Climate campaigners gathered over 260,000 signatures in support of the referendum, which will make Berlin one of few major European cities with a legally binding goal to become carbon neutral in seven years.
Climate activists who initiated the vote say the government's target is too far in the future to prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius. They include a mandate to install solar panels on all suitable roofs in the city to generate around 25% of the city's electricity, in addition to expanding wind power turbines in the neighbouring Brandenburg state to supply the capital.
The referendum comes as Germany's conservative CDU party is negotiating a possible coalition with the Social Democrats in the city after its clear victory in a repeat election, driving the environmentalist Greens into opposition. Danny Freymark, a CDU Berlin lawmaker, said the initiative had a high chance of winning approval, but he would vote against it, saying a new binding target would deprive the new government of any leeway and would lead to disappointment.As a city of four million, with few renewable energy sources nearby or geothermal heating, Berlin lacks what is necessary to make that target more achievable, said Bernd Hirschl from Berlin's Institute for Ecological Economy Research.
It won't.
This is fine however Berlin has already much more urgent matters: The lebanese mafia, not enough housing and schools, dirty streets, 3rd world parks, high unemployment, etc etc
Yeah Germans are known for their radical Nazi ways 😂
Nothing is wrong with the climate and it has never been down to humans. The delusions of a few people running wild should not become a major preoccupation of any govt. climate change is a hoax!
In spring climate goals agreement, but in winter energy crisis.
Eventually humanity will get energy policy right. After we try everything else? And then there’s France staying the course.
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Putin continues to send money to his agents in Germany to destroy the European economy.
Save these wonderful creatures
Well done for Germany for starting a 3rd world war
And Sweden skips them all togther.
Yes because now they are without Russian gas