Fight against global warming: Baerbock: Every tenth of a degree counts

Fight against global warming
Baerbock: Every tenth of a degree counts

Green co-leader Baerbock calls for tangible results from the climate summit. All levers would now have to be pulled in order to get the warming of the planet under control. This also applies to all members of the future federal government.

In the fight against global warming and its consequences, according to the Greens co-leader Annalena Baerbock, every tenth of a degree counts. “Now really all levers have to be pulled in to get this global warming under control,” she told ntv with a view to the UN climate conference in Glasgow.

With heat waves, fires and heavy rain, the consequences of climate change can already be seen all over the world. Measures to achieve the 1.5 degree target by 2030 are a “huge effort,” she said. “But every tenth of a degree counts.”

Baerbock also draws attention to the important role Germany plays: “We play a major role in this, because we are not only acting as Germany alone, but as the largest country in the heart of Europe,” she said. What is needed now is a “technological leap with a view to a climate-neutral industry”. For this, all the course would have to be set for climate neutrality.

“The entire federal government must be a climate government,” she demanded. This is not just a task for the Greens, “but for the entire new federal government”. The likely SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz would have to become Climate Chancellor, as announced in the election campaign.

With a view to the debate on the subject of commuter allowances, she made it clear that the current high energy prices are one reason why “we are now stepping out of our fossil fuel dependency”. This would mean that Germany would no longer be dependent on other countries – for example Russia. Another step towards independence and lower energy prices is the expansion of renewable energies.

You can see the complete interview this evening in the “RTL Nachtjournal” from 00:05.

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