Berlin Is Becoming A Sponge City

Berlin is becoming a "Sponge City" designed to tackle two issues - heat and flooding - by imitating nature.

Bloomberg
Aug 25, 2017
Latest in Global
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
Sponsored
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
July 14, 2025
People wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 14, 2024.
Vietnam Will Ban Fossil-Fuel Motorcycles From Central Hanoi Over Pollution Concerns
July 14, 2025
President Donald Trump and Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen before the start of a plenary session of the NATO Heads of State and Government summit, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.
Trump Announces 30% Tariffs Against EU, Mexico
July 14, 2025
Sustainability, Economics
How Europe’s Clean Industry Deal Could Impact Global Manufacturing
July 11, 2025
Related Stories
A sign is seen outside the Activision building in Santa Monica, Calif. on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Microsoft's planned $69 billion purchase of video game company Activision Blizzard.
Global
Microsoft, U.S. Regulators Head to Court over $69 Billion Deal
Visitors wearing masks look at the ARM-structure server processor Yitian 710, developed by Alibaba's in-house semiconductor unit T-Head, at the Apsara Conference, an annual cloud service technology forum hosted by Alibaba Group, in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Oct. 19, 2021. Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China's leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries.
Global
China Seethes as U.S. Chip Controls Threaten Tech Ambitions
Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by otters Justice officials, speaks to reporters as they announce charges against two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers for attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation and prosecution of Chinese tech giant Huawei, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2022.
Global
Chinese Officers Charged in Plot to Obstruct U.S. Huawei Probe
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
Sponsor Content
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
More in Global
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
Sponsored
Strengthen Your Manufacturing Sales Resiliency
Discover manufacturing sales and marketing strategies for today’s volatile market. Get guide now!
July 14, 2025
People wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 14, 2024.
Global
Vietnam Will Ban Fossil-Fuel Motorcycles From Central Hanoi Over Pollution Concerns
The ban is part of a nationwide effort to curb air pollution.
July 14, 2025
President Donald Trump and Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen before the start of a plenary session of the NATO Heads of State and Government summit, The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.
Global
Trump Announces 30% Tariffs Against EU, Mexico
The move could cause massive upheaval between the U.S. and two of its biggest trade partners.
July 14, 2025
Sustainability, Economics
Global
How Europe’s Clean Industry Deal Could Impact Global Manufacturing
There are a lot of moving parts, taking manufacturing in some challenging directions.
July 11, 2025
I Stock 914855976 6822488c12410
Global
Metalworking Supplier Plans First North American Factory
Eurocharm Group plans to build a production and distribution hub in South Carolina.
July 11, 2025
Protesters wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Jair Bolsonaro as a prisoner, protest Trump's announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Global
Brazil Vows Retaliatory Tariffs Against U.S. if Trump Follows Through on 50% Import Taxes
Trump is using import taxes to try to influence the criminal trial of Brazil's former president.
July 11, 2025
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit, June 16, 2025, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
Global
Trump Plans to Hike Tariffs on Canadian Goods to 35%
The letter would mark an aggressive increase to the 25% tariff rates imposed in March.
July 11, 2025
The logo of ASML, a leading maker of semiconductor production equipment, hangs on the head office in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Jan. 30, 2023.
Global
Russian Convicted of Breaching Sanctions by Sharing Knowhow from Tech Giant
The industrial espionage involved a semiconductor chip machine maker.
July 10, 2025
M1A2T Abrams main battle tanks fire during a military live-fire shooting training in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Global
Taiwan's President Watches Live-Fire Drills With New U.S.-Made Tanks
Taiwan has contracted to buy 108 of the latest-model tanks from the U.S.
July 10, 2025
Northrop Grumman’s DM-NEXT solid rocket motor test.
Global
Northrop Grumman Completes Key Test for Exoplanetary Ascent Propulsion
WATCH: This test ensures the rocket can launch from another planet such as Mars.
July 10, 2025
Varda Space Industries has expanded to a new lab space in El Segundo, Calif.
Global
Varda Announces $187M in Series C Funding to Make Medicines in Space
The El Segundo-based start-up is building infrastructure to support manufacturing in microgravity.
July 10, 2025
Vehicles for export parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 8, 2025.
Global
Trump's Trade Blitz Produces Few Deals, Lots of Uncertainty
The White House trade adviser had predicted "90 deals in 90 days."
July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington.
Global
Trump Caught 'Flat Footed' by Pentagon's Move to Pause Ukraine Weapons Deliveries, Sources Say
U.S. officials had concerns that American stockpiles were in short supply.
July 9, 2025
In this April 25, 2018 photo, the logo of the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) is seen in Taichung, Taiwan.
Global
China Imposes Export Ban on Companies Tied to Taiwan’s Military
The U.S. is bound by its own laws to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself.
July 9, 2025
I Stock 842274314
Global
Three Months After His Previous Tariff Push Terrified the World Economy, Trump Bets This Time Is Different
The new approach is at odds with how trade agreements have been built over the last half-century.
July 9, 2025