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In an in Frankfurter Rundschau, Green Party colleagues聽Lisa Badum, a member聽of the German parliament, and聽Michael Bloss, a member of the European Parliament, have called on the German government stop blocking passage of the European climate law and instead 鈥渋mplement it courageously鈥�. Badum, a climate policy expert for the Green Party parliamentary group, and Bloss, a European climate law negotiator, write that despite the European Union鈥檚 aim to become climate neutral 鈥� a move they say will 鈥渞evolutionise the entire economy鈥� 鈥� the German government is ducking responsibility. 鈥淭he fear of phasing out coal, expanding renewables and phasing out combustion-engine cars is becoming a burden on the climate for Europe.鈥� The European climate law will bring about a reform of the European emissions trading system (ETS) next year and a reduction in CO2 certificates will lead to higher prices and make coal-fired power generation massively more expensive, the Greens point out. This in turn will accelerate a greater uptake of much cheaper solar and wind energy and boost Germany鈥檚 domestic industry - the renewables sector alone currently employs more than 300,000 people. 鈥淭his is where our greatest potential lies,鈥� they write.

聽Renewables expansion in Germany collapsed in the first nine months of 2020, however. 鈥淭his is not how we achieve our goals nor a climate-neutral economy.鈥� Badum and Bloss take issue with German economy minister Peter Altmaier鈥檚 green electricity target of 65 percent by 2030. The goal should be at least 75 percent in order to speed up the increased use of heat pumps, e-cars and green hydrogen for industry, they add. While countries like France, the UK, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and China already have fixed dates for a phase-out of combustion engines, Germany does not. While those countries and their economies are preparing for the transition, German transport minister Andreas Scheuer was calling for a combustion-engine car premium as recently as September, Badum and Bloss note.