Taking stock of Germany’s climate • Table.Briefings

One year ago, the so-called ‘traffic light coalition’ of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) came to power with the promise of revolutionizing climate policy and advancing climate targets. How do different stakeholders assess the government’s efforts?

Germany has now been governed by the new „traffic light coalition“ for a year. After 16 years of government by the conservative CDU, the traffic light parties promised to reform climate policy and form a progressive coalition in this area. Robert Habeck, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in particular had big plans. But then Russia’s attack on Ukraine changed the priorities.

Taking stock of Germany’s climate efforts: criticism dominates

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