Germany

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Germany’s environmentalist Green Party, led by two popular politicians, nearly doubled its seats in parliament to become a swing party for the formation of a new government coalition. Their prospects were boosted when the center-left Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservative Christian Democrats in number of seats in the September […]

Climate Crisis

Even German big business CEOs say they expect to reach CO2 neutrality in 14 years

Clean Energy Wire

By Edgar Meza | – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany’s leading business executives are taking climate and environmental protection increasingly serious, according to a survey presented at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. The survey was carried out by the FUTURIST Institute for Sustainable Transformation, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact […]

Germany

Germany: Tesla’s Electric Car sales overtake leading domestic automakers in September

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By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Tesla is flying high in Germany: In September, more electric Tesla Model 3s were registered in the country than leading domestic models, such as the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4 and Mercedes C-Class combined, business news magazine WirtschaftsWoche reports, citing data from the Federal Motor […]

Germany

With a Million Electric Cars on the Road, a Quarter of Germans have plans to Buy an EV

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By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Interest in electric cars is growing rapidly in Germany, according to a survey by the Technical Inspection Authority (TÜV). Nearly one in four respondents (23 percent) said they already have plans to buy an e-car or could “very well imagine” doing so. Another 30 percent […]

Climate Crisis

Germans are most worried about Climate Emergency among 28 Countries Surveyed

Clean Energy Wire

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany is currently the country most concerned about climate change out of the 28 surveyed for the August update of the “What worries the world” study by market research and consulting firm Ipsos. Climate change is one of Germans’ top three concerns, with 36 […]

Climate Crisis

Are Coal Plants even Legal, given dire Climate Impact? German Court rules Planners Must Consider Alternatives

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German court rules against coal-fired Datteln 4 plant

Climate Crisis

German Public Believes Scientists’ Climate Warnings, 74% Prepared to Change Lifestyle to Forestall Global Heating

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By Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent global warming, a survey among 1,000 consumers commissioned by heating technology company Stiebel Eltron shows. Seventy-nine percent of participants said the climate change warnings by scientists are correct, and 83 […]

Climate Crisis

Germany’s solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

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By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The construction of new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany has grown by 22 percent in the first half of 2021 but would still have to be three to four times higher to be in line with the country’s climate targets, solar industry group BSW […]

Climate Crisis

Open Letter to Chancellor Merkel: Germany’s Mega-Floods are a Wake-Up Call that We need Radical Climate Action, Now

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Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber 10625 Berlin An Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel Bundeskanzleramt Willi-Brandt-Straße 1 10557 Berlin July 25, 2021 Dear Chancellor Dr. Merkel, We are again in deep concern. We were very grateful that our first letter of March 2011, after the terrible Fukushima catastrophe (see attachment), may have helped to reach your quick […]