Germany approves new climate deal to keep it on track for 2030
Package includes bigger incentives for buying electric cars and surcharges on domestic flights
15 November 2019 - 15:24
Berlin — The German lower house of parliament approved on Friday a major climate protection package which aims to ensure Germany will meet its 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The package, agreed after months of haggling between the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and her Social Democrat coalition partners, has already been criticised as inadequate in view of the urgent challenges posed by climate change...
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