Baerbock’s non-trip: Setback for G • Table.Briefings

Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen, Bundesaussenministerin, spricht zu mitreisenden Journalisten und Journalistinnen nach dem erneuten Defekt an der Regierungsmaschine A340 waehrend der Rueckkehr nach Abu Dhabi, 15.08.2023. Durch einen unplanmaessigen Stopp in Abu Dhabi aufgrund eines technischen Problems an den Landeklappen des Flugzeugs verzoegerte sich die Weiterreise bereits um einen Tag. Das Flugzeug sollte Aussenministerin Baerbock zu einer mehrtaegigen Delegationsreise nach Australien, Neuseeland und Fidschi bringen. Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate *** Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen , German Foreign Minister, speaks to journalists traveling with her after another defect on the government plane A340 during Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx — Annalena Baerbock talks to journalists in a defective government plane (Photo: Florian Gärtner / Imago).

The cancellation of Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s trip to Oceania is not only a political embarrassment. It also hinders plans to advance climate action in the Pacific and to urge Australia to be more ambitious.

The failed visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Oceania also has consequences for German and international climate policy. Beyond the political embarrassments and technical mishaps, the Foreign Minister’s cancelation also slows down and prevents numerous developments and projects key to international climate action at the Federal Foreign Office.

Baerbock’s non-trip: Setback for Germany’s climate policy

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