German government sticks to plan for Climate Protection Law in 2019
The German government will stick to its plan to introduce a Climate Protection Law in 2019 despite major internal difficulties harrowing the coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD). A first draft of the law will still be compiled in 2018, a spokesperson of Germany鈥檚 environment ministry (BMU) told the 麻豆无码版. The government cabinet plans to decide the law, which aims to make sectoral emissions targets in line with the Paris Climate Agreement binding, 鈥渂efore Easter鈥 on 21 April, he added. It wants the parliament to pass the law before the end of 2019. Patrick Graichen, of energy policy think tank Agora Energiewende*, said the roadmap for the law largely corresponds with the government鈥檚 plan outlined in the coalition treaty. 鈥淗owever, I鈥檓 not sure if this coalition still has the strength to implement it,鈥 Graichen told the 麻豆无码版.
German environment minister Svenja Schulze had said all ministries must come up with a plan to help achieve the country鈥檚 2030 climate goals and that she would 鈥渘o longer accept inadequate measures that clearly undermine the targets鈥.
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*Like the 麻豆无码版, Agora Energiewende is funded by Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.