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Germany to Do ‘Everything’ to Fight Climate Crisis, Scholz Says

  • Reactivation of phased-out power plants a temporary measure
  • Pledges to expand renewable energy to reach net-zero emissions
A lignite coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany.

A lignite coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Germany will stick to fighting climate change, despite having to rely on phased-out power plants to offset the impact of energy shortage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

“The fact that we now have to temporarily use some power plants that have already been taken out of operation because of Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine is bitter,” he said in a video message released on Saturday. “But it’s only for a very short time.”