Climate goals and energy transition: Analysis of the coalition agreement in Berlin

With the CO2 price, the costs of heating and driving will rise sharply in the coming years. In traffic lights, the climate money should be a compensation for this. Green boss Banaszak suspects calculation that black and red has the instrument no longer in the program.

The coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD in Berlin is criticised, but with a closer look, support for climate targets and measures such as emissions trading and electric mobility is also shown.

The world is looking at Berlin – sometimes shaking its head, sometimes hopeful, sometimes shrugging its shoulders. Because even abroad, the new coalition agreement is a lot of work. But what does Paris, London and Washington think about the plans of the next federal government?

Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou had a telephone call with Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Vopke Hukstra today (14/4). According to the briefing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during their discussion Mr. Papastavrou presented to the European Commissioner the progress of Greece so far in terms of the green transition, while at the same time articulating the main policies and objectives that the co…

The agreement between the Union and the SPD was achieved faster than expected. Does the alliance set the right goals? Say your opinion in "Join!" - starting at 8.15 p.m. in the video live stream. [more]

The coalition agreement contains declarations of intent on climate and transport, but what do they actually mean? A critical commentary on political rhetoric.