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GERMANY REDUCE EMISSIONS
ENERDATA - 6 May 2021 - The German coalition government has reached an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 65% by 2030 compared to 1990 level, up from a previous goal of 55%. In addition, the country aims to achieve climate neutrality in 2045 instead of 2050. The pace of renewable power installations should be accelerated too. The cabinet is expected to approve the new targets later in May 2021.
In April 2021, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Germany’s 2019 climate law was partly unconstitutional, as the regulation irreversibly offloads major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction burdens onto periods after 2030. Consequently, Germany had to update its climate law by the end of 2022 to set up clearer reduction targets for GHG emissions for the period after 2030 and the government has decided to amend the climate law before the end of the legislature period in September 2021.
According to preliminary data released by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 8.7% in 2020 to 739 MtCO2eq, corresponding to a 40.8% fall since 1990.
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