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03 Apr 2019, 12:11
Julian Wettengel

German media welcome emissions reduction success, debate causes and solutions

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Frankfurter Rundschau

骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest emissions drop since the 2009 recession is a success, but it should not be overvalued considering the country鈥檚 ambitious climate targets, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). The reduction of more than 30 percent compared to 1990 levels 鈥渋s quite a number, not only because the economy grew and emissions had stagnated in the past four years鈥, he writes. A closer look at the data showed that the drop was not only due to the mild weather in 2018, but also because of higher prices for oil, coal and gas, partly due to an increase in EU Emissions Trading (ETS) allowance prices.
In the same FAZ issue, Jasper von Altenbockum puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 4.2 percent reduction in 2018 into an international perspective . 鈥淲hatever Germany does is not even a drop in the ocean on a global scale, but a droplet at most 鈥 even if it reaches its climate targets, which it does not at the moment.鈥 He writes that 2018 data show emissions trading takes effect, and that the German government should not 鈥渨aste money for a state-controlled coal exit鈥.聽
In an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau, Marina Kormbaki says that federal government climate policy di not play a large role in bringing down emissions. The decrease is no reason for government members 鈥渢o pat themselves on the back鈥, she writes. 鈥淚t happened not because of grand coalition policy, but despite it.鈥 However, regulatory action can indeed protect the climate, such as putting a price on carbon emissions. Higher fuel prices had helped push down emissions in 2018. 鈥淎 CO鈧 price, meanwhile, would only be accepted, if people with a low income do not have to finance the frequent fliers among the wealthy,鈥 writes Kormbaki.

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