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  • 11 Jul 2017 |

    G20 2017- Climate and energy at the Hamburg summit

    Germany pushes for G20 climate focus, despite Trump 11 Jul 2017, 00:00 The leaders of the world's largest economies have met at the G20 summit in Germany's main port city Hamburg. The current US administration's decision to pull out of the ...
  • Preview2017- Outlook for Germany's Energiewende

    German climate lead in G20 expected as elections to set tone domestically 20 Jan 2017, 00:00 A string of regional elections as well as federal elections will dominate German policy in 2017. In this dossier, the 威力彩玩法 and a number of energy and ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    Germany maintains climate focus as war against Ukraine dominates G7 summit agenda

    Climate and energy at the G7 summit in Bavaria 28 Jun 2022, 17:34 Climate and energy were high on the agenda when Germany hosted the G7 leaders in Bavaria on 26-28 June, but Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine dominated the summit. Leaders finished their three ...
  • 23 Sep 2020 |

    Stimulus plans spark hope for climate-friendly economic recovery

    Climate policy after the coronavirus crisis 23 Sep 2020, 17:00 The coronavirus outbreak has led to an unprecedented drop in economic activity in many countries around the world, leading to concerns that climate action and other environmental policies ...
  • Preview 2020: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 targets under scrutiny in year of global climate action

    03 Feb 2020, 14:53 2020 will be a year of global climate action as countries are called upon to ratchet up ambitions under the Paris Agreement. The shaky German government will be in the midst of what many hope to be a European diplomatic effort to ...
  • Green pioneer Germany struggles to make climate protection a reality

    The energy transition and climate change 16 Dec 2016, 00:00 As the home country of the Energiewende, Germany is considered a pioneer in the fight against man-made climate change. But despite a spectacular rise in power generation from renewables, the ...
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  • G20 must throw weight behind climate action 鈥 paper

    14 Jun 2019, 13:18 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 German Development Institute Support for multilateral commitments, especially those ...
  • 20 Nov 2020 |

    G20 important for global climate action in 2021 鈥 German official

    20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
  • 11 Nov 2019 |

    G20 need more ambitious climate strategies 鈥 report

    11 Nov 2019, 08:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 No G20 country has a climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement鈥檚 ambitious end of its main target- to limit global warming to 1.5掳C- although most are technically capable and have ...
  • 01 Nov 2021 |

    Merkel calls G20 climate outcome 鈥済ood signal鈥 for COP26, NGOs cry foul

    01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 威力彩玩法 The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
  • 11 Sep 2023 |

    Lack of G20 agreement means fossil fuel exit "left open for COP28 to answer" 鈥 German envoy

    11 Sep 2023, 13:49 Julian Wettengel Renewables G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) influential economies聽 have agreed 聽on the aim to triple of renewable energy capacity globally by 2030, but stopped short of calling for an ...
  • 14 Oct 2021 |

    No G20 state on 1.5掳C path, Germany no exception

    14 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 The progress made so far by the world鈥檚 largest industrialised and emerging countries is far too miniscule to adhere to the Paris Agreement鈥檚 1.5 degree temperature ...
  • Germany pushes for global renewables targets at G20 summit

    08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
  • G20 currently not able to send 鈥渟trong joint messages on climate鈥- Germanwatch

    01 Jul 2019, 13:35 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 / Financial Times Environmental and development organisation Germanwatch聽 has said it is 鈥渞elieved鈥 that 19 of the G20 countries at ...
  • 18 Nov 2020 |

    G20 corona stimulus packages risk delaying climate action 鈥 report

    18 Nov 2020, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Green stimulus 威力彩玩法 Corona stimulus packages in G20 countries are set to delay climate action,聽according to a report published by Climate Transparency, an international partnership ...
  • 09 Nov 2017 |

    Hamburg G20 summit 鈥渕ajor success鈥 for multilateralism 鈥 Merkel advisor

    The joint communiqu茅 from July鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg was a 鈥渕ajor success鈥 for multilateralism, German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 economic advisor and G20 sherpa Lars-Henrik R枚ller said at an event on the sidelines of the UN climate conference in Bonn. ...
  • 12 Jul 2024

    In brief | 12 July '24

    12 Jul 2024, 12:26 S枚ren Amelang S&P Global: Germany's gas storage operators warn demand curtailments still required ahead of winter Storage sites 84% full by mid-July but extreme cold could prompt gas shortages and empty reserves by February ...
  • 20 Mar 2017 |

    Germany reiterates G20 climate focus at energy transition conference

    Germany aims to use a large international energy conference in Berlin to inject fresh momentum and ideas into the G20 process in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July. "We want to use our G20 presidency this year to find a common position for all ...
  • G20 fin mins and central bankers fail to mention climate change

    In contrast to their prepared text, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors included no mention of the challenges posed by climate change in the communiqu茅 after their meeting in Baden-Baden on 18 March, writes Germanwatch. 鈥淎pparently, the new ...
  • 29 Jun 2017 |

    EU leaders pledge to work for joint solution on climate at G20

    29 Jun 2017, 00:00 European Union leaders have underscored their commitment to work towards a joint solution on climate issues at the G20 summit in Hamburg. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would not be easy regarding questions such as climate ...
  • 31 May 2017 |

    鈥20 solution proposals for the G20

    Think20 (T20), which brings together research institutions and think tanks from the G20 countries, presented key policy recommendations for G20 policy makers at the T20 Summit in Berlin. The proposals include recommendations on climate policy, such as ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Trump, Putin to miss climate G20 discussion for bilateral talks - reports

    US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to miss the G20 leaders鈥 discussion on climate and energy as they have scheduled their first personal meeting during the working session, German news聽 website Spiegel Online ...
  • 23 Nov 2020 |

    G20 states confirm climate cooperation, Merkel sees topic rise on agenda

    23 Nov 2020, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The heads of state and government from the G20 (Group of Twenty) major economies have formally confirmed their cooperation on climate protection. Despite the United States ...
  • 12 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淔ront against Trump crumbles鈥

    Japan and Great Britain did not sign a joint statement with France, Germany and Italy in reaction to the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, and Canada鈥檚 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed to strike the references to the Paris Agreement from the ...
  • G20 poised to signal retreat from climate change funding pledge鈥

    G20 finance ministers may encourage private funding for climate change instead of government pledges, according to a draft statement for the upcoming G20 finance ministers meeting, writes Joe Ryan for Bloomberg. This was a significant shift from what ...
  • G20 in Hamburg: Civil society urges Merkel on climate

    More than 300 civil society organisations call on 鈥渢he remaining 19 members of the G20 to reaffirm their unfaltering commitment鈥 to the implementation of The Paris Agreement after the US decision to leave the accord. The G20 engagement group Civil20 (C20) ...
  • 12 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淓nergy in the G20 finance track鈥

    As China has begun to refocus the G20 energy agenda on sustainability, Germany should use its upcoming presidency to further boost the importance of energy within the intergovernmental institution, writes Andreas Kraemer in a policy brief for Canada-based ...
  • 22 May 2017 |

    Germany, China urge US to remain in climate agreement

    22 May 2017, 00:00 Germany and China increased pressure on the US government to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement ahead of the G7 and G20 summits. The continuing uncertainty about the US position puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim to agree on a G20 energy and climate ...
  • 01 Dec 2016 |

    IEA director calls on Germany to lead on climate during G20 presidency

    01 Dec 2016, 00:00 Calls for Germany to take on a leadership role in international climate protection grow louder as the country鈥檚 government is set to take over the G20 presidency from China on 1 December. Commentators and politicians see the ...
  • Trump, Putin to miss climate G20 discussion for bilateral talks - reports

    US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to miss the G20 leaders鈥 discussion on climate and energy as they have scheduled their first personal meeting during the working session, German news聽 website Spiegel Online ...
  • 20 Jun 2017 |

    NGOs urge Merkel to push G20 on climate despite US opt-out

    20 Jun 2017, 00:00 NGOs from all over the world have called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to fight for a strong stance on climate at the G20 summit in little more than two weeks. Merkel said the US decision to leave the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥渂roke ...
  • G20 draft text fuses US climate isolation with deal on innovation鈥

    A draft of conclusions to the G20 summit in Hamburg contains a compromise on climate protection between the US and other member states, news agency Reuters reports. The document, dated 3 July, acknowledged Washington鈥檚 鈥渋solation in opposing the Paris ...
  • 25 Jul 2017 |

    G20 in Hamburg: Last boost for the Paris Agreement, for the time being?"

    The G20 summits will continue to play an important role for climate protection, because 鈥渨ithout the pressure on the political level, implementing and monitoring climate targets would hardly be possible in some countries鈥, write Susanne Dr枚ge and Felix ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    G20 climate, energy plan goes to the wire at Hamburg summit

    30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
  • 06 Jun 2017 |

    US exit from Paris does not mean climate policy 鈥渇ully outlined鈥 鈥 gov鈥檛 official

    US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement does not mean that the country鈥檚 climate policy was already 鈥渇ully outlined鈥, a German government official told reporters at a press briefing in Berlin, when asked about the upcoming G20 ...
  • Power and transport most urgent in G20 country climate action 鈥 report

    Power generation from coal, oil and gas, and transport produce the largest share of emissions in the vast majority of G20 countries and none of these economies鈥 climate pledges are on a 1.5藲C-compatible pathway, according to the Brown to Green Report 2018 ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淭he hypocritical G20

    The G20 meeting in Hamburg is meant to address some of the most pressing global problems but many of the heads of state present at this year鈥檚 summit have a very poor record of defending human rights in their own countries, Christian Grefe writes in a ...
  • French ex-climate change ambassador: 鈥淧repare for G20 climate showdown鈥

    This year鈥檚 G20 summit in Germany will be 鈥渁 test for governments, civil society, and companies to stick to鈥 the goals of the Paris Agreement, France鈥檚 former climate change ambassador Laurence Tubiana said, Ed King writes on Climate Home. While US ...
  • 04 Jul 2017 |

    G20 decision without consensus could be success for German presidency - T20

    The lack of a consensus at the G20 could become actually a success for the German presidency, if it succeeded in building alliances for individual topics, in essence breaking with the forum鈥檚 convention of consensus-based decision-making, Dennis Snower, ...
  • 12 Dec 2016 |

    "How 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 can accelerate progress on climate change"

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency is 鈥渁n important opportunity for other major powers to resist backsliding鈥 on climate change, especially in view of uncertainty over the new US president Donald Trump's energy policy, writes Climate Home. The German ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Climate change most pressing issue for Germans - poll

    For Germans, climate change topped the list of the most pressing global issues for G20 to fix, a poll by public broadcaster ZDF showed. Thirty-three percent put solutions to climate change at the top of the list, 29 percent said the migrant crisis was the ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y to push for carbon price at G20

    Energiewende country Germany will use its G20 presidency this year to push for a global price on carbon as one of many measures to achieve climate goal, reports Roger Harrabin for BBC News. 鈥淲e need to find a mechanism for a carbon price. Then it鈥檒l be ...
  • Climate change most pressing issue for Germans - poll

    For Germans, climate change topped the list of the most pressing global issues for G20 to fix, a poll by public broadcaster ZDF showed. Thirty-three percent put solutions to climate change at the top of the list, 29 percent said the migrant crisis was the ...
  • Merkel: My duty as G20 president is finding ground for compromise

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her chief task during 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency is to 鈥渨ork on options for an agreement and not contribute to speechlessness". In an interview with weekly newspaper Die Zeit ahead of this year鈥檚 G20 summit in ...
  • G20 resources dialogue in Berlin

    Representatives of the G20 nations are meeting in Berlin today to talk about resource efficiency. The resource dialogue came out of the G20 summit in Hamburg last summer and aims to find ways of using resources such as water and land more sustainably. ...
  • Germany keeps pushing for G20 climate focus

    20 Mar 2017, 00:00 Germany aims to use a large international energy conference in Berlin to inject fresh momentum and ideas into the G20 process in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 鈥 a two-day conference on ...
  • Argentina to carry on Germany's G20 climate focus- env min Bergman

    30 Nov 2017, 00:00 During its G20 presidency this year, Germany made the issue of climate change and energy transition a central topic- and its G20 presidency successor Argentina is ready to carry it forward to the 2018 summit in Buenos Aires, according ...
  • Germany wants G20 to keep language on climate - sources

    G20 president Germany will press the Group to reaffirm its commitment to fighting climate change when finance ministers meet next month for the first time since the election of Donald Trump, G20 sources said, report Noah Barkin and Jan Strupczewski for ...
  • G20 must promote climate protection鈥

    G20 countries must promote climate protection and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, said the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germanwatch and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in a joint press release ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淕19 merely point out reporting on climate risks鈥

    G20 members commend private commitment to climate risk reporting but do not universally recommend it in the climate and energy action plan, which was annexed to the G20 Hamburg summit leaders鈥 communiqu茅, writes Dagmar Dehmer for Tagesspiegel Background. ...
  • 鈥淭he Chancellor鈥檚 补驳别苍诲补鈥

    It remains to be seen if the other member states will support Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 agenda for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency starting on 1 December, write Jan Hildebrand and Martin Greive in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭he Chancellor aims to rope in the G20 to ...
  • 鈥淜ey Policy Actions for Sustainable Land and Water Use to Serve People鈥

    G20 countries should develop and share renewable energy innovation in water use, food and agriculture to ensure food security, according to policy recommendations by the G20 think tank network T20 Task Force Towards Ending Hunger and Sustainable ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    G20: bad options鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel tries to be factual and content-focussed in her clear criticism of US President Donald Trump鈥檚 policies but she is unlikely to be successful in light of the 鈥渃acophony of interests鈥 at the G20 summit, writes Stefan ...
  • 03 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 major banks merely extras鈥

    It is 鈥渟urprising鈥 that major German banks did so little to finance renewable energy internationally while the country was a driver of the global energy transition, Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE) told Christian Schaudwet ...
  • Merkel wins respect for G20 climate result at "B-"-summit

    08 Jul 2017, 00:00 The German presidency and chancellor Angela Merkel pulled off a 鈥渟olid鈥 diplomatic success on climate policy by closing the ranks of all G20 members except the United States at the summit in Hamburg, experts for climate diplomacy said. ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淭he world is capable of acting, also without the US鈥

    It is 鈥渞emarkable鈥 that the G20 summit in Hamburg did not end up in scandal given that US President Donald Trump came across like a 鈥済rizzly bear among a mountaineering rope team鈥, writes Stefan Ulrich in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎bove ...
  • G20 agriculture ministers seek more sustainable water use

    G20 agriculture ministers called for more sustainable use of resources in a joint declaration following the first G20 ministers meeting under the current German presidency. 鈥淚n light of the growing global population and the goals of the Agenda 2030, ...
  • 鈥淭alk is cheap: how G20 governments are financing climate disaster鈥

    G20 governments put four times more money into fossil energy generation than into renewables- despite their official commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 aims, NGOs including WWF, Urgewald and Friends of the Earth say in a press release. In a ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    G20: 鈥淢erkel must deliver鈥

    The G20 is in principle 鈥渁n acceptable format鈥 to find solutions for big global challenges, but the Hamburg summit 鈥渕ust deliver results鈥 given the costs associated with hosting the event, said Sweelin Heuss, managing director at Greenpeace Germany, at a ...
  • 鈥淣ice chatting isn鈥檛 enough鈥

    The fact that climate protection has been one of the most discussed topics at the G20 summit in Hamburg is 鈥渙ne of the paradoxical achievements of Donald Trump鈥, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎las, the climate ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y in 2017 is a coal country with climate folklore鈥

    There鈥檚 a big discrepancy between Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 call for other countries to decarbonise their economies and the grand coalition鈥檚 climate policy at home, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Merkel was able ...
  • African countries can avoid CO2-intensvie growth path 鈥 German-African business association

    19 Nov 2019, 13:42 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs G20 & G7 Reuters / Passauer Neue Presse / Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淯N agreements for climate and sustainability a G20 core responsibility 鈥 with or without Trump鈥

    An international group of 45 private foundations and philanthropic organisations has called on the G20 to make the implementation of the UN agreements on climate protection and sustainability their core responsibility. 鈥淚f necessary, this must be enforced ...
  • 11 Jul 2017 |

    Views on the G20 summit results on climate and energy

    11 Jul 2017, 00:00 The G20 group of the leading industrialised and emerging economies has agreed on a statement that shows the commitment of 19 of them to implement the Paris agreement on climate protection, including a first-ever plan for action on ...
  • 23 Mar 2017 |

    G20 should take lead in implementing Paris Agreement鈥

    Representatives of the G20 dialogue forums business (B20), civil society organisations (C20) and think tanks (T20) have together called on the Group of Twenty member countries to take the lead in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. They demand a ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Isolating Trump, 19 G20-members say Paris climate deal "irreversible"

    08 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nineteen members of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies underscored their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States isolated. The US also was the only country to opt-out of a first ...
  • Taking action on climate change will boost economic growth, says OECD

    It is economically beneficial for G20 member states to invest in climate protection measures, according to the new report "Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth" by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), presented ...
  • 鈥5 ways the German G20 presidency can prevent backsliding on the global climate effort鈥

    The G20 summit in Germany in July 2017 will provide an important opportunity for major powers to resist backsliding on global climate goals, despite uncertainties after the US election, and it could even aid progress, according to a post on ...
  • 02 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淐lose the ranks of the remaining G20 尘别尘产别谤蝉鈥

    After the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, the German government will work on uniting all remaining G20 members in climate protection efforts in the run-up to the summit in July, said government spokesperson Steffen Seibert at a press conference ...
  • 04 Jul 2017 |

    G20 needs to show concrete steps to implement Paris climate accord鈥

    04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
  • G20 in focus鈥

    The Heinrich B枚ll Foundation has launched a website to accompany the German G20 presidency. The site offers feature articles, explanatory pieces, interactive maps and factsheets on the G20 issues. 鈥淲ell-founded information are crucial for honest public ...
  • 09 Nov 2017 |

    Comparing efforts to reduce transport emissions in G20 countries

    Reducing global emissions from transport sector is key to limiting climate change, and G20 countries are responsible for the lion鈥檚 share, according to a study by the German government's international development agency (GIZ) and transport think tank ...
  • Advisory council recommends establishing sovereign funds for transition to sustainability

    The G20 must resolutely advance and implement both the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a special report by German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), an independent scientific advisory body. The nations ...
  • 23 Sep 2016 |

    "Mark Carney: Green finance 'a major opportunity'"

    Bank of England Governor Mark Carney urged Germany to use its G20 presidency in 2017 to make progress concerning green financing in emerging economies. "The upcoming German presidency of the G20 now has a historic chance to mainstream climate finance ...
  • 鈥淏ASF wants more鈥

    Global business leaders including Kurt Bock, CEO of German chemical giant BASF, have called on G20 governments to up their efforts on climate protection, Cordula Tutt writes in WirtschaftsWoche. Bock, who heads the B20 Energy, Climate & Resource ...
  • 07 Aug 2019 |

    Germany must raise climate ambitions ahead of UN summit- researchers and climate NGOs

    07 Aug 2019, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang International 威力彩玩法 Germany has to step up its climate ambitions so Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn鈥檛 travel to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September empty-handed, according to Climate ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Climate and Energy on top of G20-related social media postings

    Climate and Energy have been the most debated G20 topics discussed on social media on the first day of this year鈥檚 summit in Hamburg according to data provided by the Press and Information Office of the German Government. The office counted 16,881 posts ...
  • 01 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淢erkel has to play her cards right at the G20 summit in Hamburg鈥

    01 Jul 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel can still hope to achieve substantial progress in climate protection as she enters difficult talks with the leaders of the world鈥檚 largest economies at this week鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg, John J. Kirton ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淚ndustry is a driver of innovation for global climate protection鈥

    The G20 should boost the innovative strength of industry and accelerate technology development, so that it can 鈥渕ake its maximum contribution to climate protection,鈥 writes Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and CEO of BASF, and ...
  • 鈥淐limate risks must be included in the balance sheet鈥

    Climate risks have to be included in company reports, writes Peter Wolff, head of department World Economy and Development Financing at the German Development Institute (DIE), in a guest article in Frankfurter Rundschau. The move was demanded by ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淲hat the G20 summit did for climate protection鈥

    The G20 summit鈥檚 G19 outcome on climate is 鈥渜uite acceptable鈥 as Donald Trump was unlikely to change his mind on pulling out of the Paris Agreement, writes Christoph Seidler for Spiegel Online. Little has therefore changed as the countries鈥 commitments ...
  • G20 Sustainability Working Group aims to develop Climate and Energy Action Plan

    The G20 Sustainability Working Group under German leadership aims to develop a 鈥G20 Climate and Energy Action Plan鈥 in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July, Eva Kracht of the German environment ministry (BMUB) said at an event by Climate Transparency ...
  • 鈥淪peed-dating and saving the world鈥

    Foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to 鈥渄emonstratively foster multilateral cooperation鈥 with the G20 foreign minister meeting in Bonn- but concrete outcomes are unlikely, writes Stefan Braun in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淢ission saving the earth鈥檚 ...
  • 鈥淢erkel does not want to be Trump鈥檚 opponent鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not want to be US President Donald Trump鈥檚 opponent, but she is, writes Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭his could pay off in terms of domestic politics,鈥 as other ...
  • 21 Sep 2023 |

    Chancellor Scholz calls 2023 potential turning point in fight against climate change

    21 Sep 2023, 13:40 Jack McGovan International Zeit Online / 威力彩玩法 German聽chancellor Olaf Scholz called 2023 a potential turning point in the fight against climate change, reports Zeit Online. "2023 could be a defining moment," he ...
  • 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 ...
  • G20 report shows competing visions of a clean energy future鈥

    A joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency, on investment needed by 2050 to transform the world鈥檚 energy supply in line with Paris Climate Agreement targets, shows competing visions of a clean energy ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    SPD parliamentary group head calls for 鈥19:1 alliance鈥 against Trump

    Social Democratic (SPD) head of the federal parliamentary group Thomas Oppermann called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to forge a 鈥19:1 alliance鈥 against US President Donald Trump on climate policy, reports news agency dpa. In a speech in the German ...
  • 鈥淐lear position on climate protection鈥

    Environmental NGO WWF Germany is calling on the G20 finance ministers to show a clear commitment to climate protection at the upcoming meeting in Washington, DC., after they聽 made no mention of the issue in the communiqu茅 that followed their last meeting. ...
  • 鈥淓urope's aim: Sway, not provoke, Trump on climate鈥

    The G7 and G20 summits provide European leaders with the opportunity to carefully 鈥減ush the Trump administration to take a stance on climate鈥, write Sara Stefanini and Andrew Restuccia for Politico. German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 visit to the White ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y seeks to boost climate and development on G20 补驳别苍诲补鈥

    The German government tried to bring climate and sustainable development into the mainstream of international politics at the G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in light of leadership changes in several member states, writes Irene Quaile for Deutsche ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    G20 must be ready to compromise 鈥渨ithout bending own positions too much鈥 鈥 Chancellor Merkel

    The G20 leaders must show readiness for compromise at the Hamburg summit, 鈥渨ithout bending their own positions too much鈥, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her opening remarks to leaders of the world鈥檚 largest economies, ahead of the first ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    G20 communique agreed apart from wrinkle on climate - EU officials

    The G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging countries have agreed on a joint communique at the summit in Hamburg, though leaders had still to iron out one last 鈥渨rinkle鈥 in the climate section, news agency Reuters reported, citing an EU official. ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    G20 summit city Hamburg joins Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

    The city of Hamburg, host of this week鈥檚 G20 summit, has joined the international network Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, according to a press release. 鈥淐ities and communities are key to reaching international climate targets. Especially after ...
  • 04 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淭rump wants to help Merkel make the G20 summit a success鈥

    In a telephone call, US President Donald Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he wants to help her make the G20 summit in Hamburg this week a success, according to the White House, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Before the phone call, Merkel ...
  • 07 Jun 2017 |

    G20 is not a climate conference鈥

    It is impossible to predict the climate policy results of the G20 summit in July after the US decision to leave the Paris Agreement, said German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert in an interview with public radio broadcaster NDR 90,3. But it is ...
  • 鈥淐omplete uncertainty鈥 on climate ahead of G20 summit 鈥 German official

    29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The German government wants to build on last year鈥檚 G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
  • Xi and Merkel vow close G20 cooperation, 鈥渘ew phase鈥 of bilateral partnership

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have vowed to work together closely at the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg to further shared goals and overcome diplomatic difficulties with third countries. During a visit in Berlin, Xi said ...
  • EU must step up if US falls behind on climate

    If climate action and renewables growth are constrained under the new US administration, the EU must step up its efforts and join forces with China and India, according to a joint report by Allianz Climate Solutions, NewClimate Institute and Germanwatch. ...
  • 31 May 2017 |

    Consensual G20 communiqu茅 鈥渟hould be the aspiration鈥 鈥 German gov鈥檛 official

    Despite the outcome of last week鈥檚 G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, a consensual statement by all leaders 鈥渟hould be the aspiration鈥 for the G20 summit in Germany in July, said Lars-Hendrik R枚ller, Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 economic advisor and the ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淭he poor only can watch鈥

    Germany no longer is among the countries most engaged in advancing climate protection, Werner R盲tz, co-founder of global justice group Attac Germany says in an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau. This year鈥檚 G20 host is advancing its energy transition ...
  • 鈥淗ow climate change turned Germany into a global leader鈥

    鈥淐limate change and the challenge of defending multilateralism in an era of Trumpian protectionism has finally given Germany a global leadership role,鈥 writes Jennifer Tollmann in a blog article for E3G. US president Donald Trump鈥檚 rejection of the ...
  • Pressure for G20 deadline on fossil fuel subsidies shifts to Germany

    Experts and green groups are urging Germany to set a target year for the G20 nations to phase out hundreds of billions of dollars in state subsidies to polluting fossil fuels, writes Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. As host of next year鈥檚 ...
  • Germany intensifies energy transition cooperation with three African countries

    The German development ministry (BMZ) has concluded so-called reform partnerships with three African countries that include expanding the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency, the BMZ said in a press release. Tunisia, Ivory ...
  • Germany's role in international climate protection

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 role in international climate protection demonstrates that the energy transition can be an economic success story, state secretary in the economy ministry (BMWi) Rainer Baake said at the presentation of the International Energy Agency鈥檚 (IEA) ...
  • 04 Jul 2017 |

    G20 begins transition to low-carbon economy, but too slow for Paris Agreement goals 鈥 report鈥

    G20 member states are beginning to decarbonise their economies, but the required investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the 鈥渨ell below 2掳Celsius鈥 global warming reduction target will be 鈥渕issed by a wide margin鈥, according to the Brown to Green ...
  • 03 Jul 2017 |

    G20 begins transition to low-carbon economy, but too slow for Paris Agreement goals 鈥 report鈥

    G20 member states are beginning to decarbonise their economies, but the required investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the 鈥渨ell below 2掳Celsius鈥 global warming reduction target will be 鈥渕issed by a wide margin鈥, according to the Brown to Green ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y prepares for climate clash with Tillerson at G-20 talks鈥

    The German government wants to make climate change a central topic at the upcoming G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in Bonn and is ready to challenge the new US administration on the issue, report Brian Parkin and Patrick Donahue for Bloomberg, citing ...
  • 29 Jun 2016 |

    State secretary Baake at G20 energy minister meeting in Beijing

    The G20 group of countries, whose energy ministers are going to meet in Beijing this week, are responsible for around 75 per cent of global energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. State secretary Rainer Baake, who is going to ...
  • Germany hands G20 presidency on to Argentina

    Germany passed on the presidency of the Group of Twenty major economies to Argentina on 1 December, the federal government said in a press release. Government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said the G20 had delivered important results in 2017, demonstrating ...
  • 鈥淕overnment advisors support floor price for CO鈧 emissions鈥

    The Paris Climate Agreement is unlikely to be the right way to reach the goal of limiting global warming, according to the federal economy ministry鈥檚 independent academic advisory board, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). In a ...
  • 09 Aug 2017 |

    Al Gore: 鈥淚 admire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leadership鈥

    Germany did 鈥渁 fantastic job鈥 working for climate protection at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July, said former US Vice President Al Gore in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淚 admire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leadership,鈥 said Gore. 鈥淐hancellor [Angela] ...
  • 22 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017- "The debate on energy transition costs will intensify"

    22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 鈥淭he energy transition motor of the EU鈥

    After the G20 summit in Hamburg, the governments of France and Germany should use the joint Ministerial Council meeting in Paris to establish the two countries as the 鈥 energy transition motor of the European Union 鈥, writes Andreas Kuhlmann, chief ...
  • 09 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淐limate commitments must persist鈥

    The European Union, together with China, Canada 鈥渁nd other important partners鈥 must take on a leadership role in international climate policy, after the US announced that it would pull out of the Paris Agreement, environment minister Barbara Hendricks ...
  • 16 Mar 2017 |

    Germany proposes G20 Resource Efficiency Partnership

    The German federal government proposes a partnership on resource efficiency for G20 member countries. 鈥淲e need a strong partnership of all large economic powers so that we don鈥檛 keep exceeding our planet鈥檚 limits,鈥 said federal environment minister ...
  • 03 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淎s anti-G20 protests begin, Merkel says growth must be inclusive鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg will focus not only on the economic growth, but also on sustainable growth, Reuters writes, quoting a podcast of the Federal Press Office. "We've got to have a 'win ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    G20 leaders fail to sort climate issue on summit's first day

    The wording on climate policies in the final G20 communiqu茅 was still not decided, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at a press conference after leaders met to discuss the issue. The 鈥渓arge majority鈥 of G20 members expressed their commitment ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    Merkel: Glad that 19 of G20 see Paris climate deal as irreversible

    The final communiqu茅 of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging countries clearly reflects the dissent between the United States and the other 19 members on climate protection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a press conference after ...
  • 30 Aug 2016

    Climate finance among topics of growth-focused G20 in China 鈥 official

    The leaders of the leading industrialised and emerging economies will discuss ways to funnel capital into financing climate measures at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 4 and 5, a German government official said on Tuesday. The Chinese ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    Germany to use G7 presidency to make group 鈥榯railblazer鈥 for climate-neutral economy 鈥 Scholz

    03 Jan 2022, 14:13 e.meza G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would use its year-long presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), which began 1 January, 鈥渢o make this group of countries a trailblazer for a climate-neutral economy ...
  • 鈥湷冶鸢静共圆忖檚 sustainability strategy 2016 clear pledge for the protection of our planet鈥

    The German government has published its 2016 version of the country鈥檚 sustainability strategy. 鈥淲ith the strategy, the federal government lays the groundwork for Germany to become one of the world鈥檚 most efficient and environmental-friendly economies by ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    War will not push climate off German G7 summit agenda 鈥 political analyst

    14 Jun 2022, 08:55 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine will throw the agenda of the upcoming聽G7 summit off course, but it will not derail the climate focus host country Germany has set, political analyst Ella Kokotsis told 威力彩玩法. As a leading ...
  • "At odds with Trump, emerging giants back Paris climate deal, free trade鈥

    The BRICS group of powerful emerging economies add pressure on US President Donald Trump by urging an implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement at the G20 summit in Germany, news agency Reuters reports. In a joint communiqu茅 issued by the Russian ...
  • 15 Jan 2025

    In brief | 15 January '25

    15 Jan 2025, 11:45 威力彩玩法 Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
  • G19 should have own text on climate and energy 鈥 Greenpeace head

    The US negotiating team is 鈥渨orking hard to water down鈥 climate texts for the upcoming G20 summit at the preceding negotiations,聽said International Executive Director at Greenpeace Jennifer Morgan at the Global Solidarity Summit in Hamburg. It is ...
  • 24 May 2017 |

    鈥淎ction plan without action鈥

    The proposal for a G20 energy and climate action plan, prepared for the summit in Hamburg on 7 and 8 July, remains vague and lacks ambition- and might yet be stopped completely by the United States, the tageszeitung (taz) newspaper writes. The 13-page ...
  • Optimism for COP23 in Bonn, despite uncertainty about US position

    The presidency of this November鈥檚 UN Climate Change Conference, the government of Fiji, is 鈥渧ery optimistic鈥 about the outcome of COP23, while the US administration still has not decided on its international climate policy positions. 鈥淭he rest of the ...
  • 13 Jan 2022 |

    German industry calls on government to use G7 presidency for cooperation on climate

    13 Jan 2022, 14:11 BDI- Federation of German Industries Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy s.amelang Industry G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Germany should use its G7 presidency to push for more international cooperation in the fight against ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chief climate diplomat stresses need for 鈥減ragmatic鈥 Chinese-German leadership

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chief climate diplomat Karsten Sach has stressed the need for China and Germany to show joint 鈥減ragmatic鈥 leadership in climate protection in light of new disorder in international climate diplomacy following the decision of US President Donald ...
  • Private sector and climate finance in the G20

    The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), the party foundation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU, has compiled and updated an overview of private-sector involvement in financing climate protection in the G20 countries. Find the report ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淭he world is not saved, yet鈥

    A standstill can still be considered a success during Donald Trump鈥檚 time as US president, write Malte Kreutzfeld and Ingo Arzt in an article for tageszeitung (taz). The G20, which isolated Trump on climate, did not bring progress to global climate ...
  • Germany joins alliance for sustainable battery value chains

    08 Oct 2024, 13:57 Aniket Narawad Storage Technology International 威力彩玩法 Germany is set to join the Global Battery Alliance, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. Highlighting the critical role of batteries ...
  • 17 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淎 step to the side: the G20鈥檚 climate dance鈥

    This year鈥檚 G20 summit was not a major step forward in solving the climate problem, yet it did not result in a major clash with US President Donald Trump either, Brigitte Knopf writes in the T20 blog, an initiative led by the German Development Institute ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    G20 must live up to responsibility for sustainable development鈥

    The Hamburg summit must send out the clear signal that the 鈥渙verwhelming majority鈥 will now implement the Paris Climate Agreement 鈥 with or without the US, says environmental NGO Germanwatch in a press release. 鈥淭he G20 has a special responsibility for ...
  • 06 Jul 2017 |

    Sino-German tandem: Export champions promote global energy transition

    06 Jul 2017, 00:00 With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, China and Germany are making a very public display of leadership on climate protection and transition to green energy. The export heavyweights are eager to keep the global economy on track ...
  • 鈥淓U should pave the way for G20 fossil fuel subsidy phase-out鈥

    The EU needs to take a leadership role in addressing fossil fuel subsidies and the G20 platform is 鈥渁n obvious way for EU leaders and ministers to showcase their efforts and actions to eliminate鈥 them, writes Maeve McLynn, finance and subsidies policy ...
  • 17 May 2017 |

    鈥淔oundations from all over the world initiate G20 platform for climate protection and sustainability鈥

    More than 30 foundations from eight countries have initiated the Foundations Platform (F20) 鈥渢o further shape the political discourse on future sustainability measures before, during and after the G20 summit鈥澛 on聽7-8 July聽in Hamburg. The goal is to ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y's long goodbye to coal despite Merkel's green push鈥

    Coal-fired power generation 鈥渓ooks set to remain the backbone鈥 of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply, writes Vera Eckert for Reuters. This contrasts with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 international ambition as climate protection role model, she adds. Read the article ...
  • 23 Sep 2024 |

    G7 key forum for pioneering cooperation on carbon removal 鈥 researchers

    23 Sep 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The Group of Seven (G7) large industrial democracies can be a key forum for 鈥減ioneering new cooperation鈥 on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), wrote researchers from Germany and ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y treads carefully toward climate confrontation with Trump鈥

    Germany will release a G20 plan on addressing climate change next week, which will outline how member states can lead by example to implement the Paris Agreement, report Joe Ryan and Brian Parkin for Bloomberg. Germany was 鈥渢aking cautious steps ...
  • 22 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017- Missing emission targets would be "disastrous signal"

    22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • International climate community pins hopes on Merkel to sway Trump

    24 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    G7 science ministers pledge joint action on climate, ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus

    14 Jun 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 Science ministers of the G7 countries have agreed on a number of measures to promote greater climate change research, CO2 removal and protection of the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus. A meeting in Frankfurt on ...
  • 17 Jun 2022 |

    Ukraine war overshadows energy and climate talks at G7 summit in Bavaria

    17 Jun 2022, 08:50 The German government鈥檚 G7 agenda has been thrown off course by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, but chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is determined to keep climate policy as a top priority for the summit of the seven large economies in ...
  • 21 Jun 2022 |

    Faster decarbonisation must accompany shift from Russian energy 鈥 G7 business groups

    21 Jun 2022, 12:52 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Efforts to replace fossil fuel imports from Russia must be accompanied by an "even stronger adoption of policies embracing the transition to decarbonisation and the green economy, ...
  • 18 May 2022 |

    G7 development ministers discuss just energy transition partnerships

    18 May 2022, 12:25 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Development ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) are meeting in Berlin on 18-19 May to discuss the German G7 presidency鈥檚 plans for so-called Just Energy ...
  • 鈥淎ssign the dirt a price tag!鈥

    Representatives of industry, civil society and science call for an internationally coordinated price system for CO鈧 emissions in a guest commentary in Die Zeit. The Federation of German Industries (BDI), environmental NGO Germanwatch and the Mercator ...
  • 26 Jun 2019 |

    Bulk of German government鈥檚 coal support spent on transition- study

    26 Jun 2019, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Coal Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The largest part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government support to coal and coal-fired power production and consumption goes to measures focusing on the transition away from the fossil fuel, ...
  • 16 May 2022 |

    G7 ministers call for 鈥渘ew climate partnerships鈥 with emerging and developing countries

    16 May 2022, 13:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Foreign ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) have committed to supporting emerging and developing countries in their endeavour to transition towards climate ...
  • 13 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭his is what the US鈥檚 new global isolation on climate change looks like鈥

    With federal elections coming up in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel 鈥渘eeds some sort of win on climate change at the G20鈥, Andrew Light, a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI) told the Washington Post. Things will 鈥済et interesting鈥 at ...
  • 鈥淐ountries join forces to accelerate global energy transition鈥

    China, Germany, Denmark, Mexico and other countries plan to form an international Energy Transition Coalition this year 鈥渇or accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future鈥, writes International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in a press ...
  • G20 renewables investments must double to reach Paris climate target

    G20 states鈥 annual investments in renewable energies must almost double compared to 2015 levels to carry out measures needed to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, according to the Allianz Climate and Energy Monitor 2017 by Allianz Climate ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    G7 Summit: Leaders say they won't compromise on climate goals

    28 Jun 2022, 17:00 Climate is planned to figure high on the agenda as leaders of the G7 democratic economies come together in a remote castle with picturesque views of alpine peaks in southern German state Bavaria. The German presidency has promised to ...
  • 鈥淲ith climate protection and Panda-politics, China has become one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important allies鈥

    Due to its inner unity, reliability and common interests like free trade and climate protection, China has become the most important G20 ally for Germany, besides other EU states, writes Finn Mayer-Kuckuk for Frankfurter Rundschau. Major topics of dispute ...
  • Some countries will wait out US elections before deciding on climate targets 鈥 policy expert

    11 Mar 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 Some countries are likely to wait and see whether U.S. President Donald Trump wins another four years in office in November before committing to stepping up their ...
  • 15 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭rudeau disputes German magazine report that he feared 鈥榩rovoking鈥 Trump on climate change鈥

    Canada鈥檚 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disputed a report by German weekly Der Spiegel which claimed he proposed to strike the references to the Paris Agreement from the upcoming G20 communiqu茅 in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淣o, ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    G7 climate club could strike 鈥済rand bargain鈥 on climate and health 鈥 advisor to German govt

    12 Jan 2022, 12:00 As some of the richest democracies in the world, the Group of Seven (G7) have the opportunity to strike a 鈥済rand bargain鈥 with developing nations on combatting climate change at the same time as health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    US push for fossil fuel reference in G20 communiqu茅 still sticking point

    The United States鈥 insistence to include a reference to fossil fuels in the section on climate policy in the G20 communiqu茅 remains the final sticking point to finish the document, news agency Reuters reported. Sources close to the process confirmed to ...
  • 鈥淲hy climate policy matters for the G20 finance ministers鈥 补驳别苍诲补鈥

    Climate policy should be integrated with the G20 finance ministers鈥 agenda in order to stay below the 2 degrees Celsius guardrail set in the Paris Agreement, a team of authors including Ottmar Edenhofer, director of Mercator Research Institute on Global ...
  • On her way out, Merkel could set stage for Germany as even more progressive climate partner

    11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    T20 think tanks want 鈥淕17, G18, G19 solution on climate鈥

    The T20 group of international think tanks are hoping for 鈥淕17, G18, G19鈥 solution on the disputed issue of climate protection, where 鈥渨e know that some of us are moving in the wrong direction鈥, but the rest grew closer together in their push forward, ...
  • 05 Jul 2016 |

    Climate targets and growth will be important topics for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency 2017

    Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement will be challenging, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.聽 She said at the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this was already evident at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 present work on a Climate Action Plan. All ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y 鈥榤assively weakened鈥 draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump鈥

    The United States鈥 delegation successfully pushed for significant changes to the G20 climate and energy action plan draft during working group negotiations, reports Arthur Neslen for Climate Home. The latest draft of the plan, which was initiated by the ...
  • 22 May 2023 |

    German and Japanese governments under fire for 'problematic' G7 climate outcome

    22 May 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Researchers, NGOs, and media commentators have criticised the German and Japanese governments for what they say is a weak outcome on climate policy at the Group of Seven (G7) ...
  • 鈥湷冶鸢静共圆忖檚 planned economy鈥

    New guidelines for the industry in the German government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 bear traces of a planned economy, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. He cites measures such as expanding the area of arable land reserved for ecological ...
  • 13 Jun 2024 |

    G7 summit chance for Meloni to make international climate push

    13 Jun 2024, 13:30 This year's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, to be held in a secluded luxury resort in the Puglia region on 13-15 June, has been largely sidelined in the country's public discourse as the focus is firmly on the campaign for ...
  • 22 Dec 2021 |

    Germany to push for international climate club during G7 presidency

    22 Dec 2021, 13:50 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government coalition is set to markedly strengthen the country鈥檚 European and international climate policy efforts and use the presidency of the G7 next year to advance the establishment of a global 鈥渃limate club鈥 and new ...
  • 25 Jan 2024 |

    Italy's international climate policy remains ambiguous as G7 presidency begins 鈥 analyst

    25 Jan 2024, 13:13 Italy has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) large democratic economies, but its positions on climate policy often remain ambiguous, says Luca Bergamaschi, co-founder of the think tank Ecco Climate. He ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    New Just Energy Transition Partnership with Indonesia important signal for COP27 鈥 env minister

    15 Nov 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel International 威力彩玩法 / Reuters The G7, along with Norway and Denmark, have announced a 20 billion U.S. dollar partnership to support Indonesia in moving away from fossil fuels and speeding up its energy ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    Trump鈥檚 climate decision harms global trust and US economy 鈥 German minister

    US President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to take the country out of the international Paris agreement on climate has harmed global trust and will also hurt the US economy, German environment minister Barbara Hendricks told company leaders at a conference on ...
  • 23 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017 鈥 Elections, G20 set to dominate Energiewende policy

    23 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germany is heading into a year filled with international top-events and elections that will determine the future course of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project. The uncertainties about the new US administration and the exact details of ...
  • Climate protection 鈥渃lear priority鈥 in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 UN Security Council application 鈥 foreign minister

    Foreign minister Heiko Maas said that Germany would be dedicated to dealing with climate change-related conflict risks should the country be elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2019/2020, reports the AFP news ...
  • 13 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淪pecial national targets for climate protection are counterproductive鈥

    Special national targets for climate protection are 鈥渃ounterproductive鈥 and should be abolished, writes the Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in a concept paper on the EU energy market. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) should ...
  • No security without climate protection

    The G20 foreign ministers will have to talk about global warming at their meeting in Bonn, as climate change increasingly is a threat to world peace, writes Christoph Bals of environmental NGO Germanwatch in a guest article for Zeit Online. 鈥淭he intensity ...
  • Germany plays key role in implementing Paris Agreement

    A determined transition to carbon-free energy production in Germany is crucial for the Paris Agreement to become a success, according to the environmental NGO Germanwatch. Signatories would have to make sure that the agreement is swiftly implemented- with ...
  • 25 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 G20 presidency launches GreenInvest platform鈥

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hopes to engage developing countries in mobilising green finance projects with a new investment platform, according to NAMA News. Around 25 countries involved in the 鈥渄ialogue鈥 ...
  • 14 Jun 2017 |

    G20 engagement partners: Trump's decision 鈥榠rresponsible鈥欌

    The United States' 鈥渟hort-sighted and irresponsible鈥 withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has prompted the G20 engagement groups to call on the remaining G19 member states to 鈥渃onvincingly show their willingness to implement the deal鈥 at the upcoming ...
  • 16 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017- "I don鈥檛 think the momentum can be reversed"

    16 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 05 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- 鈥淭ransport remains problem child of the Energiewende鈥

    05 Jan 2017, 00:00 The year 2017 will be filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. In addition to presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • Merkel trumps Trump in global confidence

    A study by the influential Pew Research Center has found that confidence by citizens around the world in the leadership skills of German Chancellor Angela Merkel decisively outweighs that in US President Donald Trump. While 42 percent of respondents in 37 ...
  • 30 May 2017 |

    Merkel faces tough time in Hamburg

    Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 role as host of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg will not be easy should the US administration decide to pull out of the Paris Agreement, because other countries 鈥 鈥渢he eternal laggards鈥 鈥 would 鈥渞elapse into old blockade ...
  • Merkel 鈥 Global carbon market would be best solution to fight climate change

    A global emissions trading system would be the ideal instrument to fight climate change, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淚t would be best if damaging emissions had a price world-wide. A global carbon market would be an incentive for the ...
  • 鈥淓nvironment Minister Hendricks visits USA for climate talks鈥

    German environment minister Barbara Hendricks will travel to Washington from May 15-17 to meet her US counterpart, EPA head Scott Pruit, and talk about climate and environmental protection, the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) said in a press ...
  • 24 May 2017 |

    G7 comes "at the right moment" to talk about Paris Agreement - gov official

    This week's G7 summit in Italy comes 鈥渁t the right moment" to talk about the Paris Climate Agreement with the US administration, but it will be a 鈥渃ontinuous dialogue鈥 in a long process until the G20 summit in Germany in July, said a German ...
  • 鈥淭he true picture of the German Energiewende鈥

    Ill-advised legislation and an alienation of citizens from renewable investments put the success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition in jeopardy, Hans-Josef Fell writes for EurActiv. The country continued to be internationally celebrated for its Energiewende, ...
  • 03 Dec 2018 |

    World must step up cooperation to fight global warming but it does not 鈥 opinion

    03 Dec 2018, 14:39 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 COP24 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The international community is failing badly to cooperate as needed to counter the rise in global temperature, writes Andreas Mihm in an ...
  • 27 May 2022 |

    Germany and US formally launch climate and energy partnership

    27 May 2022, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
  • 26 Jan 2024 |

    Italy makes cooperation with Africa G7 climate and energy focus

    26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Energy and climate cooperation, as well as countering migration, will be among the top priorities of Italy's G7 presidency this year. Led by prime minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's right-wing government will bring its ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y's Merkel says she will work with Trump on climate policy鈥

    Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would try to work on climate policy with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, reports news agency Reuters. At a meeting of her party (CDU), Merkel pointed out that ...
  • Germany faces balancing act in climate leadership role

    05 Jul 2017, 00:00 The pressure on Germany to take global leadership on climate action has been constantly mounting since US President Donald Trump decided to take the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. Ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg ...
  • 01 Jun 2022 |

    Science academies call on G7 to provide leadership on climate action

    01 Jun 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The G7 countries have to deliver a breakthrough in international climate policy that is commensurate with the urgency of protecting natural habitats in grave danger due to ...
  • 鈥淢ore than green chitchat鈥

    Sustainability criteria, such as climate protection, are becoming more and more important for major companies, and new developments in data transparency increase the pressure on them to act accordingly, Jan Willmroth writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Former ...
  • 鈥淗ow the 鈥楾rump Effect鈥 could undermine 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 clean energy revolution鈥

    The 鈥楾rump effect鈥 of right-wing populism and climate change scepticism could become an obstacle for the world's most advanced energy revolution in Germany, writes Aaron Wiener in the US magazine Mother Jones. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 broad consensus on the shift ...
  • Merkel vows to convince climate sceptic 鈥渆lephant in the room鈥

    23 May 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to try and convince 鈥渄oubters鈥 of the urgent need to mitigate climate change. But environmental organisations said her credibility as 鈥淐limate Chancellor鈥 was severely damaged because Germany had ...
  • 鈥淐oal vs. Solar: chasing the Paris dream鈥

    The significant increase of investments into renewables in G20 countries is insufficient to meet the Paris Climate Agreement鈥檚 pledge to keep global warming well below two degrees Celsius, Klaus Stratmann and Silke Kersting write in Handelsblatt Global. ...
  • 02 Sep 2016 |

    Germany risks falling behind in global energy transition

    A global Energiewende is already underway, but world leaders should give it a further push at the upcoming G20 meeting in China, according to a WWF report. 鈥淎s the current level of coal in the mix remains a problem to be solved for Germany, the country ...
  • France and Germany to make climate protection 鈥渁 priority鈥 of bilateral action

    The governments of France and Germany have vowed to make cross-sectoral climate protection covering all areas 鈥渁 priority鈥 of their bilateral activities. In a joint statement by the Franco-German council of ministers, the countries鈥 leaderships said they ...
  • 鈥淢erkel may be leading, but who鈥檚 following?鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel might enjoy global respect as 鈥渓eader of the free world鈥 but her current standing also warranted 鈥渁 more nuanced assessment鈥 of what her country 鈥渉as done and can do鈥, Michael Br枚ning writes in an opinion piece for Politico ...
  • 鈥淧ope tells Merkel to keep pressing for international cooperation鈥

    Pope Francis has urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand firm over international climate protection and protect the Paris Climate Agreement against dissenters, news agency Reuters reports. "The Pope encouraged me to continue to fight for ...
  • 21 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017- "A top-down approach won鈥檛 get us very far"

    21 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • Germany, China call on US to remain in Paris Agreement

    Germany and China reiterated their calls on the US administration to commit to international climate protection efforts and stay in the Paris Agreement at a climate conference in Berlin. Germany is currently trying 鈥渙n all levels鈥 to persuade the US ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    German finance min sees "large majority" support for climate deal as G20 summit success

    German finance minister Wolfgang Sch盲uble cited the fact that the large majority of G20 countries showed clear commitment to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement in the Hamburg summit talks as proof that the summit was a success. In an ...
  • Merkel 鈥渨ill not whitewash鈥 climate dissent with Trump at G20

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel is determined to lead the climate negotiations at the G20 summit in Hamburg 鈥渋n a way that they serve the content and goal of the Paris Agreement鈥, she said in a government declaration before the federal parliament. After ...
  • 02 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Urgent matters won鈥檛 be tackled in election campaign"

    02 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 18 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淐O2 needs a price鈥

    Even though renewable power is now cheaper than conventional fossil power in many countries, it would be wrong to assume global energy and climate policy will become 鈥渁 no-brainer,鈥 Brigitte Knopf, secretary general of the Mercator Research Institute on ...
  • Merkel calls for honouring Paris deal as German climate action falters

    29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
  • 20 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017- "Turn Energiewende into an advantage for industry"

    20 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 01 Jun 2016

    Agreement on renewables reform / Utilities' nuclear liability

    01 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Federal government 鈥淔ederal and state governments agree on key points of the Renewable Energy Act reform鈥 State premiers and the federal government have agreed on ...
  • 11 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "High pressure to decarbonise heating sector"

    11 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 03 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Prosperity and decarbonisation not mutually exclusive"

    03 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 06 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淐limate protection requires renewables expansion 鈥 wind power is a pillar鈥

    International efforts in the framework of the G20 to limit the effects of climate change will have to rely on wind power as a pillar of low-carbon energy generation, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) says in a press release. 鈥淎uctions for wind and ...
  • 03 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 foreign aid is at record high and rising鈥

    Germany is a reluctant global leader but persistently works on providing assistance to developing countries, not least in the energy sector, Catherine Cheney writes on international development website聽 devex.com. Effective development assistance must be ...
  • 05 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淒riving and driven鈥

    China and the USA ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement聽shortly before the start of the G20 summit in China proves that both countries now see more chances than risks in climate protection, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The move will ...
  • 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 ...
  • 鈥淲hy the fight against global warming is so important 鈥 and not contingent on the US鈥

    A rule of thumb in international environmental policy so far has been that it will move forward as long as the US and China agree 鈥 鈥渂ut this rule seems to have become obsolete鈥, Jan Heidtmann writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. At the latest G7 summit, as ...
  • 鈥淕7 summit: Six countries send clear message for the climate鈥

    Environmental and development NGO Germanwatch is 鈥渞elieved鈥 that all leaders except US President Donald Trump clearly committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and there was no 鈥渨eakening or re-interpretation鈥 of the accord, the organisation writes in a ...
  • 11 Dec 2023 |

    Climate to become cross-cutting priority during Italy鈥檚 G7 presidency 鈥 special envoy

    11 Dec 2023, 12:20 Italy aims to become an important player once again at the table of international climate negotiations, the country鈥檚 recently appointed special envoy for climate Francesco Corvaro said. The university professor and engineer said that ...
  • 27 Feb 2023 |

    Cooperation on renewables can increase India鈥檚 energy sovereignty, Scholz says at state visit

    27 Feb 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 威力彩玩法 Closer cooperation with Germany on renewable power and other energy transition technologies could help India increase its energy sovereignty, chancellor Olaf Scholz has聽 said ...
  • 19 Jul 2023 |

    German economy minister to put focus on clean energy during India trip

    19 Jul 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 威力彩玩法 / n-tv A planned trip to India by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck aims to bring the countries closer together in efforts to develop renewable ...
  • 23 Mar 2022 |

    Must convince other countries to bet on energy transition 鈥 German climate envoy

    23 Mar 2022, 12:38 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany has a key role to play when it comes to getting governments across the world on board for the transition away from fossil fuels, said the country鈥檚 new state ...
  • Germany seeks joint communiqu茅 at G7, also on climate - official

    According to a government official, Germany wants the 8-9 June G7 summit, to be held in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, to issue a joint communiqu茅 that also covers climate and energy-related issues. In light of the US鈥 position, agreeing on a ...
  • German UN climate report author says country needs carbon storage to become climate-neutral

    24 May 2019, 13:24 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Spiegel Online The goal of becoming a ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    Promoting Green Deal beyond EU central issue for German G7 presidency 鈥 climate minister

    12 Jan 2022, 13:50 j.wettengel EU G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Climate action tops the agenda of the German presidency of the G7 group of influential economies, which the new economy and climate ministry aims (BMWK) to use to improve greenhouse gas ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    G7 energy ministers discuss ways to support Ukraine鈥檚 energy security

    11 Mar 2022, 13:45 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Security G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 19 Jan 2022 |

    Germany aims to turn G7 into 鈥渘ucleus of an international climate club鈥 鈥 chancellor

    19 Jan 2022, 13:45 j.wettengel Hydrogen G20 & G7 Germany will use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies this year to turn the group into 鈥渁 nucleus of an international climate club,鈥 said German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the World ...
  • 13 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Coal exit must start now"

    13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 鈥淭he right path鈥- Germany welcomes first G7 renewables targets

    17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
  • Economists from fossil-fuel importing countries give high priority to energy transition 鈥 survey

    01 Mar 2019, 13:43 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels International 威力彩玩法 A majority of ...
  • 23 Jun 2017 |

    Merkel鈥檚 Chancellery Chief Altmaier: 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know鈥 if Germany will meet its 2020 climate targets

    The chief of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 chancellery, Peter Altmaier, has said that while Germany is intent on meeting its 2020 emissions-reduction goals, it was not clear it would succeed. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know if we鈥檒l make it,鈥 Altmaier said at the debate ...
  • 21 Jan 2022 |

    Global coordination of climate policy top priority in German G7 presidency

    21 Jan 2022, 18:40 The German government wants to use this year鈥檚 presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialised nations and democracies to improve the coordination of global efforts to combat climate change. 鈥淲e want to achieve that no ...
  • China and Germany reassert close cooperation on climate and energy policy

    The governments of China and Germany have vowed to intensify their joint efforts in global climate diplomacy and in upholding free trade, as well as in the development and rollout of energy transition technologies, the German government says in a press ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    Biden administration will be 鈥渜uantum leap鈥 for US-German relations 鈥 transatlantic coordinator

    06 Jan 2021, 13:19 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The new US ...
  • 17 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- Bring ideological coal debate "back to civilised level"

    17 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 20 Jun 2022 |

    Replacing Russian gas to play 鈥渆normous role鈥 at leaders鈥 summits 鈥 govt official

    20 Jun 2022, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The question of how to replace natural gas supply from Russia will play an 鈥渆normous role鈥 at upcoming leaders鈥 summits of the European Union, the G7 and NATO, said a German ...
  • 06 Jul 2022 |

    Political uncertainty in U.S. bodes ill for German chancellor鈥檚 climate club initiative 鈥 opinion

    06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
  • G7 summit must act to make green hydrogen trade sustainable- NGOs

    23 May 2022, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The burgeoning global trade in green hydrogen risks becoming an environmental and social burden in producing countries, and the G7 must take steps to ensure it will ...
  • German reactions to reports on US withdrawal from Paris Agreement

    01 Jun 2017, 00:00 According to several US media reports, the Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The US President said on Twitter he would announce his decision on Thursday. The USA would be the first country to ...
  • Germany's proposed climate law to create certainty for businesses- op-ed

    04 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Policy Zeit Online The Climate Action Law proposed by ...
  • 02 Nov 2021 |

    Merkel makes plea for carbon pricing in last COP climate speech

    02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Taking her final bow on the world stage after 26 years of climate policy involvement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow that progress in emission reductions has been insufficient to achieve the ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    G7 say they won't compromise on climate goals as they tackle fallout of war against Ukraine

    28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
  • 28 Oct 2021 |

    COP26 aims to keep 1.5掳C within reach as Merkel leaves international climate stage

    28 Oct 2021, 13:30 Governments from across the world will descend on Glasgow next week for the UN climate change conference COP26, with the UK presidency鈥檚 key objective as keeping the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5掳C within reach. It is set ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    Scholz "still has a big gap to fill" to advance climate action- reactions to result of Germany's G7 summit

    28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
  • German chancellor pledges 鈧4 bn for Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative

    20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet鈥檚 role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
  • Merkel receives broad backing at home for criticising US stance on climate

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 criticism of the current US administration鈥檚 stance on the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as her call for greater European assertiveness, have met with broad support from German politicians and business representatives, ...
  • 04 Apr 2022 |

    Investors push VW to reveal emissions lobbying

    04 Apr 2022, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Cars Finance Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A group of Volkswagen shareholders pushes Europe's largest carmaker to reveal its emissions regulation lobbying, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Seven institutional ...
  • 30 Apr 2020 |

    Higher 2030 EU climate target would lead to 鈥渃hallenging鈥 debate on German goals

    30 Apr 2020, 12:37 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International ...
  • "Real fight" at G7 summit about ending fossil fuel finance 鈥 political analyst

    27 Jun 2022, 19:30 The leaders鈥 meeting at Schloss Elmau in the German Alps is set to be a 鈥渉istoric鈥 G7 summit, says political analyst John Kirton. Never before has a summit of the G7 summit faced such a simultaneously unfolding and severe set of ...
  • Brazil and Germany vow relaunch of cooperation in environment, energy transition, green industry fields

    05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Coal phase-out in Germany will be economic net gain, study finds

    14 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Ecologic Institute ...
  • German reactions to US decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement

    02 Jun 2017, 00:00 President Donald Trump has announced that he will pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. The USA will be the first country to leave the seminal 2015 treaty signed by nearly 200 individual nations that agreed ...
  • G7 commit to 鈥減redominantly鈥 decarbonise electricity by 2035

    27 May 2022, 13:31 The Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) has committed to making their electricity systems 鈥減redominantly鈥 carbon-free by 2035, but stopped short of setting a concrete date for exiting coal. Following their meeting in ...
  • "Merkel's experience, credibility make her key in swaying Trump"

    23 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. " ...
  • 30 May 2022 |

    EU carbon border tariff could push countries to step up climate action 鈥 foreign office

    30 May 2022, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU Der Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 The German foreign ministry鈥檚 special envoy for international climate action, former Greenpeace head Jennifer Morgan, has said she supports the idea of higher import ...
  • Preview 2021: 鈥楪erman CO2 price can only be a start of energy taxes reform鈥

    10 Dec 2020, 11:02 With the EU presenting its Green Deal implementation packages next summer, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 autumn election will be a climate election, says Christoph Bals, Policy Director at NGO Germanwatch. He has a long list of changes that the new ...
  • Quotes from the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue

    21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
  • 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 ...
  • 18 Jul 2019 |

    EU must raise 2030 emissions reduction goal to go climate neutral by 2050 鈥 researchers

    18 Jul 2019, 13:36 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Policy German Institute for International and Security ...
  • Experts call for CO2 price to retain Energiewende鈥檚 credibility

    15 Dec 2016, 00:00 An expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German energy transition warned the country will probably miss its 2020 emission targets and other crucial Energiewende goals, threatening the entire project鈥檚 credibility. ...
  • 26 May 2020 |

    CO鈧 removal necessary to reach EU climate neutrality 2050 鈥 study

    26 May 2020, 12:43 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 An active removal of several hundred ...
  • 25 Oct 2017 |

    COP23 鈥 'Germany can achieve most for climate by technology export'

    25 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year鈥檚 international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn. The conference will be about establishing the trust in mutually agreed rules on climate protection, says Carsten Rolle, head of the energy and climate policy ...
  • Vote2017- Barei脽: "We will have to talk about a gradual end to renewables support."

    09 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 international ...
  • Germany heads for "spectacular" 2020 climate target miss- study

    07 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germany must urgently step up its CO2 reduction efforts immediately after the upcoming elections if it wants to prevent a spectacular miss of its 2020 climate targets, according to think tank Agora Energiewende. Instead of reducing ...
  • 31 May 2016 |

    'Lobby battle' ahead of Energiewende summit / Local utilities struggle

    31 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen dw.com 鈥淟obby battle over Energiewende鈥 There is a lot of pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers to hammer out a compromise at tonight鈥檚 ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    Renewables spurred by geopolitical upheaval, can help prevent conflict 鈥 IRENA

    24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
  • 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 ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Germany says it will stick to international climate finance commitment despite budget crisis

    25 Apr 2024, 13:57 Germany will continue to aim to provide 6 billion euros annually in funds to developing countries for climate mitigation and adaptation by 2025, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said. The government would do so despite a recent ...
  • 20 May 2020 |

    Researchers weigh in on scope and scale of hydrogen use ahead of Germany's national strategy launch

    20 May 2020, 13:44 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business ...
  • 06 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- German negotiator will try to keep Turkey on side

    06 Nov 2017, 00:00 German-Turkish relations might be at a low-point in many respects but when it comes to climate politics, Germany will try to keep the country on side during the COP23 summit in Bonn. Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, ...
  • EU and Germany hold pivotal role to drive global climate ambition 2020

    07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
  • German carbon tax most efficient way to meet climate goals-study

    13 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany should implement a national tax on carbon emissions in order to meet its own emission reduction targets in the an efficient and straight forward way, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) proposed based on a study by ...
  • France overtakes Germany as most attractive G20 country for renewable energy investments

    29 Nov 2018, 15:47 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Renewables Business International Allianz / Germanwatch Germany has ceded its position as the G20鈥檚 most attractive market for renewable energy investments to its neighbour France, the Climate ...
  • 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. ...
  • Trump win triggers calls for focus on European autonomy and competitiveness

    06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
  • 16 Nov 2015

    More households cut off from power; 4掳C world "un-insurable"

    16 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online 鈥淕rid Agency: About 350,000 households had their power cut off鈥 The number of power cut-offs in Germany rose by two percent to a new record in 2014, reports Spiegel Online. According ...
  • 20 Mar 2025

    In brief | 20 March '25

    20 Mar 2025, 14:00 威力彩玩法 Team AP: Jury finds Greenpeace USA must pay over $660 million in case over Dakota Access protest activities NGO plans to appeal and had said earlier that a large award to the Texan pipeline company could threaten to bankrupt the ...
  • 20 Feb 2025

    In brief | 20 February '25

    20 Feb 2025, 10:16 威力彩玩法 Team Carbon Brief: Profile: Germany The nation with both the most renewable power and the highest emissions in Europe. Agora Energiewende: Update FAQ on Germany's Energiewende An interactive dashboard with data and FAQs on the ...
  • French TotalEnergies lauds German coalition treaty, vows 'green' expansion in neighbour market

    15 Apr 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Business & Jobs Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung French energy company TotalEnergies says it plans to stay on its expansion course in Germany, welcoming the CDU/CSU and SDP coalition deal that will continue ...
  • 17 Mar 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest energy companies call for energy transition 鈥渞estart鈥 and fewer rules

    17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 威力彩玩法 The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥 as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Low-income households need financial support to avoid fossil fuel lock-in 鈥 think tank

    06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 威力彩玩法 The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
  • 14 Apr 2025

    In brief | 14 April '25

    14 Apr 2025, 12:20 威力彩玩法 Team UN: Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions聽 Under new system, ships exceeding emissions limits need to acquire remedial units to offset excess pollution. BBC: Race to keep furnaces burning at British Steel ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Majority of German metering operators yet to install their first smart meter 鈥 media

    25 Feb 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Digitalisation Der Spiegel Almost 500 of the 879 companies that operate metering points in Germany are still to install their first smart meter, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The Federal Network ...
  • 14 Nov 2016 |

    Reactions to Germany's Climate Action Plan 2050

    14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    International investors prepare major lithium mining project in eastern Germany

    01 Apr 2025, 12:20 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
  • 10 Jan 2025

    In brief | 10 January '25

    10 Jan 2025, 10:21 威力彩玩法 Team Copernicus Climate Change Service: 2024 鈥 a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, ...
  • Merkel leaves work to do with mixed climate legacy

    10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
  • 31 Mar 2025 |

    German carmakers drop behind in international profit rankings, suppliers shed jobs

    31 Mar 2025, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Der Spiegel / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carmakers have fallen behind competitors from Japan and the US in sales and profits throughout 2024, an analysis by consultancy EY has found. Volkswagen, ...
  • 20 Dec 2024

    In brief | 20 December '24

    20 Dec 2024, 12:00 威力彩玩法 Team Ember: EU generated record 30% of electricity from wind and solar in first half of 2024, surpassing fossil fuels for first time Ember's 2024 review shows highlights of energy transition's development. The Guardian: & ...
  • 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 ...
  • 18 Dec 2024 |

    Primary energy use in Germany drops to new low in 2024, renewables cover 20%

    18 Dec 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Primary energy consumption in Germany dropped to a new low in 2024 amid聽warmer weather, a continued weakness of the country鈥檚 economy, and ongoing efficiency gains, the Federation of ...
  • Most people in Germany clueless how new EU carbon price will affect heating costs 鈥 survey

    24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
  • 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    Needs of low-income households must be addressed as part of electricity grid expansion 鈥 report

    12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 威力彩玩法 Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
  • 17 Feb 2025 |

    Share of Germans willing to buy an electric car almost doubles to 58% 鈥 survey

    17 Feb 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars dpa / WirtschaftsWoche While sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled recently, the share of citizens who would consider buying one in the future has risen considerably, a survey ...
  • New govt report on climate ups pressure on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission

    14 Nov 2018, 14:13 A new government report detailing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 failure to cut emissions increases pressure on the country鈥檚 coal commission to agree on a speedy phase-out plan. Work in the coal commission enters a critical stage for climate protection ...
  • Lower renewables, hydrogen buildout could greatly reduce Germany's energy transition costs- energy company

    03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
  • 13 Feb 2025 |

    German gov't aims to improve health and climate outcomes with pedestrian transport strategy

    13 Feb 2025, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Transport 威力彩玩法 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has agreed on the country鈥檚 first ever聽 pedestrian transport strategy 聽that aims to strengthen walking as a sustainable and healthy way of getting around. Transport ...
  • 03 Apr 2025

    In brief | 3 April '25

    03 Apr 2025, 10:35 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: Deutsche Bank-owned asset manager DWS fined 鈧25 million for greenwashing German prosecutors have fined asset manager DWS 25 million euros after a lengthy probe found the firm guilty of greenwashing, or making ...
  • 20 Nov 2024

    In brief | 20 November '24

    20 Nov 2024, 09:53 威力彩玩法 Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year鈥檚 CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
  • 17 May 2018 |

    German unions call for 'just Energiewende,' fear carmaker job losses

    17 May 2018, 00:00 Germany must ensure a "just Energiewende" by making sure the project remains affordable for all and provides high quality jobs, according to the 6 million-member trade union group DGB. The unions back 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate targets ...
  • 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election at the end of next week ended up attracting far fewer ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    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 ...
  • 11 Oct 2017 |

    Germany set to widely miss climate targets, env ministry warns

    11 Oct 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry鈥檚 warning adds further ...
  • 05 Dec 2024 |

    Germany's Conservatives rule out helping minority government to pass budget-related laws before election

    05 Dec 2024, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics ARD The leader of Germany's largest opposition party, Friedrich Merz, has ruled out helping the minority government of chancellor Olaf Scholz to get major policy projects across the line ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Onshore wind power continues dynamic growth in Germany in early 2025

    17 Apr 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power capacity continued to grow apace in early 2025 after four gigawatts (GW) of new turbines were licensed in the first three months of the year, industry ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    German companies struggling to fulfil CBAM emissions reporting requirements 鈥 consultancy

    31 Jan 2025, 13:06 Joey Grostern Carbon market Business EU 威力彩玩法 Around three quarters of German companies are not able or only partially able to report emissions data from their suppliers outside of the EU, with two-thirds fearing that this ...
  • 22 Apr 2025 |

    German demand for oil, gas, district heating up nearly a quarter during 2024/'25 heating season

    22 Apr 2025, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 The average heating consumption of oil, gas and district heating rose by over 23 percent in Germany between October 2024 and February 2025 compared to the previous heating ...
  • 21 Nov 2024

    In brief | 21 November '24

    21 Nov 2024, 11:00 威力彩玩法 Team AP: Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe Of the total, 2,900 jobs would be lost in Germany, 800 in Britain and 300 in other European Union countries. Reuters: Volkswagen enters third ...
  • Consumers not sufficiently prepared for cost increases from EU carbon price 鈥 env agency

    28 Jan 2025, 13:13 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dts Significant parts of the population聽in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the expected cost increases in fossil heating and mobility due to carbon pricing, said Dirk ...
  • 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 ...
  • 10 Mar 2025

    In brief | 10 March '25

    10 Mar 2025, 11:30 威力彩玩法 Team E3G: Europe鈥檚 competitiveness push and what it means for climate action In its first 100 days, the European Commission has put into motion a series of flagship plans intended to boost the EU鈥檚 economy in difficult times. So ...
  • Call for open debate on CCU and CCS to save industry emissions

    27 Sep 2018, 13:57 Germany needs to have a rational and open public discussion about carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) as ways to avoid releasing climate-harmful emissions from industry into the environment. A position paper by the ...
  • 24 Apr 2025 |

    Number of sunshine hours in Germany up significantly in recent years 鈥 meteorological service

    24 Apr 2025, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Solar Tagesspiegel The number of sunshine hours registered in Germany has constantly been on the rise over the past few decades, data by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Meteorological Service (DWD) has shown. Between 2011 ...
  • German environment minister open to national carbon price

    23 Apr 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
  • 07 Dec 2015

    COP21 success 'still up in the air' / 'Ex-Climate Chancellor' Merkel

    07 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt 鈥淪till up in the air鈥 There are still many hurdles to an agreement in Paris and there is a real danger of disappointment, writes Klaus Stratmann in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • 20 Sep 2024

    In brief | 20 September '24

    20 Sep 2024, 09:15 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Tesla could help far right secure win in German state vote Tesla鈥檚 first factory in Europe was supposed to revitalize the region near Berlin with thousands of jobs and millions in extra tax revenue. It succeeded on ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 15 Apr 2025 |

    German carmakers dominate domestic e-mobility market, registration figures show

    15 Apr 2025, 13:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt Every second e lectric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Vol kswagen, while two out of three newly register ed e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Lower-than-expected electricity demand in Germany could cut grid expansion costs- report

    20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
  • 20 Aug 2024

    In brief | 20 August '24

    20 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Euractiv: Austria submits 2030 climate plan late as Germany, Spain flout June deadline Just ten EU countries have submitted their long-term climate action plans to Brussels, with Austria being the most recent, as large ...
  • 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 ...
  • 28 Mar 2025

    In brief | 28 March '25

    28 Mar 2025, 11:48 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Porsche has nowhere to hide as Trump unleashes next tariff wave While Mercedes and BMW have some flexibility due to factories in the US, Porsche has no plants in North America. Bloomberg: German minister says Trump ...
  • 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 ...
  • 25 Nov 2024 |

    One in three people in Germany dissatisfied with local public transport 鈥 survey

    25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 威力彩玩法 A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
  • 16 Sep 2024

    In brief | 16 September '24

    16 Sep 2024, 12:13 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: Travel chaotic, damage mounts after Central European floods Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of ...
  • 20 Mar 2025 |

    Germans snub Tesla as CEO Musk鈥檚 political activities cause backlash for US carmaker

    20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company鈥檚 CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
  • Climate lead over economy shrinks in German voter priorities 鈥 survey

    06 Dec 2024, 12:56 S枚ren Amelang Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Climate action has dropped in German voters鈥 priorities vs economic growth over the course of the past five years, according to a聽 survey 聽conducted by the Konrad Adenauer ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Household energy prices in Germany almost a third higher than before Ukraine war started 鈥 analysis

    24 Feb 2025, 13:22 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Households in Germany continue to pay higher energy prices compared to pre-energy crisis levels, price comparison website Verivox said on the three-year mark of Russia's war of ...
  • 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 ...
  • 04 Oct 2024

    In brief | 04 October '24

    04 Oct 2024, 10:18 Julian Wettengel Politico: You could kill the EU, says France. No, you could, Germany replies. Macron and Scholz clash again over how to counter protectionist America and Chinese power. Bloomberg: New solar to meet most of Europe鈥檚 ...
  • 01 Apr 2025 |

    Germany already experiencing serious consequences of climate change 鈥 weather service

    01 Apr 2025, 12:50 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD ...
  • 20 Mar 2025 |

    German car industry sceptical about EV purchase incentive, calls for lower charging costs

    20 Mar 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Die Welt / 威力彩玩法 A new round of purchase incentives for electric vehicles planned by the prospective next German government has aroused scepticism among the country鈥檚 car industry, ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Germany affirms resilience of energy transition partnerships after U.S. withdrawal

    07 Mar 2025, 13:23 Julian Wettengel International 威力彩玩法 / Reuters The German state secretary Jochen Flasbarth has said the government regretted the U.S. withdrawal from international partnerships to support major global polluters鈥 socially ...
  • 21 Dec 2018 |

    Small island state rep says Germany needs to advocate for climate in UN Security Council

    21 Dec 2018, 11:58 The German government has said it will use its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to spotlight the security implications of climate change. After the recent shift in climate policy by some permanent ...
  • 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 ...
  • Quick compromises needed on open energy policy proposals, German state energy ministers say

    14 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government could threaten important energy transition projects across the country if no precautions are taken ...
  • EU countries must better embed social justice in climate plans ahead of ETS 2 introduction 鈥 NGOs

    02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 威力彩玩法 EU member states鈥 national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
  • German supermarkets face big gap between climate ambitions and real action 鈥 think tank

    23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 威力彩玩法 Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new energy minister calls for 鈥渞eality check鈥 of costs and risks of renewables

    09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 威力彩玩法 The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
  • 04 Apr 2025 |

    German energy and industry sectors worried about 鈥渄estructive US trade policy鈥

    04 Apr 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Industry International energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 German energy and industry representatives have expressed concern over the new tariff announcements by US president Donald Trump, ...
  • 20 Sep 2024 |

    Local public transport users 6% up in Germany in first half of 2024

    20 Sep 2024, 12:19 Edgar Meza Transport 威力彩玩法 The Deutschlandticket, a subscription public transportation ticket, likely contributed to a six percent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers using local bus and train services in ...
  • 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, ...
  • 22 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭here鈥檚 no way around a coal exit law鈥

    22 Jun 2017, 00:00 Germany's energy transition can only be successful if it is created by citizens themselves in a socially fair way, the Left Party writes in its election campaign programme. The Left is currently the largest opposition group in the ...
  • 30 Oct 2024 |

    German coal use continues downward trend in 2024

    30 Oct 2024, 11:41 Julian Wettengel Coal 威力彩玩法 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal consumption continued its downward trend in 2024, helping to reduce the country鈥檚 climate-damaging CO2 emissions, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based ...
  • 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 ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    A quarter of Germans lack adequate access to public transportation 鈥 report

    24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 威力彩玩法 More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
  • 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
  • 26 Jul 2024 |

    Workers struggle with heat as Europe records largest exposure increase 鈥 report

    26 Jul 2024, 13:32 Joey Grostern Adaptation 威力彩玩法 More workers are being exposed to heat stress across the world due to climate change, with Europe and Central Asia experiencing the largest rise in excessive heat exposure in 20 years, ...
  • 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. ...
  • 25 Feb 2025 |

    Electricians, engineers most needed professions for German energy transition workforce- analysis

    25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute鈥檚 (IW) ...
  • 20 Sep 2024 |

    German government invites car industry stakeholders to discuss sector's crisis

    20 Sep 2024, 12:17 Edgar Meza Mobility Policy Spiegel / NDR Germany's economy ministry has invited stakeholders to a car industry summit to discuss the current industry crisis, Spiegel reported. Representatives of the country's carmakers, the ...
  • 05 Mar 2025 |
    Gas

    German gas use to decline slower than expected due to lagging heating transition, higher needs in electricity 鈥 consultancy

    05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
  • 18 Nov 2024

    In brief | 18 November '24

    18 Nov 2024, 13:20 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 would-be leader touts his recipe for a growth miracle Merz wants voters to back a distinctly pro-business agenda Political compromises may water down what he can achieve DW: Germany approves more ...
  • 20 Feb 2025 |

    Germany launches second auction worth 鈧2.5 billion for green hydrogen imports

    20 Feb 2025, 13:38 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Policy 威力彩玩法 The German government has started its largest green hydrogen import auction yet. For the first time, one portion of the tender worth 2.5 billion euros in total will be funded jointly by ...
  • 04 Feb 2025 |

    Fossil fuel subsidies in G7 countries grow despite reduction pledges 鈥 report

    04 Feb 2025, 13:41 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels 威力彩玩法 The G7 group of industrialised nations failed on a 2016 pledge to phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" by 2025, according to a report commissioned by NGO Greenpeace ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    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 ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    Costs major hurdle to reaching climate neutrality in 2045 鈥 local utilities

    11 Mar 2025, 13:47 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 威力彩玩法 More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 ...
  • Judge 鈥渃annot yet鈥 see sound claims in landmark climate case by Peruvian farmer against RWE

    20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    Offshore wind power yield from German North Sea up 8% in 2024

    27 Jan 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 威力彩玩法 / dpa / Handelsbatt Offshore wind farms in the German North Sea generated around eight percent more wind power last year compared to 2023, transmission system operator TenneT said. At 20.8 ...
  • 13 Jan 2016

    'Inflated' grid fees / Report on 'successful' PV pilot auctions

    13 Jan 2016, 00:00 [Updates German industry association on energy policy] Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 Federation of German Industries (BDI) German industry association warns against German 鈥渟olo鈥 in climate, energy policy The ...
  • 20 Feb 2025 |

    CORRECTION: Low electricity prices relative to gas will boost European heat pump uptake 鈥 report

    20 Feb 2025, 13:45 Jack McGovan Electricity Heating 威力彩玩法 Corrects third paragraph to specify share of heat pump sales compared to all heating sytems sold, a previous version of the article incorrectly stated this was the share of heat pumps ...
  • 07 Feb 2025 |

    Germany likely to exceed 2030 onshore wind power targets 鈥 think tank

    07 Feb 2025, 13:22 Joey Grostern Wind 威力彩玩法 Germany looks set to exceed its 2030 onshore wind power target by 2.6 percent, according to an analysis by the Google-backed think tank Goal100. Considering the number of applications and permits for ...
  • 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 HDAX stock market index compared to four other ...
  • 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 ...
  • 20 Jan 2025 |

    Urban and rural users pay same grid fees in Germany for the first time

    20 Jan 2025, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Grid fees for users in urban and in rural areas of Germany have, for the first time, been brought to similar levels, according to price comparison website Verivox. After a nine ...
  • 27 Feb 2025 |

    Germany forecast to continue to be net emitter past climate neutrality deadline 鈥 report

    27 Feb 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Heating Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Germany could continue to emit greenhouse gases past its 2045 deadline to become climate neutral, with Norwegian certification company DNV forecasting emission ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 budding coalition agrees electricity price cuts, e-car subsidies

    10 Mar 2025, 13:28 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
  • Clear majority in Germany continues to support energy transition but concerns are on the rise

    21 Feb 2025, 13:38 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Der Spiegel Most German citizens still believe the energy transition is ...
  • 10 Jan 2025 |

    Four in five residential buildings in Germany still heated with oil and gas 鈥 energy agency

    10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 威力彩玩法 Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country鈥檚 existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
  • 06 Jan 2025 |

    German solar capacity breaches 100 gigawatts 鈥 industry association

    06 Jan 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Solar 威力彩玩法 The German solar industry marked a milestone at the turn of the year, as the total capacity of all installed solar power systems surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW), said industry association BSW Solar. ...
  • 30 Jan 2025 |

    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 ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Scholz welcomes fossil gas expansion in the U.S.

    27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
  • 07 Feb 2025 |
    Gas

    Most liquid natural gas coming into Germany through state-owned North Sea terminals 鈥 dpa

    07 Feb 2025, 13:24 Joey Grostern Gas dpa / 威力彩玩法 State-owned liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals on the North Sea at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsb眉ttel handled the majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 imported LNG last year, and operated at 65 percent capacity, ...
  • 21 Jan 2025 |

    Reduced electricity demand could slash 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transition investments by 2035 鈥 report

    21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
  • 07 Jan 2025 |

    Manufacturers' struggle continues as electric car sales remain weak in Germany

    07 Jan 2025, 13:37 Jennifer Collins Cars 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt Registrations of new plug-in electric cars in Germany fell by more than a quarter in 2024 compared to the previous year, while the average CO2 emissions of newly registered ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    German battery storage capacity increases 50% in 2024 鈥 report

    31 Jan 2025, 11:49 Joey Grostern Storage 威力彩玩法 Almost 600,000 new stationary battery storage systems were installed across Germany in 2024, increasing the country鈥檚 storage capacity by 50 percent year-on-year, according to preliminary data ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    Most of 440,000 objections to wind power in German state stem from core protest group 鈥 report

    31 Jan 2025, 11:50 Joey Grostern Wind Society SWR A group of about 6,660 people are behind a slew of over 440,000 letters objecting to plans for wind farm developments in 40 areas in the Neckar-Alb region of Baden-W眉rttemberg, according to reporting from ...
  • Energy costs in focus as German parties flesh out election programmes

    13 Jan 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background With just six weeks to go before 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliamentary elections in late February, several parties have specified their ...
  • 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 ...
  • Conservative election victory set to narrow climate policy focus in Germany

    23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥 conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
  • 21 Mar 2025 |

    Germany to face challenges to energy supply security in coming years 鈥 govt advisors

    21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 威力彩玩法 A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
  • 28 Aug 2024 |

    Many Germans recognise energy transition benefits, East-West divide 鈥 survey

    28 Aug 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society 威力彩玩法 The majority of people in Germany view renewable energies favourably, but many worry about costs associated with the energy transition and there are clear differences between the ...
  • 09 Nov 2016 |

    Coal exit dispute delays 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan

    09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
  • 19 Nov 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany well prepared as heating season starts, saving gas still important 鈥 regulator

    19 Nov 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Handelsblatt Gas supply in Germany at the beginning of winter is stable and storage facilities are well stocked as the heating season gets underway, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The risk of a tight gas ...
  • Heating and transport are still laggard sectors in Germany's energy transition 鈥 report

    28 Jan 2025, 13:17 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ...
  • German supermarkets improve sustainability but must do more 鈥 agency

    16 Jan 2025, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don鈥檛 do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
  • 26 Feb 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next chancellor for a 鈥渕oratorium on dismantling鈥 the remaining decommissioned nuclear reactors in the country has been met with reluctance ...
  • 04 Nov 2024

    In brief | 4 November '24

    04 Nov 2024, 13:17 威力彩玩法 Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shaky coalition heads for a 鈧75 billion budget reckoning Top judges to scrutinize levy on high earners and businesses. The ruling could bring the fragile coalition to the brink of collapse. S&P Global: ...
  • 18 Apr 2024 |

    Germany's onshore wind power construction permits reach new quarterly record in early 2024

    18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 威力彩玩法 Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
  • Merkel鈥檚 grand coalition in review: The climate and energy record

    08 Sep 2017, 00:00 As the current legislative period draws to a close, The 威力彩玩法 asked key stakeholders to review the last four years of German energy and climate policy 鈥 and tell us what they would like to see from the next government. ...
  • 10 Jan 2025 |

    Germany open to fossil gas and hydrogen cooperation with African countries

    10 Jan 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 The German government is open to partnering with African countries on fossil gas projects, as well as blue hydrogen production (made from fossil gas, ...
  • 13 Dec 2024 |

    Germany on course for 54 percent renewable power production share in 2024 鈥 UBA

    13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 威力彩玩法 About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
  • 08 Jul 2024 |

    Over a third of houses in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest cities supplied by district heating 鈥 report

    08 Jul 2024, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Heating Cities 威力彩玩法 District heating already supplies more than a third of houses in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three largest cities of Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, according to utility E.ON. In Munich and Hamburg, the share ...
  • 08 Jan 2025 |

    Germany's electricity mix in 2024 'cleanest ever' 鈥 researchers

    08 Jan 2025, 10:08 Jennifer Collins Electricity Renewables 威力彩玩法 The share of renewable energy in net public electricity generation in Germany in 2024 reached a record high of 62.7 percent, with solar power smashing government expansion ...
  • 20 Jun 2024 |

    German towns should broaden heating plans to include general energy distribution- think tank

    20 Jun 2024, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Heating Tagesspiegel Background Municipalities should expand their mandatory planning for future climate-friendly heating to encompass general energy distribution, think tank Agora Energiewende has proposed, ...
  • 05 May 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pick for transport minister signals cautious approach in 鈥減roblem child鈥 sector

    05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new transport minister suggests the country is unlikely to face a profound policy overhaul to get the emission-intensive sector on track to meet ambitious 2030 climate targets. Long-serving conservative ...
  • 20 Nov 2024 |

    High potential for solar expansion along Germany's highways 鈥 report

    20 Nov 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 威力彩玩法 / pv magazine Spaces alongside German highways could be utilised better to build solar energy systems, with around 250,000 potential sites identified聽 in a report 聽by the Federal Highway Research ...
  • 27 Mar 2025 |

    Prospective new German government shows no ambition to speed up coal exit

    27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    Renewables climb to 22 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 total energy consumption in 2023

    11 Mar 2024, 12:52 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 威力彩玩法 Corrected: The renewable share in energy consumption in 2022 was 20.8 percent and ...
  • 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 ...
  • 11 Jul 2024 |

    Over 21% of jobs in Germany are 鈥済reen-driven鈥, 5% emission-intensive 鈥 OECD

    11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    Mercedes CEO calls for long-term EV subsidies as domestic market struggles

    16 Dec 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Cars Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The CEO of German car manufacturer Mercedes, Ola K盲llenius, has called for more long-term subsidies for electric vehicles as demand weakens. By the end of the decade ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government with bumpy start after Merz needs unprecedented second vote for chancellor

    06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
  • 07 Mar 2024 |

    Germany's plans for a hydrogen network are oversized, critics say

    07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
  • 16 Jan 2025 |

    Northern German city orders one of world鈥檚 largest seawater heat pumps

    16 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating NDR The northern German city of Flensburg has commissioned one of the world鈥檚 largest seawater heat pumps to supply climate-neutral heat through its district heating system, reports regional public ...
  • 07 Oct 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany to have two more floating LNG import terminals in operation by winter 鈥 operator

    07 Oct 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are due to go into operation before the winter in Germany, state-owned operating company Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) told news agency ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    Green Deal 2.0 must trigger investments in European industry and infrastructure 鈥 EU lawmaker

    15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
  • 02 Oct 2024

    In brief | 2 October '24

    02 Oct 2024, 11:21 威力彩玩法 Team Bruno Burger (Fraunhofer ISE): In the first three quarters of 2024, around 106 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted from electricity generation in Germany This is 15 per cent less than in the first three quarters of 2023 and ...
  • 20 Mar 2024 |

    80 percent of German utilities expect worsening of skills shortage- survey

    20 Mar 2024, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 One in two German utilities are finding it difficult to attract new employees, and four out of five companies in the sector expect the problem to worsen in the near future and slow ...
  • Coalition collapse: Tracking the path to Germany's snap elections

    23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
  • 20 Jan 2025 |

    Solar PV hardware opens door to Chinese interference in German power supply 鈥 security agency

    20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 威力彩玩法 A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
  • 20 Nov 2024 |

    Majority of employees in Germany satisfied with their company's sustainability efforts 鈥 survey

    20 Nov 2024, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Society 威力彩玩法 The majority of employees in German companies are satisfied with the speed with which their employer is promoting sustainability efforts and say it is increasingly gearing its business ...
  • 17 Jun 2024 |
    EU

    Germany welcomes adoption of EU nature restoration law, criticism from farmers

    17 Jun 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel EU 威力彩玩法 / AP Government members and NGOs from Germany have welcomed the adoption of the EU nature restoration law by member states following months of delay. Member states on Monday gave their final ...
  • 30 Oct 2024 |
    Gas

    Gas grid plans in European countries fail to reflect consumption decline needed to reach climate targets 鈥 report

    30 Oct 2024, 11:48 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 Current plans for gas networks in European countries largely fail to account for the necessary decline in gas consumption in the coming years as states try to reach climate targets, according to a ...
  • 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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pioneering 鈥榗limate contract鈥 subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
  • 28 Nov 2024 |

    Vast majority of Germans continue to support renewables roll-out 鈥 survey

    28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 威力彩玩法 [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
  • 16 Aug 2024

    In brief | 16 August '24

    16 Aug 2024, 10:08 Julian Wettengel Eurostat: EU economy greenhouse gas emissions:-4.0% in Q1 2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0 percent ...
  • 06 Sep 2024 |

    Active financial supervision key lever against greenwashing 鈥 NGO

    06 Sep 2024, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 威力彩玩法 Greenwashing-related incidents have an overall negative effect on company stock prices, but only once financial supervisory bodies intervene, according to a report by finance NGO Finance Watch ...
  • 09 Nov 2023 |

    Third of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating systems over 20 years old, three in four must be replaced by 2045- industry

    09 Nov 2023, 14:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 威力彩玩法 One in every ...
  • 23 Oct 2024 |

    Plans for a multi-billion-euro chip plant for EVs on brink of collapse 鈥 media reports

    23 Oct 2024, 13:27 Jennifer Collins Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / SWR Plans for a 2.75 billion euro聽cutting edge silicon carbide chip plant in Germany are up in the air, amid reports that construction聽has been put on hold indefinitely and that ...
  • German energy consumption falls in 2023 鈥 and with it, CO2 emissions

    20 Dec 2023, 12:51 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Renewables 威力彩玩法 A sluggish economy saw primary energy consumption in Germany fall to a historic low in 2023, according to preliminary figures from energy data service AG ...
  • 06 Dec 2024 |

    Vote25: Construction of new gas power plants must be top priority for next government- energy industry

    06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
  • 15 Nov 2023 |

    Germany backs investments to build 9,700-kilometre, 鈧20 billion hydrogen grid

    15 Nov 2023, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 The German government is supporting the construction of a 9,700-kilometre-long pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its neighbours, the economy ministry said in ...
  • 12 Sep 2024 |

    Vast majority of companies in Germany support energy transition 鈥 survey

    12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
  • Oil or gas boiler, bad insulation devalue residential property in Germany

    18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    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 ...
  • 08 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 3: US should be kept on board / "Time to stop digging"

    08 Nov 2017, 00:00 Talks in Bonn as technical as expected but also 鈥渦nexcited, friendly and positive鈥, says German negotiator / Developing countries call for voluntary reporting / US should remain part of COPs / German taxpayers are financing the climate ...
  • 25 Mar 2024 |
    EU

    Hold-up of EU Nature Restoration Law 'very bad signal' for conservation 鈥 German env min

    25 Mar 2024, 13:41 Julian Wettengel EU 威力彩玩法 / Euractiv German environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) has slammed the EU member state governments' failure to consent to the bloc's Nature Restoration Law at today's (25 ...
  • Economy minister urges cross-party effort in Germany to hold course on climate and energy policy

    12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition鈥檚 break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
  • 10 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should stick to fixed carbon price until new EU ETS takes full effect 鈥 energy industry

    10 Oct 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 威力彩玩法 Germany should alter its current plans for a national carbon price for transport and heating fuel emissions and stick to a fixed price until the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for ...
  • Conservative German election winner Merz seeks coalition with SPD, Greens sidelined

    24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥 result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
  • 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 Mar 2024 |

    Cement industry says Germany needs 4,800 km CO2 pipelines costing 鈧14 bln to decarbonise

    18 Mar 2024, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry 威力彩玩法 Germany will have to build a 4,800-kilometre CO2聽pipeline network at a cost of around 14 billion euros in order to decarbonise its cement, lime, and waste incineration industries, ...
  • Denmark and Norway making strides towards net zero, Germany and UK lagging behind 鈥 report

    02 Oct 2024, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 威力彩玩法 Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making 鈥渟ignificant strides鈥, according to a report by the ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Climate change unlikely to increase Dunkelflaute events in central Europe- weather service

    20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
  • 15 Oct 2024 |

    German car manufacturers lose market share across their biggest markets

    15 Oct 2024, 12:50 Jack McGovan Cars Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Sales of cars from German manufacturers VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes in the EU, USA and China are 2.1 percent lower in 2024 so far than the same time period last year, despite ...
  • Vote25: Next government must use transport transition to shore up competitiveness 鈥 think tank

    05 Dec 2024, 11:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
  • 09 Oct 2024 |

    German finance minister proposes tax exemption for combustion engine 'e-fuel-only' cars

    09 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen FAZ / 威力彩玩法 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner, a Free Democrat (FDP), has proposed several tax exemptions for combustion engine cars that run exclusively on renewables-based ...
  • 13 Aug 2024 |

    One in seven German households makes sustainable investments 鈥 survey

    13 Aug 2024, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 威力彩玩法 Fourteen percent of German households are already putting their money into sustainable investments, while another 30 percent can imagine doing so in the future, a survey by the government-owned ...
  • 13 Sep 2023 |

    BP wants to build 20,000 'ultrafast' electric vehicle charging stations in Germany

    13 Sep 2023, 14:20 Jack McGovan Cars Die Welt British oil company BP wants to build around 20,000 鈥渦ltrafast鈥 charging stations for electric cars as part of a larger investment push in Germany, reports Die Welt. By 2030, the company aims to invest a total ...
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    Only sustainable climate adaptation successful in the long term 鈥 report

    20 Sep 2024, 12:14 Edgar Meza Adaptation 威力彩玩法 Case studies on climate adaptation from around the world do not yet demonstrate truly sustainable strategies, yet sustainable climate adaptation is key for measures to be successful in the long ...
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    German govt co-funds conversion of natural gas cavern into hydrogen storage

    28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / 威力彩玩法 The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
  • 16 Sep 2024 |

    Household oil and gas prices down in Germany ahead of heating season 鈥 Verivox

    16 Sep 2024, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 Heating with gas and oil could be cheaper for German households in this year鈥檚 heating season compared to the previous winter, said price comparison website Verivox. In ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Nigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success

    20 Dec 2024, 10:13 Large-scale solar PV developers have not been able to overcome Nigeria鈥檚 reputation as a risky place to do business, a problem which can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite tremendous solar potential, very little of it has been ...
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    Ministry avoids concrete targets in weakened Climate Action Plan

    08 Sep 2016, 00:00 Environmental organisations have responded to a government proposal to decarbonise the economy with outrage. They say the Climate Action Plan 2050 will fall well short of meeting climate targets, and accuse the environment ministry of ...
  • 24 Nov 2023 |

    Number of electric car charging points in Germany rises 30% since start of the year

    24 Nov 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars 威力彩玩法 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 network of charging points for electric cars is growing rapidly, according to utility association BDEW. 鈥淎s of 1 October, 113,112 public charging points with a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) ...
  • Higher German grid fees to raise consumer electricity costs in 2024 鈥 energy company

    18 Oct 2023, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Household consumers in Germany could be hit by rising electricity costs next year as distribution network operators increase their grid fees, energy software company ...
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    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 ...
  • 23 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should consider health effects of climate change across all policies 鈥 expert council

    23 Oct 2024, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Society 威力彩玩法 Anchoring health, climate and environment in all government departments and ministries is one of the recommendations put forward by Germany's health and resilience expert council, an ...
  • 03 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's coal exit on track, no forced closures needed

    03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 威力彩玩法 / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
  • German connection to Dutch carbon storage project to see years' long delay 鈥 media report

    02 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Carbon removal Industry International Die Welt A project that would connect Germany's Rhine-Ruhr industrial heartland to an undersea carbon storage project in the Dutch North Sea is set to be delayed by years, ...
  • 13 Aug 2024 |

    Nuclear fusion worth further commitment, but cannot contribute to mid-century climate targets 鈥 researchers

    13 Aug 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Technology 威力彩玩法 Nuclear fusion technology has the potential to provide long-term climate-friendly energy and reduce import dependencies- but it cannot contribute to mid-century climate targets because it ...
  • 14 Feb 2024 |

    Bureaucracy a major impediment to companies striving for decarbonisation in Germany 鈥 survey

    14 Feb 2024, 14:00 Ruby Russel Industry Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 A survey by consulting firm EY has found that only one in five companies considers Germany a compelling place to decarbonise production 鈥 with excessive bureaucracy the biggest ...
  • 15 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | November '24

    15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country鈥檚 fourth floods within a year, triggered by intense rainfall on 19 and 20 October. Parts of Sicily, in the south, were also severely impacted. The floods came as Italy鈥檚 ...
  • 21 Jun 2024 |

    Construction of German hydrogen grid further delayed

    21 Jun 2024, 11:44 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Handelsblatt Construction of a hydrogen "core" network in Germany has been further delayed as its future operators聽and the electricity grid agency BNetzA await an EU decision on state aid, reported ...
  • 01 Oct 2024 |

    Offshore hydrogen production on 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 could save Germany 鈧4 bln per year 鈥 report

    01 Oct 2024, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Wind Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Building 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using 20 gigawatts of offshore wind power can save Germany billions of euros, according to a report by the Fraunhofer ...
  • 16 Jul 2024 |

    Germany bets on diversified supply in draft hydrogen import strategy

    16 Jul 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to have a diversified import structure for green hydrogen, shows a draft strategy seen by Tagesspiegel Background. It counts on pipelines to supplier ...
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    EU increasing Russian gas imports despite efforts to reduce dependence

    16 Jul 2024, 12:23 Edgar Meza Gas Handelsblatt EU countries are increasing Russian gas imports despite the bloc鈥檚 efforts to reduce fossil fuel from Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war, Handelsblatt reports. EU countries imported around 30 percent more ...
  • Local authorities receive 1,500 objections to battery recycling plant in Germany

    27 Aug 2024, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Storage Resources & Recycling MDR The planned construction of a recycling plant for used electric car batteries in Eastern Germany has been met with much opposition, according to a report from public broadcaster MDR. ...
  • 14 Nov 2022 |

    G7 climate disaster support pledge 鈥榞ood start鈥, but distraction from real loss and damage fund 鈥 NGOs

    14 Nov 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Finance International 威力彩玩法 / Deutsche Welle The G7鈥檚 strong economies have launched a scheme to quickly provide financial support to countries most vulnerable to climate risks in case of a disaster 鈥 the ...
  • Households with dynamic power tariffs see increased savings potential as renewables share rises 鈥 provider

    06 Aug 2024, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Digitalisation 威力彩玩法 As the share of renewables in Germany's electricity mix increases, so does the potential for households to benefit from lower wholesale power prices. In the first ...
  • 22 Sep 2017 |

    German elections ahead: The road to the next Energiewende government

    22 Sep 2017, 00:00 On 24 September 2017, Germans will cast their votes in the general elections and determine who will be in charge of the next phase of the country鈥檚 energy transition. Parties have shifted into national campaign mode after elections in ...
  • 15 May 2020 |

    A (very) brief timeline of Germany's Energiewende

    15 May 2020, 00:00 In 2014, the Green Party's Julia Verlinden asked the federal government for its definition of a starting date for the "Energiewende". In his reply, parliamentary state secretary in the economy ministry Uwe Beckmeyer ...
  • The story of "Climate Chancellor" Angela Merkel

    07 Dec 2021, 13:30 German leader Angela Merkel has been nicknamed the "Climate Chancellor" for her long-standing international action on emission cuts. However, at the end of her 16-year German leadership in winter 2021 many see her climate ...
  • 12 Dec 2017 |

    Climate finance: A brief overview of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 contributions

    12 Dec 2017, 00:00 This factsheet provides information on how much the German government contributes to climate funding 鈥 the financial support of projects aimed at mitigating climate change and helping vulnerable countries adapt to its effects. Finance ...
  • 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 ...
  • 04 Dec 2019 |

    Industry power prices in Germany: Extremely high 鈥 and low

    04 Dec 2019, 10:10 The power prices paid by industry are one of the most contentious aspects of Germany's energy transition and its economic impacts. Business lobby groups routinely call the price of electricity a central threat to industry ...
  • Q&A: First climate and energy proposals from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
  • 14 Mar 2022 |

    Global reporting on new IPCC report: Securing a liveable and sustainable future for all

    14 Mar 2022, 15:00 Milou Dirkx International In a report published by the IPCC two weeks ago, 270 scientists from 67 countries reviewed more than 34,000 articles to assess the effects of climate change, the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural ...
  • G20 Research Group

    Based at Trinity College and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, the G20 Research Group is a global network of scholars, students and professionals following the work of the G20 leaders, finance ministers and central bank ...
  • SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs

    The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) is Europe鈥檚 largest independent think tank in the fields of international politics, and foreign and security policy, according to their website. With offices in Berlin and Brussels, SWP鈥檚 ...
  • 16 Jun 2022 |

    G7 summit: How can Germany push the climate agenda as the war dominates debates?

    16 Jun 2022 Berlin Russia's war against Ukraine is bound to leave its mark on the G7 summit to be held in the German Alps on 26-28 June, but chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that it must not lead the group of large economies to neglect future crises, ...
  • 26 Jun 2017 |

    The future of gas in a decarbonised energy system

    26- 27 Jun 2017 Prenzlau Media study tour for journalists organised by the 威力彩玩法 in cooperation with the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 ...
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    Event: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G7 presidency as a stepping stone for the 2022 international climate agenda

    27 Jan 2022 Berlin Sign up now! The new German government has to hit the ground running on the international stage as the country assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) mere days after taking office. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his team have ...
  • 30 Mar 2022 |

    Exchange programme brings together journalists from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Germany in 2022

    30 Mar 2022 Berlin Apply now for the journalist exchange programme we are offering in cooperation with the International Journalists' Programmes (IJP). The programme is focussing on reporting in the field of climate and energy and is co-funded by ...
  • 21 Nov 2023 |

    Reporting on COP28 鈥 Climate talks in a changing geopolitical context

    21 Nov 2023 Berlin Global cooperation on climate change has taken on a new sense of urgency this year as 2023 has seen many climate records shattered, with unprecedented air and ocean temperature anomalies and low sea ice coverage. However, negotiations ...
  • Uniting the world to tackle climate change 鈥 UK, U.S. & EU on the road to COP26

    20 Apr 2021 Berlin The United Kingdom is set to host what many see as the most important global climate summit (COP26) since the deal over the landmark Paris Agreement was struck in 2015. This year鈥檚 UN climate change conference on 1-12 November in ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Fit for 55 鈥 EU gets ready for complete overhaul of climate and energy legislation

    06 Jul 2021 Berlin The European Union is getting ready for a major revamp of its climate and energy legislation to make the continent 鈥淔it for 55鈥 鈥 its new 55% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The Commission is set to present its package of ...
  • 19 Mar 2017 |

    威力彩玩法 Journalism Network Workshop

    19- 23 Mar 2017 Berlin THE 威力彩玩法 JOURNALISM NETWORK WORKSHOP- The challenges of global reporting on energy and climate policy- A special programme for 威力彩玩法 alumni in parallel with the 3rd Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 威力彩玩法 media study tour participant ...
  • 19 Sep 2024 |

    Conference: 威力彩玩法 turns 10 鈥 Journalism for the age of climate consequences

    19- 20 Sep 2024 Berlin The consequences of climate change and the actions to prevent them from spiralling out of control are felt in societies across the globe. People must deal with a changing local climate and with the impact of climate actions on their ...
  • Recording available: 威力彩玩法 Press Club- The 2024 US election鈥檚 impact on European climate and energy policy

    08 Oct 2024 Berlin The eyes of the world will be on the U.S. on 5 November this year, when Americans head to the ballot boxes to vote for a new president 鈥 or re-elect a former one. For Europe in particular, the U.S. elections will have enormous ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 landfall facilities of the gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2

    Nord Stream, completed in 2012, is a 1,200 kilometre offshore twin pipeline system running through the Baltic Sea, from Portovaya Bay near Vyborg (Russia) and Lubmin near Greifswald (Germany). It has an annual capacity of 55 billion cubic metres of ...
  • LNG gas station for trucks

    In 2016, the ever growing transport sector accounted for almost a fifth of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions, and realised virtually zero emission reduction compared to 1990. Energy company Uniper鈥檚 subsidiary, Liqvis GmbH, is convinced that liquefied ...
  • Legendre

    France Climate & CO2 Adaptation Agriculture COP21 G20 & G7 French Emilie Legendre covers climate topics including biodiversity, COPs, French climate and biodiversity policies for AEF info. ...
  • Mbenywe

    Kenya Climate & CO2 Carbon market Bioenergy Cities G20 & G7 COP27 Kenyan Mactilda Mbenywe covers environment, climate and conservation stories for The Standard newspaper. ...
  • Estival

    France Climate & CO2 Energiewende EU G20 & G7 French Laurence Estival covers European climate policy, renewable energy and industry for RSEDATANEWS. ...
  • Koop

    Argentina Fossil fuels Transport Utilities Cities Agriculture COP24 G20 & G7 Argentinean Fermin is a journalist and co-founder of Dialogo Chino. As a freelancer, he writes for Buenos Aires Times, Cronista, and Aconcagua. ...
  • Wettengel

    Germany Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Elections & Politics International COP24 G20 & G7 German Julian is staff correspondent at 威力彩玩法. You can connect with him via LinkedIn. ...
  • Alonso

    Spain International COP21 COP23 COP24 G20 & G7 Spanish Judit covers environmental, climate and energy transition topics for Deutsche Welle Espa帽ol as well as Planeta Futuro. Find her online via her LinkedIn profile. ...
  • Gashi

    Serbia Cities Serbian Ilir Gashi works as a freelance journalist for Kosovo 2.0 and is working with mainstream independent Serbian media in improving the quality of their climate reporting. ...
  • Rama

    Albania Agriculture Fossil fuels Renewables Resources & Recycling Cities Albanian Artan Rama is a freelance journalist covering environmental crime, exploitation of natural resources, and sustainable development.聽 His work has been published by Kosovo ...
  • Haxha

    Kosovo Electricity Coal Renewables Efficiency Heating Construction Kosovan Uran Haxha is a freelance journalist covering renewables, energy and tourism. His work has appeared in Kosovo 2.0聽 and Paper Radio. ...
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