Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wind turbines stand behind piles of earth at the edge of a construction site in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Jan Woitas/dpa ...

Germany was long considered to be ahead of the pack on climate, but does that hold true under chancellor Friedrich Merz?During his short visit to the UN COP30 summit in Brazil last week, German ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany's Christian Democrats, speaks to voters during an election campaign tour stop on February 20, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Credit - Photo by Maja ...

The public still wants action, but elections in the world’s third-biggest economy may stall progress. “The End of Germany’s Climate Crusade.” That’s how a Politico headline last week described the ...

Conservatives on track to lead country after election win They back some fossil-fuel friendly policies How to pay for carbon neutrality amid planned tax cuts unclear Possible climate policy rollback ...

Protesters from the "Last Generation" climate activist group shut down the runway at the Cologne airport in Germany on Thursday. Activists filmed themselves on the runway tarmac and gave testimonies ...

Germany is set to miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, experts warned Monday, urging Berlin to swiftly overhaul a recently unveiled climate action plan. Europe's biggest economy ...

Headlines in Germany today include higher than planned CO2 emissions, plans to ramp up civil defense measures, and Chancellor Merz meeting euroskeptic Bulgarian Premier Rumen Radev. DW has more.

Six climate activists were arrested in Germany on Saturday after they broke into the Munich airport and glue themselves to access routes leading to runways, officials said. It caused the airport to be ...