meaningful climate protection takes a lot more than government subsidies it will take a comprehensive rethink his own levels of society. the private sector that means major challenges and great opportunities. i visited germany's last hot coal mine last year just before it closed the business had been unprofitable for years and propped up with state aid worth hundreds of billions of yours that is until imports just got so cheap that it wasn't for that actually viable any longer so the mines were shut down applause from environmentalist's but germany is still the world's biggest brown coal producers that stuff's even dirtier and it's also subsidized so much for germany going green we talked to one of the biggest critics here of generous government per cent tax breaks. i'm meeting. the president of the kiel institute for world economy he's known to take a critical view of industries the best traveling despite having been subsidized for decades with taxpayers' money. the problem of subsidies is that they cost money and they distract money from other sources. the research institute and thi

should be set and what targets are meaningful a lot of people here and other climate activists elsewhere already were saying that the government's proposals to protect the climate didn't really go far enough according to media reports of come out today it seems that they've pretty much dropped the idea of fixed targets for reducing c o 2 emissions by 2048 also have adopted any firm promise to reach climate emissions neutrality by 2050 the government says it's important to take the whole population with them to develop policies that you know everybody can get behind and that it's goals and now for 2030 but of course a lot of people not just here say you know that really doesn't go far enough and it doesn't go fast enough much more drastic action is needed. ok let's come back to you there in london you know extinction rebellion is a group that has carried out various very disruptive civil disobedience protests what do londoners think of this group. well yes nothern of course is an extremely busy city and central london has been pretty much blocked off for traffic most people i've spoken to i have to say have been fairly sympathetic a lot of cyclists h

meaningful outcome and approach to blame and to climb climate action and that is agreement where the challenge is if qatar is to stick to its 2030 vision of economic development plus environmental protection and also to reach the carbon neutrality required by the paris agreement then that's impossible if it continues to depend on fossil fuels which are the base of its economy and yet the switch to renewable energy here seems to be rather slow this is something that is actually it's not only in the in qatar you know it is the dilemma that we're all facing in terms of for energy. technology is limited in terms of for renewable is for instance this is a harsh environment but we have to face the problem of does and heating of the panels so we have to go to really to have our own customized kind of renewable sources the science shows that if current trends continue then by 2100 then this region will be uninhabitable it's guitar prepared to leave its dependence on fossil fuels in order to ensure that future generations here do not become climate refugees. well look we recognize and they were by the noise that oil and gas or the fossil fuel is a depleting resource and that is why you are there v