According to experts, the federal government’s measures are not sufficient to achieve its own climate goals. At least one improvement can be seen.
Berlin – It seems as if the federal government has given up its own climate protection target for 2030, according to the updated country report Climate Action Trackers. Even if Germany were to implement its climate protection program 100 percent, it would not be enough. The balance: “insufficient”.
Germany has set itself the goal of reducing climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 compared to 1990.
The Paris Climate Agreement is also at risk
Germany will probably not only miss its own goals. According to the report, Germany is not making a “fair contribution” to maintaining the 1.5 degree target compared to its own emissions. In the Paris World Climate Agreement, the international community agreed to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial age.
The Climate Action Tracker is an analysis tool from the NewClimate Institute and Climate Analytics. It regularly assesses the climate policies of more than 40 countries that produce up to 85 percent of global emissions and are home to 70 percent of the world’s population.
The traffic light coalition makes concrete mistakes when it comes to the climate
The report bases its calculations on the current projection report of the Federal Environment Agency and the recently published report of the Expert Council for Climate Issues. Council members came to a similar conclusion.
Among other things, the reform of the climate protection law presented by the federal cabinet has been criticized. If things go according to the draft, compliance with the climate targets should no longer be checked retrospectively according to different sectors such as transport, industry or agriculture. Instead, the controls should take place over several years and across sectors.
The German transport policy is also described as insufficient. There is no plan for a traffic turnaround that is conclusive. In this way, e-fuel technologies would be promoted that are considered to be proven inefficient and not necessarily green. Especially the FDP had made himself strong here. In addition, instead of expanding local public transport, 144 new motorway projects would be prioritized.
The population is also dissatisfied with the traffic light’s climate policy
According to the latest Forsa survey for RTL and nv a majority of people in Germany believe that the federal government is not doing enough to protect the climate. Only 23 percent of those surveyed are of the opinion that the traffic light government is doing enough to protect the climate. 51 percent say they do too little.
Questions were also asked about social compatibility and compatibility with regard to competition in the market. 76 percent of those surveyed are of the opinion that the traffic light government is paying too little attention to the financial possibilities of people in Germany when it comes to its climate plans. 60 percent believe that Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and the greens endanger Germany as a business location. In East Germany it is 73 percent.
The policy of the Greens is also linked to the rise of the AfD. 59 percent of those surveyed stated that they believe the Greens are partly responsible for the fact that the AfD is so strong in polls. In East Germany it is 75 percent.
Habeck himself also comes off badly. Only eleven percent of those surveyed believe that he is doing better in the position of Federal Economics Minister than they would have expected before he took office. 48 percent believe that Habeck is doing his job worse than expected.
It’s not all bad with traffic light climate policy
After all: Germany has improved from “highly insufficient” to “insufficient” since the last Climate Action Tracker. The report mentions positive developments. In this way, the federal government would have systematically removed obstacles to the expansion of renewable energies. With solar energy, for example, she is on the way to achieving her own expansion goals, in contrast to wind energy. The 49-euro ticket will also serve as a possible example of how access to public transport can be improved. (Baha Kirlidokme)
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