German companies call for COVID-19 aid to be tied to climate action

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German companies including ThyssenKrupp, Salzgitter, Bayer, Covestro, E.ON, HeidelbergCement, Puma, Allianz and Deutsche Telekom have called for coronavirus-related state aid to be tied to climate action, daily Handelsblatt reported. "We appeal to the federal government to closely link economic policy measures to overcome both the climate crisis and the coronavirus crisis," more than 60 companies said in letter, ahead of the Petersberg climate dialogue starting on Monday...