Germany must both mitigate and adapt to global warming – interview
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Extreme weather events like the heat wave currently gripping Germany are expected to become more frequent in the future, necessitating both meaningful climate protection and adaptation to the inevitable consequences of global warming, federal environment minister Svenja Schulze said in an interview with the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. The German agricultural sector, in particular, must adapt to changing climate patterns, and the upcoming reform at the EU level presents a good opportunity to put it on the path to doing so, she added.
Read the interview in German here.
For background, read the article New German environment minister faces steep uphill battle on climate.
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