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The taz politics podcast: What else can the world climate conference do?
Policies against global warming have come under pressure around the world. Is the UN climate conference a dusty relic or can it still achieve something? more...
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Friedrich Merz would rather celebrate his birthday at an Italian restaurant than go to the UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey. This fits in with his government's climate policy: Instead of pushing forward the fight against global warming, the Chancellor is pushing for a postponement of the phase-out of combustion engines and is letting his Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) slow down the energy transition.
Eleven years after the legendary climate conference in Paris, committed politics against global warming seems to have had its best days behind it. The right has made climate policy a culture war issue, not just in Germany. US President Donald Trump has initiated an immense rollback in climate policy that has global effects. Meanwhile, the dramatic effects of the climate crisis are becoming increasingly visible and noticeable.
Can the World Climate Conference do anything about this? Will Germany be climate neutral in 2045 as planned? And where has the climate movement gone in these times when it is so urgently needed?
From November 9th, governments from all over the world will meet to negotiate the climate crisis and climate protection - and about who pays. The taz reports from on site.
taz parliamentary editor Anja Krüger talks about these questions with taz climate editor Jonas Waack, taz climate hub editor Tabea Kirchner and taz climate author Nick Reimer.
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