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No matter what the contribution to climate change is from man-made sources, we need to address the problem of the expanding use of non-renewable resources that release carbon dioxide when combusted and all emissions that have a warming impact on the earth.
It is time for politicians to move past making general statements on the need for action...and get on with announcing specific short and longer-term programs e.g. supporting renewable electric power generation with nuclear baseload; drastically reducing the use of non-renewable resources such as coal, gas and oil for electricity production, transport and manufactured goods; reducing methane emissions from ruminant animal farming and the decay of waste in landfill etc.
Mrs Merkel is a very able politician who has left this critical issue to the end of her Chancellorship. Germany has done a lot to reduce dependence on coal and this has largely been achieved by business and the unions working in relative harmony.