Skip to content
Sign In Subscribe
Politics — News — Federal Government — Gaza Strip — Dubai — Olaf Scholz — un climate conference — Climate — United Arab Emirates — world climate conference — SPD — Paris — climate summit — Climate conference — Germany — talk — International — UN

Scholz calls for phase-out of coal, oil and gas

The climate conference is to negotiate progress in the fight against global warming in the oil state of Dubai of all places. In his speech, Chancellor Scholz calls for a phase-out of fossil fuels.

,   and  ZEITUNG «AUSSIEDLERBOTE»
2 min read
Climate change remains "the great global challenge of our time", emphasized Federal Chancellor Olaf....aussiedlerbote.de
Climate change remains "the great global challenge of our time", emphasized Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Climate summit - Scholz calls for phase-out of coal, oil and gas

Ahead of the plenary session of the World Climate Conference in Dubai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a global phase-out of coal, oil and gas. "We must now all show a firm determination to phase out fossil fuels - first and foremost coal. We can set sail for this at this climate conference," said the SPD politician in his speech on Saturday.

Scholz went on to say that it was still possible to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions in this decade to such an extent that the 1.5-degree target agreed in Paris in 2015 could be met. "But the science tells us quite clearly that we have to hurry - despite all the geopolitical tensions," he said, referring to the wars in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine, which are also a major topic at the climate conference.

Scholz: "The technologies are there"

Climate change remains "the great global challenge of our time", emphasized Scholz. However, there are already all the necessary means to meet this challenge. "The technologies are there: wind power, photovoltaics, electric drives, green hydrogen." Germany is driving these developments forward with vigor. "As a successful industrialized country, we want to live and work in a climate-neutral way by 2045," he said.

Scholz appealed to the almost 200 countries meeting in Dubai until mid-December to join in the energy transition. "Let's make the expansion of renewable energies the number one energy policy priority - worldwide!" Specifically, he proposed an agreement on two binding targets that are already consensus in the industrialized countries of the G20: Firstly, a tripling of the expansion of renewable energies and secondly, a doubling of energy efficiency - both by 2030.

Criticism from climate expert: "rousing is different"

Jan Kowalzig, climate expert at the development organization Oxfam, said that the speech, which was delivered in German, was "rhetorically flawless, but rousing is a different story". That's no way to inspire a climate conference. And, unfortunately, the German government's policy does not fit in with the call to phase out fossil fuels: the German government is working against the Paris Agreement by building new fossil fuel infrastructure for the import of liquefied natural gas and at the same time undermining the Climate Protection Act. "The Federal Chancellor has wisely concealed this."

Lesen Sie auch:

Source: www.stern.de

Comments

Could not load content

Latest