Hydrogen is set to play an important role in a future low-carbon economy. However, the hydrogen value chain comes with a set of emissions challenges that need to be addressed for hydrogen deployment to help achieve climate goals. A study prepared by the Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) with support from Environmental Defense Fund Europe evaluates the potential impact of climate-warming emissions in Germany’s future hydrogen economy and provides recommendations for German and EU policymakers on how to avoid them.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and the European Union has set itself ambitious targets to become climate-neutral by 2050. A new policy paper from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz now shows that acceptance of EU climate policy strongly depends on the inclusion of social policy measures.

14 November 2024/Kiel. The EU project MMinE-SwEEPER has been launched with a big kick-off meeting at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Led by Professor Dr Jens Greinert, the project will bring together 20 international partners to develop innovative and safe strategies for removing unexploded ordnance from the sea. With a budget of almost six million euros, MMinE-SwEEPER will work over the next three and a half years to develop solutions to this urgent environmental problem in European waters.