11 Oct 2017

Germany set to widely miss climate targets, env ministry warns

Clean Energy Wire

Germany’s environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry’s warning in an internal paper seen by the Clean Energy Wire adds further pressure to make fast progress on climate-related issues in upcoming talks aimed at forming a new government following September’s general elections. Without further action, CO₂ emissions will only be 31.7 to 32.5 percent below 1990 levels, the paper shows. Given the official target of cutting emissions by 40 percent, the ministry warns that a failure of this magnitude would constitute a “significant blow to Germany’s climate policy”, and would amount to “a disaster for Germany’s international reputation as a climate leader.”

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