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germans divided on state policy to combat global warming
Global warming is a direct consequence of our need to use energy to do work and produce heat. This is the first in a series of translations I am doing to practice my translation skill (its one of my forms of employment), but it has another purpose. I think that in matters of global warming prevention as well as green and environmental issues generally, Germany is ahead of most other countries, and in addition to their journalism being informative about the environment, and contributing to my journey, my learning, it makes a useful contrast with South Africa policy, which claims one of the greenest constitutions in the world, as well as offering inspiration, pointing to possible directions:
An article: on germany's failure to meet its original targets to prevent global warming
Remscheider Generel Anzeige (RGA) 30th June 2016Geteiltes Echo auf dem Klimaschutzplan (Split response to the climate protection plan)
From this article by Werner Kolhoff , I get the following:
The new draft plant for the reduction of emissions stands, but there is especially hard criticism of energy from coal.
Berlin – At the UN climate conference in Paris it a was agreed that global warming should by reduced by 2 degrees by 2050, which means that in Europe there must be 80 percent less CO2 than in 1990 emissions. Germany’s first proposal plan was developed independently by environmental minister Barbara Hendricks SPD (leftish). Following numerous protests from the energy business sector, finance minister Sigmar Gabriel SPD stepped in at the beginning of June and saw to the softening of the stipulations. Now the enviromental organizations and the green party are agitated. The green party’s leader Bärbel Höhn said the new proposals amounts to hot air, and she found a lot of important clauses that had been left out in the second draft. The industry association BDI is also critical, the central points of contention are that without a genuine plan for moving away from coal the proposal is just lip service.
Interim goals
The CO2 emissions must sink by 55 percent by 2030. In the 1st draft there were prescribed goals for all areas, and in the second not, so in the version we were given at the newspaper it stated that of the reduction of 358 million tonnes of CO2 only an ‘appropriate contribution’ should come from coal. The stipulation of halving emissions by 2030 is missing.
In so doing the federal govt misses a chance to give clear guidelines for investors and politicians, said Christoph Bals from the NGO Germanwatch. The reworking of the draft by the finance ministry was mainly with the delete button he said.
Transport
After 2030 there will be no more combustion motors, only electric-cars or
those powered by fuel cells. For federal transport minister CSU (rightish) it is just wishfull thinking. Transport is the only branch which has shown no lessening of emissions since 1990, stagnating at 160 million tonnes a year. The recommended reduction to 118 million by 2030 ws also omited from new draft, and the reducion of privileges for cars with diesel is also missing.
Industry says
There are contradictions in the draft by minister Barbara Hendrikcs and Sigmar Gabriel. The new draft seeks a balance between economy and ecology. Germany needs a concise description of the climate protection strategy and an appropriate consideration of industry. They must produce the necessary innovations and investments. The new compromise by Gabriel and Hendricks can only be a temporary bridging step opines Holger Lösch of the BDI (Federal Association of German Industry).
The incomplete rest of the article comments on the omission of definite goals for the reduction of energy from coal in the new draft plan, and all the material for dissent that it contains.
Notably, South Africa is busy enthusiastically building coal plants now, and we have some of the dirtiest coal in the world with the lowest energy yield. But I will come back to this in my discussion of the three articles in the series.
sitemap
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home page for green DIY inspirations
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green energy issues
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the introduction to the series "from the German Papers"
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nuclear energy ideologies in Europe
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German energy: public fission on nuclear energy
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green electricity in South Africa ? not anytime soon
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more information on global warming itself
Remscheider Generel Anzeige (RGA) 30th June 2016Geteiltes Echo auf dem Klimaschutzplan (Split response to the climate protection plan)
From this article by Werner Kolhoff , I get the following:
The new draft plant for the reduction of emissions stands, but there is especially hard criticism of energy from coal.
Berlin – At the UN climate conference in Paris it a was agreed that global warming should by reduced by 2 degrees by 2050, which means that in Europe there must be 80 percent less CO2 than in 1990 emissions. Germany’s first proposal plan was developed independently by environmental minister Barbara Hendricks SPD (leftish). Following numerous protests from the energy business sector, finance minister Sigmar Gabriel SPD stepped in at the beginning of June and saw to the softening of the stipulations. Now the enviromental organizations and the green party are agitated. The green party’s leader Bärbel Höhn said the new proposals amounts to hot air, and she found a lot of important clauses that had been left out in the second draft. The industry association BDI is also critical, the central points of contention are that without a genuine plan for moving away from coal the proposal is just lip service.
Interim goals
The CO2 emissions must sink by 55 percent by 2030. In the 1st draft there were prescribed goals for all areas, and in the second not, so in the version we were given at the newspaper it stated that of the reduction of 358 million tonnes of CO2 only an ‘appropriate contribution’ should come from coal. The stipulation of halving emissions by 2030 is missing.
In so doing the federal govt misses a chance to give clear guidelines for investors and politicians, said Christoph Bals from the NGO Germanwatch. The reworking of the draft by the finance ministry was mainly with the delete button he said.
Transport
After 2030 there will be no more combustion motors, only electric-cars or
those powered by fuel cells. For federal transport minister CSU (rightish) it is just wishfull thinking. Transport is the only branch which has shown no lessening of emissions since 1990, stagnating at 160 million tonnes a year. The recommended reduction to 118 million by 2030 ws also omited from new draft, and the reducion of privileges for cars with diesel is also missing.
Industry says
There are contradictions in the draft by minister Barbara Hendrikcs and Sigmar Gabriel. The new draft seeks a balance between economy and ecology. Germany needs a concise description of the climate protection strategy and an appropriate consideration of industry. They must produce the necessary innovations and investments. The new compromise by Gabriel and Hendricks can only be a temporary bridging step opines Holger Lösch of the BDI (Federal Association of German Industry).
The incomplete rest of the article comments on the omission of definite goals for the reduction of energy from coal in the new draft plan, and all the material for dissent that it contains.
Notably, South Africa is busy enthusiastically building coal plants now, and we have some of the dirtiest coal in the world with the lowest energy yield. But I will come back to this in my discussion of the three articles in the series.
sitemap
------
home page for green DIY inspirations
------
green energy issues
------
the introduction to the series "from the German Papers"
------
nuclear energy ideologies in Europe
------
German energy: public fission on nuclear energy
------
green electricity in South Africa ? not anytime soon
------
more information on global warming itself