Claudia Kemfert: U-turn on 2020 target a “fatal signal”
Die Welt
Speaking to Die Welt, Claudia Kemfert, climate policy expert at the German Institute for Economic Research, says the prospective coalition partners’ giving up on “their own climate targets” is a “declaration of bankruptcy”. This not only damages Chancellor Angela Merkel’s credibility, but also that of the entire country as a climate pioneer, Kemfert told the paper. There is no possibility of reversing the energy transition, she says, but it will take longer, be more expensive and less efficient. The longer we do nothing, the harder it will be to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, she says.
See the interview in German here.
Find a recent CLEW interview with Kemfert on Germany's 2018 Energiewende policies here.
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