The majority of Germans are calling for stricter climate protection measures.
This is what a new study by the European Development Bank (EIB) says.
Kassel - Climate change is becoming an increasingly important topic.
The vast majority of Germans see it that way too.
She considers climate change and its consequences to be the greatest challenge facing humanity in this century: 72 percent said that climate change has an impact on their everyday lives.
A tax on products and services that contribute most to global warming would therefore be welcomed by six out of ten Germans.
This was the result of a survey by the European Development Bank (EIB), which the AFP news agency received on Wednesday (27.10.2021).
Climate change: "Stricter measures, better solutions" required
According to this, 88 percent of Germans are for a guarantee of at least five years for electrical or electronic equipment.
85 percent also said they were in favor of replacing short-haul flights with more environmentally friendly express train connections.
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When asked which energy sources their country should use, the majority of Germans (58 percent) named renewable energies, according to AFP.
Across Europe, 63 percent of those surveyed rely on it.
When it comes to nuclear energy, however, Europeans largely agree: only eleven percent of Germans and twelve percent of Europeans are in favor of expanding nuclear energy to combat global warming.
Climate change: 30,000 people were interviewed for the representative survey
EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle said a large majority of Germans are demanding stricter measures and better solutions such as green electricity from the authorities in order to get a grip on climate change.
In the run-up to the climate conference in Scotland at the beginning of November, this is "a clear mandate for us to do even more to accelerate the green turnaround".
The EIB finances projects for clean energy, energy savings, sustainable mobility and innovation.
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Climate change: A majority of Germans are calling for “stricter measures, better solutions”.
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From August 26th to September 22nd, the EIB had a representative sample of the population surveyed in 30 countries.
According to AFP, there were more than 30,000 people in total.
The bank is an EU long-term financing body.
The shareholders are the Member States.
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Most recently, the largest Fridays for Future demo * since the beginning of the corona pandemic took place in Kassel.
Thousands of participants were out and about in the city.
A student from Kassel is also campaigning against climate change *
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