Status: 07.11.2022 21:47
The COP27 is her 27th climate conference – but the first as a special representative of the federal government: State Secretary Jennifer Morgan. In the daily topics she says that Germany is a credible donor for climate protection.
The Federal Government’s special representative for climate protection, Jennifer Morgan, has in an interview with the daily topics praised Germany’s commitment to climate protection. Germany is one of the largest and most credible donor countries in the world, she said. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has just promised a protective shield for the most vulnerable countries in the world.
“We actually know what we have to do. We need the political will to do it,” Jennifer Morgan, Special Representative for International Climate Policy at the Federal Foreign Office
daily topics 10:15 p.m., 7.11.2022
Since the traffic light government has been in power, there has been “an incredible commitment to more climate protection: 80 percent renewable energies by 2030, ambitious greenhouse gas targets by 2045. We are implementing them. And the countries see this and they want to work with us,” said Morgan further. “I think we’re doing an awful lot at the moment.”
keep promises of money
However, it is also clear that more needs to be done. The industrialized countries have pledged 100 billion dollars a year to developing countries for programs to combat climate change. According to a calculation by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OECD), it was only around 83 billion US dollars in 2020. Morgan confirmed that the commitment is still valid: “We all say: We can do it next year.
Regarding UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement that the world was on a “highway” to climate hell and with one foot on the accelerator, Morgan said there was a way out. “There is an exit and that means accelerating the energy transition, halving global emissions in the next eight years, developing renewable energies. We actually know what we have to do. We need the political will to do it.”
“COP27 is a home game for me,” said Morgan. It’s an “incredible honor and opportunity to be here for Germany. I think we’re making a difference here. I think we can push that forward as ‘Team Germany'”.