What do the parties in Brandenburg say on climate and energy?

The AfD wants to abolish the EU's climate directives because, in its view, they have sharply raised costs in many areas of life. A state government led by the AfD would work against requirements such as mandatory building renovations and diesel driving bans.

The EU makes rules to protect the climate. The AfD wants to abolish these rules. It says the rules make life more expensive. The AfD believes the climate cannot be protected.

The AfD wants to scrap the national carbon price without replacement, cut the electricity tax to the EU minimum and lift the ban on combustion engines. EU programs such as the Green Deal and Fit for 55 are to be stopped.

The AfD wants to end the German carbon price. The tax on electricity should go down. Cars with combustion engines should stay allowed. The AfD wants to stop EU climate plans like the Green Deal.

The AfD wants to drop the goal of climate neutrality at the national and regional level. Instead, Brandenburg should develop strategies for adapting to climate change. The platform argues that the climate cannot be protected, but that society can be made more resilient.

The AfD wants to drop the goal of climate neutrality. Climate neutrality means a country adds no more greenhouse gases on balance. The AfD says the climate cannot be protected. Brandenburg should instead prepare for changes in the climate.

The AfD rejects further wind and solar installations in the open countryside. Solar panels would in future be allowed only on land that is already sealed, such as parking lots or roofs. Instead of the energy transition, the party wants an energy mix that includes fossil sources such as gas-fired power plants.

The AfD wants no new wind turbines or solar plants in the open countryside. Solar panels should only go on roofs or parking lots. The AfD also wants to keep using gas for energy. It says wind turbines harm the landscape and animals.

The AfD wants to repeal the Gebäudeenergiegesetz (building energy act) without replacement and fend off planned stricter EU rules on building renovation. It considers the law unfair and unconstitutional and points to high costs for owners and renters.

The building energy act sets rules for how homes are heated. The AfD wants to get rid of this law completely. It says the law costs homeowners and renters a lot of money. It also wants to stop stricter EU rules.

The AfD wants to abolish the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the Building Energy Act (GEG) along with their follow-up rules. It cites high electricity and housing costs and wants citizens to choose their own heating.

The AfD wants to scrap two laws. One supports power from wind and sun. The other sets rules for heating. The AfD says both laws make energy and housing too costly. Everyone should choose their own heating.

The AfD wants to halt the expansion of wind power and photovoltaics entirely and ban wind turbines in forests. Plants and power lines should only be possible with residents' approval through a local referendum.

The AfD wants no new wind turbines and solar parks. It wants to ban wind turbines in forests. Local people should vote on such projects. The AfD says this protects nature.

The AfD wants to end the energy transition in order to bring electricity prices down. In its view, new wind and solar plants and grid expansion drive prices up and push industry to leave.

The AfD wants to end the energy transition. That is the switch to power from wind and sun. The AfD says this makes power more and more costly. Power should be cheaper again for people and firms.

The AfD wants Germany to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and leave climate protection organizations. In its view the climate cannot be protected, so it favors adaptation over climate protection.

The AfD wants to quit the Paris climate deal. Germany should leave climate groups. The AfD says nobody can protect the climate. People can only adapt to it.

The AfD wants to keep lignite mining in Lusatia and coal-fired power generation and to continue running gas and coal plants. It also backs nuclear energy, wants to set up research on it and to examine small nuclear plants in Brandenburg.

The AfD wants to keep mining lignite and making power from it. Lignite is brown coal. Gas plants should keep running too. The AfD says this secures jobs and power. It also wants research on nuclear power. It wants to look at small nuclear plants in Brandenburg.

The BSW wants municipalities and residents to share more in the profits of solar and wind farms and criticizes Brandenburg's high grid fees. Climate protection should pay off for citizens; instead of more bureaucracy, the platform relies on technical innovation and adapting to climate impacts.

Towns and residents should get money from wind and solar farms. Power should not cost more in Brandenburg than elsewhere. Climate protection should not make life more expensive. The state should protect itself better against heat, drought, and floods.

The BSW wants energy policy to follow the needs of businesses and residents and considers natural gas and coal still necessary. The party rules out a coal phase-out before 2038. At the same time it wants to expand renewable power generation and have the profits benefit citizens.

The BSW wants to keep using coal and gas. There should be no coal exit before 2038. The party also wants more power from wind and sun. Citizens should share in the profits from it.

The CDU wants Lusatia to remain an energy region and rejects a politically mandated coal phase-out before 2038. At the same time, the region is to become a location for battery production. The program points to Lusatia's long tradition of energy production.

Lusatia should stay an important energy region. The CDU does not want to quit coal before 2038. Batteries should be made in Lusatia. A big floating solar plant should be built on a lake near Cottbus.

The CDU wants to use a Bundesrat (upper house) initiative to reform grid fees and lower the electricity tax. In the program's view, people in Brandenburg pay too much for power because of high grid fees, even though the state generates a lot of renewable energy. Grid expansion is to be aligned with renewables expansion and kept cost-effective.

Electricity is expensive in Brandenburg. One reason is high fees for power lines. The CDU wants new rules for these fees. The tax on electricity should go down. Power made in the region should be used there if possible.

The CDU wants to help municipalities draw up the heat plans required by federal law by 2027. Planning is to be technology-neutral, and gas networks are not to be dismantled without an affordable alternative. In the program's view, early and solid heat plans ease the burden on property owners.

Towns must plan by 2027 how homes will be heated. The state should help them. Any technology should be allowed. Gas pipes should stay until there is an affordable alternative. Citizens should have a say early on.

The CDU wants wind power expansion to be what it calls compatible with Brandenburg and keeps the minimum distance of 1,000 meters from residential areas. Wind turbines are not to be built in forests worth protecting. The Wind-Euro payment to municipalities is to be developed further to increase acceptance.

More wind turbines can be built. They must be 1,000 meters away from homes. No wind turbines should go in valuable forests. Towns get money from wind turbines. This money is called the Wind-Euro and should be improved.

The CDU wants Brandenburg to become a pioneer in geothermal energy and to tap the potential of solar thermal as well as rooftop and ground-mounted solar power. For geothermal, red tape is to be cut and permits sped up. When it comes to solar sites, food production on high-quality soil is to take priority.

Brandenburg should use more heat from the ground. This is called geothermal energy. Applying for it should be easier. Solar energy should be used more too. But good farmland should grow food first.

The CDU wants to support the hydrogen economy on an industrial scale and explicitly backs "blue" hydrogen as a bridge technology. Brandenburg is also to develop a strategy for capturing, transporting and using CO2. In the program's view, the state would otherwise fall behind as a business location.

Brandenburg should make and use a lot of hydrogen. Hydrogen made from natural gas is fine for a while. Pipelines and storage for hydrogen should be built. CO2 should be captured and reused. A CO2 pipeline should run through Brandenburg.

The CDU commits to international climate targets and to climate neutrality by 2045 at the latest. Its approach is meant to be market-based, socially minded, and technology-neutral while keeping Brandenburg competitive.

The CDU wants to protect the climate. Brandenburg should be climate neutral by 2045 at the latest. That means no extra CO2. Markets should help, not bans. CO2 should be cut first where it is cheapest.

The SPD wants the strong expansion of wind and solar power in Brandenburg to pay off financially for people in the state. It calls for a nationwide balancing of grid fees and relies on citizen power models, participation schemes and levies paid by plant operators to municipalities.

The SPD wants power to get cheaper for people. The costs of the power grids should be shared fairly across Germany. Towns should get money when wind turbines stand on their land. Citizens should be able to own a share of such plants.

The SPD wants to keep expanding renewable energy, storage and the hydrogen economy. The aim is for the Berlin-Brandenburg region to become largely energy independent and for industrial plants in the state to keep producing.

The SPD wants more power from wind and sun. It also wants more storage and more hydrogen. Berlin and Brandenburg should make most of their own energy. That way factories in the state can keep working.

The SPD wants to carry out the phase-out of coal-fired power as it is laid down in law. Lusatia is to remain an energy and industrial region and gain new industrial jobs covered by collective agreements.

The SPD sticks to the end of coal as the law sets it. Lusatia should still stay a place for industry. New jobs with union wage agreements should be created there. The federal government should help reliably.

The SPD wants Brandenburg's economy to be climate neutral by 2045 and also wants to carry out strategies for adapting to climate change. It relies on persuasion, funding and incentives, and on public administration setting an example.

The SPD wants Brandenburg to be climate neutral by 2045. Climate neutral means that, on balance, no more harmful gases go into the air. The SPD wants to convince and support people. Moors and forests should help with this.

The SPD wants to convert the heating supply on the path to climate neutrality without overburdening people financially. Municipalities are to receive state support for their climate protection tasks.

The SPD wants heating to become climate-friendly. Nobody should get into money trouble because of this. Towns and villages should get help with climate protection. At the federal level, the SPD wants to watch the social effects.