“A pyrrhic victory”
Deutschlandfunk
The government's difficulty finding agreement on Germany’s Climate Action Plan 2050 was a preview of similar negotiations in the future, writes Theo Geers in an opinion piece for Deutschlandfunk. “Every saved tonne of CO₂ will have to be seized from those blocking it. The only consolation: this climate plan de facto implies a coal exit, an end to the combustion engine and a path to a more climate-friendly agriculture, even though you need a magnifying glass to find the word “coal-exit” in the document,” writes Geers.
Read the opinion piece in German here.
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