“Imagine my shock” – my East German power systems professor
they keep phasing out nuclear power (among other things) and then cant reach climate targets, no wonder lol
What a shock! Oh no! Anyway…
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>Germany aims to cut emissions in industry, the biggest carbon emitting sector, to 177 million CO2 tonnes in 2022, down 38% compared with 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year, down 15% from 1990.
Transportation is stuck in the 20th century.
Better close those reactors faster right?
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I’m getting tired of this motherfucking water being motherfucking wet.
Green Party is a joke. The German voters are crazy, and if you vote for policies that raise energy prices and destroy the environment- guess what you get?
I believe the majority of people here haven’t even bothered clicking the article.
This is the classic story of the curse of conservativism. We did nothing for many years, which has screwed over the country and the world. Now we are going to have to pull up our socks and make some hard decisions. Guess who is going to be unhappy with that? The voters. And then they’ll vote back in the conservatives in the future and we will continue the downward spiral of society.
considering the deficit the have, of course they will miss! People do not understand what “climate targets” means
I think closing more nuclear plants will help.
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BERLIN, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Germany will probably miss its carbon emissions reduction targets in the coming two years, Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck told Die Zeit newspaper.
After a top court ruled in April that Germany must tighten its climate protection law, the then-government set more ambitious CO2 reduction targets, including being carbon neutral by 2045.
The new coalition government presented plans to step up climate protection efforts entailing far-reaching reforms for the utility sector and across manufacturing industries, buildings, transport and agriculture.
“We will probably miss our targets for 2022. … Even for 2023 it will be difficult enough. We are starting with a drastic backlog,” said Habeck, co-leader of the Greens who are part of the new ruling coalition.
Germany aims to cut emissions in industry, the biggest carbon emitting sector, to 177 million CO2 tonnes in 2022, down 38% compared with 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year, down 15% from 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year from the 145 million of the current year.
Habeck said the number of wind turbines built in Germany per year will rise to 1,000-1,500 from around 450 in the previous years, in an effort to meet the government’s targets for renewables to meet 80% of power demand by 2030 and to dedicate 2% of land surface to wind power infrastructure.
The government aims to have laws on accelerating approvals of wind turbines ready by the end of next year, he said.
He added, “2022 will be one of the most exhausting years this ministry has experienced in a long time.”
Habeck isnt the environment minister.
Does Germany ever its international commitments?
I seem to remember very similar ‘ah well, turns out we’re not doing it’ announcements on NATO spending.
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“Imagine my shock” – my East German power systems professor
they keep phasing out nuclear power (among other things) and then cant reach climate targets, no wonder lol
What a shock! Oh no! Anyway…
surprised_pikachu.tif
>Germany aims to cut emissions in industry, the biggest carbon emitting sector, to 177 million CO2 tonnes in 2022, down 38% compared with 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year, down 15% from 1990.
Transportation is stuck in the 20th century.
Better close those reactors faster right?
[deleted]
I’m getting tired of this motherfucking water being motherfucking wet.
Green Party is a joke. The German voters are crazy, and if you vote for policies that raise energy prices and destroy the environment- guess what you get?
I believe the majority of people here haven’t even bothered clicking the article.
This is the classic story of the curse of conservativism. We did nothing for many years, which has screwed over the country and the world. Now we are going to have to pull up our socks and make some hard decisions. Guess who is going to be unhappy with that? The voters. And then they’ll vote back in the conservatives in the future and we will continue the downward spiral of society.
considering the deficit the have, of course they will miss! People do not understand what “climate targets” means
I think closing more nuclear plants will help.
/s
Removed paywall
BERLIN, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Germany will probably miss its carbon emissions reduction targets in the coming two years, Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck told Die Zeit newspaper.
After a top court ruled in April that Germany must tighten its climate protection law, the then-government set more ambitious CO2 reduction targets, including being carbon neutral by 2045.
The new coalition government presented plans to step up climate protection efforts entailing far-reaching reforms for the utility sector and across manufacturing industries, buildings, transport and agriculture.
“We will probably miss our targets for 2022. … Even for 2023 it will be difficult enough. We are starting with a drastic backlog,” said Habeck, co-leader of the Greens who are part of the new ruling coalition.
Germany aims to cut emissions in industry, the biggest carbon emitting sector, to 177 million CO2 tonnes in 2022, down 38% compared with 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year, down 15% from 1990.
In the transport sector, CO2 emissions should be reduced to 139 million tonnes in the coming year from the 145 million of the current year.
Habeck said the number of wind turbines built in Germany per year will rise to 1,000-1,500 from around 450 in the previous years, in an effort to meet the government’s targets for renewables to meet 80% of power demand by 2030 and to dedicate 2% of land surface to wind power infrastructure.
The government aims to have laws on accelerating approvals of wind turbines ready by the end of next year, he said.
He added, “2022 will be one of the most exhausting years this ministry has experienced in a long time.”
Habeck isnt the environment minister.
Does Germany ever its international commitments?
I seem to remember very similar ‘ah well, turns out we’re not doing it’ announcements on NATO spending.