Climate election 2025: Parties are fighting for the future of the earth!

Climate election 2025: Parties are fighting for the future of the earth!

Los Angeles, USA - On January 28, 2025, the focus is on the upcoming Bundestag election, which will take place on February 23, 2025. In the middle of urgent topics such as economy, migration and war, climate protection is addressed in this election campaign, but not highlighted as a central concern. As Deutschlandfunk , the AfD and its supporters in particular do not see people as the cause of climate change and therefore reject various climate protection measures.

In contrast, the other parties pursue different approaches to achieve climate -friendly and climate neutrality. The SPD is promoting social aspects of climate protection through the support of low earners by climate field and community projects such as wind farms. In addition, measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the improvement of the charging infrastructure and urban adaptation are planned. Our Central Europe informs about the efforts of the Union (CDU/CSU) to climate neutrality by 2045 by reducing taxes to electricity and expansion of electricity.

The different approaches of the parties

The Greens emphasize that the climate crisis is one of the greatest security risks of the 21st century and rely on measures such as CO2 prices and the promotion of climate-friendly technologies. The Free Democrats (FDP), on the other hand, strive for climate neutrality by 2050 and advocate a European emission trade while rejecting bans. The left calls for binding sector goals and an increase in energy efficiency, while the new "Alliance Sarah Wagenknecht" is skeptical about the quick progress towards climate neutrality and favors increased use of fossil energy sources.

The AfD, on the other hand, rejects all common climate protection measures and is committed to returning to energy-intensive processes such as lignite and coal use. Your proposal for reactivating nuclear power plants and the emphasis on the car as the primary means of transport explores the limits of the current climate discourse. These divergences between the approaches are also important for the electorate, as they have to decide whether they want to support socially just climate neutrality or ignore the challenges of climate change.

climate consequences and social challenges

Greenpeace emphasizes the urgency of an effective climate protection and indicates the current climatic challenges, such as the extreme weather events in recent months: fire in Los Angeles and floods in southern Germany. These phenomena illustrate the need to address ecological crises in the parties' election programs. The organization demands that the electorate check these programs thoroughly to make informed decisions that take into account both the environment and social justice.