Germany

Plus Germany energy efficiency funding, global coal demand rises, and the rest of the top green business news from around the world this week

Dutch carmaker behind brands such as Fiat, Chrysler, and Vauxhall invests in Vulcan, which aims to extract lithium in Germany without using fossil fuels

Partnership comes as Global Energy Monitor report warns steel industry faces $518bn of stranded assets unless measures to decarbonise are taken now

Free Democratic Party leader Christian Lindner describes EU plan as 'the wrong decision'

International Energy Agency argues UK, USA and EU and others have the 'economic heft, technology leadership and international alliances' to pioneer the development of low carbon industrial hubs

The Netherlands becomes latest country to confirm plans to phase out fossil gas boilers, as UK MPs lament failure to beef up heat pump policies

Consumer goods giant estimates changing temperature of its ice cream freezers to -12C could cut emissions by almost a third

ISO-backed life cycle assessment concludes that meal kits result in less waste, greater efficiency, and streamlined supply chains that deliver lower emissions

Company says commercial customers such as Asda, Octopus Energy and BMW are set to benefit from larger charging network and improved back office systems

Germany's clean energy blitz, Abu Dhabi's plastic bag ban, EU proposals for a coal embargo on Russia, and all the big green business news from around the world this week