E-Charging Station From next year, e-mobilists can secure a premium. – (Photo: obs) – – – – Düsseldorf Anyone who buys an electric car not only benefits from a purchase bonus: From January 2022, one can even earn money with electric cars every year. Because private individuals and fleet operators save CO2 with electric cars. … Read more
What can the international financial markets contribute to the urgently needed green restructuring of the economy and thus to the fight against climate change? At first glance, a lot, because the boom in green financing is continuing. Never before has so much money been raised on the capital markets for sustainability purposes as this year. … Read more
– Coal in china Countries like China get almost 60 percent of their electricity from coal. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Shanghai, Bonn, Berlin Shortly before the start of the World Climate Conference in Glasgow this Sunday, China and Australia submitted their long-awaited revised climate protection plans to the United Nations. This emerges … Read more
The newly acquired suppliers have undertaken to ensure that a total of nine gigawatts of new production capacity for renewable energies is created, according to the group. In an interview with Handelsblatt, Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president for the environment, politics and social initiatives, said there were still hundreds left. “But we were able to … Read more
– Flood At least 180 people were killed in the flood disaster in July. Photo: Boris Roessler / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – This is the result of an international team of scientists, including those from the German Weather Service This is the conclusion reached by an international team of scientists including … Read more
Frankfurt More and more Germans are becoming aware of the important role real estate plays in climate protection: 40 percent of energy consumption in this country is used in buildings – around 85 percent of it for heating and hot water, 15 percent for electricity. Together, this causes around a third of all CO2 emissions. … Read more
– Commerzbank Among other things, supervisors want to ensure that investors are transparently and reliably informed about the sustainability record. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – London The EU banking supervisors have called on the financial institutions in the international community to draw up ten-year plans for dealing with climate risks. The financial institutions … Read more
Carbon dioxide storage Many hopes rest on the technology, but it is met with skepticism among climate protectors. – (Foto: Julius Brauckmann, Getty Images, Reuters, Climeworks PR) – – – – Düsseldorf The total CO2 emissions in Europe for the next 300 to 400 years: this is how much fits into the carbon dioxide storage off … Read more
With the entry into force of the amended Climate Protection Act, a new era will begin. Achieving climate neutrality by 2045 is a huge challenge for all sectors. It particularly affects parts of industry. Large and innovative industries that are at the beginning of closed value chains, for which Germany is envied around the world, … Read more
– According to the EEA, the increased use of photovoltaics, wind and biomass in electricity production in the EU led to a significant reduction in climate-damaging greenhouse gases between 2005 and 2018. That is not the only advantage of switching from fossil to renewable energy sources: The growth in renewables since 2005 has also reduced … Read more