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In future, EU consumers will have a legal right to have household and everyday appliances repaired. 

The Travel Impact Model (TIM) used by Google Flight and other providers is being revised in order to map the climate impact of air travel more accurately and transparently.

The latest rail strike has cost the German economy a billion euros. The hotel industry is also affected and is reporting a rapid increase in cancellations.

To be fit for the future, the hospitality industry needs to stay on the ball. What should political decision-makers in particular know and consider?

More and more companies are offering their employees the opportunity to workation. To ensure that this is legally compliant and binding, guidelines or additional agreements should be drawn up. After all, the demand for mobile working abroad is increasing. 

One in three Germans (34.4%) remember their online passwords. But what happens if you forget it? What does a secure password look like and how do you remember it?

How can climate-damaging CO2 not only be captured, but also used to produce plastic or petrol? Researchers in Jena, Germany, are working on this question - and taking a risk.

How can the trend in global CO2 emissions be reversed? Decarbonisation is the magic word. Will it work? And what would it cost?

Companies around the world are calling their employees back to the office: around 87% of employers expect their employees to choose the office as their workplace at least from time to time. Around 33% of those surveyed go even further: they have introduced compulsory attendance. 

In the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is taking place this week in Davos, development organisation Oxfam has complained that poor people in particular are suffering from the wars and inflation of recent months and have recently become even poorer. By contrast, the five richest people in the world - all men - have more than doubled their wealth since 2020.