Tag: Germanwatch
Economy welcomes the compromise on the heating law
heat pump Property owners only have to convert their heating system once their municipality has completed a heat plan. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf The sectors involved in the heat transition…
Will Olaf Scholz still become climate chancellor?
Olaf Scholz During the election campaign, the chancellor made climate promises, but environmental groups have criticized him. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) wants to make global progress…
Annalena Baerbock calls for a global target for the expansion of renewables
Annalena Bärbock The German Foreign Minister calls for a return to a path towards the 1.5 degree target. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Berlin Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is aiming for a…
Legal opinion: Germany violates climate protection law
Berlin The transport and building sectors are expected to have failed to comply with the upper limits for CO2 emissions set out in the Federal Climate Protection Act for the…
Industry & climate protectors promote a quick start together
CO2 emissions The authors of the position paper consider the development of a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in Germany and Europe to be crucial. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Berlin The cement…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Along with Denmark and Sweden, Chile and Morocco are the countries that can count themselves among the pioneers in climate protection thanks to the rapid expansion of renewable energies.…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Along with Denmark and Sweden, Chile and Morocco are the countries that can count themselves among the pioneers in climate protection thanks to the rapid expansion of renewable energies.…
Climate protection ranking: Germany is slipping
Berlin Anyone looking for climate protection pioneers usually thinks first of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Sweden and Norway rely heavily on renewable energies and have been among the pioneers in…
Departure or standstill? That is what matters at the climate conference
Berlin The signs for the world climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are not good. Heat waves, droughts and floods as a result of climate change are already threatening the…
Departure or standstill? That is what matters at the climate conference
Berlin The signs for the World Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are not good. Heat waves, droughts and floods as a result of climate change are already threatening the…
More heat deaths also in Germany
Berlin If Germany and other industrialized countries do not quickly increase the pace of the expansion of clean energies, reaching the Paris climate agreement will become increasingly remote. Because despite…
Climate advocates and NGOs are threatening governments with mass lawsuits
Smoking cooling towers of a power plant Lawyers and NGOs now emphasize that they have already filed more than 80 climate lawsuits around the world to get governments to do…
Scholz’ climate club idea blocked by China for the time being
Berlin The idea is impressively simple and Olaf Scholz received a lot of praise for it when he propagated it almost exactly a year ago: as many countries as possible…
Scholz’ climate club idea blocked by China for the time being
Berlin The idea is impressively simple and Olaf Scholz received a lot of praise for it when he propagated it almost exactly a year ago: as many countries as possible…
Climate change: billions in damage burden Germany
Berlin The damage in Germany caused by man-made climate change has amounted to at least 145 billion euros since the year 2000, which is an average of 6.6 billion euros…
Climate change: billions in damage burden Germany
Berlin The damage in Germany caused by man-made climate change has amounted to at least 145 billion euros since the year 2000, which is an average of 6.6 billion euros…
These night trains run in Germany
Preview of the new generation of sleeping cars Traveling overnight can be comfortable, but it is above all a question of budget. (Photo: ÖBB, Siemens) Frankfurt Green City Trip from…
These night trains run in Germany
Preview of the new generation of sleeping cars Traveling overnight can be comfortable, but it is above all a question of budget. (Photo: ÖBB, Siemens) Frankfurt Green City Trip from…
Energy: Dispute over German hydrogen network
hydrogen filling station In addition to pipelines, will we soon need a nationwide network of hydrogen filling stations? There is also a dispute about this. (Photo: apprehension86 – stock.adobe.com )…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns against inaction
Berlin Heat waves, droughts, floods: previous efforts to limit man-made climate change are not enough. If emissions are cut at the currently planned rate, the resulting rise in temperature will…