Expert Hearing on a Bavarian State Draft Climate Change Act

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Expert Hearing on a Bavarian State Draft Climate Change Act

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Munich, Germany
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On 25 September 2020, Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, participated as an expert in a hearing of the Bavarian State Parliament’s Committee for Environment and Consumer Protection on the draft of a Bavarian Climate Change Act. Together with nine other experts, he commented on the draft law and answered questions from members of parliament.

The written statement of Stephan Sina is available for download..

Stephan Sina has been working on climate change legislation at federal and state level since 2009 and has supported the Federal Ministry of the Environment as well as the environmental ministries of Baden-Württemberg and Berlin in the process of developing their respective climate change acts.

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Munich, Germany
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German
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climate legislation, climate change law, climate change act
Germany, Bavaria
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