Silke Kersting is a Handelsblatt correspondent based in Berlin. She previously reported from Leipzig and Madrid, Spain. Her current coverage areas include consumer protection, construction and environmental policy.
The capital’s lefty government is mulling ever more extreme measures to close the housing gap, even as burdensome regulations slow new building.
The government, which is already exiting from nuclear energy, should close all coal power stations by 2038 to reach its climate targets, a commission advised. That raises many questions.
The real costs of distant climate goals are becoming clearer with bans on diesel and talk of autobahn speed limits.
After falling short on earlier CO2 targets, Germany now wants to make these goals legally binding. Achieving them won't come cheap.
Not long ago, Germany was seen as a model of climate responsibility. But it will fail to reach its 2020 emissions targets. Is there a way to make industry greener?
Businesses are sick of the silos that prevent progress on climate change. They want real solutions, not just chit-chat about carbon emissions.
If Angela Merkel’s current government fails, the Greens would be a popular partner for fresh coalition talks for any party other than the AfD, says Handelsblatt’s Silke Kersting.
Faced with regional elections and diesel bans, lawmakers finally agreed on how to cut diesel emissions. Carmakers slammed the brakes, though, with some refusing to refit older diesel models.
A new fund will combat climate change with investment in sustainable projects after the US pulled out of the Paris accord.
Tens of thousands of people move to the German capital every year, stretching a once-relaxed housing market to the breaking point.
