(Bloomberg) — Germany will step up efforts to reduce harmful emissions in an attempt to get Europe’s biggest economy back on track to achieve climate neutrality by 2045.
Germany has a “drastic deficit” when it comes to climate protection and will most likely miss its goals both this year and next, Economy Minister Robert Habeck, who is a co-leader of the Greens, said Tuesday.
“But we are making every effort to make up for the lag,” Habeck said in a statement in Berlin. “To do this, we have to triple the speed of our emissions reduction and do significantly more in less time.”
Habeck said that in order for Germany to increase the share of renewable energy in its power mix to 80% by 2030 as planned, the government will present two initial packages of climate-protection measures — one by the end of April and one in the summer. All the necessary legislation and measures should be in place by the end of this year, he added.
“All of this is a mammoth task,” Habeck said. “And it will be a few years before we see the results. But what we are doing now lays the foundation for bringing climate protection and prosperity together.”
More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com
©2022 Bloomberg L.P.
