Fossil of the Day to Germany at COP22 Event

Am 9. November 2016 bekam Deutschland auf der UN-Klimakonferenz in Marrakesch den Negativpreis "Fossil des Tages" übergeben. Dieser Preis wird dort jeden Tag von dem Climate Action Network (CAN), einem Netzwerk von Umweltorganisationen, verliehen. Grund für die Auszeichnung war die Unfähigkeit der Bundesregierung Deutschland sich am 8. November 2016 auf einen Klimaschutzplan zu einigen.

On 9 November 2016, Germany earned itself the prize of “Fossil of the Day” by the Climate Action Network-International at COP22 in Marrakesh. The Fossil of the Day awards were first presented at the climate talks in 1999, in Bonn, initiated by the German NGO Forum. During United Nations climate change negotiations, members of the Climate Action Network (CAN), vote for countries judged to have done their 'best' to block progress in the negotiations in the last days of talks. On 8 November 2016, the German government wasn’t able to pass its Climate Protection Plan 2050.