It is getting serious for Wopke Hoekstra tonight. The designated climate commissioner is from 6:30 pm in the Environment Committee (ENVI) to answer the MEPs for three hours. The Dutchman already answered some open questions on Friday, as you can read in this issue’s news section. This concerns his commitment to the Green Deal and the Loss & Damage fund agreed at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Hoekstra has not yet provided any answers about his professional past with the Dutch oil company Shell, which Tiemo Woelken (SPD) wants to talk about. For the climate policy spokesman of the EPP, Peter Liese (CDU), Hoekstra’s past is not an issue.