Germany was once seen as a climate champion. It set ambitious targets to slash planet-heating pollution. Its Green party rode high in the 2021 elections, becoming part of the government.

Despite a huge setback in Germany's federal election, the Green Party has secured a victory to the tune of billions of euros. The future governing coalition needs the Greens for a major upcoming vote.

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change will remain a priority.

A landmark climate lawsuit opened in a Germany court Monday, as a Peruvian farmer sued the German energy giant RWE over the ...

Climate activists fear the worst when Germany’s conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy for their future coalition government. A country once seen as a beacon of ...

BERLIN - Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy for their future coalition government. A country once seen ...

Germany has spent billions in subsidies to cut carbon emissions by two-thirds by the end of the decade. But at a time when climate concerns remain largely unresolved, Europe’s biggest economy is set ...

The movement transformed not only on people's attitudes towards climate policy, but also, even more tangibly, the German legal framework. Germany passed its landmark, comprehensive Climate Action ...

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FILE - Wind turbines operate as the sun rises at the Klettwitz Nord solar energy park near Klettwitz near Klettwitz, Germany, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) ...