In brief | 21 July '25

Reuters: German firms launch 'Made for Germany' investment initiative 

61 companies have collectively pledged 631 billion euros of investments by 2028.

pv magazine: German battery storage reaches 22.1 GWh at halfway point of 2025

Storage capacity rapidly expands, nearing two million installations by the end of the first half of 2025.

DW: How Germany manages extreme heat and climate change 

The next heat wave has been forecast in Germany. How is a country known for its lack of air conditioning preparing?

Bloomberg: How climate change is raising your grocery bill 

Some spikes in food prices are temporary, but others, like those for coffee and beef, are set to last.

Bloomberg: Airlines trying to reduce emissions with green jet fuel face reality check

Although carriers are using more sustainable aviation fuel than before, any climate benefits are outweighed by the increase in air travel.

The Guardian: Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn 

US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say.