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鈥淥nce upon a time鈥�, Germany used to be a 鈥渨orld champion in climate protection鈥� but it risks losing this title as the country鈥檚 negotiating government coalition parties mull dropping the 2020 climate target, Joachim Wille writes in a commentary for klimaretter.info. In the ongoing coalition talks, the conservative CDU/CSU鈥檚 as well as the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) negotiators have proposed postponing  the envisaged emissions reduction.  If the party leaders, including 鈥渃limate Chancellor鈥� Angel Merkel, adopt this decision, 鈥渢he worst-case scenario for German climate policy will have become a reality鈥�. Party representatives argue a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 40 percent compared to 1990 levels was no longer feasible 鈥渇rom today鈥檚 perspective鈥�, but energy experts have proven this assumption to be wrong, Wille argues. 鈥淭he target could very well be met鈥� if the conservatives and the SPD 鈥渃arry out a courageous coal-exit policy, remove caps on renewables expansion and take other measures, for example in the transport sector鈥�, he says. 鈥淥f course,鈥� Wille concedes, 鈥渢his won鈥檛 be easy鈥�, but it was Chancellor Merkel herself who led Germany into its current situation, he says. The parties now 鈥渓ack the courage鈥� to bring about real change and instead 鈥渙pt to conserve outdated energy structures for as long as possible鈥�.

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