The center-left Social Democrats, the neoliberal Free Democrats and the environmentalist Greens agreed on a joint paper as the basis of coalition talks. Here is the full text in English.
Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy Brandenburg (MWAE) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to advance the research and development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems in Brandenburg for the next generation of aviation. The partners.
Can expert commissions develop solutions for controversial issues that will enjoy broad democratic support?
A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has analysed the work of Germany’s “Coal Exit Commission” using a set of new criteria. While the authors view positively the Commission’s success in reaching a compromise, they criticise its failure to deliver an outcome that promotes the common good, particularly with respect to the high cost of the coal exit and its unambitious contribution towards Germany’s climate goals, as well as the lack of public participation.
On 29 April 2021, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Climate Protection Act (2019) are incompatible with the constitution – a ruling that has put Germany’s “coal compromise” back in the spotlight. The ruling has forced the government to amend its existing climate targets rather making effective climate action merely a mat
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Can expert commissions develop solutions for controversial issues that will enjoy broad democratic support? A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has analysed the work of Germany s Coal Exit Commission using a set of new criteria. While the authors view positively the Commission s success in reaching a compromise, they criticise its failure to deliver an outcome that promotes the common good, particularly with respect to the high cost of the coal exit and its unambitious contribution towards Germany s climate goals, as well as the lack of public participation.
On 29 April 2021, Germany s Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Climate Protection Act (2019) are incompatible with the constitution - a ruling that has put Germany s coal compromise back in the spotlight. The ruling has forced the government to amend its existing climate targets rather making effective climate action merely a matter for futu