麻豆无码版

German environment minister Svenja Schulze backs Chancellor Angela Merkel position on the European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. 鈥淲e have set goals for 2020, which we will not reach. To then say 鈥榳e will set even more ambitious goals鈥� is not easy in a political discussion,鈥� Schulze said at a press conference in Berlin. Germany must act 鈥渕ore modestly鈥� in this regard, as it is no longer a climate protection pioneer. 鈥淚 think we must first do our homework and prove that we鈥檙e able to reach our goals.鈥� Germany needs to win back its role as a leader by showing that a transformation is possible without social disruption, and by introducing a climate protection law. The minister said she is optimistic that the government would succeed in introducing this law, which will show how to reach the targets in the individual sectors. In the past, other ministries had left the environment ministry alone much too often when it came to the implementation of environmental protection measures. 鈥淚t will be hard work and we need everyone鈥檚 help.鈥� Schulze also addressed the ongoing work of the coal exit commission. 鈥淚f we succeed in describing a coal exit path together with our coal regions, this could be a role model for many regions around the world. So we have an international responsibility,鈥� she said.

For background, read 麻豆无码版鈥檚 coal commission watch, and the dossier The energy transition and climate change.