German Social Democrats draw up position paper on international climate policy

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group in the German Bundestag has drawn up a position paper on international climate policy that will be adopted at a closed meeting next week. In it, the SPD criticizes the lifestyle and lack of responsibility of developed countries. „Countries with high emissions continue to pass on the rising environmental costs of their prosperity to poorer countries,“ the paper says. The risks of the climate crisis are „very asymmetrically distributed“ worldwide. They see industrialized countries bearing a particular responsibility. The position paper also looks at the climate crisis as a driver of conflict and a cause of migration, further exacerbating existing injustices.