鈥淪PD needs to come out on climate protection鈥�
A coalition of German NGOs has called on the SPD鈥檚 frontrunner for this year鈥檚 federal election to explicitly endorse Germany鈥檚 climate protection targets, the environmental organisation WWF has said in a press release. The NGOs say the decision by the SPD-led federal state of Brandenburg to abandon its 2030 climate targets was a 鈥�climate policy backward roll鈥�, and amounted to 鈥渁 risk for all of Germany to meet its targets鈥�. WWF Germany Director J枚rg-Andreas Kr眉ger said Germany 鈥減uts its credibility and sustainability on the line鈥�, and might as well leave the Paris Agreement if Brandenburg, and also the CDU-led federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, pull through with their plans to reduce climate protection efforts. 鈥淲e demand a clear commitment to the Paris Agreement and the national climate targets by chancellor candidate Martin Schulz,鈥� said Sascha M眉ller-Kraenner, head of Environmental Action Germany (DUH).
Find the press release in German , and an open letter to Schulz by the organisations .