• fr0g@feddit.deOP
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, it still seems a weird place to complain about it when this is actually a measure of moving the goalposts closer (2030 is certainly less than 10-20 years,) while other industrial nations like the UK and Germany are even backsliding.

    I think it’s totally fair to criticize that it isn’t enough, because it isn’t. I just don’t see how engaging in hyperbolic scenarios and defeatism is supposed to help anything. I think it’s also okay to acknowledge when something is at least moving in a slightly less shit direction and use that as a source of encouragment to turn things around further, instead of just saying “well, this is shit”.

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      1 year ago

      Germany is not backsliding. They won’t reach their climate goals, but they reduced the gap in reaching these goals significantly compared to the prior Merkel led government.

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        1 year ago

        So what would you call the backpedalling on the laws on new heaters and energy efficiency of new buildings then? Or the abolishment if sector goals?

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          1 year ago

          Not backpedalling. The law on heating is still an improvement to prior regulation and the climate law, that enforces being carbon neutral in 2045, still stands. There will probably be another round of lawsuits soon forcing the government to sharpen their ambitions.

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            1 year ago

            Yes, it’s an improvement to prior regulation and a step back from what they initially set out to do.