Germany aims to become climate-neutral by 2045, five years earlier than originally planned. (Photo: © lilkar/123RF.com)
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May 2021
The Federal Cabinet has agreed on stricter targets for the revised Climate Protection Act. The skilled trades sector considers the draft legislation to be economically incompatible.
The Federal government exacerbates the Climate Protection ActGermany is to be carbon neutral five years earlier than originally planned. Along the way, it also provides for a stricter binding interim target for 2030 (65 instead of 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction compared to 1990) and a new target for 2040 (88 percent greenhouse gas reduction). "Climate protection efforts will thus be fairer between current and future generations distributed," says the Federal Environment Ministry.
At the end of April, the Federal Constitutional Court the original Climate Protection Act for partly unconstitutional and called on the legislature to revise it. The judges pointed out that the lack of reduction targets from 2031 onwards would increase the risks of climate change at the expense of younger people postpone.
For the years 2023 to 2030 there will still be Annual emissions for the individual economic sectors. Here, too, the Federal Government is lowering the requirements for permissible quantities. In order to achieve the interim target for 2030, the primary Industry and energy their CO2emissions. The targets for the years 2030 to 2039 are also concrete reduction targets give.
"How these are distributed between the sectors will for the year 2024 decided when important decisions have been made at European level for the future climate protection architecture," said the Environment Ministry. The Federal Government has also Instant program, in the up to eight billion euros to support the implementation of the new climate protection targets for the various sectors.
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Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) is certain: "My Climate Protection Act is the guarantee that the government will not let up on climate protection and will reliably achieve all its goals. With this law, we will create more intergenerational justice, more planning security and determined climate protection that does not stifle the economy, but rather restructures and modernizes it."
Hans Peter Wollseifer considers the draft law to be not economically viable. The President of the Central Association of German Crafts sees a imbalance between ecological objectives and economic and social needs. "However, for the investment and employment planning as well as the actual business activities of our companies, this is exactly what was needed." market economy principles A climate protection policy geared to this is necessary so that craft businesses can make their contribution.
It remains unexplained, such as the now significantly increased reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ecologically effective and economically efficient at the same time "This is especially true for the concrete annual emissions planning from 2031 onwards in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court," Wollseifer emphasizes. Given the faster achievement of climate neutrality, the companies are facing difficulties in implementing negative pressure. At the same time, "any reliability and predictability", because the law provides for annual adjustments to the requirements.
This leads to Uncertainties regarding investment and employment planning. "What is needed is a fundamental and rapid change in style of German climate protection policy towards a market economy The EU emissions trading system could serve as a Idol "The emissions targets will be achieved through stringent quantity specifications, and at the same time, the market mechanism of emissions trading ensures maximum economic efficiency and technological innovation dynamism."
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