Koalition braucht dringend einheitliche Klima-Außenpolitik

The NewClimate Institute criticizes the German government for contradictions between its climate ambitions and its foreign policy actions, specifically citing the support for gas exploration in Senegal and insufficient climate finance. It urges the implementation of a cross-departmental foreign policy strategy in 2023 to ensure consistency across all ministries, including those led by the FDP, and recommends independent monitoring of progress.

• The German government exhibits a lack of coherence in its foreign policy, where the Foreign Office promotes climate protection as a goal while the Chancellery offers support for new gas field development in Senegal.
• Germany is failing to meet its international climate finance promises due to insufficient funding from the Ministry of Finance and continued financing of fossil fuels abroad via its export credit agency.
• Chancellor Olaf Scholz has disregarded a commitment made in Glasgow to stop public funding for new coal, oil, and gas projects starting in 2023 by pledging German tax money for gas resource exploitation and fossil infrastructure in Senegal in May 2022.
• Current coordination efforts via "Team Deutschland" are incomplete because key FDP-led ministries—Finance, Education and Research, and Transport—are excluded from the process.
• The author proposes a comprehensive foreign policy strategy for 2023 that includes concrete deadlines, harmonized trade and economic policies, and progress reviews by independent bodies such as the Expert Council on Climate Issues.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2022). Koalition braucht dringend einheitliche Klima-Außenpolitik. http://www.newclimate.org/news/koalition-braucht-dringend-einheitliche-klima-aussenpolitik

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Koalition braucht dringend einheitliche Klima-Außenpolitik. 2022. http://www.newclimate.org/news/koalition-braucht-dringend-einheitliche-klima-aussenpolitik.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{newclimateinstitute2022koalition, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Koalition braucht dringend einheitliche Klima-Außenpolitik}}, publisher = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/news/koalition-braucht-dringend-einheitliche-klima-aussenpolitik}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }