🇪🇺🇩🇪 tweeting on the #JustTransition to a zero-carbon world // Researcher @E3G think tank but views are my own.
Jul 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
1/Today the 🇩🇪 parliament adopted the #coal exit law. It is an expensive deal that makes it difficult for future governments to adjust the pathway even though the economics of coal suggest a phase out will happen much earlier than 2038.
So, what to make of the law? 👇
2/The coal exit by 2038 (or 2035) is not in line with the #ParisAgreement and isolates 🇩🇪 among 🇪🇺 peers. As a member of @PastCoal and to regain credibility as a climate leader 🇩🇪 will need to work towards a phase out by 2030.
The full proposal will be published in January but the communication gives a taste...
1. The Commission rightly recognizes that the #JustTransition needs to be fair for everyone:
➡️people suffering from the impacts of climate change & a lack of climate action
➡️people negatively affected by climate policy
