Some even consider Germany “the sick man of Europe”. By Şafak Erdem The report published by one of Germany’s prominent economic research institutes, Ifo (Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e. V.), on September 5, 2024, is titled “Deutsche Wirtschaft steckt in der Krise fest” (The German economy is stuck in crisis). The report identifies the crisis as primarily ...

A report by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce shows that German companies assess energy transition negatively. The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Die Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer – DIHK) published the results of surveys conducted with companies between June 10 and 30, 2024. The report, titled “Energy Transition Barometer 2024” (Energiewende-Barometer 2024), is based on interviews with ...

In a previous article, we referred to the deterioration of a series of grave problems regarding the disastrous degradation of the natural environment around the world, including climate change (or rather, climate crisis) and air pollution . These problems are hard to deal with, but they become even harder due to the consistent efforts of big polluters to deny climate ...

by Yiğit Saner, reporting from Rome / Italy The energy crisis in Europe, a consequence of the geopolitical developments of recent years, together with the increase in the prices of fossil fuels and the expectation of filling the energy deficit with sustainable energy, force the Old Continent on the one hand to find new markets and, on the other, to ...