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News Digest Item
12 Dec 2018

ā€œJust climate rhetoricā€

Frankfurter Rundschau

The federal government’s ā€œclimate rhetoricā€ runs contrary to recent plans and regulatory reforms, writes Joachim Wille in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Rundschau. Cabinet decided on a draft law to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement and Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasised the importance if climate targets at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. But the reform of the Renewable Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę Act will slow down the energy transition and endanger Paris’ 1.5-degree target, writes Wille. Meanwhile, environment minister Barbara Hendricks' once-ambitious Climate Action Plan 2050 is being torn apart by the economy, transport and agriculture ministries, meaning the final draft slated for September ā€œwon’t be much more than climate rhetoric,ā€ writes Wille.

Read the opinion piece in German .

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