Ochrona klimatu – specjalność niemieckiego eksportu i dyplomacji
Climate Protection – a specialty of German exports and diplomacy

Author(s): Rafał Bajczuk
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: climat policy;
Summary/Abstract: Germany is one of the biggest promoters of climate protection policy and the development of green technologies, which initiated the next wave of innovation in the German economy and the emergence of a new branch of export industry (after the revolution related to the development of electronics in the 1950s and 1960s and information technology in the 80s and 90s). Government reports and independent research in Germany show that German entrepreneurs today have a 15% share in the global market green technologies, and in the following years this share will be maintained. However, the image of Germany the "prime" in the field of climate policy is disturbed by disputes over ambitious reduction targets emissions proposed by the European Commission. German industrial lobby represented in the government by the Ministry of Economy calls for a slower rate of emission reduction as well reducing the costs associated with this process so that the competitiveness of the traditional ones does not suffer German industries on the global market.

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