Germany approves $60B set of climate measures
Under pressure from environmental protests and growing support for the opposition Green Party, the German government agreed Friday on a
$60 billion package of measures for tackling climate change.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the deal hammered out by governing parties during marathon talks overnight would boost the country’s efforts to fight global warming.
Europe’s biggest economy aims to cut its greenhouse emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.
A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people participating in marches, rallies and demonstrations.