The German government is planning an amendment to the Environmental Appeals Act, with the aim of placing greater restrictions on environmental associations as plaintiffs. Environmental organizations are warning that their ability to legally enforce measures to protect the environment would be restricted.
By Alexandra Endres
In a party conference motion, the CDU’s association for small and medium-sized businesses the its employee advocacy association have questioned existing climate targets. Social and climate experts from the party executive will now work with the authors on a joint paper.
By Bernhard Pötter
Only 3% of flights cause 80% of global warming through contrails, according to Transport & Environment (T&E). Most greenhouse gases are produced during night flights and in winter.
By Kai Schöneberg
China invested almost twice as much in the New Silk Road in 2025 as in the previous year. Investments and construction contracts in the oil and gas sector dominated China’s foreign investment activity.
By Nico Beckert
LNG imports from the US could account for between 75% and 80% of total EU LNG imports by 2030, warns a think tank. However, Trump’s Greenland threats are jeopardizing the energy deal with the US.
By Nico Beckert
The European Commission wants to strengthen the energy-intensive steel industry in Europe and protect it from unsafe and heavily-subsidized products from China. However, its plans for green steel fall short of recommendations.
By Manuel Berkel
Extreme weather events are an increasing burden on insurers, who are withdrawing from a growing number of high-risk areas. As a result, the costs of climate-related damage are increasingly being shifted to households, companies and the public sector.
By Lisa Kuner
The capacity of battery storage systems in Germany has developed even more positively than initially reported. The majority is accounted for by private home storage systems in combination with solar systems. However, further growth is still necessary.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
More than 40 farmers from the Pakistani province of Sindh are demanding compensation for flood damage from the two companies. Because RWE and Heidelberg Materials are refusing their demands, the farmers have now filed a lawsuit.
By Alexandra Endres
Despite the La Niña weather phenomenon, 2025 was the third-warmest year since records began. The past three years exceeded the 1.5-degree limit on average, according to data from the EU climate service Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization.
By Lukas Bayer
