The Union is often accused of not fighting vigorously for climate protection.
Linda Zervakis tries to get an answer to the “why” through a comic.
Berlin - A bit of a smile between many factual questions: "Mickey Mouse" also made a brief appearance in the TV triall from Sat.1 and ProSieben.
“I brought you something nice,” says moderator Linda Zervakis after 35 minutes and already has a “Mickey Mouse” booklet in her hand. From 1993, she explains. “That cost 3 marks 90. My parents used to have a kiosk, so I remembered it. ”It quickly becomes clear why the Walt Disney cartoon character plays a role here:“ It's about the rainforests and, in a broader sense, the deforestation of the rainforests is harmful for the climate, ”explains Zervakis.
With this she wants to defeat Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet.
“That means that“ Mickey Mouse ”dealt with climate change over 30 years ago.
Mr Laschet, apparently not that many comic books are read in the CDU.
Why does one have the feeling that this topic has been overslept and why should we believe you now that you are really addressing this topic? ”She wants to know.
Video: Presenter Linda Zervakis was the winner of the TV triumph for many viewers
TV Triell: Zervakis brings Mickey Mouse booklet about climate change - Laschet reacts with Klaus Töpfer
"So, when your Mickey Mouse booklet was published in 1993, a CDU environment minister, Klaus Töpfer, initiated the Rio process by saying: The global change in the climate is a threat that we have to answer globally." Laschet says, referring to the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. "But the truth is also that Mr. Töpfer was ridiculed in the CDU," replies Zervakis. "He was the environment minister of the Helmut Kohl government and has advanced the climate issue like no other and above all has made it clear that it is a global task," explains Laschet again. "That we have to do our part in Germany, but that we can only solve it globally," the CDU boss continued. "It starts with the 'Mickey Mouse' booklet, where the rainforest is described."
Laschet explains the current debate by referring to the energy mix. An end date has been set for nuclear energy, even though it emits less CO2 than coal. “Actually, the coal-fired power plants that we are now starting to close should have been closed 20 years ago. That is a thing of the past, nothing can be changed. But that means that we now have to do everything at the same time. End of hard coal, end of lignite started, next year end of nuclear energy and still remain an industrial country. ”How could that work? Laschet takes up one of his main concerns again. “This can be done by expanding renewable energies. From my point of view, that is only possible in a European electricity market. ”Shortly beforehand, Laschet read the riot act to his competitors about tax increases and relief.
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Climate protection before the federal election: Baerbock, Scholz and Laschet argue about the best way to go
Following the scene, Annalena Baerbock (Greens) emphasizes, as she knows, that she wants to do more for climate protection and that the federal election is a “choice of direction”.
It lists a few measures: triple the expansion of wind and solar power, use two percent of the country's area for wind power, solar systems on every new roof, from 2030 only allow emission-free cars, convert agriculture and move forward with the phase-out of coal.
Olaf Scholz (SPD) would like to set the electricity expansion targets for 2045 in the first year of the new government in order to get a higher pace. Steel companies, the chemical industry, automotive engineering and others would invest in climate-neutral alternatives "because we guarantee that we will provide the amount of electricity they need". Electricity also has to become cheaper. You can
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