Climate conference in Bonn: Demonstrators accuse Merkel of inaction in climate protection

Environmental activists and carnival have jointly demonstrated for better climate protection. Chancellor Merkel mainly cares about jobs in the industry.

Climate conference in Bonn: Demonstrators accuse Merkel of inaction in climate protection

At half of UN climate conference, Bonn demonstrated about 2,000 people for more climate protection. They fordertenEinsatz for global climate justice, stop of destruction of VonLebensgrundlagen, a binding roadmap for coal withdrawal and denEinschluss of air traffic in Paris Convention. One of BeidenDemonstrationszüge started under motto "ending with lazy spell" matching start of carnival season at 11.11 a.m.

"FrauMerkel sleeps Climate protection" was read on transparent. WernerRätz of Globalization-critical alliance ATTAC, in particular, called for DieIndustriestaaten to "disarm industrially". Renewable Energienund better technologies would not suffice for necessary CO2 reductions. Among protest actions were alliances no climate change and global Climate Action day 11.11. Bonn.

US climate targets are missed

AmerikanischeKlimaschützer and politicians denounced Politikvon US President Donald Trump at Bonn Conference. "The United States is still immerTeil of Paris agreement," said former US vice President Al Gore. The US could only leave agreement on November 4, 2020, one day after next presidential election. Until n, many amerikanischeBundesstaaten, cities and corporations would do anything to help implement Abkommensbeizutragen.

Derehemalige New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said US Bevölkerungfühle committed itself to goals of Paris "and re is nothing Washington can do to prevent us from doing this". The kalifornischeGouverneur Jerry Brown said US had a federal system: "states have real power." They could vonTrump policy.

Dennochwerden The United States misses goals of PariserKlimaschutzabkommensvoraussichtlich. The efforts of numerous States of undUnternehmen could make up for consequences of US government's departure from Abkommennicht, says US KlimaschutzkampagneAmerica's pledge (America's Pledge), published on Saturday in Bonn. DieseInitiative gars 20 states, 110 cities and more than 1,400 companies.

The contributors to initiative, in ir own estimation, cannot reach US commitments without Government of Washington; However, US emissions are likely to decline, says analysis. In Parisian Klimaschutzabkommenhatten, US 2015 under President Barack Obama's goal was to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 26 to 28 percent in a decade compared to 2005.

Merkel stresses importance of maintaining jobs

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) said in her weekly video message on subject of climate protection: "If steel works, aluminium works, copper huts, if y all leave our country and go somewhere where dieUmweltvorschriften are not so good, n we have for Climate in world also Nichtsgewonnen. " It would be necessary to find rules that "DieArbeitsplätze can be preserved and still develop our exemplary economic model for development of world economy". Dieskönne by law of order, voluntary measures and material Anreizegeschehen.

The objective agreed at climate conference 2015 to limit increase in temperature below two degrees Celsius "is not achieved with current state," said chancellor. "Even if re is no longer any CO2 emissions in Germany, temperature rise in world would be nochüber two degrees." The responsibility lies primarily with highly developed industrial countries; They would have task of finding technical Innovationenzu and bringing environmental technologies forward.

In exploratory talks, green negotiator KatrinGöring-Eckardt CDU, CSU and FDP criticized for ir mangelndeKompromissbereitschaft in climate protection: "You cannot build a bridge only an side." At beginning of week, Greens had promised to deal with issues of coal generation and combustion engine concessions. " Come back is not very much, "said Göring-Eckardt. "'s still a huge mountain work ahead of us." Particularly little has happened in areas of climate, energy, transport and agriculture, which are important for Greens.

Square brackets in exploratory balance

Among or things, in area of Verkehrsind, key points in soundings for a Jamaica coalition Weiterhinoffen, as is shown in a paper from agency AFP. It is refore debatable, among or things, wher Klimaschutzzielefür should be valid for transport sector. Also possible steps to reduce dieEmissionen of mobility, such as incentive systems for new car purchases or diesel taxation, are still in square brackets and are thus alsumstritten marked.

Green managing director MichaelKellner said about union and FDP: "At end of week, Wirverbale have been open-minded with far-reaching behavioral rigidities of AnderenParteien. This is not enough. " The FDP chairman, Christian Lindnersagte, said: "It would not be desirable if a Jamaica-Koalitionals combination of a quasi-religious climate change, management of social democratic status quo unburdened by Income millionaires would be denounced. " He Warntedie Union and Greens: "No one can close eyes of We with AfD a new factor."

Date Of Update: 12 November 2017, 12:02
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