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National climate policy: UBA calls for bolder action
Germany must identify and implement potential heretofore untapped to reduce emissions if it is avoid the far-reaching consequences of global warming. ”We must become bolder in our efforts to protect ourselves and our environment in the long term from the impact of climate change”, said Dr. Thomas Holzmann, Vice President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). This is the message of a new UBA background paper titled Klimaschutz konkret: Mut zum Handeln which includes an evaluation of Germany’s climate protection policy, published on the occasion of Green Week starting 23 June 2009 in Brussels. Green Week is a large annual environment conference held by the European Union (EU) that draws some 3,500 participants from EU institutions, businesses, non-governmental organisations, public administration, and science. This year’s motto is ”Climate Change - Act and Adapt”. read more
