A law determines how many emissions traffic, buildings and industry are allowed to emit. If the limit values are exceeded, the federal government would have to act. In fact, she’s trying to weaken the rules.
The German climate protection law is slim but powerful. It only has 15 paragraphs, they mesh together like the gears of a Swiss clockwork. Every year, the federal government must prepare a climate balance, broken down into the individual areas in which emissions occur. The law sets climate targets for each of these areas, whether transport, buildings or industry. If the goals are missed, the federal government must act. More precisely: the responsible ministries. But this means the federal government has nothing but trouble.