Talk show "Anne Will" in the fact check: Where Luisa Neubauer was wrong

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At times, Anne Will in the First had a lot of buzz when the topic of climate protection came up.

CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet had to listen to reproaches from climate activist Luisa Neubauer.

It is true that Armin Laschet occasionally followed the right disruptive feelings in his answers.

However, he would have been able to reject Neubauer's attacks more easily if he himself had been more confident about the subject.

Unfortunately, he even provided Neubauer with a wrong template.

Laschet

: "It was said in Paris: climate neutrality by 2050."

Neubauer

: “Global!

Not for Germany! "

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The fact is

: both are wrong.

The Paris Agreement does not require climate neutrality by 2050, either nationally or globally.

The wording of Article 4.1 defines the general goal “to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases from sources and the removal of such gases through sinks in the second half of this century”.

That basically means a time window until 2100.

Neubauer

: "Germany has signed the Paris Climate Agreement, and that stipulates: global climate neutrality by 2050."

The fact is

: the European Union signed it.

The EU has also agreed to the reduction targets as a whole.

These Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the EU have so far provided for CO2 savings of 40 percent by 2030 compared to 1990.

The target is now expected to be tightened to 55 percent as part of the “Green Deal”.

Germany subsequently ratified, i.e. recognized, the Paris Agreement.

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Neubauer

: “That means that for rich countries like Germany it has to happen much earlier.

This is a childish misinterpretation of the Paris Agreement that it will come to 2050. "

The fact is

: It is correct that according to the Paris Agreement (Article 4.4) “the developed countries should continue to take the lead by committing themselves to absolute macroeconomic emission reduction targets” not yet to the year 2050.

This does not imply an obligation for Germany in particular to hurry ahead of the EU commitments.

Because national special efforts within the European emissions trading would only lead to a shift, not to an avoidance of emissions.

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Economic sectors outside of emissions trading, i.e. buildings, agriculture and transport, must reduce their emissions in accordance with a plan for “effort sharing” or “burden sharing”.

If Germany does not achieve its goals here, penalties are due to the EU.

So here Germany has an obligation to the EU, not in relation to the Paris Agreement.

Neubauer

: “We're talking about emissions budgets.

I don't know of any scenario for 1.5 degrees that still allows emissions after 2040. "

The fact is

: that is correct.

If today's emission values ​​were updated, the global CO2 budget would be used up in eight to twelve years to achieve the 1.5 degree target, shows an overview by the German Energy Agency (Dena).

However, the formal goal of the Paris Treaty is to limit the temperature "well below two degrees, if possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius." "Net zero" for CO2.

(Dena).

Neubauer

: "Six gigatons for Germany, we have to reckon with that now, that would be logical."

The fact is

: The Advisory Council for Environmental Issues (SRU) has chosen a per capita distribution of the global CO2 budget without giving any further reasons.

According to this, Germany is still entitled to 6.7 gigatons of CO2.

Germany currently emits around 0.75 gigatons per year.

However, neither the Framework Convention on Climate Change nor the Paris Agreement contain “quantitative indications for a country-specific budget allocation”, as the German Energy Agency states.

There are five different models for a “fair” distribution of the global “remaining budget” of CO2.

If it were up to economic strength, Germany would still have a significantly larger budget.

But if historical emissions were included, Germany would have used up its CO2 budget by 2020.

Luisa Neubauer - "It will change the federal election"

The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the German Climate Protection Act to be unconstitutional.

It violates the freedom of young generations.

At WELT, climate activist Luisa Neubauer speaks about the effects of this judgment.

Source: WORLD