The new climate race between EU and US, with Jennifer Morgan

Zero: The Climate Race

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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As Germany’s climate envoy, Jennifer Morgan stands alongside John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua of China as one of the world’s top climate negotiators. But she is no typical bureaucrat. Jennifer considers herself an “activist diplomat,” and before taking up the position of envoy, she headed up Greenpeace, known for its political activism and climate stunts. Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi sat down with Jennifer at the World Economic Forum in Davos to ask her whether the EU needs to compete more aggressively with the US on climate tech, how Germany is justifying the expansion of its coal mines, and why reforming the World Bank is vital for helping developing countries deal with climate impacts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zero. I'm Akshadrati.
0:03.0	This week, more coal, less gas and the same old energy crisis.
0:19.0	My guest today is Jennifer Morgan, Germany's special envoy for climate change. In the world of climate
0:25.1	diplomats, she stands alongside John Kerry of the US and Shea Genoa of China as one of the
0:31.1	most important figures. Germany is the world's fourth largest economy and the largest economy
0:37.1	and emitter in Europe. When she was appointed as the world's fourth largest economy and the largest economy and emitter in Europe.
0:39.3	When she was appointed as the country's first climate envoy in March last year,
0:43.3	Jennifer became the face of Germany's international climate negotiations.
0:48.3	She has a unique background.
0:50.3	From 2016 to 2022, she was the leader of Greenpeace,
0:53.3	an organization known for its environmental
0:55.5	stunts and political pressure campaigns.
0:58.7	They disrupted oil drilling off the coast of Greenland, blocked Russian whaling ships,
1:03.4	and scaled Toronto's CN Tower.
1:06.1	Now she has moved into government and inherited a mess. After decades of cultivating deeper economic ties with Russia through energy imports
1:14.6	and hoping it would create a more peaceful world, Germany has been proven wrong.
1:20.6	Alongside invading Ukraine, Russia exploited Germany's over-reliance on gas and turned energy into a weapon.
1:28.3	Denmark, Poland and Sweden say they believe leaks in two major Russian gas pipelines to Europe are the result of sabotage.
1:34.3	Germany's Chancellor Olaf Schultz has unveiled a 200 billion euro plan to guard the German economy against the effects of soaring energy prices.
1:43.3	In this hardware store near Berlin, they're already getting ready for the cold season.
1:48.7	Customers aren't rushing to buy fans, but anything that'll keep them warm this winter.
1:54.6	Germany is now in a very difficult position.
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