Germany’s energy landscape has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, with renewables increasingly supplanting fossil fuels in the energy...
Germany’s Public Health Programs that Address Extreme Heat Need to be Strengthened
Germany has experienced a series of extreme heat-related conditions, which have significantly impacted public health, agriculture, and the environment. These...
Leading Country Climate NGOs: Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH)
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Germany 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Dr. Robert Habeck
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...
Multiple Elections in Germany Make It Hard to Predict the Impact on Climate Change Policy
There are a good number of important elections this year in Germany. First and foremost are the European Parliament representatives....
Germany Needs Tax Reforms to Achieve a Social-Ecological Transformation
Ideally, the policies directed to reduce a country’s emissions footprint and general development would go hand in hand with the...
Germany’s Most Significant Policies in 2023: The Energiewende (The Energy Transition)
Among the many and diverse climate policies and programs driven at different levels in European countries (European, country, regional, and...
Germany: Model Community Climate Mitigation Programs
Munster Germany has advanced mitigation programs at the local and country levels. Few specific medium-sized cities have long-developed mitigation programs...
Germany: COP 28 Recommendations for Strengthening Country Climate Ambition
Dear Mrs. Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister (annalena.baerbock@bundestag.de) My name is Katherine Cote de Kalscheuer. I am the Country Manager...
Germany’s National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Status
RATING A In Germany, the German Environment Agency (aka the UBA, Umwelt Bundesamt), founded in 1974, began developing a reporting...