SPD party leader Saskia Esken announced the introduction of social leasing for electric cars at the presentation of the coalition agreement with the CDU/CSU. However, the term does not appear in the paper at all. Instead, there is general talk of a program to support households with low and medium incomes in “switching to climate-friendly […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will no longer require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. This was announced by its acting chairman Mark T. Uyeda earlier this week. The disclosure requirement was introduced in March 2024 under the previous government. Several companies and Republican-governed states had filed a lawsuit […]
In East and South Africa, 116 million people have no access to clean drinking water. That is 40 percent of the population there. 55 million are also affected by extreme hunger. This is according to a recent report by the development organization Oxfam. The supply situation was examined in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South […]
The sustainability transformation in Germany is stagnating because politicians have failed to provide a stable framework. This is the key message of the Sustainability Transformation Monitor 2025 (STM), which was presented yesterday and compiled by the Bertelsmann Foundation in cooperation with universities and associations.The report surveyed almost 600 sustainability officers in the German economy. Over […]
Over a third of the investment products designated as ESG funds and traded in the EU continue investing in fossil fuel companies. In total, the sum involved is over EUR 123 billion. This is the result of an investigation by the NGOs Urgewald and Facing Finance, which was presented on Wednesday. The organizations speak of […]
Europe could obtain a significant proportion of the metals and minerals for the production of car batteries from the recycling of old batteries and waste from battery factories. According to a study published on Thursday by the European mobility association Transport & Environment (T&E), European battery production could be almost self-sufficient in cobalt in fifteen […]
Mr. Fichtner, the crisis at Northvolt reinforces the impression that Europe is struggling to catch up with China in battery production. Does the European automotive industry even need its own battery production?In-house battery production is important because the battery is the part of the electric car with the greatest added value. We are talking about […]
Climate researchers from around the world have called for decisive action against aircraft contrails. In an open letter published on the fringes of the World Climate Conference in Azerbaijan, the more than 50 signatories call on politicians to finally take the problem seriously and take action. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognized the […]
Photovoltaic systems with an output of 50 gigawatts could be installed along German freeways and federal highways. This is the result of a potential analysis presented on Tuesday by the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV). It covers a total of around 250,000 fundamentally suitable […]
California is much further ahead than Germany when it comes to expanding the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. While there are already more than two charging points per 1,000 inhabitants in the US state, the figure in Germany is less than half. This is the result of a comparative study published in the trade journal […]