“Climate without a plan”

The dispute within Germany’s federal government over environment minister Barbara Hendricks’ Climate Action Plan 2050 “is becoming increasingly uncomfortable for Chancellor Angela Merkel,” writes Michael Bauchmüller in Süddeutsche Zeitung. “At the next UN climate conference […] in Marrakesh, Germany could be seen as the country that had to surrender to its climate plan due to conflicting interests at home,” writes Bauchmüller. This Friday, when the consultation period with other ministries ends, the negotiations for compromise will start. The federal cabinet is to decide on the plan in early November.

Read the article in German here.

Find background information on Germany’s Climate Action Plan 2050 in the CLEW factsheet Germany’s trimmed-down Climate Action Plan and the article Ministry avoids concrete targets in weakened Climate Action Plan.