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The defense company Rheinmetall is aiming to enter the heat pump market and is investing in the production of important components. So far, there is a great dependence on Asia and China in this sector. However, experts do not expect China to dominate the world market as it does the solar industry.
Von Nico Beckert
Quasi über Nacht halbierte das schwedische Wissenschaftsministerium die Amtszeit der aktuellen Universitätsräte. Die Begründung: Wegen Spionagegefahr sollen Sicherheitsexperten in die Gremien berufen werden. Für die wissenschaftliche Community ist das ein klarer Eingriff in die Autonomie der Universitäten und Grund zum Widerstand.
Von Markus Weisskopf
Next year's European Football Championship in Germany is supposed to be climate-neutral. But as always with this label, the implementation is complicated and expensive. And offsetting CO2 emissions is proving vulnerable to greenwashing.
Von Lukas Knigge
India has officially decided to decarbonize its energy sector. Experts are simultaneously debating the timing and scope of the coal phase-out. Soon, no more new power plants are supposed to be built. But the problems are in the details.
Von Goswami Urmi