“Our international climate policy will get its own face today, and a world-famous face.
Jennifer Morgan will join the Foreign Office on March 1 as Commissioner for International Climate Policy at the German Foreign Office and as Secretary of State Designate.
Today we made this decision together in the Cabinet of Ministers, ”the minister said at a press conference, her words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
To take the post of State Secretary of the German Foreign Ministry, Morgan will have to obtain German citizenship, the agency clarifies.
Morgan is expected to represent Germany at international climate events.
In early February, the European Commission identified natural gas as a transitional green energy source and allowed investments in the gas sector until 2030.