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For climate protection: Altmaier wants to “turn the German economy around”
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Wants to forge a cross-party alliance for climate protection: Economy Minister Peter Altmaier
Source: AFP
Federal Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) wants to initiate a “historic commitment” to protect the climate. The plans he will present today aim to change the economy, but also the political landscape, “for decades.”
meIn the year before the federal elections, Federal Minister of the Economy Peter Altmaier (CDU) is planning great success in protecting the climate. With an alliance between parties, environmental protection measures must be promoted more quickly and decisively.
“I want a historic commitment, a letter to save the climate and maintain our economic power,” Altmaier told “Spiegel” magazine. To do this, it wants to get closer to the other parties in the political center of the Bundestag.
Germany must “seize now the opportunity to make the transformation process towards a climate-neutral society irreversible by 2050 at the latest,” Altmaier said.
The economy must be “supported”
The new climate protection strategy will be presented this Friday (10.30 am). The more politicians pursue climate goals, the more they have to support the economy and, above all, small and medium-sized companies “in the necessary transformation and give them security in planning,” emphasized the CDU politician. This task “will turn the economy around and change the political landscape for decades.”
So far, the federal government has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent in 2020. By 2030, they should decrease by 55 percent and by 2050 by 80 to 95 percent. In each case, the basis for comparison is 1990 emissions. Reaching the 40 percent goal by 2020 is particularly difficult because it will require considerable additional efforts in the short term.
