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Environmental aid sues government over climate protection program
Jürgen Resch, Federal Managing Director of German Environmental Aid (DUH). photo
© Christoph Schmidt/dpa
The federal government’s program has been in place since October. But even according to Minister Habeck’s assessment, there is a huge gap in climate protection. German Environmental Aid is now moving to Karlsruhe.
German Environmental Aid (DUH) is suing the federal government for what it sees as inadequate Climate protection program before the Federal Constitutional Court. “The would-be climate protection program leaves a gaping CO2 gap of up to 331 million tons by 2030,” explained DUH Federal Managing Director Jürgen Resch on Wednesday in Berlin.
Instead of achieving the legal requirements through ambitious climate protection in all sectors, the federal government’s repeated legal violations, particularly in the building and transport sectors, should be legalized by weakening the Climate Protection Act, complained Resch.
The federal cabinet approved the 2023 climate protection program in October. From the perspective of Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck (Greens), the federal government’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 is now within reach. However, his ministry still assumes a “climate protection gap” of around 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases by 2030. The Expert Council for Climate Issues doubts the extent of the predicted greenhouse gas savings.
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