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Climate & Environment

Ideas for the climate: This wall is designed to bind CO₂ in three ways.

Stone, carbon fibers and biochar are the components of a new type of wall that stores CO₂ and could therefore help to decarbonize the construction sector. But approving it as a building material takes time and money. It is therefore likely to be some time before the material can be used on a large scale.

By Alexandra Endres

New government: How secondary climate policy is for the new coalition

Climate action will likely play a much smaller role in the next German government than under the previous one. This is suggested by the coalition contract, the distribution of responsibilities, and the minimal mention of this topic. While climate action will return to the Ministry of the Environment (SPD), the energy agenda will remain in the CDU-led Ministry of Economic Affairs.

By Bernhard Pötter