In a stimulus paper, the Greens are calling for billions of euros to avoid further disasters caused by climate change.
Berlin - The flood disaster destroyed houses, lives and livelihoods, but in some places it also opened eyes.
For solidarity and community in the midst of need, but also for what a future could look like in the midst of a climate crisis.
The same thing happened with the Greens.
The party and faction leaders responded with an impulse paper in which they described the catastrophe as a window “through which we can look to our future”.
The demand: A 25 billion euro fund for climate protection.
Climate protection: 25 billion euros for avoiding "misfortune"
The paper, which is available to the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
, was drawn up by party leader Robert Habeck, parliamentary group leader Anton Hofreiter and parliamentary group vice-president Oliver Krischer. With the help of the fund, “later misfortunes” should be avoided - this includes the financing of flood protection measures, such as the renovation of the sewer system and the financing of tax incentives and subsidies for the construction of resilient houses. "It's about nothing less than a comprehensive modernization program for our infrastructures, cities and villages," said the Greens.
To this end, a climate protection law is planned, which should regulate the cooperation between the federal and state governments in the fight against climate damage.
According to this, the federal government should support the municipalities in climate protection for a period of ten years.
In addition, regional consequences of global warming are to be recorded and bundled with the help of data from federal states and municipalities.
In the previous assessments of potential flood risks, both extreme weather conditions and the failure of dams or retention basins should be taken into account.
Green flood policy: preventive measures for urban and rural areas
The authors of the paper also call for a “preventive” flood policy that keeps the water in the landscape: “Where water can naturally seep away and is stored, where streams and rivers flow freely, where there are still functioning bog soils, floods and flood disasters can be mitigated . ”The cities are also mentioned in the paper.
They should be cooled down again by expanding urban green spaces and water.
So much for the prevention measures, for climate protection itself, the Greens want to present an immediate program next week.
(AFP / leb)
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