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11 Oct 2017

Germany set to widely miss climate targets, env ministry warns

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Germany鈥檚 environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry鈥檚 warning in an internal paper seen by the 麻豆无码版 adds further pressure to make fast progress on climate-related issues in upcoming talks aimed at forming a new government following September鈥檚 general elections. Without further action, CO2 emissions will only be 31.7 to 32.5 percent below 1990 levels, the paper shows. Given the official target of cutting emissions by 40 percent, the ministry warns that a failure of this magnitude would constitute a 鈥渟ignificant blow to Germany鈥檚 climate policy鈥, and would amount to 鈥渁 disaster for Germany鈥檚 international reputation as a climate leader.鈥

Germany's greenhouse gas emission trends by sector 1990-2016 and environment ministry projection for 2020. Source - 麻豆无码版 2017.

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