A German top court on Monday rejected a landmark climate case brought by environmentalists that had aimed to force auto giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz to stop selling combustion-engine cars from 2030.
The number of EV charging points is growing in Germany, but availability varies considerably. Where can electric car drivers charge most easily â and where there is still room for improvement?
German activists glued themselves to a runway at Munich airport Saturday and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled, in their latest action aimed at pushing authorities to tackle climate change.
The financial incentives for domestic industries, approved by Washington under the banner of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, have put a question mark over a huge green energy project in the north west of Germany.
Seven residents in Germany are taking the government to court over the poor air quality around their homes, an organisation representing them said on Monday.
Weather catastrophes triggered by climate change have cost Germany at least âŹ80 billion since 2018, a "horrifying" official study said on Monday, as disasters grow more frequent and intense.
The German government approved a draft law on Wednesday aimed at covering two percent of the country's land area with wind turbines by 2032, by setting fixed regional targets and easing some administrative burdens.
Germany's economy minister has urged environmental activists to avoid filing lawsuits against plans for new LNG terminals, warning that their zealousness to save porpoises could inadvertently strengthen the hand of Vladimir Putin.
Germany's new government is planning to earmark 60 billion euros to fund 'future investment' including its plans to tackle climate change, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday.
More than 10,000 climate activists are expected to take part in a march in Berlin this Friday to call on Germany's next government to implement an ambitious 100-day climate plan in the first few months of their administration.
The number of heat waves and thunderstorms in Germany is increasing with each passing year. We look at the relationship between Germany's changing weather and the threat of climate change.
The German government on Wednesday approved a new law setting more ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions, after the country's top court declared a flagship climate law "insufficient".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged industrialised nations not to let the enormous financial toll of the
coronavirus pandemic deter them from investing in the fight against climate change.
Germany's glaciers are melting at a faster pace than feared and the country could lose its last ice caps in 10 years, an alarming report said Thursday.
Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that
the government's flagship climate protection plan was "insufficient", a major
setback for Angela Merkel's right-left coalition in an election year when environmental issues are expected to take centre stage.
The winners of a Hamburg scholarship awarded to people who plan to âdo nothingâ as a demonstration against the pressures of modern society have been announced, after applications came in from across the globe.
Thousands of demonstrators marched throughout Germany in the first series of climate protests since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some highlights from Friday
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to be "brave" in the fight against global warming as she sought to breathe fresh life into a climate movement overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
A damning new report suggests the German government is propping up inefficient airports with huge subsidies. It proposes a new grid of a small number of airports connected by high-speed trains.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Greta Thunberg and other leading Fridays for Future activists in Berlin on Thursday for talks on the EU's climate goals, with the campaigners expected to condemn "political inaction".
Climate activists heckled German MPs Friday outside the Berlin parliament building as the country passed a law to end use of coal-fired power generation by 2038.
Several dozen climate activists occupied two
opencast coal mines in Germany on Friday hoping to put pressure on the
government to accelerate plans to phase out the polluting fossil fuel.
