New Bavarian government coalition plans state climate protection law
Bavarian conservative parties Christian Socialist Union (CSU) and Free Voters have signed a coalition treaty for the coming five years in Germany鈥檚 southern economic power house and largest federal state. The alliance aims to make climate protection a 鈥渃onstitutional goal鈥 for Bavaria and introduce a climate protection law which will include concrete CO鈧 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to under two tonnes per citizen annually by 2050. 鈥淲e are setting a conscious signal for sustainable ecology. Bavaria can become greener, without the Greens,鈥 said current state premier Markus S枚der (CSU), who will likely remain head of government. Many conservatives had called for improvements and changes in this regard, and the CSU had 鈥渓earned鈥 from this, he added. The parties emphasised that they see 鈥渢he most regional and decentralised energy supply possible as a great opportunity for local value creation鈥. Renewables expansion will be done 鈥渋n agreement with鈥 the population and municipalities, and cities will be made greener with the coalition鈥檚 鈥淐ity.Climate.Nature鈥 initiative. At the federal level, the new state government will call for more renewables capacity for Germany鈥檚 south in upcoming auctions, advocate the expansion of European emissions trading, and support federal initiatives for an internationally coordinated introduction of a CO鈧 price. The state parliament will vote on a new premier on Tuesday, 06 November.
Find the agreement in German , and a video of the CSU press conference in German .
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