“States draft their own climate protection targets”
WirtschaftsWoche
Several states have created their own environmental regulations because they are dissatisfied with federal laws and plans, writes Angela Schmid in WirtschaftsWoche. “The federal government’s lip service in Paris doesn’t do anything for the world climate. As long as that’s the case, climate protection must be furthered by the states alone,” said Robert Habeck, Schleswig-Holstein state environment minister. Schmid lists examples from the states North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Schleswig Holstein.
Read the article in German here.
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