On September 29, Austria will elect a new National Council. The climate performance of the last legislature is characterized by the first government participation of the Green Party as a smaller partner of the conservative ÖVP. Central to this were a carbon tax with reimbursement to the population, the national climate plan (NECP) and the controversial approval of the EU Nature Restoration Law by Climate and Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler. Other important laws are still missing or have been watered down. In energy policy, some trends even head in the wrong direction, although carbon emissions have fallen significantly.