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Survey: Germans want more climate action, but not pay more for it

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Published: February 29th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Climate-damaging actions: Bans, yes; making them more expensive, no, says a majority of Germans.

Germans have an ambivalent attitude towards climate action: 71 percent encourage politicians to ensure targets are achieved. At the same time, 49 percent think penalizing climate-damaging behavior with higher prices would be a bad idea. This is the result of a recent study conducted by the opinion research institute Pollytix on behalf of the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation.

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