News Digest Item
08 Aug 2018

Fund should be created to finance urban climate adaptation efforts – interview

Neue Ruhr Zeitung

A 2-billion-euro fund should be created to assist German cities in the adaptation to climate change, Annalena Baerbock, chairwoman of the Green Party, says in an interview with the Neue Ruhr Zeitung. This money could be used not only to make agriculture more resilient, but also for forest fire protection and new urban planning measures, such as the creation of green spaces and fresh air corridors, according to Baerbock. The fund could also finance urban efforts to improve home insulation and flood protection, she continues. With regard to mitigating global warming, the federal government’s refusal to achieve domestic emissions reduction goals necessitates a clear climate protection programme that includes the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants as quickly as possible, she adds.

Read the interview in German here.

See the CLEW factsheet How much does Germany’s energy transition cost? for more information.

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