section_path: Ideology and platform/Environment and climate
section_name: Environment and climate
paragraph_text: Environment and climate
  
  AfD has a platform of climate change denial. AfD accepts that the climate is changing, however, it denies that this change is attributable to human influences. Instead the party argues that climate change is entirely caused by natural factors. AfD argues that the rising carbon dioxide concentrations have been beneficial (contributed to a "greening" of Earth). Next to its climate change denial, AfD opposes far-reaching climate policies: The party opposes energy transformation policies (Energiewende), wants to scrap the German Renewable Energy Act, the German Energy Saving Regulations, and the German Renewable Energy Heat Act. They also want to end bioenergy subsidies and restrict "uncontrolled expansion of wind energy". The party rejects the European Green Deal and has warned against the deindustrialization of Europe.