A changed climate: The coalition partners disagree on the path to a global phase-out of fossil fuels. As the government could not find a common position on whether such a phase-out should be demanded with or without carbon capture and storage (CCS/CCU), Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to sign a corresponding declaration by the High Ambition Coalition (HAC). Usually, Germany is one of the most important and progressive countries in the HAC on the international stage.
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According to information from Table.Media, there had previously been disagreement between the Green-led Foreign Office and the FDP-led Federal Ministry of Finance during the internal coordination within the government. While Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has repeatedly urged that the upcoming COP28 in Dubai must agree to end the use of all fossil fuels, the ministry led by Finance Minister Christian Lindner favors “technology openness” – and that also means the use of CCS/CCU in the energy sector.
Sources in the Ministry of Finance say that the “overall economic development must be kept in mind.” A “renunciation of the addition of ‘unabated’ would have massive economic effects, as operating certain industries where fossil energy cannot be easily replaced would no longer be possible. This would only lead to migration tendencies, but not serve climate action as a whole.” This reasoning, it emphasizes, has “already found its way into the position of the federal government as a whole in various places.”
Lindner’s ministry is not alone in this demand. COP President-elect Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry of the United Arab Emirates and CEO of the state-owned oil and gas company Adnoc, also advocates the end of unabated fossil fuels. Globally, oil and gas producing countries mainly oppose the demand to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
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I think its time to have interest of others first and put political/personal differences apart.
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The consequence of lacking in unity is surely biting for Germany
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I think Germany's climate policies should remain unchanged by the government's infighting as it's what the citizens want
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This will be interesting to follow and see if it has consequences on the COP negotiations!