Survey: Germans want to be climate protection pioneers, but don't want to pay a CO₂ tax. More than half of citizens say Germany should take a pioneering role in climate protection, according to a survey.
But a large proportion reject the very instrument that economists consider to be effective. The survey is based on a representative sample of people aged 18 to 74 in the Federal Republic. The numbers also reflect the disagreement that seems to prevail within society with regard to concrete environmental policy measures.