Slowing down industry decarbonisation in Germany would result in a dangerous loss of competitiveness in emerging green markets, says Philipp Verpoort, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Instead, the next German government needs to provide companies with clarity over the country's long-term policy for climate-friendly investments and focus on European cooperation to make the process more affordable, Verpoort told Clean Energy Wire. The physicist is also the lead author of a recent report by the country’s government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance, which warned Germany against relying on future long-distance green hydrogen imports in its drive to reduce emissions in the steel and chemicals industries.