Tübingen-based Triqbriq has developed a modular timber block that stores carbon and, in theory, can be reused indefinitely. The raw material comes from calamity and industrial timber, and production is regional. The company has won awards for this.
By Alexandra Endres
Documents won in court by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) show how the traffic-light coalition fought in June 2023 over rewriting the Climate Protection Act (KSG). In the end, the Chancellery engineered a “serious gutting” of the law, DUH says. The files are now also before the Federal Constitutional Court.
By Alexandra Endres
This week, the government’s energy-transition monitoring commissioned by the federal economics ministry is due to be completed. The Climate Neutrality Foundation (Stiftung Klimaneutralität) is warning in advance of a slowdown in the energy transition, and criticism is also coming from other quarters.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The federal government has shown no initiative to structurally strengthen Europe, deputy Green Party chair Sven Giegold argues. Instead, Germany has acted as a brake on many forward-looking issues.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt, Stefan Braun
When the federal cabinet establishes the National Security Council this week, climate expertise will be missing. Yet the climate crisis is regarded by policymakers and agencies as an acute threat to Germany’s security.
By Bernhard Pötter
China continues to build new coal-fired power plants and is missing its targets for retiring older units. Even so, coal consumption in the power sector fell 3.4% in the first half. Experts are now calling for a clear plan to phase out coal.
By Nico Beckert
The Bundestag begins deliberations on the special fund. The lobby for climate-friendly industry is calling for criteria, transparency and priority for investments in the transition.
By Bernhard Pötter
Young people, however, are no more concerned about the climate than other age groups, and there is no clear generational divide over climate policy. That is the finding of a representative survey commissioned by the E.ON Foundation.
By Lisa Kuner
Trump’s climate policy is no accident, two American scholars argue. The United States aims to break China’s dominance in green technologies and weaponize fossil fuels – with drastic consequences for the planet.
By Mark Blyth, Daniel Driscoll
