federal government
Climate protection law: Fridays for Future warns against softening
“After the hottest July in the history of weather recording, we call on the chancellor to strengthen the climate protection law,” says Pauline Brünger from Fridays for Future. photo
© Marius Becker/dpa
Starting today, more than 450 climate activists will be discussing their next steps in Lüneburg. The climate policy under Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also in focus – and in criticism.
Fridays for Future warns of the planned reform of the climate protection law. The The federal government is losing itself in party-political disputes and now wants to soften the climate protection law, said the activist Pauline Brünger of the German Press Agency in Berlin.
“Climate targets should suddenly become non-binding recommendations for action. That would be a fatal step backwards,” Brünger warned. “After the hottest July in the history of weather records, we call on the Chancellor to strengthen the Climate Protection Act instead of gutting the most important foundation of German climate protection.”
The federal government wants to reform the climate protection law with its targets for each sector. Compliance with the climate targets should no longer be checked retrospectively according to various sectors such as transport, industry or agriculture, but should be forward-looking, multi-year and cross-sectoral. In the future, the federal government as a whole should decide in which sector and with which measures the permissible total amount of CO2 is to be achieved by 2030 – but only if the target is missed two years in a row.
Luisa Neubauer from Fridays for Future explained: “The summer has clearly shown society how radical and dangerous the climate crisis is in Germany.” The people in Germany are “not adequately protected from the disaster”.
Fridays for Future will meet in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, from this Tuesday until Saturday. According to the movement, more than 450 activists want to prepare for the next climate strike on September 15th.