Germany has dropped six places to 22nd in the annual Climate Change Performance Index compiled by an NGO consortium, due to government plans for new gas power plants and a weakening of climate policy. It is the country’s worst ranking in six years.

Germany has dropped six places to 22nd in the annual Climate Change Performance Index compiled by an NGO consortium, due to government plans for new gas power plants and a weakening of climate policy. It is the country’s worst ranking in six years.

Small island states and major economies are urging a fair fossil-fuel phase-out as climate negotiations enter a critical juncture. Climate-friendly trade and improved climate finance are among the main flashpoints.

Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown

Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.”

This paper analyses EU capacity mechanisms, their cost and security impacts, and the pros and challenges of deeper regional coordination

In a new round of funding under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) programme, the European Commission has selected 70 projects that will

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has agreed to strengthen its circular economy efforts together with the neighbouring Netherlands and Belgium’s Flanders region, with a strong focus on battery value chains. Germany’s most populous state aims to launch several innovative projects for circular supply chains with its neighbours, said North Rhine-Westphalia’s environment minister Oliver Krischer. “With a circular economy we can increase our resource independence, protect resources and the climate, and create new jobs – all at once,” Krischer argued. The Green Party politician signed a cooperation agreement with Dutch and Belgian officials at an event in the western German city of Wuppertal.

It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.

Germany's environment minister made the announcement at COP30 in Brazil. Berlin is the largest contributor to the fund for projects in developing countries that are also signatories to the Kyoto Protocol. DW has more.

German plan to financially support green hydrogen projects in Denmark could be “of great significance for the realization of the Danish hydrogen infrastructure,” according to Hydrogen Denmark.

The EUR 200 million district heating facility is being built in the western German city of Mannheim.