Ever wondered why it is that Germany (a country that generates more renewable energy than Britain hopes to make in ten years and is hell-bent on becoming the first country to run on 100% green energy by 2050) is so far ahead of the rest of the world in the race to be green? According to Lord Anthony Giddens’ latest book, ‘The Politics of Climate Change’ and a number of respected historians, Hitler may have given Germany a head-start. Not only did he pass the most stringent and comprehensive environmental protection law in the world at that time, but he also had a soft spot for vegetarianism, organic nibbles and animal welfare (up until the point when he poisoned his doting German Shepherd, Blondi, that is).