Vietnam treasures multi-faceted cooperation with Germany: Deputy PM

Berlin (VNA) – The Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach much importance to the multi-faceted cooperation with Germany, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has affirmed. He made the statement while having working sessions with...

UK Labour government plans permanent fracking ban over environmental risks

LIVERPOOL: The UK’s Labour government intends to implement a permanent ban on fracking due to its significant environmental impact. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced the plan at the Labour party conference in Liverpool on Wednesday. He stated...

Germany faces rising pressure over Israel support

Published on: September 29, 2025 6:10 PM Germany is coming under growing pressure to reconsider its steadfast support for Israel as debates intensify over the ongoing Gaza war. Critics argue that Israel’s military response has become...

Germany spent €6.1bln on international climate finance last year, but 2025 target "great challenge"

Germany spent 6.1 billion euros from its 2024 federal budget on climate mitigation and adaptation in poorer countries, but the government said budget cuts make matching that amount this year uncertain. “Looking at the recently agreed budget cuts...

German Historian Slams Bundeswehr as Dysfunctional and Unfit for Modern War

Despite record funding over the past three years, the German Army — the Bundeswehr — remains dysfunctional and unfit for modern warfare, argues military historian Sönke Neitzel in an article for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His sharp critique...

Germany to apply supply chain law in “restrained and business-friendly” way

The German economy ministry (BMWE) has ordered a “restrained and business-friendly” application of supply chain rules designed to improve social and environmental standards. In coordination with the labour ministry (BMAS), the economy ministry...

Britain’s Tories Are Radicalizing — and Losing Hope

British politics is in a period of upheaval, with the two-party model unraveling as Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK gains ground. Yet amid this turmoil, the past fortnight has been surreal even by recent standards. On September 22, Farage vowed...

VPI and ADS-TEC reveal combined 1.7GW German BESS plans

The 700MW of capacity is spread across five BESS projects in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg, ranging from 60MW to 300MW. They are expected to be operational by the end of the decade, with the first project targeted for completion...

Europe, SA’s biggest trading partner, holds strategic opportunities to deepen trade relationships

US President Donald Trump’s imposing of “reciprocal” tariffs worldwide, ostensibly to promote domestic manufacturing and reduce the trade deficit, has had the unintended consequence of forcing South Africa to look more closely at not only whom we...

Việt Nam treasures multi-faceted cooperation with Germany: Deputy PM

BERLIN — The Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach much importance to the multi-faceted cooperation with Germany, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Hoà Bình has affirmed. He made the statement while having working sessions with...

EU’s Renewable Energy Directive remains a catalyst for renewables amidst political uncertainty

The report also reveals that political uncertainty is becoming an increasingly important challenge in the transposition and implementation of RED III on top of persistent barriers such as limited data for mapping processes, administrative...

Three-day RIMA conference begins in Dhaka

The three-day Regional Infrastructure Monitoring Alliance (RIMA) conference began in Dhaka on Sunday. The conference is being organized by the Coastal Livelihoods and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN). Environment, forest and climate change...

Germany approved for possible $1.23 billion AMRAAM acquisition

The US State Department has given the green light to a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of up to 400 AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and up to 12 AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM guidance sections to Germany. The FMS, which...

Climate finance will be first casualty of rising global militarism, says expert

As the COP30 approaches amid darkening geopolitical clouds — marked by rising rightwing extremism, corporate backtracking, and rising militarism — Ali T Sheikh, Pakistan’s leading expert on sustainable development and climate change, views the...

Pacific Islands Youth Group Wins Prize For Climate Legal Action

Stockholm, Sweden--A youth-led student group and a human-rights lawyer that took the issue of climate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) received the Right Livelihood prize on Wednesday, dubbed an "alternative Nobel". The prize also...

Germany’s Good Times on the Brink

Things aren’t going well for German green energies; A damning special report released by Germany’s Federal Audit Office on the implementation of the Energiewende (transition to green energy) concludes that the transition is lagging far behind its...

International climate finance 2024: Germany remains reliable partner in global climate policy - German government

Germany's Lufthansa To Slash 4,000 Jobs As Headwinds Mount

Lufthansa said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs, nearly four percent of the German airline giant's workforce, after profits slumped in the face of mounting headwinds. Hit by walkouts, aircraft delivery delays and rising costs, Lufthansa's earnings...

Four in five people in Germany approve of the energy transition – KfW

Approval for decarbonisation and the energy transition remains high in Germany, and stabilised this year after losing some support in 2024, state-owned development bank KfW found in its annual energy transition barometer report. With 83 percent of...

Climate Finance Will Be the First Casualty of Rising Militarism: Ali T. Sheikh Warns Ahead of COP30

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