āThe consultation process for the Climate Action Plan 2050ā
The federal government ignored many of the results of the environment ministryās stakeholder consultation process for the Climate Action Plan 2050 because of strong pressure from economic interests, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace. The move threatens to āstrengthen the already existing estrangement between the citizens and the āpolitical classāā. This would mean using the process as a āsedative pill, a symbolic mode of acquiring acceptanceā, writes the author Dieter Rucht, from the . The process may have been transparent, well-designed, professionally moderated and scientifically underpinned, but it was also too rushed and complex. Key stakeholder groups, as well as the younger generation, were excluded or under-represented.
Read the press release in German and the report in German .