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Federal Environment Agency: Climate targets for 2030 can still be achieved
Power poles in a field. The Federal Environment Agency is making concrete suggestions as to how the climate targets could still be achieved by 2030. photo
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If Germany continues as usual, the climate protection targets set for 2030 will no longer be achievable. But the Federal Environment Agency is making concrete suggestions as to how it could still succeed.
For their analysis, the UBA examined how additional emissions can be saved in the building, mobility, energy and industry sectors. The study shows, among other things, that the specified goals in the area of transport and buildings are likely to be missed, even with a mix of very ambitious instruments. The experts also come to the conclusion that low- and zero-carbon technologies should be promoted more.
“The model calculation clearly shows that we have a lot of catching up to do in some sectors,” said UBA President Dirk Messner. There must not only be a constructive dialogue about where emissions can be reduced, but also about how the financial burden on lower-income groups can be absorbed and distributed more fairly, he said: “At the moment, households with low incomes are often paying disproportionately asked. That understandably does not exactly increase the acceptance for more climate protection.”
A UBA report from 2021 shows that Germany will miss the climate protection goals for 2030 with the climate protection instruments currently planned. With the proposed measures, the course can be set at an early stage in order to achieve the savings required by law, it said.