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Climate Protection: Say No to Giving Up Mobility!

Very few Germans would limit themselves for climate protection, as a survey by SZ revealed. When it comes to mobility, air travel or cruises would most likely become obsolete, but hardly anyone would give up their car.

Environmental groups have announced further climate lawsuits against the federal government because it is not meeting climate targets. | Photo: dpa/Paul Zinken
Environmental groups have announced further climate lawsuits against the federal government because it is not meeting climate targets. | Photo: dpa/Paul Zinken
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Johannes Reichel

Few Germans would be willing to limit their comfort for climate protection. That is the result of a survey commissioned by the Süddeutsche Zeitung at the polling institute Civey. The reluctance to forgo something stretches across all parties. Only among the Greens are 79 percent ready to sacrifice personal wealth. Among AfD supporters, it is just three percent. Surprisingly, only 45 percent of SPD supporters would accept restrictions. Among CDU/CSU and FDP supporters, it is only one in eight. The most likely items to be cut from the personal list would be cruises (55.7%) or air travel (45.8%). Only 15.5 percent of respondents would consider giving up their car.

 

A third would "give up nothing" for climate protection. "Climate protection has been losing significance among the population for some time now," notes pollster and Civey founder Janina Mütze. This was completely different during the 2017 federal election. With the pandemic, the "distraction from the topic of climate protection" began. Consequently, the Greens also lost significant support, which had stood at 15 percent of the votes in 2021 but recently plummeted in the European elections. Now, the topics of migration, security, and prosperity dominate. 

Translated automatically from German.
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