When temperatures start to get up to 30C or more in Germany, a familiar debate begins. It often starts with a simple question, asked by a new arrival to the country: 'Why don’t German homes have air conditioning?'
First flooding, and now a plague of mosquitos: hoards of the annoying bloodsuckers are spreading on Lake Constance. Here's what to expect if you are visiting the region.
Homeowners' lack of natural disaster insurance costs Germany billions every time a major flooding event occurs. Policy makers are debating whether insurance companies should be required to offer coverage.
A group of German environmental activists on Thursday ended a long-running hunger strike to force the government to do more to tackle the climate crisis.
In two years' time, a massive hole in the heart of Berlin will become the German capital's biggest reservoir, capturing an increasingly precious resource -- water.
German rescuers handed out food by boat to stranded residents on Tuesday as large parts of southern Germany remained underwater after floods that have now claimed five lives.
Southern Germany is still dealing with major flooding. In some places evacuations continued through the night, in others the extent of the damage is finally being seen. Rail traffic is still at a standstill on some lines.
Rescuers battled Monday to evacuate people from floods in southern Germany that have claimed four lives, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a "warning" that climate change was getting worse.
As extreme weather events are becoming more common and more costly, homeowners are struggling to insure their homes in certain places. The Local takes a look at insurance options and flood risks in Germany.
Enormous amounts of rain in Saarland and neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate on Friday and Saturday night caused flooding and landslides, but water levels were slowly retreating on Sunday making the extent of the damage more visible.
German emergency workers were Saturday starting a major clean-up after heavy rains triggered massive flooding in the southwest of the country, while parts of Belgium and the Netherlands were also hit.
Alt-right political parties tend to oppose environmental protections, but is there a connection between their political success and climate policy failures? Author and thought-leader Sandrine Dixson-Declève explains why Germany may be having a ‘1930s moment’, and why the next elections are gravely important.
As part of its drive to roll out renewable energy, Germany has passed a new law that will make it easier to install solar panels on your balcony. Here's what homeowners and renters need to know.
After threats of weekend driving bans to hit emissions targets, Germany's Bundestag has passed reforms to climate protection rules. Here's what you need to know.
Germany was further confronted with extreme weather conditions and their consequences last year. With this summer likely to break records again, a new report shows the impact climate change is having.
With his sector likely to fall short of its emissions targets for another year, Transport Minister Volker Wissing has raised the spectre of 'comprehensive' driving bans as a means of cutting traffic in Germany.
Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.
Countries in Europe need to prepare for a temperature rise of "at least 3C" and must do far more to step up readiness for the impact of global warming, the EU Commission has warned.
Germany on Tuesday launched what it called "an innovative" multi-billion-euro subsidy scheme aimed at turbocharging investments that will make industrial production in Europe's top economy more climate friendly.
US electric car company Tesla's plans to expand its Gigafactory near Berlin have become a heated point of contention. Following a large demonstration against Tesla's expansion on Sunday, The Local takes a look at why the project is opposed by a growing group of local residents and environmental activists.
At one of Europe's largest chemical complexes, German group Covestro is trialling the manufacture of a key product using sugar as a base material instead of oil, as the industry seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.
