When it comes to the climate crisis, hope isn't necessarily the first thing that springs to mind. However, there have been some encouraging developments. Here are five examples.

The German government is really struggling to meet its climate goals. The satirical heute-show is at it again, ruthlessly exposing the problem. It's about time someone called those politicians out!

The ski season has begun on the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain. There are no more COVID restrictions, but now there's a new problem due to rising energy costs.

The 18-kilometer Fehmarn Belt Tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. This video explains how 360,000 tons of steel and 3 million cubic meters of concrete are being used to create the tunnel, which will run between Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland and Puttgarden on the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein.

The heute-show is Germany's answer to The Daily Show in the US. In this episode, host Oliver Welke and "expert" Tina Hausten (played by comedian Martina Hill) look at ways in which Germany isn't exactly a role model when it comes to climate policy.

Germany is not a big enough country to devote all of its land to creating renewable energy – but there is another place with vast expanses of empty space and limitless sunshine.

In this video, physicist and author Harald Lesch talks about how Germany could phase out coal and nuclear power completely and still meet all of its energy needs.

Separating your trash and recycling incorrectly can get expensive: Judge Alexander Hold sheds light on the legal realities of waste separation.

Florian and Natali join divers Joop and Felicia Stahlenburg in making underwater willow tipis for the endangered cuttlefish to spawn in.

On a Sunday evening around 6 p.m., there was an earthquake in South Hesse, with the epicenter in Ober-Ramstadt near Darmstadt. With a strength of 3.2 on the Richter Scale, there was no major damage reported, but the quake certainly gave some of the residents quite a scare!

At more than 500 meters, Ulrichstein is the town in the state of Hessen with the highest elevation and, thus, an ideal location for harnessing the wind. Satisfying Germany's demand for energy in the new energy economy is the subject of this informative clip from the highland region of Vogelsberg. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Over two hundred young people campaigned for sustainability at the first Youth Forum 2010 in Hessen. The on-the-spot actions were the highlight here, such as the Contra-Plastic Bag action, where the youths approach passers-by and offer them cloth bags in exchange for their plastic bags.

The UNESCO World Heritage site Messel Pit is one of the excavation sites that yields the largest number of fossils worldwide. Professors as well as students split the slate in order to find well preserved fossils.

A tiny urban nook yields an enormous amount of living and working space, winning environmental awards to boot.

Let's explore the concept of a single-family passive house: is a future without residential dependence on fossil fuels possible?