temporarily banned the construction of an electricity connection needed to power a planned gas drilling platform in the Wadden Sea, a World Heritage Site in ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    Day 10 at COP26: Germany stresses need for both ambitious political outcome & strong rulebook

    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 威力彩玩法 tracks the latest views and comments from ...
  • 20 Sep 2019 |

    German coalition climate talks enter overtime

    20 Sep 2019, 10:25 Germany's highly anticipated future climate strategy remained uncertain on Friday morning as government coalition talks that lasted throughout the night were still ongoing. Negotiations between Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    German climate reform under legal attack from NGOs, opposition ahead of parliament vote

    25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Controversial plans by the German government to reform the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets faces legal challenges by NGOs and an opposition lawmaker ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Friday. ...
  • After protest visit, Thunberg continues to make waves in Germany

    01 Apr 2019, 14:09 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Politics Society Deutsche Welle / Spiegel Online / taz / dpa Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued to make waves in German media over the weekend, after she spoke to a crowd of thousands at ...
  • 03 Apr 2019 |

    Merkel calls for 鈥渞adical shift鈥 in German mobility sector

    03 Apr 2019, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Hydrogen Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a radical shift in mobility to ensure the country reaches its 2030 climate targets, reports news agency Reuters. 鈥淲e can only achieve this ...
  • 15 Mar 2019 |

    Students pour into Germany's streets in major climate protest

    15 Mar 2019, 18:19 Tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of students poured into the streets in cities across Germany to demand more action on climate change.聽It鈥檚 one of the biggest showings聽for the "Fridays for Future" movement, which has ...
  • 01 Nov 2022 |

    Chancellor Scholz criticises artwork targeting by climate activists

    01 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Society 威力彩玩法 German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised the actions of climate activists targeting artworks and blocking traffic by gluing themselves to streets. 鈥淭here are other ways in which people can ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    Plans to fast-track expansion of Germany's highway network spark resistance

    03 Feb 2023, 12:52 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & ...
  • 29 Oct 2020 |

    Protesters occupy Green Party headquarters in Berlin in bid to stop Autobahn expansion

    29 Oct 2020, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Society Berliner Zeitung / 威力彩玩法 Activists calling for a halt of a highway project have occupied the Green Party's headquarters in Berlin, arguing that the environmentalist party is complicit ...
  • 12 Jun 2019 |

    Climate activists chain themselves to Merkel鈥檚 fence, send keys to ministries

    12 Jun 2019, 13:37 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Deutsche Welle Urging the German chancellor to declare a climate emergency, campaigners from the global Extinction Rebellion movement chained themselves to the fence of Angela Merkel鈥 chancellery in ...
  • 19 Aug 2024

    In brief | 19 August '24

    19 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Expert: EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires By only focusing on firefighting without a prevention-focused holistic approach, it will be hard for the EU countries to face future ...
  • 10 Sep 2019 |

    Largest German Protestant state church body calls on members to join climate strike

    10 Sep 2019, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover 鈥 Germany's largest Protestant state church body 鈥 has called on its employees and members to join the planned global climate strike ...
  • 21 Jun 2023 |

    Climate activist coalition to target east German coal mine in Sunday protest

    21 Jun 2023, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Coal Society 威力彩玩法 A broad coalition of climate activist groups have said they will stage a protest at an opencast lignite mine in East Germany and call for a rapid end to coal this Sunday (25 June). 鈥淚t is ...
  • 18 Apr 2019 |

    How climate became Germany鈥檚 new culture war 鈥 opinion

    18 Apr 2019, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics New York Times For years, Germany has been embroiled in a cultural war over immigration, refugees and diversity, but the environment has also emerged as a deeply polarising issue that the ...
  • Merkel says would support stepping up 2030 EU climate targets

    23 Aug 2019, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she would back a Dutch proposal to significantly step up the EU's 2030 climate targets. She could "very well support" ...
  • 27 Jan 2025

    In brief | 27 January '25

    27 Jan 2025, 13:00 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: BASF 2024 earnings miss estimate by 1 billion euros on impairments Germany's top chemical maker BASF reported a drop in annual earnings below estimates on Friday (24 January), weighed by impairments on surface ...
  • 14 Oct 2020 |

    Fridays for Future study on net-zero 2035 lacks plausible pathways 鈥 energy agency

    14 Oct 2020, 15:14 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal ...
  • 23 Sep 2019 |

    While Germans wait for federal climate action, Berliners call for climate emergency

    23 Sep 2019, 10:34 After receiving more than 43,500 signatures on a petition in August, the Berlin House of Representatives will have to deliberate on a climate emergency status for the German capital. Forty German municipalities have already declared ...
  • 13 Sep 2019 |

    Mayor and climate activists' absence cast shadow over Europe's largest auto show

    13 Sep 2019, 13:21 Freja Eriksen Cars Frankfurter Rundschau / 威力彩玩法 Europe's largest auto show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main is turning into a聽 "PR fiasco" 聽for the German car industry due to climate protests and now a dispute with ...
  • Outgoing German govt鈥檚 climate and energy policy lacked master plan 鈥 legal expert

    07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 outgoing ...
  • 07 Jul 2022 |

    Critics blast EU Parliament鈥檚 taxonomy decision to label nuclear and gas 鈥榮ustainable鈥

    07 Jul 2022, 13:28 Edgar Meza Finance EU Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 The German government has joined environmentalists in condemning the European Parliament鈥檚 decision to support the inclusion of nuclear and gas power plants in the list of ...
  • 06 Aug 2020 |

    Climate change's role in German media growing constantly

    06 Aug 2020, 14:10 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 The role of global warming and climate action in German media has grown ...
  • How climate activists take on the German super election year

    12 Mar 2021, 14:30 Youth climate activists agree on one thing: Germany needs to adopt radical climate policies in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. How best to push this agenda is a different question entirely. In this German 鈥渟uper election ...
  • 03 May 2019 |

    Climate protests accompany RWE鈥檚 shareholder meeting

    03 May 2019, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 威力彩玩法 Climate activists called for a swift end to coal-fired power generation at power plant operator RWE鈥檚 annual general meeting. Members of the Fridays for Future student protest movement ...
  • 14 Dec 2020 |

    Most Germans say climate policy could be decisive issue in 2021 elections 鈥 survey

    14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Climate policy could be a ...
  • 03 Dec 2019 |

    German carbon-offsetting nonprofit organisations report rising demand

    03 Dec 2019, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang Transport Society dpa / Focus Online German carbon offsetting nonprofit organisations atmosfair and Arktik are reporting rising demand in the wake of the Fridays for Future protest movement, according to a聽 report by ...
  • Germany's Social Democratic Party has new climate movement- report

    19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
  • 10 Sep 2019 |

    Carmakers highlight climate ambitions at auto show in response to protest wave

    10 Sep 2019, 14:27 Facing an unprecedented wave of climate protests, Germany's trio of car groups, BMW, Daimler and VW, put their sustainability ambitions at the centre of their presentations at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). In an unprecedented ...
  • Climate strikes in Germany spark debate over impact, students' commitment

    18 Mar 2019, 14:30 In the days after tens of thousands of students protested across Germany for more action on climate change, reactions poured in from across the political spectrum. Some conservative politicians argue students should not miss school, and ...
  • 08 Dec 2022 |

    Climate activists risk antagonising people with blame games 鈥 researcher

    08 Dec 2022, 08:58 Climate activists must strike a careful balance between conciliatory offers for discussion and constructive provocation, argues political scientist J茅r茅mie Gagn茅 from More in Common, an international non-profit initiative studying ...
  • German parliament approves climate law reform lambasted by NGOs

    26 Apr 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy Government 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 parliament has approved a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 key legislation for reaching climate targets, to the outrage of many NGOs who say the changes ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    SPD hopes to cushion snap election defeat with victory in upcoming Hamburg state vote

    28 Feb 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Hamburger Morgenpost / Tagesspiegel / Die Zeit / Merkur / Radio Hamburg Just one week after their defeat at Germany鈥檚 snap election, the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf ...
  • 15 Jan 2020 |

    Adani coal mine row with climate activists backfires on Siemens CEO Kaeser 鈥 media commentaries

    15 Jan 2020, 14:06 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Society Handelsblatt / WirtschaftsWoche / Focus Online The row over German industrial heavyweight Siemens's involvement in the controversial Adani coal mine project in ...
  • 13 Feb 2023 |

    German TV increases climate coverage, but 鈥渟till a lot of room for improvement鈥- report

    13 Feb 2023, 14:05 Milou Dirkx Climate & CO2 Society Coverage of climate change on German public television has increased over the past years but still lags behind other topics such as business news, leaving 鈥渁 lot of room for improvement鈥, a聽 report ...
  • 17 Oct 2024 |

    Scholz announces German industry summit and 鈥渘ew industrial policy agenda鈥 ahead of EU summit

    17 Oct 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs dpa / Zeit Online German chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to hold an industry summit later this month in a bid to address the ongoing woes in the country鈥檚 manufacturing sector. ...
  • Germany鈥檚 climate cabinet ready to discuss introduction of carbon price

    10 Apr 2019, 13:46 Germany's so-called climate cabinet- a round of ministers with key responsibilities touching climate issues- has decided to discuss options for a carbon price at its first meeting in Berlin today. Environment minister Svenja ...
  • 22 Apr 2025

    In brief | 22 April '25

    22 Apr 2025, 12:35 威力彩玩法 Team FT: Germany鈥檚 neighbours eye share of Friedrich Merz鈥檚 big spending plans Germany鈥檚 economically liberal neighbours are warming to relaxing EU state subsidy rules for the long term, as they bet on their national industries ...
  • Greens surge into second place in Hamburg, climate a key issue for voters

    24 Feb 2020, 13:59 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Euractiv / Tagesschau / Watson The Green Party surged into second place in the Hamburg regional elections this weekend, doubling its share of the vote after a campaign in which ...
  • 03 Sep 2021 |

    German NGOs push for 2030 combustion engine exit in legal battle with car and gas industry

    03 Sep 2021, 12:11 The German environmental organisations DUH and Greenpeace have launched legal action against major carmakers VW, BMW and Mercedes Benz, as well as oil and gas company Wintershall Dea over their impact on climate change. The NGOs are ...
  • 24 Apr 2024 |

    German parliament to decide controversial climate law reform, but legal challenges loom

    24 Apr 2024, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 威力彩玩法 / Table.Media The German parliament (Bundestag) could vote on the highly disputed reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law as early as this Friday (26 April), according ...
  • 03 Jun 2024 |

    Scholz confident about 80% renewables share in 2030, energy industry calls for investment fund

    03 Jun 2024, 14:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices n-tv / 威力彩玩法 Germany will achieve its target of achieving a share of 80 percent renewable energy in its electricity use by 2030, according to chancellor Olaf Scholz. Speaking at ...
  • Need to take into account citizens鈥 wishes and concerns for climate action in transport 鈥 acatech

    07 May 2019, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 An increasing number of Germans say they have major worries about climate change (61 percent in 2019 compared to 37 percent in 2017) and many are calling for action in ...
  • German parliament adopts reform to allow 鈧500 bln new debt for infrastructure and climate

    18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 威力彩玩法 Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
  • 05 Dec 2022 |

    Radical climate protests face broad rejection in Germany

    05 Dec 2022, 09:35 With motorway and airport blockades as well as attacks on artworks, climate activists have caused a stir in Germany. The actions have provoked mainly negative reactions from politicians, the media and the general public, following ...
  • EU elections wake-up call to make "future-proof" decisions- opinion

    28 May 2019, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The results of the European elections, in which the Greens surged driven by concerns over global climate change, mean that energy companies must ...
  • Student climate activist Greta Thunberg calls Germany鈥檚 2038 coal exit proposal 鈥渁bsurd鈥

    07 Feb 2019, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Focus Online Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called the proposed 2038 deadline for ending coal-fired power production in Germany 鈥渁bsurd.鈥 The 16-year-old ...
  • 04 May 2023 |

    NGOs criticise government decision to speed up motorway upgrades

    04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
  • 20 May 2019 |

    Church near Hambach Forest prepared for demolition to make room for coal mine

    20 May 2019, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society Rheinische Post A church in the town of Kerpen-Manheim, in the western German Rhenish coal mining region, has been prepared for demolition to expand a nearby coal mine, the Rheinische Post reports. About ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    Munich joins growing ranks of German cities declaring climate emergency

    20 Dec 2019, 14:50 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The Bavarian capital Munich has declared a 鈥渃limate emergency鈥, joining more than 60 other German municipalities to have done so over the course of 2019, reports S眉ddeutsche ...
  • 04 Sep 2019 |

    Frankfurt car fair promises showdown between Fridays for Future and auto lobby

    04 Sep 2019, 10:53 This year's Frankfurt Motor Show steals the limelight for unusual reasons. Thousands of people will flock to the bi-annual industry fair 鈥 but many of them not to admire horsepower-proud vehicles, but instead to call for their ...
  • 09 Jan 2023 |

    Police to start vacating protesters from German village standing in way of coal mine

    09 Jan 2023, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Coal Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 The climate activists occupying the western German village of L眉tzerath, which is slated for demolition to make way for a nearby lignite mine, are set to be evicted by 鈥渕assive鈥 police ...
  • 鈥淕reta effect鈥- Demand for 100% renewable electricity contracts rises sharply

    08 Jul 2019, 13:33 Freja Eriksen Electricity market Renewables 威力彩玩法 Demand for green electricity contracts in Germany is on the rise again after several years of shrinking interest, according to the price comparison website Verivox. In June ...
  • 20 Jul 2023 |

    Support for climate movement halves as Germans reject street blockades 鈥 survey

    20 Jul 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Germans' support for the climate movement has halved following the rise of highly controversial street blockades by more radical activists, shows a survey by More in ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    Merz calls for 鈥渞别蝉迟补谤迟鈥 for Europe as new chancellor makes first official trips to France, Poland

    09 May 2025, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU ARD / Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 The new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a 鈥渞别蝉迟补谤迟鈥 of Franco-German relations at his first international trip on Wednesday (7 May), after his ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    Merz government urged to table convincing climate and energy plans in first 100 days

    07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
  • Business-friendly Free Democrats aim to be climate action party

    26 Apr 2019, 16:50 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Spiegel Online Germany鈥檚 liberal, pro-business Free ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | October '24

    11 Oct 2024, 16:39 In Italian, the expression 鈥渉ot autumn鈥 describes what happens when, after the long summer lull, political and social conflict cyclically rises again. For the energy transition, this is going to be a hot autumn indeed. Three of Italy鈥檚 ...
  • 16 Mar 2022 |

    Families could be key 鈥榗hange agents鈥 in tackling climate crisis- analysis

    16 Mar 2022, 13:47 Edgar Meza Society 威力彩玩法 Families could serve as particularly important "change agents" in tackling the climate crisis and not taking them on board neglects a huge opportunity, according to an analysis by the ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Climate activists take to the streets of Berlin ahead of national election

    17 Aug 2021, 12:19 Activists from the coalition group 鈥楢ugust Rise Up鈥 took to the streets in Berlin on Monday 16 August to call for more climate action six weeks ahead of the German federal election. Around two hundred people blocked the road in front of ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    Plans for new German motorways clash with transport emissions targets- NGO

    09 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Transport 威力彩玩法 The ...
  • 04 Oct 2022 |

    German coal region brings phase-out forward to 2030 but refires lignite short-term

    04 Oct 2022, 15:05 Germany's western coal mining and heavy industry state North Rhine-Westphalia aims to complete the phase-out of coal-fired power production no later than 2030, eight years earlier than agreed in German coal exit law. However, two ...
  • 26 May 2023 |

    UN calls for protection of climate activists following crackdown in Germany

    26 May 2023, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Society dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The UN has highlighted the importance of climate activists and their right to hold demonstrations following a crackdown on a street-blocking group in Germany. "Climate ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    German Aviation Association calls for power-to-liquid road map to bring emissions to zero

    02 Aug 2019, 12:19 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Freight 威力彩玩法 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Aviation Association (BDL) said it wants to bring CO2 emissions from air traffic to zero- after months of rising criticism from ...
  • Right climate policy can reconcile yellow vests and Fridays For Future 鈥 French and German advisors

    16 Jul 2019, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 威力彩玩法 With European cooperation and an 鈥渁ppropriate design鈥 of climate policy, the seemingly diverging calls for change by French yellow vests ...
  • Bavarian Merkel ally calls for coal exit by 2030, protesters storm lignite mine

    24 Jun 2019, 13:50 A plea for an accelerated coal exit in Germany by the state premier of Bavaria, Markus S枚der, has caused a row within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance over how to deal with growing political pressure to improve the ...
  • 12 Sep 2019 |

    Merkel: Cutting transport emissions will be 鈥渉erculean task鈥 for govt and industry

    12 Sep 2019, 14:08 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars 威力彩玩法 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said reaching the country's climate targets in the transport sector will be a great challenge for the car industry and the government. Reducing ...
  • 03 Feb 2025

    In brief | 2 February '25

    03 Feb 2025, 12:00 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Germany opens way for gas beyond 2035 with subsidy extension Germany鈥檚 parliament has extended a support scheme for some gas plants by four years to 2030, in a law hurried through just before the general election on ...
  • Reactions from energy and climate community to collapse of Germany鈥檚 coalition government

    07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
  • 28 Apr 2021 |

    Majority of German youth support energy transition 鈥 survey

    28 Apr 2021, 13:17 Charlotte Nijhuis Society 威力彩玩法 Most young Germans are in favour of the energy transition, according to a survey conducted by the German environment ministry (BMU) and the federal agency for nature conservation (BfN). Two ...
  • 14 May 2024 |

    Concerns about climate widespread among middle-aged and older people in Germany- survey

    14 May 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Society 威力彩玩法 Climate change is a great concern for middle-aged and older people in Germany, according to a survey published by the German Centre of Gerontology. People over the age of 43, which is defined as ...
  • 20 Sep 2019 |

    Germany bets on slow-starting CO2 price, slew of incentives to reach 2030 climate goals

    20 Sep 2019, 20:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel's so-called "climate cabinet" has put together the bedrock for future climate action legislation in Germany, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' Climate Action Summit in ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 cities call for carbon price, urge more rapid climate action

    06 Jun 2019, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities 威力彩玩法 The Association of German Cities (Deutscher St盲dtetag) has called on the federal government to adopt a price on CO2 emissions as 鈥渁n appropriate and necessary approach for ...
  • Preview 2021 鈥 鈥楢 strong Green Party is the only realistic option to tackle climate issues in Germany鈥

    18 Dec 2020, 12:15 In the upcoming election year, the 20-year-old climate activist for Fridays for Future (FfF) Jakob Blasel will run for German parliament on a Green Party ticket. Blasel told 威力彩玩法 his decision was based on the need to close ...
  • 04 Nov 2020 |

    Debates about climate change causes have largely vanished from German social media- study

    04 Nov 2020, 13:59 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Debates about the causes of climate change, which dominated discussions on German language social media at the start of the millennium, have now ...
  • 16 Jan 2023 |

    Coal protest in Germany deepens rift between Green Party and climate movement

    16 Jan 2023, 14:08 The Green Party's leadership has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the village of L眉tzerath to expand a neighbouring mine as part of a larger deal to exit coal in western Germany by ...
  • 13 Mar 2024 |

    Labour shortage could lead to "collapse" of German public transport by 2030- union

    13 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Public transport in Germany could be headed for a 鈥渃ollapse鈥 if the government does not take measures to abate the 鈥渕assive labour shortage鈥 in the sector, labour union ...
  • Digitalisation vital for climate protection 鈥 German environment minister

    08 May 2019, 13:46 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Digitalisation 威力彩玩法 Digitalisation has immense negative effects on the environment, but 鈥 steered in the right direction 鈥 it can create new opportunities for climate action and the global ...
  • 2024 EU elections: Reactions from Germany

    10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
  • German coalition ends climate policy deadlock with contentious reform plans

    29 Mar 2023, 14:19 The German government coalition has overcome a month-long dispute with a deal on comprehensive reforms in climate and environmental protection, the acceleration of major infrastructure projects, and billions for the modernisation of ...
  • 23 Nov 2021 |

    Young Germans prefer strong climate policies over individual lifestyle changes- survey

    23 Nov 2021, 13:24 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Climate change is still young Germans鈥 biggest concern, but they would rather politicians act on the topic than drastically change their own lifestyles, a survey ...
  • Merkel backs national CO2 price, cites Greta-effect on policy

    19 Jul 2019, 14:04 Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the introduction of price on CO2 emissions as part of a package to reach the country鈥檚 2030 climate targets. In her annual mid-year press conference, Merkel said experts had made a convincing case for ...
  • 14 Sep 2020 |

    Climate crisis takes heavy toll on mental health, psychotherapists' association says

    14 Sep 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Society dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Climate change is having a hard impact on many people's mental health, Sabine Maur, president of the German Psychotherapist Association (DPtV) in federal state Rhineland ...
  • 12 Nov 2019 |

    Environmental lawyers call on German govt to support ban on EIB gas lending

    12 Nov 2019, 12:52 Julian Wettengel Gas Finance 威力彩玩法 / EurActiv ClientEarth, an NGO of lawyers and environmental experts, has called on the German government to back the proposal to ban all fossil fuel projects, including natural gas, from ...
  • 24 Nov 2024 |

    Germany welcomes COP29 climate finance deal as win for multilateralism

    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. ...
  • 06 May 2019 |

    Towns and municipalities want master plan for climate action

    06 May 2019, 13:33 Kerstine Appunn Citizens' energy ZDF Germany needs a nationwide masterplan for climate action that is applicable to all towns and municipalities, according to Gerd Landsberg, the head of the confederation of German towns and ...
  • 21 Feb 2020 |

    Greta Thunberg visit raises profile of Hamburg 'climate election'

    21 Feb 2020, 13:25 Greta Thunberg will travel to Hamburg to participate in the student climate protests preceding local elections in the maritime city on 23 February, according to media reports. The Swedish activist's presence at the "Hamburg ...
  • 18 Oct 2021 |

    Industry appears more content with 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥檚鈥 climate proposals than activists

    18 Oct 2021, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / RND Industry representatives in Germany have largely welcomed the ideas proposed by the possible next government coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and ...
  • 29 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淕orleben will survive the next ice age鈥

    Last Friday's聽 vote in the German parliament in favour of plans to find a final nuclear repository 聽could finally herald an end to the decades-old conflict over where to store Germany's nuclear waste, Daniel Wetzel writes for Welt Online. But ...
  • German Greens call on climate activists for unity in election goals

    20 Nov 2020, 13:20 Leading members of Germany's Green Party have called on climate activists to cooperate in the country's general elections next year. They warn that more radical climate platforms competing in elections could harm the fight ...
  • 05 Jun 2023 |

    Last Generation activists say next round of protests will target 鈥渢he rich鈥

    05 Jun 2023, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society The climate protest group Last Generation (Letzte Generation) has announced that in the coming weeks its protest activities will target 鈥渢he rich鈥 and 鈥渟ymbols of modern wealth鈥 in order to ...
  • EU top job candidate promises "Green Deal" and "Climate Law" for Europe ahead of crunch vote

    16 Jul 2019, 13:08 German defence minister and European Commission candidate Ursula von der Leyen told Members of the European Parliament that if elected, she would introduce a "Green Deal" for Europe in her first 100 days in office, including a ...
  • Biden鈥檚 global climate summit raises hopes among German NGOs and industry

    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 ...
  • Germany鈥檚 coal exit talks in final round

    25 Jan 2019, 11:58 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission has begun what could be its decisive meeting on Friday. In crucial last-minute talks, the commission must agree on a timetable to phase out the climate-damaging fossil fuel for electricity production ...
  • 25 Jan 2019 |

    German energy minister gets booed by student climate protesters

    25 Jan 2019, 13:51 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Coal Climate ...
  • New SPD leaders call for 'massive investments' in new energy system, say climate package needs revamp

    06 Dec 2019, 14:56 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 威力彩玩法 The new leaders of Germany's Social ...
  • 26 Jul 2019 |

    Nuclear power plant in Germany on verge of getting switched off due to heat wave

    26 Jul 2019, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 / NDR / Bloomberg A nuclear power plant in northern Germany has come to the verge of being taken off the grid on Friday, a Lower Saxony state environment ministry spokesperson told ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25: Reactions to Germany's snap election results

    24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Europe is cracking down on radical climate protests

    24 Jul 2023, 13:50 The criminalisation of climate protesters is intensifying all over Europe, with multiple countries considering harsh new laws. While human rights activists express concern at the crackdown, experts are divided over the impact on the ...
  • Germany鈥檚 far-right AfD focuses on climate denial ahead of EU elections to woo disgruntled voters

    15 May 2019, 12:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics The Guardian Climate change denial has become a key topic of Germany鈥檚 far-right populist party AfD ahead of the EU parliamentary elections and the party particularly focuses ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Protest camp at Tesla鈥檚 Berlin factory draws in hundreds of activists critical of expansion plans

    10 May 2024, 15:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Society rbb / Die Welt Activists protesting against the expansion of the Tesla factory in Gr眉nheide have tried to enter the factory's premises, leading to clashes with police and arrests made on the US ...
  • 鈥淧erfect Storm鈥- Car show IAA highlights China鈥檚 lead in electric cars

    06 Sep 2023, 14:00 Europe鈥檚 carmakers have little to celebrate at this year鈥檚 IAA mobility show. Chinese firms鈥 widening lead in the global shift to electric vehicles is on open display at the biennial fair in Munich, while climate activists lambast ...
  • Merkel encourages school strikes for climate, upsetting her own party

    04 Mar 2019, 12:01 The school student protests for rapid climate action make headlines in Germany as well as in other countries, putting pressure on politicians to take a stance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this weekend she 鈥渟trongly welcomes鈥 ...
  • 03 Jun 2019 |

    EU election debacle lets Merkel鈥檚 CDU party wrangle over future climate policy approach

    03 Jun 2019, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Germany鈥檚 governing CDU party has become embroiled in a high-level dispute over the right approach to its future climate and energy policy. Calls by ...
  • How do Spanish activists push for climate action amidst economic recovery?

    01 Oct 2021, 11:34 After Spain hosted the COP25 in 2019 and many Spanish cities declared a climate emergency, the country's climate movement has grown 鈥 especially among young people. But the coronavirus pandemic slowed down this newfound momentum ...
  • 13 Sep 2019 |

    German transport minister proposes billions for e-cars, railway and cleaner trucks

    13 Sep 2019, 13:24 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & ...
  • Left Party leaders bet on fair and climate-friendly recovery in campaign year kick-off

    11 Jan 2021, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / Der Spiegel The leaders of the Left Party have called for a socially fair and climate-friendly coronavirus recovery as the centrepiece of the German ...
  • 19 Oct 2017 |

    Reconciling economic and environment policy core question in coalition talks - chancellery chief

    Coalition talks between CDU, CSU, FDP and Green Party will be about the parties鈥 ability 鈥渢o make something constructive of the differences鈥, said chancellery chief and Christian Democrat Peter Altmaier in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD ...
  • 04 Sep 2023 |

    German parliament to greenlight controversial heating law on Friday

    04 Sep 2023, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy 威力彩玩法 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 parliament is set to agree a controversial law for a phase-out of fossil fuel-powered boilers on Friday (8 September). The vote will provisionally ...
  • 17 Nov 2020 |

    Elderly Germans more willing to live sustainably than younger ones- survey

    17 Nov 2020, 14:02 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Society 威力彩玩法 The majority of Germans are willing to adopt a more sustainable ...
  • 25 Sep 2019 |

    New IPCC ocean report triggers fresh criticism of German climate package

    25 Sep 2019, 13:57 Expert Oxfam Germany Climate & CO2 COP21 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 German environmental NGOs have used the publication of the ...
  • 17 Mar 2015

    In the media: Solar eclipse as taster of 2030

    17 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 聽 Fraunhofer IWES/Agora Energiewende "The Eclipse 2015: Preview of the Power System in 2030" Friday鈥檚 solar eclipse will provide a taste of Germany鈥檚 power system in 2030, according to a ...
  • Hunger strikers demand meeting with chancellor candidates about climate

    15 Sep 2021, 17:52 In the run up to the German federal election, a group of young people have entered a third week of a hunger strike to call for more climate action- with one of the protesters being temporarily admitted to hospital. The group, which ...
  • Conservative politicians set up climate group, call for climate neutrality in 10-20 years

    09 Apr 2021, 12:16 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
  • 30 Jun 2021 |

    German president cautions 'giant steps' needed to curb climate change, says topic dominates election

    30 Jun 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics dpa / Zeit Online German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has cautioned that tackling climate change will require "giant steps" by governments and citizens around the world if global ...
  • Hamburg mayor proposes conversion of coal plant into green hydrogen production site

    21 Feb 2020, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Hydrogen Elections & Politics Hamburger Abendblatt The mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschentscher, has proposed shutting down the city's coal plant Moorburg "many years" earlier than the current end ...
  • Merkel is working on a comeback as 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥 鈥 analysis

    14 Jun 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit At the end of her term in office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to resume her former self-styled role as 鈥 climate chancellor 鈥, motivated by the Fridays For ...
  • 12 Jan 2023 |

    L眉tzerath is not the right symbol for climate protests in Germany 鈥 econ min

    12 Jan 2023, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Society 威力彩玩法 / ZDF German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said he has 鈥済reat respect鈥 for climate protesters but sees the village L眉tzerath 鈥 which is due to be demolished and replaced ...
  • 22 Oct 2020 |

    Think tanks call for second 'Economic Miracle' to reach climate neutrality by 2050

    22 Oct 2020, 13:09 One year ago, the German government decided that the country should become climate-neutral by the middle of the century. What was lacking so far, however, was a plan how to achieve this. In order to fill this gap, three think tanks ...
  • 07 Sep 2020 |

    France plans hydrogen alliance with Germany

    07 Sep 2020, 14:21 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen EU dpa / finanzen.net The French government is planning to cooperate with Germany in the development of hydrogen technologies,聽 reports 聽newsagency dpa in article carried by finanzen.net. French economy minister ...
  • Civil society alliance calls on German govt to abandon plans to support gas project in Senegal

    13 Dec 2022, 13:46 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas International 威力彩玩法 An alliance of civil society organisations including Fridays for Future, Germanwatch and Misereor聽 has called on the government 聽to abandon plans to support natural gas ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    Berlin citizens' initiative starts referendum for more climate protection

    02 Jul 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cities Der Tagesspiegel Not satisfied with the Berlin state government鈥檚 climate protection targets, a broad-based citizens鈥 initiative is aiming to mount a referendum to make the German capital carbon ...
  • 02 Dec 2020 |

    Disgruntled Green Party members in Hesse consider joining new 'Climate list' party

    02 Dec 2020, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Members of the regional Green Party in central German state Hesse have said they might leave the party and join a new 鈥渃limate list鈥 due to the regional party ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    Climate Action Law could be 鈥渋ntergenerational climate contract鈥

    02 Aug 2019, 11:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 WirtschaftsWoche ...
  • 30 Oct 2020 |

    Europe鈥檚 transport sector needs 鈥渃omprehensive transition,鈥 environmental groups say

    30 Oct 2020, 11:42 Mobility 威力彩玩法 Europe鈥檚 transport sector needs a comprehensive overhaul if the continent is to meet its climate targets, a group of German environmental organisations said on Friday. The transport sector is currently ...
  • Germany to support EU climate neutrality by 2050 鈥 leaked documents

    18 Jun 2019, 08:43 Germany will join a growing group of EU countries to support the pledge to aim for carbon neutrality by 2050, increasing the likelihood EU leaders will agree to the goal at a meeting this week (20-21 June), several media outlets report. ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Climate protection plans need a 鈥榮ocial deal鈥 鈥 trade union head

    21 Jul 2021, 13:27 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics dpa, ZEIT Online Climate protection plans need a stronger focus on social equality, Reiner Hoffman, head of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), has said. The EU Green Deal, a ...
  • 17 Jul 2020 |

    Climate activists protest in Frankfurt against ECB's monetary policy during pandemic

    17 Jul 2020, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Supporters of different climate action organisations have protested in Frankfurt against the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy during the coronavirus ...
  • 01 Oct 2020 |

    Activists aim to unite small parties under one climate roof to gain seats in next German parliament

    01 Oct 2020, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Die Welt Climate activists want to get small and niche parties in Germany to unite as one political party to overcome the five percent threshold to gain seats in parliament after the 2021 ...
  • Climate change, if uncontained, 鈥渨ill change the face of our planet鈥- Merkel

    07 Dec 2018, 13:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 Politics Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 German chancellor Angela ...
  • 10 Aug 2020 |

    Climate activists occupy two German coal power plants, demand closure of "climate killers"

    10 Aug 2020, 13:25 Coal Society n-tv Climate activists demanding an end to coal power occupied two German coal-fired powered stations over the weekend, news website n-tv reports. Around 20 members of Direkte Aktion Berlin, which campaigns for an end to ...
  • 02 Sep 2024 |

    Far-right extremists score big in eastern German state elections, government parties flounder

    02 Sep 2024, 13:19 The far-right party AfD scored its first ever state election win in eastern Thuringia and came a close second in neighbouring Saxony, while the parties of the federal coalition government in Berlin recorded heavy losses. One year ahead ...
  • 22 Apr 2021 |

    Next German government has to make climate action mainstream in politics 鈥 NGOs

    22 Apr 2021, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The coming legislative period is decisive in implementing the sustainable transformation in all economic sectors, a group of German environmental NGOs has said while presenting ...
  • 03 Jul 2024

    In brief | 3 July '24

    03 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: German coalition nears budget deal as debt brake limits options- Scholz鈥檚 government to deliver draft as early as Friday- Budget sees cuts, but more spending on infrastructure, defense Carbon Pulse: EU ...
  • 20 Sep 2019 |

    Countdown to Germany's crucial climate cabinet meeting

    20 Sep 2019, 10:12 Today, the grand coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) aim to agree on a major policy package to bring Germany back on track to reaching the international ...
  • Focus on Germany鈥檚 state governments as 鈧500 bln infrastructure package awaits adoption

    17 Mar 2025, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / BR The plan to reform Germany鈥檚 debt brake to allow greater defence spending and set up a 500-billion-euro special fund for infrastructure faces another hurdle ...
  • 04 Oct 2019 |

    Extinction Rebellion climate movement plans blockades in Berlin from 7 October

    04 Oct 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 The climate activist movement Extinction Rebellion plans several road blockades and other activities in Germany鈥檚 capital Berlin starting on 7 October, saying they want to use ...
  • Highway protest camp removal deepens rift between German Greens and climate activists

    13 Nov 2020, 15:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics HR / Der Spiegel The dispersal of a protest camp against the construction of a highway in the central German state of Hesse by the police is exposing a deepening rift between climate ...
  • 19 Oct 2020 |

    Leadership candidates of Germany's CDU all call for rigorous climate action

    19 Oct 2020, 12:56 The three candidates for future leadership of Germany鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 鈥 party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, have all called for rigorous efforts to protect the climate at a debate organised by the party鈥檚 ...
  • 09 Nov 2021 |

    Climate activists demand 2030 end to combustion engines in lawsuit against Volkswagen

    09 Nov 2021, 12:50 Edgar Meza Cars 威力彩玩法 The heads of Greenpeace Germany and an activist from climate protest group Fridays for Future activist have filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen in a German court accusing the carmaker of failing to do ...
  • 04 Jul 2024

    In brief | 4 July '24

    04 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann France 24: EU slaps Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 38% The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" ...
  • 09 Sep 2019 |

    Over 40 percent of Germans worried climate change will have 鈥渄ramatic鈥 consequences

    09 Sep 2019, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Many people in Germany are worried that rising global temperatures will have a "dramatic" impact on human life. In a long-term study by insurance company R+V, 41 ...
  • 15 Jul 2019 |

    Germany's Lufthansa says more flights, despite climate debate

    15 Jul 2019, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung am Sonntag Despite Germany鈥檚 debate over stepping up national climate action intensifying, demand for air travel with the country鈥檚 largest airline, Lufthansa, is rising ...
  • 08 Apr 2019 |

    German government to consider CO2 tax

    08 Apr 2019, 12:39 Expert Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
  • 31 Aug 2020 |

    Coal mine protests in Germany and Poland highlight phase-out challenges

    31 Aug 2020, 13:50 Coal Die Zeit / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung More than one thousand climate protesters, including activists from the Fridays for Future movement, Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion, occupied the site of a planned opencast coal mine in western ...
  • 21 Jun 2021 |

    Left Party agrees most ambitious climate targets of all major parties in election manifesto

    21 Jun 2021, 12:30 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) Germany鈥檚 Left Party has agreed the most radical election programme yet in terms of climate protection goals and demands at its party convention on 19-20 June. Climate is the key ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    Can the UK climate movement go 'beyond politics'?

    16 Jul 2021, 10:23 The UK is leading the world in terms of climate targets as it heads towards COP26. This is in no small part due to the work of climate activists, who, in the words of the campaigning group Extinction Rebellion, have come together to ...
  • 22 Jul 2021 |

    Merkel says she 鈥減ut a lot of energy into climate protection鈥 in her 16 years as chancellor

    22 Jul 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn Politics 威力彩玩法 鈥淢y political life has been characterised by the work against climate change,鈥 German chancellor Angela Merkel said at her traditional summer press conference in Berlin. Merkel, who after 16 ...
  • Germany strengthens Central Asian energy and raw material partnerships

    16 Sep 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy International 威力彩玩法 / Bloomberg / Tagesspiegel Background German chancellor Olaf Scholz is strengthening ties with the Central Asian region, signing accords for energy and ...
  • 05 Feb 2020 |

    Siemens Energy ready to be at centre of global climate debate- CEO

    05 Feb 2020, 13:21 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry Reuters / Deutsche Welle Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser is ready for Siemens Energy- an energy business it plans to spin off by September- to be at the centre of the ...
  • The stakes for energy and climate policy are high in EU elections

    22 May 2019, 13:45 Voters across the EU will head to the polls between 23 and 26 May to elect a new European Parliament. It鈥檚 one of three major European institutions 鈥 along with the European Commission and Council 鈥 due for elections or leadership ...
  • 02 Mar 2021 |

    Germany's only Green state premier says conservatives copy his policies

    02 Mar 2021, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics The only state premier from the Green Party in Germany, Winfried Kretschmann from Baden-Wurttemberg, says the state's conservative CDU party has largely adopted his own party's stance ...
  • 07 Oct 2020 |

    Extinction Rebellion occupies lignite industry lobby offices in Berlin

    07 Oct 2020, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Activists of the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) occupied the headquarters of Germany's lignite mining industry association, DEBRIV, in Berlin in ...
  • 06 Sep 2019 |

    New EU emission rules turn SUVs from 鈥渃limate killers into profit killers鈥 鈥 report

    06 Sep 2019, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars Handelsblatt The SUV (sport utility vehicle) boom cheered on by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and VW is about to turn into a heavy liability for the industry as EU fines for excessive emissions loom ...
  • Pro- and anti-coal protesters besiege German coal exit commission visiting mining district

    Hundreds of coal workers in the eastern German region Lusatia welcomed the country鈥檚 coal exit commission during a trip to the region with protest banners saying, 鈥済ood jobs are being trampled on,鈥 Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    Energy and climate community relieved over Merz鈥檚 election, calls for coalition unity

    07 May 2025, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The election of Friedrich Merz as Germany鈥檚 new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country鈥檚 energy, industry, and ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    Merkel says financial markets must change to better support climate action

    16 May 2019, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel says the need for a reform of financial markets along sustainability criteria is one of the most pressing challenges the sector is facing. ...
  • 13 Jul 2020 |

    German construction company Hochtief doubles down on Australian coal

    13 Jul 2020, 14:04 Coal International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German-based construction group Hochtief is enjoying a coal boom in Australia despite growing criticism of mining in its home country, write Jonas Jansen and Christoph Hein in the ...
  • 08 Nov 2021 |

    Day 8 at COP26: Germany pledges additional 150 million euros for climate adaptation

    08 Nov 2021, 17:30 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 Agreement. Industrialised countries and large emitters are ...
  • 24 Apr 2019 |

    Consequences of 2018 drought linger as Germans increasingly see climate as major issue

    24 Apr 2019, 13:24 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background After exceptionally dry weather in 2018, the soil in many ...
  • Scholz鈥檚 coalition parties take beating as far-right populists surge in western German state elections

    09 Oct 2023, 13:49 The parties of Germany鈥檚 government coalition suffered heavy losses in two state elections in economically strong Hesse and Bavaria in western and southern Germany, while populist parties including the far-right AfD celebrated ...
  • German Greens vow to speed up low-carbon transition

    23 Nov 2020, 14:00 Germany's Greens have backed a more ambitious climate target in a bid to defuse growing tensions with more radical activists. At a virtual convention designed to showcase the party's ability to govern Europe's largest ...
  • 17 Dec 2018 |

    Closure of German hard coal mining this week is 鈥渆nd of an epoch鈥

    17 Dec 2018, 13:20 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Fossil fuels Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / Welt am Sonntag Miners will present the last piece of hard coal mined in Germany to the country鈥檚 president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in ...
  • Head of governing conservatives says environmental protection must "get the priority it deserves"

    19 Jun 2019, 12:03 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit Humankind cannot continue living and economising the way it has, ...
  • Conservative climate group says Germany could reach 100% renewables by 2030 at low cost

    29 Jun 2021, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics The conservative climate group KlimaUnion (ClimateUnion),聽which is made up of party members of the governing CDU/CSU alliance, released a position paper in which the members argue ...
  • 12 Sep 2019 |

    Carmakers call on European states to facilitate e-mobility breakthrough

    12 Sep 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 威力彩玩法 The European Automobile Manufacturers鈥 Association (ACEA) has called on European leaders to come up with a coherent plan to facilitate the spread of electric mobility on the continent. At the IAA ...
  • 08 May 2019 |

    European Commission President candidates clash over CO鈧 tax

    08 May 2019, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / ARD Germany's Manfred Weber and the Netherlands' Frans Timmermans 鈥 the two most likely candidates succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President 鈥 ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    Social and cultural aspects are also key for true building sustainability 鈥 association

    03 May 2024, 10:42 Making buildings more sustainable hinges on being able to measure what sustainability actually means. Definitions and standards vary widely across Europe, making it hard to compare projects and assess progress. Certifications can ...
  • G7 call on gas importers not to comply with Russian rouble demands

    28 Mar 2022, 14:25 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security 威力彩玩法 After a meeting with his G7 counterparts, German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said on Monday (28 March) that Putin's demand to only receive payment ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    "Climate crisis as a top priority"- Reactions to German federal elections

    27 Sep 2021, 14:05 The Social Democrats (SPD) under chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz have narrowly won Germany's federal elections. According to preliminary final results, the SPD received 25.7 percent of votes, while the conservatives (CDU/CSU) ...
  • New SPD leaders put German government鈥檚 future in doubt with climate demands

    02 Dec 2019, 13:45 The members of Germany鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) have unexpectedly voted for a more left-leaning leadership, casting doubt on the future of the coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance. The ...
  • 26 Apr 2024 |

    Renewables cover 56% of Germany鈥檚 power consumption in first quarter of the year, utilities say

    26 Apr 2024, 13:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 威力彩玩法 ...
  • Aspiring German government opts for energy transition continuity

    10 Apr 2025, 14:11 Germany鈥檚 prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
  • Climate action to become an opposition issue under next German gov鈥檛 鈥 political advisor

    11 Apr 2025, 12:30 Climate will play a smaller role under Germany鈥檚 next government and greater ambition will be mostly pushed by the opposition, says Johannes Hillje, a political communication advisor who has worked with several German ministries. The ...
  • 27 Feb 2015 |

    German grid agency stresses need for new power lines

    27 Feb 2015, 00:00 Amidst political tussle over new power lines crossing Germany from north to south, which many see as one of the next big steps in the country's energy transition, the grid agency in charge has called the power highways in question ...
  • Conservatives criticise environment minister鈥檚 CO鈧 price proposal

    08 Jul 2019, 13:32 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich ...
  • German government enters crunch time on climate challenge

    21 Aug 2019, 16:00 Moment of truth for German climate policy: Right in time for the UN Climate Action Summit, chancellor Angela Merkel's government is due to present a raft of measures to drastically cut emissions. The eagerly awaited announcements ...
  • 22 Nov 2024 |

    Eastern German state Thuringia's new gov't to include pro-Russia party BSW

    22 Nov 2024, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics MDR / dpa Three parties have agreed to form a coalition in Germany's eastern state of Thuringia following elections in September. The Christian Democrats (CDU), Social Democrats (SPD) and ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Boost to German solar expansion could increase times of negative power prices 鈥 business specialists

    25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Jack McGovan Solar Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Rundschau Germany鈥檚 most recent push to boost the rollout of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the country, which is set to be agreed upon in parliament on Friday (26 April), could result in ...
  • German government agrees on pulling forward climate neutrality to 2045

    12 May 2021, 11:31 The German government has given the green light to the necessary legal changes to speed up the country's bid for climate neutrality, aiming to hit the goal five years earlier in 2045. Cabinet approved a reform of the country's ...
  • 鈥淔inal spurt for the climate鈥

    Germany is making haste in ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement partly over fears that Donald Trump will pull out of the deal before it comes into force if he becomes US president, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淭ime is pressing, and ...
  • 21 Oct 2020 |

    EU Council votes for climate measures in future farming subsidies, critics say effects will be minimal

    21 Oct 2020, 13:41 The EU鈥檚 27 agriculture ministers have found a compromise on how the 387 billion euros in farming subsidies should be spent in the years until 2027, agreeing to make certain environmental and climate standards mandatory and earmarking a ...
  • 20 Aug 2020 |

    Thunberg, other activists tell Merkel during meeting to 'abandon fossil industry contracts'

    20 Aug 2020, 14:54 Greta Thunberg and fellow activists have met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to exchange views on the fight against climate change. The campaigners said the 90 minute meeting's atmosphere was friendly, but also added that " we ...
  • Over 7,000 scientists call for more climate engagement from future German gov't

    13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
  • 12 May 2022 |

    Environmental groups call for more climate leadership of German chancellor Scholz at G7 summit

    12 May 2022, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Society G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 / 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 ...
  • 11 Jun 2021 |

    Green congress delegates push for more radical manifesto as party drops in polls

    11 Jun 2021, 12:54 Green delegates are pushing for more ambitious climate policies in the party's election manifesto to be finalised at a party congress over the weekend, as the party seeks to stem a recent slide in the polls. Against the backdrop of ...
  • 18 Jan 2021 |

    New CDU leader brings continuity with Merkel era but comes with stained climate reputation

    18 Jan 2021, 13:57 Armin Laschet has been elected the new leader of Germany's largest party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), clearing a major hurdle on what could be his way to becoming next German Chancellor. The premier of Germany's largest ...
  • Energy prices no leading factor for German companies' future success 鈥 report

    18 Feb 2025, 12:22 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 High energy prices have little influence on the transformation needs of most of the 100 companies on Germany鈥檚 HDAX stock market index compared to four other ...
  • 04 Dec 2024 |

    Baseload power stations not needed for secure renewable electricity supply 鈥 research academies

    04 Dec 2024, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • Shipping green hydrogen to Germany is unviable strategy for basic industry decarbonisation- report

    11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany鈥檚 steel and chemical industries, the country鈥檚 government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance聽 has warned. These sectors ...
  • 03 Feb 2022 |

    German politicians reject EU green label for nuclear power, welcome gas provisions

    03 Feb 2022, 12:13 Economy minister Robert Habeck and environment minister Steffi Lemke have reiterated Germany鈥檚 opposition to labelling nuclear power as a sustainable activity, but did not react to provisions on gas projects the European Commission ...
  • 10 Oct 2017 |

    Exploratory talks for a government coalition to begin on 18 October

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservative CDU/CSU bloc would begin exploratory talks on forming a so-called 鈥楯amaica鈥 coalition on 18 October, reports Reuters. That day, the CDU/CSU would hold separate talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and ...
  • 19 Dec 2018 |

    Lights go out for German hard coal miners as last pit shuts

    19 Dec 2018, 13:58 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Financial Times Germany鈥檚 last hard coal mine in the Ruhr area will officially close on Friday 21 December and with it the era of a 鈥渇uel that propelled the nation鈥檚 economic and political expansion 鈥 for ...
  • 08 Apr 2025 |

    Germany should provide time frame for fossil gas exit to give industry investment certainty 鈥 IEA

    08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 威力彩玩法 Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
  • Germany鈥檚 new government with bumpy start after Merz needs unprecedented second vote for chancellor

    06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to Germany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 ...
  • 14 Jun 2021 |

    Greens decide against ratcheting up party鈥檚 climate plans as bid for chancellery flounders

    14 Jun 2021, 12:17 The German Greens opted for a moderate climate policy path at a party conference over the weekend and officially anointed party co-leader Annalena Baerbock as chancellor candidate for the September elections. Facing a recent dip in the ...
  • 鈥淏etter chances for citzens鈥 energy鈥

    The government coalition has agreed last-minute changes to the contested reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in order to boost citizen energy projects, reports Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Citizen energy projects need to participate at ...
  • Economy ministry urges next German gov't to rethink renewables targets, allow carbon capture

    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 ...
  • 05 Dec 2019 |

    Industry warns new SPD leaders against tightening Germany's climate package

    05 Dec 2019, 13:08 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Next German government clears final hurdle as SPD approves coalition agreement

    30 Apr 2025, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Government 威力彩玩法 The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved the coalition agreement with the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, led by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, clearing the final major hurdle to ...
  • Preview 2024: Elections to shape future of European Green Deal

    21 Dec 2023, 13:00 Voters in the EU will head to the polls in June 2024 to elect the next European Parliament, kicking off a months-long process to pick the bloc鈥檚 new leadership that will shape climate policy until the end of the decade. It will face the ...
  • 18 Sep 2024 |

    Researcher pushes for European 'Carbon Central Bank' for negative emissions market

    18 Sep 2024, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal 威力彩玩法 Europe should establish a so-called 鈥淐arbon Central Bank鈥 鈥 an institution to oversee a market mechanism to remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere 鈥 to reach climate targets, ...
  • German coalition talks past 2nd deadline still stalled over climate

    19 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany's aspiring coalition partners continued talks past a second deadline on Sunday, 19. November, after having made little headway in key climate and energy issues in exploratory talks that had already gone past the first self ...
  • Likely next German govt parties agree debt rules bypass for defence and infrastructure, climate focus unclear

    05 Mar 2025, 17:07 Germany鈥檚 likely next government coalition parties have proposed an overhaul of state debt rules to make hundreds of billions of euros available for defence and infrastructure investments. The agreement, which faces a big hurdle in the ...
  • Two in five homeowners in Germany say they can鈥檛 afford climate-friendly renovations

    07 Sep 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Heating Society 威力彩玩法 The share of homeowners who say they don鈥檛 have the money to install climate-friendly technologies has increased significantly in Germany. 41 percent of property owners ...
  • Scholz to ink lithium extraction deal with Serbia in bid to diversify EU鈥檚 resource supply

    18 Jul 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling n-tv / 威力彩玩法 Lithium from southeastern European country Serbia could bolster Germany's ambitions for establishing a domestic battery production industry. German ...
  • 06 Feb 2025 |

    Electrification key for a cost-effective transformation of the German industry 鈥 report

    06 Feb 2025, 13:24 Bennet Ribbeck Industry 威力彩玩法 The electrification of industrial processes with renewable energy is the most cost-effective transformation path for the sector, the research consortium IND-E has stated in a report. The authors ...
  • German climate law put off as disagreements weigh on governing coalition

    18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of Germany鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
  • 14 Jan 2025 |

    鈥楻ealistic鈥 political strategy needed for green hydrogen market ramp-up 鈥 report

    14 Jan 2025, 13:08 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 A robust political strategy based on realistic expectations for hydrogen production is needed as demand for the gas remains low due to its high costs and other factors, researchers at the Potsdam ...
  • EU welcomes COP28 deal which 鈥渟eals end of fossil fuel era鈥

    13 Dec 2023, 14:15 Germany and other EU governments have welcomed the outcome of the climate conference COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, saying it heralds the end of the fossil fuel era. EU lawmakers said the deal reached in Dubai will form the ...
  • 26 Apr 2024 |

    Solar industry welcomes German parliament鈥檚 approval of measures to boost PV technology

    26 Apr 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 威力彩玩法 A package of measures to boost the use of solar energy in Germany by removing red tape, approved by parliament on Friday (26 April), will significantly accelerate the rollout of the ...
  • 06 Sep 2021 |

    NGOs slam carmakers as Europe's largest auto show braces for climate protests

    06 Sep 2021, 14:05 Environmentalists have denounced the car industry's continued reliance on climate-damaging vehicles as Europe's largest auto show IAA opens its doors to the public in Munich. Carmakers are presenting their visions for climate ...
  • Germany must increase flexibility, efficiency for 100% renewables power system 鈥 researchers

    20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
  • 07 Apr 2025

    In brief | 7 April '25

    07 Apr 2025, 13:36 威力彩玩法 Team International Energy Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of Germany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 Jan 2021 |

    European power grid disturbance has German energy intensive industry worried

    12 Jan 2021, 14:28 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid 威力彩玩法 A disturbance in the synchronised European high-voltage power grid on Friday, 8 January 2021, which resulted in a separation of ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | May '25

    02 May 2025, 14:40 Against the backdrop of the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April, which also affected parts of France, the country is heading for controversial discussions about its energy strategy for the coming decade. A focus will ...
  • 22 Apr 2025 |

    Germany can meet future hydrogen storage needs with salt caverns 鈥 econ ministry

    22 Apr 2025, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Storage Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany can store enough hydrogen in salt caverns alone to meet more than the maximum expected national and European demand needs, the economy ministry (BMWK ...
  • 29 Nov 2024 |

    Insecure future for German 鈥榗limate contract鈥 industry decarbonisation scheme 鈥 media report

    29 Nov 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Industry Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 The break-up of the coalition government and insecure funding mean that it is unclear whether Germany鈥檚 pioneering 鈥榗limate contract鈥 subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
  • COP28 deal 鈥 Reactions from Germany and Europe

    13 Dec 2023, 13:47 German and European politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society have overwhelmingly welcomed the key message of this year鈥檚 UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai: the agreement to "transition away" from fossil ...
  • G20 ministers seek to strengthen renewable energies

    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 ...
  • Germany passes laws on grid, CHP to keep Energiewende going

    18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Second parliament chamber passes laws for combined heat and power support and new power cables / Progress in grid expansion and more money for efficient power stations will advance energy transition and national climate targets, says ...
  • 15 Mar 2023 |

    2022 emissions reduction too little to put Germany on track for 2030 target

    15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
  • 24 Jul 2017 |

    BMW, VW and Daimler shares take hard hit

    Shares of German carmakers BMW, VW and Daimler were falling substantially on Monday after allegations emerged on Friday that the companies operated a cartel, followed by an EU probe into the affair, news agency Reuters reports. 鈥淭he European Commission ...
  • Germany will need much more renewable power than govt assumes- Greens' Nestle

    13 Jan 2021, 11:41 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
  • "Mammoth" energy transition key to German climate efforts- minister

    18 Mar 2016, 00:00 Renewable energy sources already play a key role in keeping Germany's carbon emissions in check, the country's environment minster told an international conference on Friday in Berlin. However, completing the energy transition ...
  • 11 Dec 2014

    In the media: Global perceptions of the Energiewende, CO2 from cars and report on fossil fuel dependency

    11 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Study: Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) 鈥淗ow the world sees the Energiewende鈥 Germany鈥檚 Energiewende 鈥 the shift from conventional and nuclear energy to a renewable power supply 鈥 is the focus of ...
  • Nuclear fusion cannot balance fluctuating renewables- German parliament report

    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. ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    Sustainability reporting still a black box for many smaller companies in Germany 鈥 survey

    12 Dec 2024, 13:35 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Finance 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt The upcoming requirements on sustainability reporting for credit ...
  • 15 Aug 2019 |

    BMW's new CEO takes the helm at former EV pioneer 'searching for direction'

    15 Aug 2019, 10:58 In a bid to regain its damaged reputation as a future mobility leader, BMW will replace its CEO on Friday, when Harald Kr眉ger will hand over the company's steering wheel to Oliver Zipse. But industry experts are uncertain whether ...
  • 16 Jul 2018 |

    Price of EU ETS emission allowances rises

    Allowances for emitting a tonne of CO 2 have tripled in price, reaching nearly 16 euros on the European Energy Exchange on Friday, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. The rise follows trading being at around 5 euros a year ago. Rolf Schmitz, head ...
  • Germany in need of civil protection volunteers as extreme weather events increase 鈥 report

    23 Apr 2025, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Business & Jobs Society 威力彩玩法 More attractive conditions are needed to make people join civil protection and disaster relief volunteer units as Germany faces more frequent extreme weather ...
  • 05 Feb 2025 |

    German government and industry consider return of Nord Stream pipeline 鈥 media report

    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 ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Tracking the making of Germany's new government

    06 May 2025, 13:00 Germans cast their vote in the country's federal election on 23 February. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor and will now lead the formal coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats ...
  • COP26 delay no excuse to put off climate action, German officials and activists say

    02 Apr 2020, 13:31 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 The decision to postpone the COP26 UN climate negotiations because of the coronavirus pandemic drew praise and concern from Germany. Government officials, experts and ...
  • 22 Apr 2025 |

    Support for combating global warming falls globally but concerns about effects are on the rise- survey

    22 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 08 Sep 2023 |

    Fossil fuel boiler phase out in Germany to save much less CO2 than originally planned

    08 Sep 2023, 15:13 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy 威力彩玩法 A new law for the phase out of oil and gas boilers in Germany was agreed upon in parliament today (8 September 2023), though changes to the original plans following controversy within the ...
  • BETD22: Supporting energy transition in developing nations more urgent amid war

    30 Mar 2022, 15:54 Renewable energy sources are the answer to both the climate crisis and the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, said ministers at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue. Experts, politicians, business leaders and ...
  • 09 Apr 2021 |

    Weak first quarter 2021 for German renewables, but high share over Easter

    09 Apr 2021, 09:39 Julian Wettengel Renewables 威力彩玩法 [CLARIFICATION: Agora Energiewende said Q1 developments in the power market show greenhouse gas emissions could rise in 2021. Drops reference to 2020 target.] 聽 Unfavourable weather ...
  • 13 Oct 2022 |

    Greta Thunberg's pro-nuclear comment stirs up German runtime extension debate

    13 Oct 2022, 10:52 Climate activist Greta Thunberg has backed the continued use of nuclear power plants that are still in operation in Germany, fuelling a heated debate over runtime extensions as the government struggles to find a unified position on the ...
  • 21 Mar 2025

    In brief | 21 March '25

    21 Mar 2025, 12:00 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: German energy transition could be 300 billion euros cheaper with more efficiency, finds report BCG & BDI industry association say investments currently planned in renewables, power grids and hydrogen far exceed ...
  • 30 Jan 2025 |

    Future German prosperity hangs on climate protection 鈥 env organisations

    30 Jan 2025, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • Snap election chance for Germany to reset relations with European partners 鈥 analyst

    14 Feb 2025, 10:00 Germany鈥檚 snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
  • 05 May 2025

    In brief | 5 May '25

    05 May 2025, 11:30 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Germany鈥檚 red tape creates a Berlin-sized hole in energy shift Military airspace restrictions are holding up wind-power projects, highlighting the challenges for Germany鈥檚 energy and defence plans. Montel: Critics ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Regulation needed for successful integration of computing in energy services 鈥 German agency

    18 Jul 2024, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 威力彩玩法 Cloud and edge computing hold great promise to increase the efficiency of a future decentralised energy system, yet the widespread use and acceptance of these solutions still face ...
  • 16 Jul 2018 |

    Coal commission members 鈥渃reate joint knowledge base鈥

    Members of Germany鈥檚 coal-exit commission used their second plenary meeting on Friday, 13 July to hear presentations about the 鈥渢asks, framework conditions and structural policy challenges鈥 that are to form the basis for their decision-making in the ...
  • 05 Jul 2018 |

    Climate protection windfall

    The European Energy Exchange in Leipzig on Friday auctioned a total of 4.36 million emission allowances for the German government that brought in 64.7 million euros, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The success of the auction marks a new ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    German EU lawmaker proposes temporary 鈥渙pt out鈥 for CO2 price in private transport and buildings

    12 Jan 2022, 13:35 j.wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes to ...
  • 13 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's plans for hydrogen storage fall well short of future demand, utilities warn

    13 Sep 2024, 12:06 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Planned hydrogen storage projects remain significantly behind forecasted demand, an issue which could affect Germany鈥檚 attempts to move towards a renewable energy system, found a report ...
  • 27 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淐limate without a plan鈥

    The dispute within Germany鈥檚 federal government over environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 Climate Action Plan 2050 鈥渋s becoming increasingly uncomfortable for Chancellor Angela Merkel,鈥 writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎t the next UN ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    German parliament to pass last-minute energy law reforms ahead of snap election

    27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 威力彩玩法 / 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 ...
  • 12 Feb 2025

    In brief | 12 February '25

    12 Feb 2025, 10:35 威力彩玩法 Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
  • 10 Aug 2021 |

    鈥淣o more time to lose鈥 to keep 1.5掳C within reach 鈥 German reactions to IPCC report

    10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
  • 09 Mar 2020 |

    Plan for new interim nuclear waste site draws criticism

    09 Mar 2020, 13:34 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Rachel Waldholz Nuclear phase-out taz / 威力彩玩法 Critics are denouncing plans to build a new interim storage facility for ...
  • Germany, neighbours agree to ban price caps in power market

    29 May 2015, 00:00 Germany and its neighbouring countries have agreed to let the market determine wholesale power prices even if this means soaring prices at times of high demand, Germany's state secretary for energy Rainer Baake said. He also ...
  • 10 Feb 2025 |

    German steel industry calls for delay of green hydrogen switch

    10 Feb 2025, 13:21 Bennet Ribbeck Industry Handelsblatt The German steel industry, which is central to Europe鈥檚 plans to establish a green hydrogen economy, is calling for postponing existing deadlines for using the climate-neutral gas, reported business ...
  • 18 Mar 2025 |

    Refurbishing most energy-inefficient buildings key lever for rapid buildings' emission reduction 鈥 report

    18 Mar 2025, 13:42 Jack McGovan Efficiency Construction 威力彩玩法 Buildings in the worst energy efficiency categories have above-average carbon emissions, so targeting them first for refurbishments would have a significant climate impact, ...
  • Deep lithium deposits in Germany could cover country's demand for decades- report

    06 Mar 2025, 13:20 Jack McGovan Storage Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 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, ...
  • 06 Mar 2025 |

    German economy and climate ministry welcomes EU plan for auto industry, NGO says it will increase emissions

    06 Mar 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Cars 威力彩玩法 Germany's economy and climate ministry has welcomed the European Commission鈥檚 plans for the automotive sector, arguing it will increase the sector's international competitiveness. "With ...
  • Blog: Germany pushes for joint global energy transition

    10 Apr 2019, 13:44 German ministers, high-level policymakers, as well as representatives from industry, science and civil society gather at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on 9-10 April 2019 to discuss the progress of a global energy transition. ...
  • 17 Sep 2021 |

    Many ways to climate neutrality: Who are the candidates running to succeed Merkel?

    17 Sep 2021, 11:37 Three candidates vie to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor in the most unpredictable federal election in decades that will determine the next steps Europe's largest economy takes on the path to climate neutrality. A recent ...
  • 25 Apr 2025 |

    Local pricing could bring electricity costs down, increase supply security in Germany 鈥 think tank

    25 Apr 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 威力彩玩法 Setting up multiple local pricing zones instead of having one big market area could help bring electricity prices down in Germany and increase supply security, according to a report ...
  • 13 Mar 2025 |

    Gas turbine maker voices concerns over 鈥渧ery ambitious鈥 German plans for backup capacity

    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 Germany鈥檚 prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
  • Promise to abolish heating law set to turn into communication challenge for German conservatives

    31 Mar 2025, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Merkur An election promise by German conservative alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) to abolish parts ...
  • 28 Apr 2025 |

    Must better connect 鈥渆nergy island鈥 Iberian Peninsula with rest of Europe to reap benefits 鈥 Spain

    28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain鈥檚 secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
  • 14 Jun 2017 |

    North Rhine-Westphalia: 鈥淲e have a coalition agreement鈥

    The Christian Democrats (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia will form a government coalition, state chairmen Armin Laschet (CDU) and Christian Lindner (FDP) told news agency dpa. 鈥淲e have a coalition agreement鈥 and the ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    Planned electricity grid investments fall short of expansion needs 鈥 EU Court of Auditors

    01 Apr 2025, 17:38 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 威力彩玩法 Planned investments to expand and modernise the EU's electricity grids by 2050 fall short of the necessary amounts of money required to support the bloc's move to climate neutrality, ...
  • 01 Feb 2019 |

    Relief about German coal exit deal fades as focus turns to implementation challenges

    01 Feb 2019, 13:53 The initial relief in Germany over a coal exit deal has given way to fresh discussions over how to implement the hard-won compromise. Chancellor Angela Merkel and politicians from her grand coalition government praised the agreement by ...
  • 29 Nov 2024 |

    Utilities still doubtful there will be investors for Germany's H2-ready power plants

    29 Nov 2024, 12:19 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 Germany's energy industry has warned that the country might struggle to find investors to build new hydrogen-ready gas power plants, following the end of a ...
  • 10 Apr 2025

    In brief | 10 April '25

    10 Apr 2025, 13:30 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: AI data center growth means more coal and gas plants, IEA says Growth in artificial intelligence-focused data centers will drive demand for gas- and coal-fired power plants, according to new report. Tennet: 12 ...
  • 30 Sep 2020 |

    Merkel wants to rally EU member states behind 55% climate target

    30 Sep 2020, 12:23 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her weight behind the European Commission鈥檚 proposal to increase the bloc鈥檚 climate target to a 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2030. Speaking in federal parliament, she said the country ...
  • 16 Jan 2023 |

    Q&A: Why are police and climate activists clashing in German village near coal mine?

    16 Jan 2023, 13:30 The small western German village of L眉tzerath has become the latest battle ground for climate activists, as it is being demolished to expand a neighbouring lignite mine. Given Germany鈥檚 aims to quit coal 鈥榠deally鈥 by 2030 and to reach ...
  • 14 Nov 2024 |

    Gov鈥檛 advisors call for special fund to finance Germany鈥檚 transport infrastructure

    14 Nov 2024, 13:16 The expansion and maintenance of Germany鈥檚 rail and road network should be financed by a special fund outside of the regular budget, according to the government鈥檚 council of economic advisors. Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & ...
  • 04 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淐zech billionaire bets against the Energiewende鈥

    Czech investor Daniel Kretinsky鈥檚 purchase of Vattenfall鈥檚 German brown coal business, officially completed on Friday, is a bet that Germany will not end coal-fired energy production anytime soon, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. Kretinsky鈥檚 holding EPH ...
  • 19 Aug 2024 |

    German government to reform state support for biomass electricity generation

    19 Aug 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Finance RND / dpa / Handelsblatt Biomass could continue to play an important role in Germany's future energy system, economy minister Robert Habeck told dpa as reported by media house RND. He announced a ...
  • Renewables cover 35 percent of German power demand

    Renewable energy sources covered 35 percent of power demand in Germany in the first half of 2017, utilities association BDEW said on Friday. In the first half of 2016, the renewables share was 33 percent. Onshore wind power installations made the largest ...
  • 21 Jan 2025 |

    Defiant climate advocates from Germany call for EU resolve as Trump returns to office

    21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
  • 10 Jun 2022 |

    Germany's wind power acceleration legislation could be delayed due to formality

    10 Jun 2022, 13:10 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Wind Der Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 The German government鈥檚 push for ...
  • 鈥淎n outcry!鈥

    An alliance of climate activists and renewable proponents has published an advert in business daily Handelsblatt urging politicians to stop the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in parliament in order to 鈥渟ave the Energiewende鈥. 鈥淎nybody who wants ...
  • Bureaucracy, energy most important issues for German business ahead of snap election 鈥 survey

    28 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Business Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Bureaucracy and energy are the top issues that German companies say the next government to should prioritise, according to a survey by economic research institute ifo ...
  • 17 Sep 2019 |

    German climate policy faces pivotal moment on 20 September

    17 Sep 2019, 13:33 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government coalition is racing to put together a major climate action package by 20 September, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' climate summit in New York on 23 September. Mere ...
  • 08 Sep 2017 |

    Frankfurt car show puts spotlight on German carmakers鈥 troubles

    08 Sep 2017, 00:00 Dieselgate, looming driving bans in German cities, an election debate on phasing out combustion engines, and the rapid ascent of e-car rival Tesla 鈥 this year鈥檚 Frankfurt car show (IAA) comes at an awkward time for German carmakers. The ...
  • 16 Mar 2020 |

    Coronavirus no excuse for renewables gridlock, says German env min

    16 Mar 2020, 14:04 Rachel Waldholz Renewables Policy dpa / Energie & Management / Der Spiegel Environment minister Svenja Schulze 聽 is calling on German state and federal officials to act quickly to resolve disagreements over the expansion of ...
  • Renewables to dominate future EU energy supply despite nuclear buzz- German engineers

    24 Jan 2025, 12:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables 威力彩玩法 The Association of German Engineers (VDI) has cautioned that new-found enthusiasm for nuclear power, as a means to mitigate global warming, must not slow the rollout of ...
  • 04 Sep 2020 |

    Germany faces packed election year as voters weigh climate against pandemic recovery

    04 Sep 2020, 15:15 The era of Chancellor Angela Merkel will come to an end when Germans head to the polls next autumn after what looks set to become an unusually dramatic run-up to the federal elections. With no clear front-runner for her succession in ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    Grid operator calls for more careful expansion of photovoltaics in Germany

    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 ...
  • 06 Feb 2025 |

    Massive battery storage expansion plans in Germany pose challenges for grid operators

    06 Feb 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Storage Handelsblatt The surging interest of potential operators of large-scale battery storage units that seek connections to Germany鈥檚 transmission grid could聽put聽network operators in a difficult situation, reported ...
  • Energiewende is a major project the economy ministry must design 鈥 new econ min

    New German economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier said the energy transition is one of his ministry鈥檚 major projects, speaking as he took over the helm of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Friday. 鈥淭he project Energiewende ...
  • 03 Apr 2024 |

    Industry head calls for strategic debate over German energy-intensive sector

    03 Apr 2024, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Industry S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany should have an honest conversation about how much strategic sovereignty it wants, and figure out what it is willing to pay to keep production of key energy-intensive sectors in the ...
  • 15 Dec 2016 |

    German Bundestag passes nuclear clean-up bill

    The German federal parliament (Bundestag) has voted by a large majority to transfer liabilities for storing nuclear waste to the state, the Bundestag has stated in a press release. The legislative proposal introduced by the government stipulates that ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    German energy companies say 2030 wind power targets cannot be achieved without Chinese hardware

    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 ...
  • 04 Dec 2015 |

    COP21- Day 5: Mentioning 1.5掳C, fossil fuels, finance

    04 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 5 at the UN climate conference: Negotiatons are not "leaping forward" / 1.5掳C should be mentioned in agreement / German climate action in the spotlight at home Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature ...
  • 10 May 2019 |

    Merkel proposes European coalition of willing for CO鈧 price in transport, buildings and agriculture

    10 May 2019, 11:33 Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed forming a coalition of the willing among European Union countries for CO鈧 pricing in transport, buildings and agriculture to meet 2030 climate targets. At a meeting of EU leaders in ...
  • 13 Aug 2024 |

    Two thirds in eastern German state of Saxony call for cross-party plan to scale renewables 鈥 survey

    13 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Most residents of the eastern German state of Saxony are in favour of the switch to renewables, but many are still concerned about new wind turbines being built near their home ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | April 鈥25

    17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
  • 11 Feb 2025 |

    Plasma start-ups offer alternative to hydrogen for decarbonising industry's heat consumption

    11 Feb 2025, 13:57 Jack McGovan Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt Plasma technologies could open new options for decarbonising heat supply in industrial processes, offering an alternative to the use of green hydrogen, newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Swedish ...
  • 19 Dec 2024 |

    Scholz鈥檚 SPD advocates 鈥淢ade in Germany 2.0鈥 in 2025 election programme

    19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 27 Nov 2020 |

    German climate cabinet to take stock, NGOs call for decisions

    27 Nov 2020, 14:33 A little more than one year after Germany鈥檚 so-called 鈥渃limate cabinet鈥 presented a big policy package to reach 2030 climate targets, its members will meet again on 2 December 鈥 but this time only to take stock, not decisions. ...
  • Parliament energy committee agrees to contested renewables reform

    The federal parliament鈥檚 committee for economics and energy has agreed to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), including many last-minute changes, according to a press release. The government coalition parties, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 ...
  • 01 Apr 2025

    In brief | 1 April '25

    01 Apr 2025, 11:22 威力彩玩法 Team Politico: EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal The European Commission wants to keep a 90 percent emissions-cutting target but to change how countries calculate their progress. Eurelectric: Solar breaks historical record in ...
  • 08 Apr 2016 |

    Czech utility set to buy Vattenfall鈥檚 lignite assets in eastern Germany- Reuters

    08 Apr 2016, 00:00 In Czech company EPH, Vattenfall might have found a buyer for its lignite coal mines and power stations in Lusatia. But as the companies involved refuse to comment, environmentalists warn that coal has no future in a country that wants ...
  • 24 Jan 2019 |

    Coal commission proposal neglects climate protection 鈥 commentary

    24 Jan 2019, 12:05 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Coal Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The leaked final report of Germany鈥檚 coal commission suggests it will not be ambitious enough when it comes to climate protection, argues J眉rgen Flauger in a ...
  • Slump in EU election raises pressure on Merkel's coalition as Greens surge on climate worries

    27 May 2019, 15:43 Germany鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
  • 18 Feb 2025 |

    German cities struggle to fund social and climate measures, call for debt brake reform

    18 Feb 2025, 12:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities 威力彩玩法 Municipalities in Germany warn that they could be running out of money soon and are struggling to implement a wide range of their tasks, including guaranteeing a reliable ...
  • Germany and India join forces to bridge the green skills gap 鈥 but youth might not engage

    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 ...
  • 14 Mar 2025 |

    Merz reaches deal on infrastructure fund by promising Greens 鈧100 bln for climate action

    14 Mar 2025, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, conservative Christian Democrat Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, has reached a breakthrough deal on the 500-billion-euros ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Tracking climate and energy in Germany's election year

    27 Sep 2021, 15:30 Germany is set to vote for a new government on 26 September. After 16 years at the helm of Europe's largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will make room for a successor who will shape the country's energy and climate ...
  • 20 Feb 2019 |

    German school protests will focus on transport emissions on global strike day in March

    20 Feb 2019, 13:26 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Washington Post Tens of thousands of teenagers across Europe have skipped school since the beginning of the year, joining protests demanding action on climate change, Luisa Beck reports in the ...
  • 22 Jun 2021 |

    Conservatives鈥 鈥渂usiness-as-usual鈥 election manifesto weak on climate details

    22 Jun 2021, 12:56 The manifesto of Germany鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance for the upcoming national election remains vague on climate and energy, leaving plenty of leeway for possible government coalition negotiations with competitors like the Green ...
  • German state institutions at odds over options for treating nuclear waste with transmutation

    18 Feb 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology 威力彩玩法 A debate about the possibilities for treating nuclear waste in a way that greatly reduces the time that radioactive materials are considered a health hazard and thus ...
  • Reactions from energy and climate community to Germany's 2025 coalition treaty

    11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
  • 15 Nov 2021 |

    German reactions to the COP26 climate summit results

    15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting聽in a similarly positive ...
  • 14 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淐abinet approves guide to climate-neutral Germany鈥

    The German federal cabinet finally approved the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 as the basic framework on how Germany is to become largely greenhouse gas neutral in 2050. In a press release, environment minister Barbara Hendricks pointed out that ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    East German state election highlights political conflicts of energy transition

    02 Jun 2021, 13:21 Voters in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt will head to the ballot box on 6 June to elect a new state government. Home to one of Germany鈥檚 three main coal mining regions, the state is dealing with the transition away from lignite ...
  • 29 Nov 2024 |

    Industry alliance calls for strategy to decarbonise process heat in Germany

    29 Nov 2024, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Industry 威力彩玩法 Ahead of the German snap election, an alliance of industry associations has called on political parties to push for a government strategy to decarbonise heat that businesses use in their ...
  • 03 Dec 2024 |

    Circularity strategy to future-proof German economy 鈥 environment ministry

    03 Dec 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 11 Sep 2023 |

    New German heating law met with mixed reactions from industry and environmental groups

    11 Sep 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 威力彩玩法 The German government鈥檚聽 new building energy legislation 聽to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems has generated mixed reactions from industry associations and ...
  • 05 May 2025 |

    Germany鈥檚 pick for transport minister signals cautious approach in 鈥減roblem child鈥 sector

    05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for Germany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 ...
  • 29 Aug 2024 |

    German grid agency's plans for flexible fees meet industry resistance

    29 Aug 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Renewables Cost & Prices Electricity prices in Germany could be made more flexible and fall during particularly sunny or windy conditions according to a proposed measure to adapt grid fees to renewable power supply by ...
  • 17 Mar 2025

    In brief | 17 March '25

    17 Mar 2025, 13:00 威力彩玩法 Team FT: Green energy stocks fall back to levels last seen 5 years ago聽 Uncertainty over political support for clean transition depresses market. Reuters: Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate ...
  • 22 Nov 2024 |

    Social barriers risk leaving women behind in India's greener future

    22 Nov 2024, 11:00 Social barriers make it tough for women to work in the solar sector in India, thwarting what could be a vibrant clean energy workforce in the world鈥檚 most populous country. Experts are calling for more attention to green skills and ...
  • Vote25- Next German government must reconcile industrial decarbonisation and competitiveness

    29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country鈥檚 large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
  • 24 Sep 2024 |

    German NGOs call for low-income option for flat-rate public transport ticket as ministers agree price increase

    24 Sep 2024, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 / SWR Germany's nationwide flat-rate public transport ticket, the Germany-ticket, is at risk of losing subscribers now that the federal government and state transport ...
  • 18 Mar 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 military gears up for new geopolitical tensions with climate strategy

    18 Mar 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security 威力彩玩法 / Table.Media / The Guardian Germany鈥檚 defence ministry expects climate change to have a profound impact on security issues and has presented a plan to prepare its military for the new ...
  • 28 Jan 2019 |

    Climate change is a threat to peace and security 鈥 German foreign minister

    28 Jan 2019, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Security 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the United Nations at Friday鈥檚 open debate of the UN Security Council to take the link between climate and security into account in all conflict ...
  • 12 Mar 2025

    In brief | 12 March '25

    12 Mar 2025, 10:57 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 28 Apr 2025 |

    Experienced energy manager is Merz鈥檚 鈥渟urprise鈥 pick for heading Germany鈥檚 economy ministry

    28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
  • 26 Feb 2025 |

    Germany鈥檚 former reactor operators lukewarm on Merz鈥檚 nuclear 鈥渄ismantling moratorium鈥 idea

    26 Feb 2025, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A proposal from Germany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 ...
  • 05 Jun 2024 |

    German govt鈥檚 climate-neutral aviation working group calls for ramp-up of sustainable aviation fuel

    05 Jun 2024, 13:58 Edgar Meza Transport 威力彩玩法 A working group made up of government officials and industry representatives focusing on climate-neutral aviation is calling for clear commitment by political leaders and industry to the market ...
  • 24 Jul 2024 |

    German govt adopts import strategy for green hydrogen

    24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
  • 23 Jul 2024 |

    Plans for Germany's hydrogen 鈥渃ore grid鈥 take decisive step

    23 Jul 2024, 13:17 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Germany鈥檚 gas transmission system operators have submitted a joint application for a planned hydrogen core network to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Due to be completed by 2032, the planned network would ...
  • Germany鈥檚 budding coalition agrees electricity price cuts, e-car subsidies

    10 Mar 2025, 13:28 Germany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 ...
  • 23 Apr 2025 |

    Germany needs concrete steps to overcome hydrogen's chicken-and-egg problem 鈥 engineering association

    23 Apr 2025, 13:39 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany should act quickly to kickstart the hydrogen economy with concrete steps as not enough has been done in practice so far, said the Association of German Engineers ...
  • Vote25: Next German government should focus on EU cooperation in industry decarbonisation- researcher

    28 Jan 2025, 12:58 Slowing down industry decarbonisation in Germany would result in a dangerous loss of competitiveness in emerging green markets, says Philipp Verpoort, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Instead, the ...
  • Next German government must pave way for climate-neutral flying- NGOs

    17 Jan 2025, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Transport Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • German heating industry calls for policy commitment as sales of climate-friendly systems halve

    27 Jan 2025, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Solar and heating industry associations have appealed to politicians at the federal and state levels to show clear policy commitments to the energy transition after ...
  • 28 Nov 2024 |

    German agriculture task force calls for benchmarking system to better reward sustainable practices

    28 Nov 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Agriculture 威力彩玩法 German stakeholders in agriculture support calls for an EU-wide benchmarking system, arguing that this could help reward sustainable practices in the sector. Such a system has been proposed ...
  • Dispatch from Germany | April '25

    11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥 winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥 ...
  • 15 Jan 2025 |

    Industry groups hopeful after 2024 record year for onshore wind power in Germany

    15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 The past year was 鈥渁 record year鈥 for ...
  • 11 Mar 2025

    In brief | 11 March '25

    11 Mar 2025, 12:00 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: Clock ticks for German fiscal bonanza but Merz ally optimistic A senior ally of Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday (11 March) was optimistic about securing support for a massive increase ...
  • Germany debates form of renewables support as levy rises

    17 Oct 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 consumer surcharge to fund renewable electricity will rise less than expected in 2017. Still, discussions about the cost of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project and ways to reform the renewables support dominated the public ...
  • 11 Jun 2024 |

    Scholz renews call for free trade ahead of EU announcement on Chinese EV tariffs

    11 Jun 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU dpa / Die Welt / Reuters Erecting trade barriers to shield national industries from foreign competition is not the way to ensure European companies remain competitive, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz during ...
  • 20 Jan 2025

    In brief | 20 January '25

    20 Jan 2025, 12:00 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 13 Feb 2025

    In brief | 13 February '25

    13 Feb 2025, 13:49 威力彩玩法 Team Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)- Little potential for "climate plantations" within planetary boundaries Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is being discussed as a way to remove ...
  • 10 Oct 2024 |

    Water conflicts to intensify in Germany due to climate change 鈥 report

    10 Oct 2024, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Increasing heatwaves and droughts in recent years have led to regional water scarcity and associated conflicts in Germany and the situation is set to intensify as climate change ...
  • 09 Apr 2025 |

    German refineries face unprecedented crisis as ministry calls sector 鈥渋ndispensable鈥

    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 ...
  • 25 Apr 2025 |

    EU reliant on next German government鈥檚 climate resolve to uphold Green Deal鈥檚 promises

    25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
  • 01 Nov 2021 |

    COP26 can put 鈥渕oral pressure鈥 on govts to reduce emissions 鈥 climate scientist

    01 Nov 2021, 08:26 The 26th UN climate change conference in Glasgow is a necessary instrument to put 鈥渕oral pressure鈥 on world governments to commit to more climate action, Stefan Rahmstorf, scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
  • 05 Dec 2014

    In the media: Nuclear waste fund, Vattenfall, E.ON's split

    05 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Rundschau "We need a fund" J枚rg Sommer, chairman of the German Environment Foundation, says more money is needed to treat nuclear waste in Germany. In an ...
  • 11 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淩enewables surcharge to increase by about 8 percent鈥

    Germany鈥檚聽 renewables surcharge 聽is to rise from 6.35 cents per kilowatt-hour (ct/kWh) to 6.88 ct/kWh next year, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) learned from grid operator sources. The 8 percent increase would be less than聽 predicted by experts. This ...
  • 16 Apr 2025 |

    German industry supplier says US tariffs could cut global car production by millions

    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 ...
  • 14 Jun 2024 |

    Broad civil society alliance in Germany calls for 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥

    14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 威力彩玩法 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥 to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
  • Merkel leaves work to do with mixed climate legacy

    10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥, Germany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 ...
  • 11 Nov 2024 |

    German government renews call for more climate finance donors as COP29 starts

    11 Nov 2024, 13:49 Julian Wettengel International COP29 威力彩玩法 As the UN climate change conference COP29 gets underway, Germany is continuing its push to include countries beyond the rich industrialised economies among those to contribute ...
  • 28 Apr 2025 |

    Grid operators recommend splitting German power price zone, industry disagrees

    28 Apr 2025, 13:38 European transmission system operators (TSOs) have recommended that Germany split its single electricity price zone into up to five bidding zones. This should maximise economic efficiency across the whole market area, ensuring security ...
  • Preview 2021 鈥 鈥榃e have to radicalise all parties to adopt more ambitious climate plans鈥

    15 Dec 2020, 14:02 The coronavirus pandemic has stifled the possibility of staging mass protests on the streets. Young climate activists from Fridays for Future (FfF) therefore have had to devise new ways to get their message across. In the run-up to ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    German, French economic advisors champion battery-electric trucks to decarbonise freight transport

    24 Mar 2025, 13:34 Edgar Meza Mobility Freight 威力彩玩法 Economic experts in Germany and France are calling for the two countries to coordinate strategies in the decarbonisation of road freight transport. In a joint statement, the Franco-German ...
  • 20 Mar 2015

    Energiewende passes solar eclipse stress test

    20 Mar 2015, 00:00 Clear and sunny weather, a solar eclipse and no blackout- Germany's power system has passed an important test. The eclipse was a taste of the future, as the rise in renewables will make fluctuations of this magnitude regular events ...
  • 27 Feb 2025

    In brief | 27 February '25

    27 Feb 2025, 13:14 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Don't sound the death knell for Germany's green wave yet The nation鈥檚 industrial giants believe clean technology is the best bet for the future. That should be an incentive for Friedrich Merz to stay the ...
  • 26 Feb 2025

    In brief | 26 February '25

    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
  • 12 Dec 2023 |

    German govt greenlights 2.6 billion euros for green steel production in western state Saarland

    12 Dec 2023, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Hydrogen Die Welt Steel producers in the western German state of Saarland have been granted 2.6 billion euros in state support to transform their production procedures towards climate neutrality. Economy and ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    New gas boilers in Germany more expensive than heat pumps in the long run 鈥 report

    11 Mar 2025, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    German government approves climate adaptation strategy to better prepare for global warming

    12 Dec 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Government 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 03 Mar 2025

    In brief | 3 March '25

    03 Mar 2025, 12:15 威力彩玩法 Team DW: Social Democrats lead Hamburg state election: early results The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens look set to be able to continue their coalition in the northern city state of Hamburg following a regional election ...
  • 25 Mar 2019 |

    Goldman Sachs still bullish on German utilities

    25 Mar 2019, 13:50 Rachel Waldholz Finance Utilities dpa / Focus Online US investment bank Goldman Sachs says German utilities RWE and E.ON remain good investments, despite the coal exit, newswire dpa reports in an article carried by Focus Online. In an ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

    Germany's smart meter rollout could slow further as government reduces ambitions 鈥 media

    25 Oct 2024, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Households installing smart meters could face higher costs in future, Tagesspiegel Background reported based on a draft amendment to Germany's energy industry ...
  • Flat-rate Germany public transport ticket secure for 2025 after Conservatives consent to funding

    15 Nov 2024, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics ARD Germany鈥檚 largest opposition group in parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, has supported the continuation of the country鈥檚 national flat-rate ticket for using local ...
  • 20 Dec 2018 |

    Germany bids farewell to domestic hard coal mining

    20 Dec 2018, 16:33 On 21. December 2018 the mining of hard coal officially comes to an end in Germany. The closing of the last mine in the Ruhr region marks the end of 200 years of mining the fossil fuel that made Germany鈥檚 industrialisation possible. The ...
  • 17 Sep 2015

    In the media: Havoc for utilities; a push for robot cars

    17 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Bloomberg 鈥淲hy Germany鈥檚 nuclear power exit is causing havoc for utilities鈥 Financing the nuclear phase-out is the biggest challenge yet for Germany鈥檚 large utilities, which explains this week鈥檚 ...
  • 15 Apr 2025 |

    Germany and France eye relaunch of European electricity market integration

    15 Apr 2025, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann International EU Handelsblatt France and Germany are preparing a relaunch of their cooperation on energy policy, competitiveness, and technology for when conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has formed his ...
  • 28 Mar 2025 |

    NGO wins greenwashing lawsuits against German airline, apparel company

    28 Mar 2025, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 威力彩玩法 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 Nov 2024 |

    German grid agency explores lowering connection costs for batteries, electrolysers in renewable-rich areas

    21 Nov 2024, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 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 ...
  • 18 Nov 2019 |

    Tesla gigafactory in Germany hailed as gamechanger for lagging e-mobility transition

    18 Nov 2019, 12:34 Tesla's announcement to build a "gigafactory" for e-car production in Germany is likely to speed up the slow shift to electric mobility in the country, politicians and mobility experts have said. Media called the ...
  • 06 Sep 2024 |

    One in five German company fleet cars is an electric or hybrid vehicle 鈥 survey

    06 Sep 2024, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Cars 威力彩玩法 One in five German company fleet cars in 2023 were electric, around half of which are pure battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and the other half plug-in hybrids, a survey done by state-owned development ...
  • Germany could struggle to find investors for new gas power plants, utilities warn

    24 Oct 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Electricity market Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 Germany's plan to secure the supply of electricity at all times through hydrogen-ready gas power plants could not materialise ...
  • 18 Mar 2021 |

    German Greens enter election campaign with climate investment plan 鈥 media reports

    18 Mar 2021, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Greens propose a large public investment programme to support the transition to a climate-friendly economy and a phase-out of combustion engine car sales by 2030 in their ...
  • 14 Feb 2025

    Dispatch from the European Union | February '25

    14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
  • 19 Sep 2024 |

    Rapid rollout, doubling of investment needed for successful use of district heating 鈥 report

    19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating 威力彩玩法 To聽supply a sufficient number of homes聽with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology,聽 a report 聽by ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    Germany explores underground caverns as seasonal heat storage sites

    11 Mar 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt Germany is stepping up its research on geothermal energy storage, a way of storing heat energy between seasons using water, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Research is currently underway in ...
  • 02 Sep 2024 |

    German gas grid operators undecided whether to hike fees now to avoid future cost explosion 鈥 media report

    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 ...
  • 24 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Germany | January '25

    24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
  • 27 Jul 2020 |

    Telsa will also manufacture battery cells at its new Berlin factory, Elon Musk says

    27 Jul 2020, 13:05 Edgar Meza Storage Cars manager magazin US electric car manufacturer Tesla will be manufacturing battery cells along with electric vehicles at its planned German factory in Gr眉nheide near Berlin, manager magazine聽 reported citing ...
  • 07 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | April 鈥25

    07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

    Day 12 at COP26: "Must defend good proposals on the table" 鈥 German env min

    12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
  • Industry says Germany must no longer ignore raw material supply risks for transition

    11 Nov 2024, 13:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 German industry's dependence on ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

    Reactions to top court ruling that Germany's climate policies are insufficient

    30 Apr 2021, 14:04 Germany's highest court has ruled in a landmark decision that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack detailed emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The court said the country's Climate ...
  • EU could benefit economically from US climate backtracking 鈥 German foreign minister

    19 Mar 2025, 13:31 Bennet Ribbeck Business & Jobs International 威力彩玩法 European industry could profit from a possible US drawback in climate-policy related collaborations, said Germany鈥檚 foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock. Climate ...
  • 24 Oct 2023 |

    German ruling coalition party FDP rejects EU proposal for contracts for difference to support renewables

    24 Oct 2023, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Renewables EU Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 German government coalition member and pro-business party FDP (Free Democratic Party) has criticised a proposal agreed by EU member state governments last week to make so-called ...
  • 19 Mar 2025 |

    Rebuilding villages after floods should consider sustainability, adaptation 鈥 report

    19 Mar 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Adaptation Cities 威力彩玩法 Areas destroyed by floods in western Germany in 2021 should not only be restored, but be rebuilt in a way that makes them more sustainable and resilient against future flood events, said ...
  • German grid agency to modify fees to incentivise flexible industrial electricity consumption

    24 Jul 2024, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Industry Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germany's grid agency BNetzA is set to adapt grid fees for industrial electricity consumers in a bid to incentivise flexible power consumption. In an impulse paper ...
  • SPD proposes end of renewables surcharge and mandatory solar power in energy policy reform

    29 Oct 2020, 13:44 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • 29 Jan 2025

    In brief | 29 January '25

    29 Jan 2025, 11:30 威力彩玩法 Team Economist: Who is ahead in the race for Germany鈥檚 next parliament? Model gives the CDU/CSU "Union" a 97 in 100 chance of winning the most seats. Bloomberg: German industry lobby sees economy shrinking 0.1% this year ...
  • 10 Mar 2019 |

    Students demand climate action with 鈥Fridays for Future鈥 school strikes

    10 Mar 2019, 15:22 Students around the world are walking out of school on Fridays to demand faster action on climate change. The protests were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began skipping school last August. In Germany, ...
  • 19 Jun 2023 |

    Q&A 鈥 Germany faces heated debates over climate policy in 2024 EU election

    19 Jun 2023, 12:45 Voters in Germany, alongside other EU citizens, will head to the polls one year from now to elect a new European Parliament and lay the groundwork for the next European Union executive to shape energy and climate policy for five years. ...
  • 12 Dec 2015 |

    Paris climate deal 鈥 does Germany get what it hoped for?

    12 Dec 2015, 00:00 196 parties of the UNFCCC have adopted the new Paris Agreement on climate change / Transparency and the ambition mechanisms that Germany most wanted to get are in the text, but the strong long-term target had to give a little COP21 ...
  • 10 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25 鈥 German parties鈥 energy and climate policy positions for the 2025 election

    10 Feb 2025, 13:03 Germans head to the polls on 23 February 2025 to elect a new parliament. The vote will decide the make-up of the country's next government, which will shape the coming years of climate and energy policy. Key energy transition ...
  • 21 Feb 2025 |

    Q&A: What is on the menu of the EU鈥檚 new Vision for Agriculture and Food?

    21 Feb 2025, 13:40 As Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, begins her second stint at the top job, she has one group firmly in her sights: farmers. The freshly re-elected president is keen to live up to her promise to be a friend of ...
  • Q&A: First climate and energy proposals from Germany鈥檚 future coalition government

    10 Mar 2025, 13:00 The parties of Germany's likely next governing coalition have said they want to massively increase infrastructure spending, build new gas power plants and introduce subsidies to push the adoption of electric vehicles. Environmental ...
  • 25 Jul 2023 |

    A shared challenge: Attitudes about climate action in France and Germany

    25 Jul 2023, 13:30 Concerns over the impacts of climate change and demand for mitigation policy are high in France and Germany alike, which is hardly surprising given their geographic proximity and similar economic structure. However, the French and the ...
  • Q&A: German capital Berlin votes whether to make city climate neutral by 2030

    27 Mar 2023, 11:37 A referendum called to force the city of Berlin to become climate neutral in 2030 failed to receive the necessary share of yes votes among all voters. This target implied that the German capital with almost four million inhabitants ...
  • Q&A: How will Germany support the expansion of renewables in future?

    11 Nov 2024, 10:30 Guaranteed feed-in support payments for renewable energy projects have been at the heart of Germany's energy transition since they were introduced in 1990, and have been emulated across the globe. Renewables are now the cheapest ...
  • Energy and climate crunch points in German government coalition talks

    27 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is on course to get a coalition government composed of the conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz, who won the election on 23 February, and outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats. While the ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Q&A: What Canada鈥檚 election means for climate action and ties with Europe amid Trump-era tensions

    30 Apr 2025, 11:30 Mark Carney's Liberal Party has emerged as the winner in a high-stakes federal election that will shape the country鈥檚 climate and energy policy as聽Mark Carney's Liberal Party has one a high-stakes federal election that will ...
  • What Germany's 2025 coalition agreement says on climate and energy

    22 Apr 2025, 12:38 The conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats want to form Germany's next government. The parties' coalition agreement shows that the next government aims to continue the country's landmark energy transition ...
  • Germany's government 鈥 Who shapes climate and energy policy under chancellor Merz?

    07 May 2025, 10:00 The new coalition government of chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) has signalled continuity on energy transition policy. The cabinet includes both expert ministers 鈥 like ...
  • Key climate and energy tasks for Germany's next government

    19 Feb 2025, 13:15 Germany's next government will have to tackle many climate and energy challenges- some of them it will inherit from the outgoing government, while others become more urgent as the country's 2030 targets come into sight. This ...
  • Germany's Climate Action Law

    13 Jan 2025, 09:15 Germany aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2045 鈥 targets it has written into its first major national climate law. The law also contains targets for carbon sinks such as ...
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  • 09 May 2019 |

    European Elections 2019: Energy and climate policy contacts for journalists

    09 May 2019, 14:49 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 has compiled a list of contacts as a jumping-off point for journalists covering the 2019 European Parliament elections. With voting just weeks away (23-26 May), we've been ...
  • Fridays for future shows hope and potential for Africa- Zimbabwean journalist reflects on time with 威力彩玩法

    26 Jul 2019, 15:22 Transport Society International Kennedy Nyavaya, climate change and environmental journalist from Zimbabwe, spent four weeks with the 威力彩玩法 team in Berlin on a fellowship via International Journalists' Programmes (IJP). ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Covering the climate: Work experience at 威力彩玩法

    18 Jul 2024, 09:30 Milou Dirkx Franca Quecke International "Rather than treating the climate crisis as a 'single issue', 威力彩玩法 understands its overlapping root causes and consequences and integrates them into its daily coverage". In ...
  • 17 Apr 2020 |

    The Reporter's Guide 2020: One year, a climate package, coal exit and a corona crisis later

    17 Apr 2020, 12:53 Freja Eriksen Energiewende A climate package, a coal exit and a corona crisis 鈥 威力彩玩法's shortcut to the German energy transition in 2020 includes all of the above. As the consequences of the latter influence not only climate and ...
  • Beneath headlines of disappointment, 2019 may have set scene for a 2020 full of climate ambition

    20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Sven Egenter Coal Climate & CO2 Renewables COP25 "Disappointing", "not enough", "climate emergency" 鈥 many headlines in 2019 gave a damning verdict on climate policy and the energy transition globally ...
  • 19 Jul 2019 |

    Beyond a coal phase out: The ethical side of climate reporting

    19 Jul 2019, 14:46 Rose-Anne Clermont Policy Society Susanne Ehlerding writes about climate and energy for one of Berlin's most widely circulated daily papers, Der Tagesspiegel. Ehlerding spoke in a workshop on the blind spots of business, climate ...
  • 23 Aug 2019 |

    Three questions to Angelina Davydova, 威力彩玩法 Ambassador for Russia and Central Asia

    23 Aug 2019, 10:20 Martha Otwinowski Policy International Angelina Davydova is a freelance journalist who regularly covers climate change, environmental/climate policy at the international and Russian level, the circular economy and energy transition ...
  • 16 Sep 2024 |

    How 威力彩玩法's Summer Academy in climate journalism fundamentally changed my thinking about our planet's future

    16 Sep 2024, 11:00 Rei Takver International Global heating and the move to a climate-neutral economy across the world is the defining story of our time. At 威力彩玩法's Summer Academy, made possible with the support of Journalismfund's ...
  • Fridays for Future Germany

    German branch of the international Fridays for Future movement, started by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. www.fridaysforfuture.de Environmental groups Germany @FridayforFuture ...
  • Youth for Climate (Spain)

    Youth collective established in 2019 within the worldwide youth climate movement. Brings together Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and other smaller groups. www.juventudxclima.es Office comunicacion@juventudxclima.es +34 689589738 +34 638406260 ...
  • Fridays For Future Vilnius

    Climate activism movement Vilnius chapter. www.fridaysforfuture.org vilnius@fridaysforfuture.org Environmental groups Lithuania @FFFVilnius ...
  • Fridays for Future Sweden

    Swedish branch of the organisation started by Greta Thunberg. Continues to lead strikes in Sweden. www.fridaysforfuture.se Press office media@fridaysforfuture.se Environmental groups Sweden @FFF_Sweden ...
  • Agora Agriculture

    Agora Agriculture is an independent non-profit think tank developing science-based approaches for a sustainable and future-oriented food, agriculture and forestry sector, in close collaboration with stakeholders from the agriculture, forestry and food ...
  • Recording available: 威力彩玩法 Press Club- What鈥檚 next for energy & climate in Europe?

    10 Jun 2024 Berlin The EU is about to enter a crucial phase for the future shape of the European Green Deal. More than 360 million citizens can cast their ballot in the 2024 EU elections on 6-9 June. Their vote can shift the balance of power in the ...
  • 13 Jun 2021 |

    The future of the European car industry: the challenge of industrial transformation

    13- 18 Jun 2021 Online via Zoom Apply now for one of our limited spots! As e-car sales climb from one record to the next across the globe, the shift to electric mobility is firmly under way. The transformation will create a greener transport sector, but ...
  • RESEARCH TOUR 鈥 Farmers, populism & climate action: Lessons from post-election Netherlands for the EU鈥檚 future agriculture and climate policies

    03- 06 Mar 2024 Amsterdam [Applications are closed] Populist leaders and parties are on the rise in many European countries. In the Netherlands, the far right politician Geert Wilders could become the next prime minister, with the BBB (Farmer-Citizen ...
  • Rawda

    Pakistan Electricity Transport Business Technology Policy Government Pakistani Orwais Rawda is a freelance journalist covering green energy, policy and tech. His work has been published by Asia Times, Power Technology and The Friday Times. ...
  • Korai

    Pakistan Climate & CO2 Agriculture Carbon removal Coal Fossil fuels Pakistani Shaukat Ali Korai is a freelance journalist covering climate change impacts, clean energy and fossil fuels. His work has been published by Express Tribune, jbconnects, The ...
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    Croatia Climate & CO2 Bioenergy Renewables Storage Wind Technology Croatian Vedrana 厂颈尘颈膷别惫颈膰 is a freelance journalist covering climate change, science and environment protection for various outlets including Balkan Insight, BBC Future, Jutarnji list ...
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    Language Undefined Our Dispatches keep you in the loop about energy and climate policy trends in key European countries and the EU itself. With a tight selection of the most relevant recent and upcoming developments, they provide a regular snapshot of ...
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    Italy Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Society EU COP29 Italian Marta 础产产脿 is a freelance investigative journalist and environmental physicist, focusing on climate and gender justice. In her work she explores the link between climate ...
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