Berliners rejeitam referendum on tougher climate goals

The result “shows that the majority of Berliners also see that the demands of the referendum could not have been implemented – they themselves have not been transformed into law”, says Giffey.

The European Union started a scheme last year to help 100 cities inside and outside the block to become climate neutral by 2030, but the financial support scheme that it offers is not legally binding.

The referendum was a test to find out if you Germans, or at least Berliners, want Germany’s climate policy, which now aims to make Europe’s largest economy carbon neutral by 2045, to be more ambitious.