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EU, Germany boost Ukraine's energy efficiency fund with 18 million euros
The EU and Germany have topped up Ukraine’s Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) with an additional 18 million euros ($20.7 million) to expand their support for Ukraine’s energy independence and green recovery, the EU Delegation to Ukraine said on June...

Cadence To Provide Tools For NVIDIA’s Industrial AI Cloud In Germany But Fails To Cheer Retail Mood
Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) said on Wednesday it is strengthening its partnership with NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) through a major collaboration that aims to speed up innovation in Europe’s industrial artificial intelligence sector. Cadence...
Academics share climate research and best practices
A stakeholder engagement event is to be hosted at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region to promote the graduate studies programme of the 'Southern African Science Servicing Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management Integrated Water Resource...

German Mayor pledges support for development in Atwima Kwawoma District
By Dorothy Frances Ward Twedie (Ash), June 11, GNA – Mayor Rolf Beuting of Murnau, a town in Bavaria, Germany, and his delegation have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting the rapid development of the Atwima Kwawoma District in the areas of...

Climate and sustainability roundup: Munich Re resurfaces NZIA nightmares?
Waking up to the news that Munich Re had withdrawn from four major climate alliances – including the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) – felt all too familiar. It was, after all, on a sunny spring Friday in March 2023 that the same German...

India News | Focus is on Deepening Economic, Environmental, and Academic Cooperation: German Envoy
Ranchi, Jun 11 (PTI) India-German relations are at an all-time high, with both countries committed to deepening cooperation across key sectors including economic development, environmental sustainability, and academic exchange, German Ambassador...

German finance companies review sustainability policies against backdrop of US pressure
Financial companies from Germany are readjusting their sustainability policies amid the US government’s anti-climate action activities. Reinsurance company Munich RE announced its departure from the pro-climate action industry groups Net-Zero...

Focus is on deepening economic, environmental, and academic cooperation: German Envoy
Ranchi, India-German relations are at an all-time high, with both countries committed to deepening cooperation across key sectors including economic development, environmental sustainability, and academic exchange, German Ambassador to India Dr...

German authorities break silence on ‘constructive’ search for Madeleine McCann
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Germany and the US showcase new electrolyser pilot plants, but Australia’s hydrogen sector is faltering, according to report
Pilot production facility for SOEC electrolysers in Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany Photo: Fraunhofer IKTS/Thyssenkrupp Nucera/Paul-Philipp Braun Pilot solid-oxide electrolyser production plant opens in Germany Thyssenkrupp Nucera and the Fraunhofer...

EU and Germany provide €18 million for Ukraine's energy efficiency programmes
Euro banknotes. Stock photo: Getty Images Ukraine’s Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) has entered a new phase, having received €18 million in financial support from the European Union and Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI), comprising...

DKRZ Brings Climate Science and HPC Visualization to ISC 2025
June 11, 2025 — The German Climate Computing Center (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ) is participating in this year’s International Supercomputing Conference (ISC High Performance), currently underway in Hamburg, Germany. Held under the motto...

Renewable power industry welcomes first draft for design of Germany’s 500-billion euro fund
Germany's renewable energy industry has welcomed a draft detailing the design of the country’s 500-billion euro special fund for infrastructure and climate neutrality. The special fund is sending “an important signal for future-oriented...

Energy agency urges new German government to unleash potential of renewable power PPAs
Germany must unleash the potential of power purchase agreements (PPAs) to raise private capital for the fast expansion of its renewable energy system, the national energy agency dena has said. “PPAs are key for a cost-efficient energy transition,”...

Investors bet record €130mln on German fusion startup Proxima
Many researchers hope that nuclear fusion will one day provide limitless, safe, and climate-friendly energy, which is why countries such as Germany, the US, China, Japan and the UK, as well as the European Union, are investing billions of euros in...

EU, Germany provide EUR 18 million to Ukraine's Energy Efficiency Fund
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/minenergoUkraine The Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) is entering a new phase, having received financial support of EUR 18 million from the European Union and the German government’s International Climate Initiative...

German Proxima Fusion raises €130 million in largest private fusion investment round in Europe
The financing was co-led by Cherry Ventures and Balderton Capital, with significant participation from UVC Partners, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), Plural, Leitmotif, Lightspeed, Bayern Kapital, HTGF, Club degli Investitori, OMNES Capital, Elaia...

Germany’s Psychiatric Blind Spot: Behind Prison Walls
In this interview with Coliquio, a Medscape Network platform, Gregor Gross, MD, from the psychiatric department at Straubing Prison in Straubing, Germany, discussed the challenges and insights of providing psychiatric care within the German prison...

Meat vs. climate: how your diet can save the Planet
14:38, todayAuthor: Timur Idrisov especially for Asia-Plus (shortened version) Did you know that the most effective way to fight climate change is hidden on your plate? Livestock farming is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions...
Massive fires burning across Alberta have helped put climate change back on the G7 agenda
Open this photo in gallery:A large pall of smoke looms over Grande Prairie, Alta. on Thursday, June 5, 2025.Jesse Boily/The Globe and Mail Arno Kopecky’s latest book is The Environmentalist‘s Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis....