SRU: Climate targets cannot be achieved • Table.Briefings

Important ecosystem and carbon sink: The Königsdorfer Forst nature reserve in Germany. Sufficiency can help preserve such forests, says the SRU.

The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) calls for a sufficiency debate. It argues that without avoiding waste, the climate targets cannot be achieved and sustainability is impossible. It is high time to start the debate.

Given the numerous ecological crises, the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) calls for a broad political and social debate on sufficiency – simply put, on the question: When do we have enough? In a discussion paper on the topic, which will be published on Thursday and was made available to Table.Briefings in advance, the Council also addresses aspects of justice and distribution.

SRU: Climate targets cannot be achieved without sufficiency

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