Climate protection law, swift coal exit, EU CO₂ floor price – DUH demands for next Energiewende government
Environmental Action Germany (DUH)
Germany will miss its climate targets unless the next federal government steps up its efforts, according to non-profit environmental and consumer protection association Environmental Action Germany (DUH). In a list of 85 measures for the energy, heating and transport transitions, DUH called for the introduction of an EU CO₂ floor price and a federal climate protection law with sector emissions targets, and creating a regulatory framework for a swift coal exit.
Find the press release in German here and the paper in German here.
For background read the CLEW dossier Vote2017 - German elections and the Energiewende.
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