Parliament does not agree on scope of CO2 reduction in Germany
Published: Thursday, Feb 29th 2024, 09:00
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The extent to which Switzerland must reduce its domestic CO2 emissions is controversial in parliament. The Council of States does not want to prescribe a fixed quota for the period from 2025 in the revised CO2 Act, as it confirmed on Thursday.
It upheld its earlier decision by 31 votes to 12. According to this decision, greenhouse gas emissions should primarily be reduced domestically. The Federal Council must determine the exact proportion. The defeated red-green minority would have preferred the National Council's more ambitious approach.
It wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent with domestic measures. It wants to leave it up to the Federal Council to set guideline values for individual sectors, as provided for in the Climate Protection Act.
Environment Minister Albert Rösti pointed out that the entire proposal was not geared towards a 75% reduction in Switzerland. With the current measures, just under two thirds of the reduction could be achieved domestically. There are contracts for compensation projects with eleven countries.
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