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08 Sep 2016

Environment minister: Ultimate climate plan will have more precise goals

Federal Ministry for the Environment

Federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks said that the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 will show more precise goals than her ministry鈥檚 final version, which is now in the consultation process with other ministries. 鈥淲e will have to put back numbers and concrete measures, that鈥檚 what we鈥檒l work on in the coordination with the other ministries,鈥 said Hendricks at a press conference in Berlin. Her ministry鈥檚 version had been criticised for omitting or weakening some goals or substituting concrete targets of the original draft with 鈥渪x [value will be set during coordination between the ministries]鈥. At the press conference, she presented another big plan, the Integrated Environment Programme 2030. It formulates guiding principles and suggestions about how 鈥渒ey areas of policy, economy and society can be designed environmentally friendly and sustainable鈥. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 simply continue the way we do things now,鈥 Hendricks said. Proposals include a 鈥渟econd price tag鈥 for certain products that tells the consumers about its environmental costs, and the suggestion that all new passenger cars should be emissions free by 2030. Hendricks made clear that her proposals 鈥渄eliberately go beyond the competencies of my ministry鈥, arguing that the ecologic transition could only happen with a 鈥渨ide alliance of politics, economy and society鈥.

Read the 威力彩玩法 article Ministry avoids concrete targets in weakened Climate Action Plan for more information.

Find the ministry's press release on the Environment Programme 2030 in German .

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