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Germany \u2018must triple pace of emissions cuts\u2019 to meet 2030 target<\/p>\n

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Germany missed its climate target for 2021 and is likely to miss them again this year and next, according to vice chancellor Robert Habeck, who said the country \u201cmust triple the pace of emission cuts\u201d to reach its 2030 goals. 2021 was a bad year for Germany\u2019s climate ambitions. Renewable electricity generation hit a two-year low due to exceptionally low winds and carbon emissions picked up again after a brief drop caused by Covid-19 restrictions. <\/span>As a consequence, the country missed its 2021 climate goals. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe start with a drastic backlog,\u201d admitted vice chancellor Robert Habeck as he presented Germany\u2019s 2021 climate account in Berlin on Tuesday (11 January). Under business-as-usual projections, Germany would achieve a mere 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, Habeck explained. \u201cThat would mean emitting 200 million tonnes of CO2 more\u201d than the country\u2019s target, he added. <\/span>\u201cThe climate protection measures taken to date are inadequate in all sectors,\u201d he said, adding that Germany would likely \u201cmiss its 2022 and 2023 climate targets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In December, the \u201ctraffic light\u201d coalition made up of the socialist SPD, the Greens and the liberal FDP assumed office in Berlin following 16 years of conservative rule by Angela Merkel. Germany has cut emissions by 40% relative to 1990, according to official figures published in December. Now, the country would have to cut another 25% to achieve its 2030 targets, Habeck observed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo do this, we need to triple the pace of our emissions reductions and do significantly more in less time,\u201d he pointed out. With the Greens at the helm of a super-ministry responsible for the economy, energy and climate, expectations are high that the new government will be able to turn things around. <\/span>To that end, Habeck said he will present his first climate protection package in April, followed by a second raft of proposals sometime in the Summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to achieve what Habeck calls a \u201cmammoth\u201d task, the government is preparing a package of legislation for publication around Easter. The vice chancellor outlined seven priority measures that he hopes will be adopted by the summer:<\/p>\n

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  • A solar acceleration package, which will include increased capacity tenders and making additional open space available to solar installations, making solar mandatory for new business buildings and commonplace for private homes, as per the coalition treaty.<\/li>\n
  • Extra space for onshore wind energy. Habeck aims to speed up the expansion with a \u201cwind on land\u201d law and to reduce minimum distances to military infrastructure to obtain additional space as fast as possible. Around 7 to 9 GW could be obtained by getting closer to navigation and military installations, his ministry confirmed.<\/li>\n
  • Getting soaring electricity prices under control. Starting in 2023, Habeck aims to have the renewable energy surcharge removed from consumer prices and transferred to the state budget.<\/li>\n
  • Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD), to speed up industrial decarbonisation. CCfDs are a financial tool aimed at bridging the gap between carbon prices on the EU market and low carbon technologies, which require a higher cost of CO2.<\/li>\n
  • Producing 50% of climate neutral heat by 2030. The decarbonisation of residential heating should function in tandem with energy efficiency, the climate ministry said. To that end, Germany will up the funding for energy efficient heating networks as soon as the Commission greenlights the state-aid.<\/li>\n
  • A review of the buildings energy law. The aim is to give investors security, bolstered by the new rule that newly installed heating units would have to run on 65% renewable energy starting in 2025 in order to avoid stranded investments. To boost renovations, energy efficient buildings would be \u201cswiftly adjusted in parallel\u201d and given the high prices for building material, Habeck said that state support would be \u201cin line with prices.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Doubling green hydrogen production. Domestic production of hydrogen made from renewable electricity will be sharply increased, while imports of green hydrogen would continue to play an important role, said Patrick Graichen, state secretary for climate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Germany\u2019s powerful industry association BDI welcomed the frank analysis made by Habeck.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe realistic and unsparing stocktaking by the federal minister of economics Habeck matches the calculations of the industry,\u201d said BDI president Siegfried Russwurm.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe industry stands ready as a constructive partner in this enormous challenge,\u201d he added, noting however that a massive expansion of gas power plants would be necessary to reach the country\u2019s 2030 coal exit date.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe question of how to finance new gas power plants has yet to be resolved,\u201d he said, in a nod to ongoing Brussels debates on whether to award fossil gas a \u201ctransitional\u201d green investment label. Industry groups said they were now waiting to see how Habeck\u2019s intentions will be translated in concrete terms. \u201cSuccessful climate protection needs a feasible strategy and concrete measures,\u201d explained Ingbert Liebing, head of the utility association VKU.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    Source: <\/b>Climate Home News<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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