In companies today, it is important to take their own measures for climate protection. After all, they are not only under pressure to achieve the political goals they have set. Climate change…

Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies…

Interview with Gregor Grassl, Associate Partner at Stuttgart-based planning and consulting firm Drees & Sommer SE. Urban buildings and flourishing nature do not have to be a contradiction in terms. On…

The European Union announced a major renovation wave last fall. It wants to double the rate of renovation in existing buildings over the next ten years. This is urgently needed, because buildings play…

Energy and its central role in ferro-alloys production Ferro-alloys and silicon production is highly energy-intensive. Energy cost is one of the main competitive factors for the industry and thus…

The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious strategy for 2024-2029, aiming to rejuvenate Europe's industrial sector, enhance competitiveness, and assert the EU's role on the global stage. This…

The Energy Efficiency Award: an international competition Visionary entrepreneurs and pragmatic technicians are the focus of the Energy Efficiency Award. Since 2007, the German Energy Agency (dena)…

The Eurocities Pulse Mayors Survey 2024 provides a fascinating snapshot of the priorities and challenges facing European mayors. It's clear that these local leaders are not just grappling with…

In 2006, the notorious Stern Report asserted that climate change poses the biggest challenge to the discipline of economics. Markets, it argued, cannot properly account for climate change and its…

There are concerns in the UK that Tata Steel could close its operations, leading to severe job cuts and economic disruption. Looking at the company from another angle, Arthur Neslen writes in The…