CLEW Webinar: Staying on track? What's next for climate and energy in Germany and Europe in 2026
In this one-hour webinar, open to all, the CLEW newsroom will discuss the key climate and energy issues facing Germany and Europe in 2026. The focus will be on the German government’s policy priorities, open questions in EU climate and energy governance, and the political and economic factors shaping implementation on the ground.
We're looking forward to your questions and a lively discussion.
AGENDA
| 16.00 - 16.05 | Welcome and introduction by moderator Milou Dirkx, Clean Energy Wire |
| 16.05 - 16.35 | Inputs on individual topics: Government performance, state elections & the AfD, renewable energy reform: Benjamin Wehrmann Industry transformation & carmakers: Sören Amelang Heating law conundrum & power supply security: Carolina Kyllmann EU 2026 - climate & energy: Julian Wettengel |
| 16.35 - 17.00 | Q&A; open discussion |
Carolina Kyllmann is a staff Correspondent for Clean Energy Wire. She likes to delve into emerging stories in the climate and energy sphere. For CLEW, she covers climate adaptation, the construction sector, and the future electricity system. She believes in journalism as a public service, and when not reporting, she leads the effort to continuously improve CLEW's digital presence.
Sören Amelang is a staff Correspondent for Clean Energy Wire. He focuses on the shift to clean mobility, industry decarbonisation, and the role of hydrogen. He also keeps a watchful eye on general company efforts and claims to become climate-friendly. Before joining CLEW in 2015, he covered international business, economics and politics for Reuters.
Benjamin Wehrmann is staff Correspondent for Clean Energy Wire. He mainly covers sectors that Germany wants to join (renewables), plans to exit from (coal) or has already left behind (nuclear) – and everything in between. Benjamin started out as a reporter covering politics and business at news agencies AFP and dpa in Germany and France and has worked for both nationwide and niche media outlets. For CLEW, he has climbed wind turbines, entered nuclear storage facilities and even visited ‘lunar landscapes’ in former coal mining areas to bring Germany’s energy transition closer to the rest of the world.
Julian Wettengel is a staff Correspondent for Clean Energy Wire. He has been reporting on Germany's and Europe's transition to climate neutrality for more than eight years. With beats ranging from gas and geopolitics to German and international climate policy, he has covered several COP climate change conferences and has been on reporting trips to the U.S., Norway, and various EU member states. Drawing on his previous experience as an assistant to a lawmaker in the European Parliament, Julian has helped CLEW build up its EU portfolio of offers, including the weekly "Dispatch from…" newsletter.
Milou Dirkx is Lead Network & Media Programmes at Clean Energy Wire. She collaborates with journalists globally and coordinates the media programmes team, overseeing international collaborations, events and other journalistic engagement opportunities. She gives trainings and talks on climate and energy journalism and reports on the linkage between politics, energy policy and climate change. She has established several cross-border collaborations with journalists worldwide. Before joining CLEW, she was part of the data team of Dutch newsroom De Correspondent.
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