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Executive Summary


Some abbreviations are used in this chapter. You can find explanations of all abbreviations in the glossary.

Introduction

The climate crisis is in its complexity and scope an unprecedented challenge for mankind. It requires fundamental changes in all areas of the social, political and economic system, and this in the shortest possible time.
While the other chapters of the Climate Action Plan deal with solutions in specific emission sectors, this chapter will deal with all policies that are of great importance for several areas. For, just as the underlying problems are often rooted in different sectors, some solutions are useful for different sectors. The following measures therefore cover a broad spectrum, ranging from taxes to financing instruments and sales platforms. What they all have in common is that they take an across-the-board approach and propose particularly fundamental changes. Thus, the cross sectoral policies play a central role for a transition to an ecological and social future.

Policy Measures