Hamburg referendum backs more ambitious climate action, 2040 net-zero target

Hamburg voters have backed a citizen-led referendum that obliges Germany’s second largest city to step up climate action and reach climate neutrality by 2040, five years earlier than previously planned. 53 percent of voters in the Northern port...

The Climate Creed: How Fear Replaced Science

For decades, politicians and pundits have told us that “the science is settled.” Those four words have become a shield for power and a sword against dissent. But real science thrives on inquiry and investigation; not the suppression of it. What...

Pre-Flight Safety Briefing: Researching the Environment in the U.S. Without Being Detained at the Border

This post was originally published on Environmental History Now. It is a turbulent time to be an international scholar in the United States. Students are being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) for visa...

Is Northern Ireland v Germany on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup qualifier for free

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German Firm’s RCYL Bike: 50% Recycled Plastic for Rust-Free Urban Rides

In an era where sustainability is reshaping manufacturing, a German company is pedaling forward with a bicycle that’s almost entirely made from plastic, challenging traditional notions of durability and environmental impact in the cycling...

“They Built It Out of Mushrooms”: This Living Igloo From Germany Could Replace Concrete Homes (and It’s Already Growing)

IN A NUTSHELL 🏠 Students at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences developed MyGlu, a sustainable igloo made from mycelium. 🌍 The mushroom-based shelter offers insulation, sound-dampening, and biodegradability, ideal for hot, dry regions. 🔬...

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Human rights defenders organizing to prevent climate catastrophe are facing a surge in reprisals, as governments around the world denigrate, delegitimize and criminalize activists in spite of worsening global heating, a top United Nations official...

Fraunhofer announces German-Spanish alliance for biomedical innovation

A partnership for the future of medicine: Representatives from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Spanish government, the regional government of Catalonia and the city council of Barcelona signed a joint declaration of intent in Barcelona today....

Feature: Three Visionaries Harnessing Project Management To Fight Climate Change

TIME Studios and Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading authority for project professionals, have teamed up to co-produce a new documentary series called The Solutionaries, highlighting three innovators driving scalable...

Penn’s sixth annual Climate Week to highlight global ‘climate hotspots’ with over 50 events

Penn’s sixth annual Climate Week will run from Oct. 13-17. Credit: Chenyao Liu Penn will host its sixth annual Climate Week this week, featuring more than 50 scheduled events. This year’s Climate Week, spanning Oct. 13-17, offers a diverse array...

Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris climate agreement working?

PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit. With climate change already causing dangerous...

Germany boss blames Liverpool stars for Florian Wirtz ‘007’ criticism

Florian Wirtz is yet to score or assist in the Premier League for Liverpool (Photo: Getty) Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has defended Florian Wirtz, saying his Liverpool teammates need to do better to finish the chances he creates. Liverpool...

German Film Festival ‘KinoFest 2025’ returns with powerful stories

The Goethe-Institut presents the fourth edition of its annual German film festival, KinoFest, taking place across Southeast Asia and the Pacific from October to November 2025. This year’s program brings the newest German films to audiences in the...

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier

The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. With these words the US president rejected the international scientific consensus and evidence that we can all check daily with a...

Researchers see striking parallels between past and present climate debates

THIS CONTENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY University of Oslo - read more Do you feel that climate engagement is pointless? A story from the 18th century may offer hope. A man praying on his knees for better weather. (Painting from 1771. Unknown artist....

How important is environmental awareness in management and organizations?

“We clearly need more managers to understand how the Earth’s ecological systems work.” A recent study by the Stockholm Resilience Centre shows that seven out of nine planetary boundaries are now breached. These include climate change, biosphere...

Trump pushes back on EU attempt to force its climate rules on US companies here

A massive climate power grab by the European Union against American companies is being heavily resisted by President Trump. EU legislation requires compliance with draconian and expensive EU climate rules for the entire supply chain of products...

Climate Cult Fantasy and Duplicity Precede COP30

Cheeky claims about causes and solutions for an illusory climate crisis must be challenged The 30th Conference Of Parties on climate change (COP30) will promote its climate, energy and economic fantasies and demands November 10–21 in Belém,...

German environment minister urges EU to extend industry emissions trading beyond 2039

Germany’s environment minister Carsten Schneider has called for issuing CO2 allowances in the EU’s emissions trading system (EU ETS 1) beyond 2039. "According to the current plan, the allocation of certificates will end in 2039; that is too soon,"...

EU, Germany Launch German–Nigerian Flare4Value Project To Curb Gas Flaring

The European Union (EU) and the German Embassy in Abuja have launched the German–Nigerian Flare4Value Project under the EU Green Diplomacy Week, aimed at tackling gas flaring and promoting sustainable energy development in Nigeria. The initiative...