CO2

PHOTOS: Huge cloud of CO2 floods central Mainz

A huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) leaked from a transport truck in central Mainz on Tuesday, immobilizing traffic around the centre of the city and forcing the closure of the Christmas market.

CO2

VW 'manipulated' 100k petrol cars: minister

Around 98,000 Volkswagen-produced cars with petrol engines had the results of emissions tests 'manipulated', Transport Minister Alexander Dobrint told the Bundestag (German parliament) on Wednesday.

climate change

Slash CO2 emissions to save oceans: scientists

German scientists said on Monday that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must begin falling immediately if mankind is to have any hope of preserving Earth's oceans as we know them today.

climate

Govt 'breaking promises' with new CO2 deal

Germany's governing coalition came to a major new agreement on carbon emissions on Wednesday evening. But the reported deal has left environmentalists feeling betrayed.

Environment

Cycling, insulation and less coal to fight CO2

The cabinet agreed a new environmental package on Wednesday aimed at meeting the target of a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

global warming

Germany is EU's worst polluter

Germany is the European Union's worst polluter, with its carbon dioxide emissions rising by two percent in 2013 to 760 million tonnes, official data showed on Wednesday.

Environment

Expert warns climate change quickening

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the German government’s expert for climate change, warned on Monday the process of global warming was occurring much faster than is widely known.