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Climate & Environment

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IRA: Vestager proposes concrete changes to state aid rules

Member states are urging to find a response to the Inflation Reduction Act, with which the US government wants to promote eco-friendly technologies. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager now provides first insights into where she wants to facilitate subsidies for investors.

By Till Hoppe

Sven Giegold (Grüne) ist Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz.
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Sven Giegold: 'I don't like to argue'

From Attac activist and influential MEP to State Secretary under German minister Robert Habeck: Sven Giegold has had an unusual career. In an interview with Stefan Braun and Malte Kreutzfeldt, he looks back on his first year in the ministry, describes his toughest decision and his secret political passion.

By Redaktion Table

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Nature restoration: rapporteur wants higher targets

With the Nature Restoration Law, the EU wants to set a good example globally. But even after the success of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), the dispute over the design continues in Brussels. In his draft, rapporteur César Luena sets higher goals. The opposition was not long in coming.

By Timo Landenberger

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German Supply Chain Act gets off to a tame start

The new Supply Chain Act came into force at the turn of the year. Large companies will be under greater obligation to comply with human rights and environmental requirements. This primarily affects German companies that do business in and with China. But most of them are prepared.

By Felix Lee

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Response to IRA: more government aid poses new problems

The EU states fear they are falling behind as locations for climate-friendly technologies. Higher subsidies are supposed to be the core of the response to the US Inflation Reduction Act. But the discussed relaxation of the subsidy rules would have side effects.

By Till Hoppe