US EditionGerman emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record
Germany's emissions fell by only 1.5% in 2025 amid economic stagnation and rising transport emissions, while the North Sea recorded its warmest year at 11.6°C, according to Agora Energiewende and BSH.
- Wednesday, Germany's greenhouse gas cuts slowed in 2025, with emissions falling just 11 million tons, while the North Sea had its warmest year on record, according to Agora Energiewende.
- Falling industrial output and record solar generation drove last year's emissions reductions amid economic stagnation, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition backed policies critics say weaken climate efforts, including scrapping solar subsidies.
- Data show long-term cuts but mixed progress in clean technologies as Germany's 2025 emissions totalled 640 million tonnes, nine million lower than last year, with 49% cuts since 1990.
- Experts and think tanks warned the data raises political stakes for the government as Julia Blaesius said `Germany is losing ground on climate protection` and noted major uncertainties for the 2030 target.
- Germany aims for greenhouse-gas neutrality by 2045 despite mixed 2025 signals, while the European Union moves to weaken new environmental rules amid business groups' complaints.
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The North Sea has never been as warm as it has been this past year since records began in 1969: an average of 11.6 degrees Celsius in 2025. This is according to research from the German Maritime and Hydrographic Office (BSH), which warns of the consequences of increasingly warmer seawater in the North Sea. "We are seeing more unstable weather and weather systems becoming blocked, leading to droughts, long heat waves, or water bombs," says Jan Se…
Record values on German coasts: The North Sea was as warm as ever in 2025, the Baltic Sea was only warmer in 2020. The Federal Office for Maritime and Hydrography warns against rising sea levels as a result of global warming.
The Baltic Sea recorded its second highest average temperature in recorded history in 2025, while the North Sea recorded a record high, the German Maritime and Hydrographic Service (BSH) reported on Wednesday.
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German climate goals at risk as emissions cuts slow: study
The pace of German greenhouse gas emissions cuts slowed further in 2025, putting in jeopardy climate goals in Europe’s biggest economy, a think tank warned Wednesday. Emissions fell by 1.5% in 2025 from the previous year, according to a study by Agora Energiewende, compared to a 3% drop in 2024 and 10% the year before […]
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