The Federal Ministry for the Environment is planning a national heat action plan due to the extreme heat in Germany, in order to consolidate existing state strategies and respond to the high number of nearly 10,000 heat-related deaths since mid-July, while Secretary of State Jochen Flasbarth defends the federal government against accusations of inaction and critically questions the responsibility of municipalities in urban planning. (translated)
Extremwetter: Bundesumweltministerium erwägt nationalen Aktionsplan gegen Hitze
