Opening of IFAT ENTSORGA

On 6 May Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Environment Ministry, Katherina Reiche, participated in the opening of IFAT ENTSORGA 2012, the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. The trade fair runs until 11 May 2012 and brings 2,900 exhibitors from 54 countries together in Munich. more

Energy reform well underway

On 23 February 2012, Federal Economics Minister Philipp Rösler and Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen presented a common position of the Federal Government on tariff payments for electricity generated from photovoltaics and on the proposed EU Energy Efficiency Directive. more

BMU boosts energy-related modernisation of buildings in Latvia

The energy-related modernisation of system-built buildings offers great potential for climate protection in Germany and across Europe. A successful project in this area has just been concluded in Latvia. more

Renewable energies and energy efficiency pay off for Europe as well

On 15 December 2011 the EU Commission presented the Energy Roadmap 2050. It describes different technological and economic approaches to achieving Europe's climate targets. more

Expanding the EU's top runner approach

The Federal Environment and the Federal Economics Ministries published a joint concept paper which presents concrete proposals on how the top-runner approach can be further developed at EU level. The key elements had been set out by the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Environment Ministry on the basis of the study. more

• Joint concept paper (accessible PDF, 54 KB)