ÖDP on climate and energy

The ÖDP wants Germany to become climate neutral by 2030 in order to meet the 1.5-degree target. After that, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is supposed to fall again, which the party says is needed to prevent a hothouse climate.

The ÖDP wants to protect the climate. Germany should be climate neutral by 2030. That means no extra greenhouse gases are added. After that, there should be less CO2 in the air again.

After 2030, the CO2 concentration is supposed to drop below 350 ppm. To get there, CO2 would be removed from the air with environmentally sound methods, mainly through healthy soils and humus build-up in farming and forestry. Fields would also receive compost containing biochar, such as terra preta. The tools named in the platform are ending environmentally harmful subsidies, prices that reflect ecological costs, and a binding global system for a zero-emissions economy. The guiding idea is the motto "less is more."

The ÖDP wants to switch the entire energy supply to renewable sources by 2030 and phase out coal well before 2030. Solar and wind power would be expanded faster, among other things through solar mandates and simpler planning.

The ÖDP wants to use only renewable energy by 2030. That is, for example, power from sun and wind. Coal should end well before 2030. Solar panels should be required on many roofs.

Lignite mining would end. Electricity, heating, cooling and transport energy would be linked through electric mobility, heat pumps, green hydrogen and sustainably produced fuels. Distance rules for wind turbines of more than 600 meters would be scrapped and planning procedures simplified. Solar panels would be mandatory on public buildings and in new zoning plans for industrial, commercial and residential buildings. A training drive in the skilled trades is meant to supply the missing workers. Citizens, farmers and businesses should be able to produce, store and share renewable energy locally without red tape.

The ÖDP rejects a return to nuclear power because it considers the consequences of a severe accident and the storage of nuclear waste incalculable. The remaining nuclear facilities in Germany would also close, and Germany would withdraw from the Euratom Treaty.

The ÖDP wants no more nuclear power. It thinks accidents and nuclear waste are too dangerous. The last nuclear sites in Germany should close too. Germany should leave a European nuclear treaty.

The uranium enrichment plant in Gronau and the fuel element factory in Lingen would be closed. The research reactors in Garching and Mainz would be shut down. Germany would withdraw from the Euratom Treaty, which governs European nuclear research. The money freed up would go toward expanding renewable energy across Europe.