In brief | 23 September '24
DW: Germany increases 'Deutschlandticket' price to €58
The "Deutschlandticket" monthly travel pass allows passengers unlimited trips on local and regional trains, trams and buses. Starting in 2025, the ticket will be €9 more expensive.
Reuters: Norway's Equinor scraps plans to export blue hydrogen to Germany
Norway's Equinor has scrapped plans to export so-called blue hydrogen to Germany because it is too expensive and there is insufficient demand, a spokesperson for the energy company said.
Bloomberg: Germany seeks delays to EU hydrogen rules that stifle market
- German Economy Minister Habeck writes to EU Energy Commission
- EU is betting on hydrogen as key future source of green energy
CBC: Germany warns Canada that Europe's appetite for natural gas is set to shrink
Berlin’s climate envoy Jennifer Morgan says Germany wants green energy from Canada — particularly hydrogen.
The Economic Times: India, Germany decide to expand ties in clean energy, mobility sectors
New Delhi and Berlin are enhancing cooperation in renewable energy, urban development, agroecology, and mobility.
Inside Climate News: A Trump debate comment about German energy policy leaves Germans perplexed
In his closing statement at last week’s presidential debate, Donald Trump made a blink-and-you-miss-it comment that earned a pointed response from the German government.
Politico: Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms, including a Clean Industrial Deal.
AP: UN nations endorse a ‘Pact for the Future,’ and the body’s leader says it must be more than talk
The U.N. General Assembly approved a blueprint Sunday to bring the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty.
Net Zero Tracker: Net zero target-setting has consolidated across states and regions, cities, and companies
The report Net Zero Stocktake 2024 assesses the status and trends of net zero target setting across countries, subnational governments and companies.
International Railway Journal: Portugal to offer €20 a month pass for unlimited rail journeys
Similar to the German Deutschlandticket but "unlike the German version, which is valid on local and regional trains only, the Portuguese pass will also be valid for inter-city journeys."
Financial Times: World's biggest banks are pledging support for COP28 nuclear power goals
Fourteen institutions, including Citi, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, will pledge to support a goal to triple the world's nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
