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The decision by parties negotiating Germany鈥檚 next government to weaken the country鈥檚 2020 climate protection goals was an 鈥渁ppropriate鈥� move that took 鈥渃ourage鈥�, Johannes Teyssen, CEO of utility E.ON, said at an energy industry conference held by business newspaper Handelsblatt in Berlin. Teyssen said 鈥渁 lot has happened鈥� since Germany set its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, citing the country鈥檚 sustained economic growth and influx of migrants in recent years. 鈥淧recise dates are merely symbolic,鈥� he said, adding that ambition to reach the climate protection goal was nevertheless very important. He said policymakers had to set a general course for emissions reduction and provide the tools to achieve it, 鈥渂ut the market and technological development will decide how quickly we move鈥�. On Germany鈥檚 target to reduce emissions by 55 percent by 2030, Teyssen said any precise planning over such a long period was 鈥渦ntruthful鈥�, but that Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) still had to show ambition to meet the goal. 鈥淪o far, solutions to this are absent in negotiations,鈥� he said, arguing that the European emissions trading system (ETS) was 鈥渁 failed instrument鈥� that could not do to enough to reduce emissions, and that 鈥渁n effective CO₂ price鈥� on a European level, backed by a national carbon tax would be 鈥渢he most powerful instrument鈥� for climate protection.

See the 麻豆无码版 article German party leaders agree energy policy blueprint for coalition talks for background.