to the German edition Climate and transformation fund overturned by the Constitutional Court: The reclassification of coronavirus loans as climate loans is unconstitutional, the judges in Karlsruhe ruled. This tears a hole in the budget [...]
to the German edition Fierce criticism of the weakening of the Climate Protection Act: Experts from all parties took apart the planned weakening of the Climate Protection Act at a Bundestag hearing. The experts argued [...]
to the German edition CO2 budget only half as large as stated in IPCC report: The carbon emissions budget consistent with the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target could be only half as large as stated in [...]
to the German edition Ministry of Economics presents economic strategy paper: The geopolitical situation, the expensive but necessary transformation to a CO2-neutral industry and, in addition, neglected infrastructure, lack of digitisation and a lot of [...]
to the German edition If petrol suddenly becomes 38 cents more expensive, then our climate policy has failed: it sounds like boring bureaucracy, but it could become a price hammer for millions of car drivers. [...]
to the German edition Microbeads and glitter banned with immediate effect: This Sunday, the first EU regulation to curb microplastics came into force. Small plastic beads in cosmetics as well as loose glitter will no [...]
to the German edition International climate protection is not being reached:The German government had pledged six billion euros a year for climate protection in partner countries. Future funding will not reach that level, exclusive figures [...]
to the German edition Bundestag passes targets for more energy efficiency: In a second attempt, the Bundestag passed a law last week to increase energy efficiency. Companies with high energy consumption are to introduce energy [...]
to the German edition California sues world's biggest oil companies over climate change: The US state of California is taking action against "big polluters" ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhilips, Chevron and the industry association American [...]
to the German edition Gaps - draft bill on banning pesticide exports: Exports of pesticides not authorised in Europe are to be largely prevented. However, an as yet unpublished draft bill from the Ministry of [...]
