Clean Energy WireGermany’s 2026 Climate Action Programme is “highly unlikely” to be sufficient to reach legally binding emission reduction targets, the expert commission on climate change said
Germany's government today presented its comprehensive package outlining how it plans to meet 2030 and 2040 climate targets
However, its expert council said that it may be “significantly overestimating” the programme's actual GHG reduction impact
Klimaschutzprogramm 2026 macht Deutschland moderner und unabhängiger von Öl und Gas- BMUKN - Pressemitteilung
Das Klimaschutzprogramm enthält 67 Maßnahmen, die im Jahr 2030 mehr als 25 Millionen Tonnen CO2 zusätzlich einsparen und damit Deutschland moderner und unabhängiger von unsicheren fossilen Importen machen.
The country is on track to miss its target of a 65% emissions cut by the end of the decade, according to projections by env agency UBA
While the proposals would theoretically close this gap, they are based on outdated data and ignore recent policy rollbacks, NGOs criticised
The gov't proposed tendering additional capacity for #onshore wind, expanding subsidy programmes for #industrial decarbonisation, and supporting farmers in rewetting peatlands
It estimates the measures will save over 27 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/qa-germanys-climate-action-programme-2026
