“The core technologies to become independent of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and to drive forward climate protection are the same,” he told reporters in Berlin.
A senior German official predicted Tuesday that the war in Ukraine and its impact on fossil fuel prices worldwide will provide a “massive boost” for the means and measures needed to curb climate change, AP reports.
Patrick Graichen, Germany’s deputy energy and climate minister, said rising global prices for oil, gas and coal will accelerate the uptake of low-emission technology that simultaneously reduces countries’ reliance on imports from Russia.
“The core technologies to become independent of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and to drive forward climate protection are the same,” he told reporters in Berlin.
“They are renewables, they are efficiency and electrification,” said Graichen. “These three will now get a massive boost.”
Graichen spoke at the presentation of the annual report on Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions, which rose sharply in 2021 after a pandemic-induced dip the year before.
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