Climate protection is a task for humanity. The most recent IPCC report has just underlined the urgency of this task. In the democratic center there is no doubt about it. We have to emit less CO₂. However, the solution is all the more controversial: let us all go resolutely and boldly towards the Paris climate goals – or let us discuss whether the same footwear, the same shoelaces, even the complete hiking equipment should not first be prescribed for everyone in every detail. The latter is a planned economy approach.