“The world… is global and that is why our staff is global,” said Foreign Minister Alena Berbock, announcing the appointment of Greenpeace’s current Jennifer Morgan as Undersecretary of State for International Climate Policy.
Ms Morgan, who has studied political science and German literature, has lived in Berlin since 2003 and in recent years has been sharply critical of the government, accusing it of “lack of courage” in climate policy. She will assume the post of Undersecretary in March, when the process of granting German citizenship is completed and until then will be a special envoy of the ministry for climate policy. Ms. Burbok has known her for many years, from her participation in international environmental conferences.
The choice of the American activist provoked reactions, even within the government. “There is no seat for Bavaria in the cabinet, but there is a lot of money for green bubble activists,” said Markus Bloom, a Bavarian Christian Socialist (CSU), referring to the fact that no Bavarian politician is part of the current coalition government. “I understand that the move of a lobbyist, who in the past came up with very radical ideas, is surprising to the world,” said Lucas Keller, deputy leader of the Liberal Party (FDP) parliamentary group. a fair opportunity to find their way to a change of role “and to work on orienting German foreign climate policy on the basis of the program agreement”.
From the side of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the representative of K.O. on human rights issues Frank Schwabe stressed that Ms Morgan, “as Germany’s top climate official, will be good and spectacular”.
Jennifer Morgan has been active in the field of climate organizations for the last 30 years. He has worked at the WWF, the E3G think tank and the World Resources Institute (WRI). During Germany’s presidency of the Council of the EU in 2007, she worked as a government adviser, while former Chancellor Angela Merkel had appointed her in 2013 to the Council for Sustainable Development. Since 2016, Ms. Morgan has co-led Greenpeace with New Zealand Bunny McDiarmid. From her various positions, she is known as an expert on Chinese climate policy – and among her critics.
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