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NGT: The chances for a Council agreement on Friday

After long negotiations, the EU member states could reach an agreement on the deregulation of new genetic engineering techniques on Friday. However, it remains to be seen whether this will actually succeed.

By Julia Dahm

Electricity grids: Proposals for a socially just energy transition.

An analysis by the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which is exclusively available to Table.Briefings, proposes a stronger role for the federal government in grid expansion and progressive tax revenue to finance it. Poorer households could be relieved in this way. Measured against their income, they have so far made the largest contribution to the energy transition.

By Lukas Bayer