True: The Green Deal’s focus has shifted, with laws passing in weaker forms or failing

On 6 February 2024, rnd.de published the article „Europas großes Klimapaket: Wie grün ist die EU nach vier Jahren Green Deal?“ with statements by politician Jutta Paulus (Grüne/EFA) that the focus of the Commission’s Green Deal has shifted and that laws are only being passed through Parliament in a much weaker form or are failing…

Mostly true: “Germany will be climate-neutral by 2045”

On January 18, 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Germany aims to become one of the first industrialized nations to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. This statement is mostly true. Legal Framework and National Targets The Climate Change Act (KSG) enshrines the goal of climate neutrality by 2045. It stipulates…