Climate law now: 50 demands for a social future in Austria!

Climate law now: 50 demands for a social future in Austria!

In an urgent request, environmental, social and aid organizations in Austria presented a comprehensive action plan on Wednesday to counteract the climate crisis and energy poverty. In Vienna, representatives of Caritas, Red Cross, Diakonie and others gathered to request concrete measures from the upcoming federal government. "The climate crisis is one of the most urgent challenges of our time," emphasized Anna Parr, general secretary of Caritas. Alarming reports from statistics Austria show that 355,000 people in Austria cannot heat their apartments appropriately and 400,000 households have difficulty setting their energy bills. This situation particularly affects financially disadvantaged people who contribute to the climate crisis, but disproportionately suffer from their consequences, such as kathpress.at reported.

claims to combat poverty and climate crisis

The Alliance presented more than 50 proposals to unite social security and climate goals, and pointed out the need to establish income -dependent support systems as well as the continuation of the energy cover and the electricity price brake that expired at the end of 2024. Judith Ranftler from Volkshilfe said that many families affected by poverty suffer from rising rental costs and inadequate living space. This leads to difficulties in the quality of living, which are further tightened by the climate crisis. These findings coincide with the alarming reports of the poverty conference in Germany, which indicate the increasing food and energy prices and emphasize that poorer households and particularly endangered groups are hardly protected from extreme weather, such as climate-alliance.de

In addition, a nationwide law on energy law is required to enable households that need necessary adjustments such as building renovations to enable targeted subsidies. There is an urgent need for measures such as energetic building renovations and a national heat protection plan in order to protect groups in need of particularly protection from the consequences of the climate acadasts. The coming months and years will be crucial to put the proposals developed into practice and to shape a fair and air conditioner. The ball is now with politics to take the necessary steps and not to leave any human.