New data shows: The Greenland ice sheet is breaking up faster and faster. Climate change is increasing the formation of crevasses and could drastically accelerate the loss of ice.
By Lukas Bayer
Many people who live in their own homes are planning to buy a solar energy system, a heat pump, or an electric vehicle, a new survey shows. Their party preference plays virtually no role in their investment plans. Those who do not want to invest often cite the costs as the reason.
By Alexandra Endres
Switzerland has submitted a new climate target (NDC) to the UN. The UK had previously submitted an ambitious NDC and New Zealand a rather disappointing one.
By Nico Beckert
Donald Trump could find imitators with his withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement: In addition to Argentina, Indonesia's climate commissioner and New Zealand's Liberals are also considering withdrawing.
By Lukas Bayer
If it wins the elections, the CDU wants to implement 15 measures with an "immediate action program". These include the abolition of the Building Energy Act, the reintroduction of subsidies for agricultural diesel and a reduction in electricity taxes. Climate activists criticize the measures.
By Nico Beckert
Which climate policy is particularly effective? Last August, researchers published a comprehensive study on this topic. Since Monday, their data has been freely available online – for anyone who wants to download it and carry out their own evaluations.
By Alexandra Endres
Although global investment in decarbonization reached a record level in 2024, it was still far below the required level. New technologies such as CCS and green hydrogen in particular failed to attract much investment. Germany performs quite well overall in an international comparison.
By Nico Beckert
As of today, the Euromat is available online for the 2025 Bundestag elections. The tool evaluates the election programs of all parties represented in the Bundestag.
By Markus Grabitz
The Social Democrats accuse Monika Hohlmeier (CSU) of an outrageous attack on environmental organizations. The former head of the Committee on Budgetary Control had criticized contracts between the Commission and environmental NGOs.
By Markus Grabitz
The Commission has awarded the multilingual AI project OpenEuroLLM the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) label. The participants are developing powerful open-source language models for all official EU languages.
By Corinna Visser
