Bettina Hagedorn is the new Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment. Hagedorn, who is from Schleswig-Holstein, succeeds Carsten Träger, who passed away suddenly in March 2026.
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986, Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider warned about the uncontrollable risks that nuclear power still poses.
Key topics of the meeting include strengthening marine conservation, addressing illegal fishing, financing biodiversity measures, and improving the protection of global water resources.