Climate | Energy

16 federal authorities and institutions present study on future impact of climate change in Germany

Electric steelworks, chlorine electrolysis plants and other industrial large-scale consumers could become much more flexible in their electricity consumption and thereby help in the effort to integrate renewables in the power grid. These are the findings of a study done on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA).

The prize will be awarded this year to businesses which have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to protecting the environment and climate.

New EU regulations make heating units and water heaters more sustainable and provide guidelines for new purchases. The regulations specify a gradual establishment of limit values for energy efficiency and emissions and introduce energy labelling requirements.

Germany's Energiewende is a complex, large-scale project. The tasks and measures by which to achieve it are manifold and diverse, as reflected by the many active players in Germany. The publication "Who is who of the Energiewende in Germany – Contact Partners in Politics, Industry and Society", published by the Foreign Office in German and English, provides an overview.

Heat waves raise risk of death in heart patients by up to 15 percent

Federal government publishes the first monitoring report on climate impacts and adaptation

Greenhouse gas emission levels in Germany in 2014 were lower than in the previous year for the first time in three years.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published Part II of the current World Climate Report on 31 March 2014.

Commercial ocean fertilization activities are now subject to an international ban, although certain research activities will be permitted. This was the decision taken by the Parties to the London Protocol on 18 October 2013 and which has now been publicised.

More than one tenth of Germany's land surface is suited for wind turbines - without causing significant harm to sensitive protected areas or compromising noise protection laws.