AfD on climate and energy

The AfD wants to repeal Berlin's Climate Protection and Energy Transition Act and pass a Secure Energy Act in its place. It rejects the goal of making Berlin climate neutral by 2045, arguing that it does not affect the global climate and drives up energy costs.

Berlin has a law for climate protection. The AfD wants to end this law. It wants a new law for secure energy. The AfD says: The climate goal for 2045 makes energy expensive and does not help the climate.

The new law would be guided by three standards: security of supply, affordable prices, and stable grids. The program calls the 2045 climate neutrality goal a prestige project with no effect on the global climate. According to the AfD, it ties up money Berlin needs elsewhere and puts prosperity and energy supply at risk.

The AfD wants to use the Bundesrat (the chamber of the states) to push for a sharp cut in energy taxes and an end to the CO2 levy. The aim is to make electricity and heating cheaper for households and businesses.

The AfD wants to make energy cheaper. Taxes on energy should go down a lot. The CO2 levy should end. That is an extra charge on gasoline, oil and gas. Berlin should propose this in the Bundesrat.

The program blames high electricity and heating prices on political decisions, above all the phase-out of nuclear power and coal. Besides the Bundesrat initiative, it names what the AfD calls a realistic energy mix and the removal of rules that raise costs. Steering rules that the party describes as a planned economy would be dropped.

The AfD wants Berlin to keep running coal and gas power plants and to import electricity from a range of sources. It rejects wind turbines within the city. In its view, weather-dependent energy cannot reliably supply a city of millions.

The AfD wants to keep power plants that run on coal and gas. Berlin should also buy power from outside. The AfD does not want wind turbines in Berlin. It says: Wind and sun do not always deliver enough power.

The program points to periods without wind or sun, when renewable sources could not meet demand. Coal, gas, and imported power are meant to cover peak loads and prevent blackouts. The AfD rejects wind turbines because Berlin is densely populated and has few recreation and nature areas. In its account, large turbines harm the landscape, people, and animals and add nothing to supply security. The party describes its approach as technology-neutral energy policy.

The AfD wants Germany to use nuclear power again and will push for this at the federal level. Berlin is to become a center for nuclear research once more. The party regards the nuclear phase-out as a serious mistake.

The AfD wants nuclear power in Germany again. It wants to push for this at the national level. Berlin should do a lot of nuclear research again. The AfD says: Ending nuclear power was a mistake.

The program calls Germany's nuclear phase-out a path no other country has taken. Without nuclear power, it says, secure supply, stable grids, and affordable prices cannot be achieved. The AfD points to new third- and fourth-generation reactors, which in its account are safe and can deliver power around the clock.

The AfD rejects wind turbines in Berlin's forests. It also rejects the target of setting aside 0.5 percent of the state's area for wind power.

The AfD wants no wind turbines in Berlin's forests. Berlin is supposed to use part of its land for wind power. The AfD rejects this goal. It says wind turbines destroy nature and places to relax.

In the platform's view, wind turbines in forests would destroy nature, recreation areas and the cityscape. The AfD says it would not allow such installations if it were in government. It also objects to federal laws obliging Berlin to put up wind turbines in wooded areas.

The AfD wants to end the climate-neutral conversion of Berlin's heat supply on the planned, debt-financed scale. Climate policy measures should not lead to higher prices for Berliners. Fare and pricing decisions in public transit are to depend on how they are financed.

Berlin wants to make its district heating without coal and gas. That costs a lot of money. The AfD wants to stop this change at the planned size. It does not want to take on high debt for it. Climate policy should not raise prices for Berliners.

The platform cites loan financing of up to 10 billion euros for decarbonizing the heat supply and considers this irresponsible. According to the AfD, projects under the label of climate neutrality structurally overstretch the budget and are mainly ideologically motivated. Pricing and ticket measures in public transit are to be strictly tied to financing and follow-up costs. For all investments in energy and mobility, the party demands a mandatory calculation of follow-up costs for operation, maintenance and replacement, plus a transparent account of the budget impact.