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The decision of 48 poorer countries to terminate coal-fired power production has sparked calls for Germany to envisage a speedy coal exit as well, the Rheinische Post newspaper reports. The announcement of the Climate Vulnerable Forum鈥檚 countries at the COP22 in Morocco to switch to 100 percent renewables by 2050 demonstrated that Germany was being 鈥渙utpaced by more and more countries鈥�, Martin Kaiser, from Greenpeace Germany, told the newspaper. He called for a German coal exit by 2030. The German Green Party鈥檚 climate spokesperson Annalena Baerbock said concrete deadlines for the coal industry 鈥渁lso need to be included in Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Plan鈥�, according to the newspaper. Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary in the environment ministry聽(BMUB), said the coal exit perhaps needed to be done 鈥渟ooner than some might think鈥�, the Rheinische Post reported.

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For background on the role of the coal industry for Germany鈥檚 climate protection targets read the 威力彩玩法 article Coal exit dispute delays Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Plan.

If the goal is to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, it is inefficient to break this down into individual national targets, writes Christoph M. Schmidt of聽Rhineland-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI Essen) in a guest commentary in Die Welt. The aim has to be to 鈥渟ave the next tonne of greenhouse gas emissions wherever the reduction cost is lowest鈥�, and share the cost globally, according to Schmidt. He says that the German government should make use of its G-20 presidency to achieve a 鈥済lobal solution鈥� for climate policy efforts. 聽

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Fiscal instruments should complement Energiewende efforts to fight populist criticism that climate protection was a luxury at the expense of the regular citizen, writes Bernhard P枚tter in an opinion piece for tageszeitung (taz). 鈥淚f citizens received a cheque labelled 鈥淢any thanks, your environment!鈥� just before Christmas, people would see that ecologic and social policy pays off. Then, climate protectors would not have to tremble in fear of populists,鈥� writes P枚tter.

Slow sales of e-cars are caused by a lack of demand, not supply, VW CEO Matthias M眉ller told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview. 鈥淥n the one hand, many Germans think and act green in their day-to-day lives, but when it comes to e-mobility, consumers are reticent,鈥� M眉ller said. Renate K眉nast, former Green minister for consumer protection, called M眉ller鈥檚 statement 鈥渂arefaced鈥�: 鈥淣o e-cars at affordable prices, no charging stations, but criticising non-buyers.鈥�

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Find background in the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility.

E.ON is positioned to overcome its current crisis and record loss following the company鈥檚 split from its conventional energy business into the subsidiary Uniper, the German utility鈥檚 CEO Johannes Teyssen told Handelsblatt Online in an interview. 鈥淎dmittedly, the consequences for our balance sheet are more severe than we would have thought two years ago鈥�, Teyssen said. But he insisted E.ON鈥檚 鈥渃ore business is making a profit鈥� and that the company鈥檚 net assets were 鈥渃learly positive鈥�, according to German commercial law. E.ON needed 鈥渢wo or three years of consolidation鈥� before the utility鈥檚 shift towards renewable energies would be completed, he added. Asked whether E.ON鈥檚 competitor RWE pursued a better strategy by channelling its renewable business into the spin-off innogy, Teyssen answered that 鈥渂attle will be decided by the customer鈥�.

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For more information on E.ON' strategic overhaul, see the 威力彩玩法 factsheet E.ON shareholders ratify energy giant's split.