Amsterdam, 9 February 2022 – Greenpeace International confirms that its Executive DIrector, Jennifer Morgan, will step down on 28 February in order to take a new position as Special Envoy for International Climate Action in Germany’s Federal Government.
Martin Kaiser, Executive Director of Greenpeace Germany, welcomed the news:
“I am very pleased and proud that Jennifer Morgan has been appointed to this important and pivotal new role. It is a testament and recognition of the decades-long commitment of Greenpeace activists to demand climate protection and stay below the 1.5 degree limit.
“With the appointment of the international Greenpeace boss Jennifer Morgan as Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is sending a strong signal that the 1.5 degree target will be the guideline for Germany’s climate foreign policy. Morgan’s appointment is a promise that the concerns of civil society are taken into account in international climate policy.
“With the support of Morgan’s decades of experience in climate diplomacy, we hope Baerbock will succeed in bringing together Germany’s ministries that are key to a coherent climate foreign policy.
“It shows Baerbock is serious about the realignment of German climate foreign policy. By bundling the fields of international climate policy and finance, climate security policy, climate justice with human rights issues, national security policy and energy security in the Foreign Ministry. It is clear she wants to enable the German government to negotiate on an equal footing with important economic nations such as the USA and China.
“We believe this is also in the interest of the German economy, of which a constantly growing part is on course for 1.5 degrees, if the foreign office sets the political framework for clear climate protection measures.
“With this new position and team, Annalena Baerbock is making a promise to everyone who hopes for more action against the climate crisis.”
