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14 Jun 2017

ā€œThe Paris climate targets can also be met with coalā€

Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

Germany will be able to fulfil its Paris Climate Agreement obligations as well as the EU’s 2030 climate targets with a continued use of coal-fired power production, trade union IG BCE’s head Michael Vassiliadis said in an interview with Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten. ā€œThis is not a problem at all,ā€ Vassiliadis said. He said that proponents of a coal exit did not specify how Germany would bridge the supply gap after the nuclear exit in 2022. Because of this gap, any talk about a coal exit was ā€œa virtual debateā€ and ā€œreality will catch up with us in five years’ timeā€, said Vassiliadis.  

See the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę dossier The energy transition and climate change and the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheet When will Germany finally ditch coal? for background.

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