News Digest Item
31 Jan 2018

Next federal government urged to introduce coal emergency programme to reach 2020 climate goal

Greenpeace Germany

Greenpeace Germany has proposed to the next German federal government an emergency programme for coal to “largely reach” the country’s 2020 climate target. The proposal focuses on throttling or shutting down the “oldest and dirtiest lignite power plants,” as measures in other areas could “hardly lead to significant CO₂ emission reductions,” writes Greenpeace Germany.

Find the press release in German here, and the programme in German here.

Also read CLEW’s article Germany may have to buy way out of EU climate goal - ministry paper and our coalition watch.

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