Climate dispute ends: Austria is sufficient to have an overdue climate plan!

Climate dispute ends: Austria is sufficient to have an overdue climate plan!

Austria has taken a significant step towards climate protection by ceasing the European Commission's procedure against the country due to a lack of climate plans. The EU Commission has now officially concluded the breach of contract against Austria, as reported 5min.at . Austria was originally obliged to send an updated national energy and climate plan (NEKP) in June 2023, but did not do this until the end of 2024 in the form of a final plan that was decided shortly before Christmas.

The dispute over the climate plan, in which the ÖVP and the Greens accelerate each other, seems to have ended. Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) was optimistic and emphasized that the NEKP would also help reduce energy costs and to achieve the EU climate goals by 2030. "A few years ago, some still dismissed our ambitions and goals as dreaming. Today it is clear: climate protection succeeds when you fight for it," said Gewessler. According to the Ministry of Climate State, the