“Climate outrage in the housing sector“

The housing industry has criticised the federal government’s Climate Action Plan 2050, because of last-minute changes at the expense of the sector, writes Henrike Roßbach for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). After economy minister Sigmar Gabriel vetoed a previous version of the plan, the industrial sector’s emission reduction target was lowered, and the target for the building sector raised. “We are asking you to reconsider this decision and not damage the working relationship with the real estate industry in the long term,” writes the National Working Group of the Real Estate Industry (BID) in a letter to environment minister Barbara Hendricks, seen by FAZ.

See the CLEW factsheets Germany’s Climate Action Plan 2050 and Reactions to Germany's Climate Action Plan 2050, and the CLEW article Germany finally sets specific CO₂ targets in climate roadmap for more.