Germany puts off transport emissions decision until 2023
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany puts off transport emissions decision until 2023

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany is postponing politically sensitive decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector until 2023 amid strong opposition from one governing party to the idea of a universal speed limit, officials said Monday. The libertarian Free Democratic Party, which controls the Transport Ministry, has long blocked the introduction mandatory speed limits seen in most of Germany’s neighbors. Those annual savings would make a significant contribution to closing the remaining emissions gap in Germany’s transport sector of 118-175 million tons by 2030. While Germany plans to introduce a monthly 49-euro ticket to encourage the use of public transit, the ministry said “climate policy failures of the past decades” meant further measures would need to be agreed in 2023.

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Cash-strapped Britain to water down green targets as economic reality bites
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Cash-strapped Britain to water down green targets as economic reality bites

Politico  

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Germany hails EU deal on renewable energy raising target for 2030 to 45%
1 year, 6 months ago

Germany hails EU deal on renewable energy raising target for 2030 to 45%

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister welcomed a deal Friday among European Union countries to increase by more than a third the bloc’s renewable energy target for 2030. “The new European rules will trigger an investment boom for renewables and make it legally binding,” said Economy Minister Robert Habeck, whose portfolio includes energy and climate. Under the new rules, countries that …

Green groups slam German government’s energy, climate deal
1 year, 8 months ago

Green groups slam German government’s energy, climate deal

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Environmental groups have criticized a deal between Germany’s three governing parties on energy and climate policies, saying Wednesday that it risks watering down essential measures to curb global warming. But Germany’s BUND environmental group accused Scholz of giving in to “expensive false solutions” and ignoring warnings contained in a recent U.N. climate report about the need for drastic …

German governing parties agree on energy, climate measures
1 year, 8 months ago

German governing parties agree on energy, climate measures

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s three ruling parties announced Tuesday that they have an agreement on a series of energy and climate policies following weeks of infighting that threatened to paralyze the government. Senior members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats and two smaller parties, the environmentalist Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, said three days of closed-doors talks had resulted in …

Germany reaches deal with EU on future use of combustion engines
1 year, 8 months ago

Germany reaches deal with EU on future use of combustion engines

The Hindu  

Germany and the European Union announced on March 25 that they have reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines, allowing the registration of new vehicles with such engines even after 2035 provided they use climate-neutral fuel only. — Frans Timmermans March 25, 2023 German Transport Minister Volker Wissing tweeted that the way had …

War, transport weigh on Germany’s efforts to curb emissions
1 year, 9 months ago

War, transport weigh on Germany’s efforts to curb emissions

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2% last year, beating previous estimates but still falling far short of the cuts needed to meet its medium-term climate goals, officials said Wednesday. But the cut in Russian fossil fuel supplies also prompted the German government to reactivate shuttered coal and oil power plants, pushing up emissions in the …

Germany threatens to hold up EU’s combustion-engine car ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Germany threatens to hold up EU’s combustion-engine car ban

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s transport minister said Tuesday that his country won’t back a planned European Union ban on the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, after failing to get assurances from the bloc’s executive for an exemption on synthetic fuels. The plan, which is part of the bloc’s effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, effectively means …

EU lawmakers approve effective 2035 ban on new fossil fuel cars
1 year, 10 months ago

EU lawmakers approve effective 2035 ban on new fossil fuel cars

The Hindu  

The European Parliament on February 14 formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change. The landmark rules will require that by 2025 carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions from new cars …

EU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035
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EU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers and member countries reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2035. The deal EU negotiators sealed Thursday night is the first agreement of the bloc’s “Fit for 55" package, which the bloc’s executive commission set up to achieve the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by …

Germany’s climate plan: More bike lanes, no car speed limit
2 years, 5 months ago

Germany’s climate plan: More bike lanes, no car speed limit

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government unveiled a new package of climate measures Wednesday to close the emissions gap in the transport and housing sectors as part of the country’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2045. But Wissing, a member of the pro-business Free Democratic Party, said Germany would not be introducing a general highway speed limit that environmental activists …

Economists: Current measures won’t meet German energy goals
2 years, 5 months ago

Economists: Current measures won’t meet German energy goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany won’t achieve its targets for phasing out fossil fuels and ramping up renewable energy by 2030 with the measures currently in place, according to a think tank report released Wednesday. The respected German Institute for Economic Research, or DIW, examined the goals that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government set itself since coming to power last year following an …

EU lawmakers endorse ban on combustion-engine cars in 2035
2 years, 6 months ago

EU lawmakers endorse ban on combustion-engine cars in 2035

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Wednesday threw its weight behind a proposed ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in 2035, seeking to step up the fight against climate change through the faster development of electric vehicles. The 2030 CO2-reduction target and ban on combustion engines in 2035 were proposed last year by the European Commission, the EU’s …

EU lawmakers back ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035
2 years, 6 months ago

EU lawmakers back ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035

Al Jazeera  

Transport produces 25 percent of Europe’s planet-heating emissions, and greenhouse gases from the sector have increased in recent years, threatening efforts to avert dangerous levels of climate change. Lawmakers supported a proposal, made by the European Commission last year, to require a 100 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2035, which would make it impossible to sell …

Germany faces ‘gigantic’ task meeting energy, climate goals
2 years, 11 months ago

Germany faces ‘gigantic’ task meeting energy, climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s new climate minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “gigantic” task if it wants to achieve its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring sufficient energy for its energy-hungry industry. The government plans to phase out coal power “ideally” by 2030 as well, filling the gap with less polluting natural gas until enough renewable energy …

Germany to slip back in cutting greenhouse gases, emission to grow by largest amount since 1990: Study
3 years, 4 months ago

Germany to slip back in cutting greenhouse gases, emission to grow by largest amount since 1990: Study

India Today  

Germany is forecast to slip back below the threshold it had set for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020, amid a post-pandemic recovery and unfavorable conditions for renewable energy, according to a report by an environmental think tank Sunday. Berlin-based Agora Energiewende examined data from the first half of 2021 to forecast that total emissions in Germany this year will be …

EU unveils tough climate rules, eyes tax on foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

EU unveils tough climate rules, eyes tax on foreign firms

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union unveiled sweeping new legislation Wednesday to help meet its pledge to cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55% over this decade, including a controversial plan to tax foreign companies for the pollution they cause. European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans said that by failing to act now, “we would fail our …

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms

LA Times  

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and other commission officials announce plans for new emissions rules at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday. ”The principle is simple: emission of CO 2 must have a price, a price on CO 2 that incentivizes consumers, producers and innovators to choose the clean technologies, to go toward the clean and …

Germany maps path to reaching ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045
3 years, 7 months ago

Germany maps path to reaching ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government adopted an ambitious plan Wednesday to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2045, five years earlier and with deeper cuts than previously planned. The roadmap approved by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet sets out a number of measures for achieving the new target, including spending more to expand renewable energy sources and …

Germany aims for net zero emissions by 2045, 5 years earlier
3 years, 7 months ago

Germany aims for net zero emissions by 2045, 5 years earlier

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German officials proposed Wednesday that the country could bring forward the date for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” to 2045, after Germany’s top court ruled that existing plans place too much of the burden for curbing climate change on young people. The proposed targets so far include few details on how the emission cuts would …

The Netherlands joins movement to end use of fossil fuel cars by 2030
3 years, 9 months ago

The Netherlands joins movement to end use of fossil fuel cars by 2030

NL Times  

Together with eight other EU countries, the Netherlands asked the European Commission to increase measures to get fossil fuel cars off Europe's roads and so contribute to the reduction of CO2-emissions. “If the goal of CO2 neutrality by 2050 is to be attained, the production of vehicles with combustion engines needs to be stopped by 2030 when you take into …

Germany says it beat 2020 goal to cut greenhouse emissions
3 years, 10 months ago

Germany says it beat 2020 goal to cut greenhouse emissions

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says the country beat its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% last year compared to 1990 levels. Peter Altmaier said figures show Germany’s emissions of planet-heating gases were 42% lower in 2020 than three decades ago, confounding warnings that the country couldn’t meet its goal. While the coronavirus pandemic helped reduce emissions, Altmaier …

EU Environment Ministers Strike Deal on Climate Law, Leave Out 2030 Emissions-cutting Target
4 years, 2 months ago

EU Environment Ministers Strike Deal on Climate Law, Leave Out 2030 Emissions-cutting Target

News 18  

European Union environment ministers struck a deal on Friday to make the bloc’s 2050 net zero emissions target legally binding, but left a decision on a 2030 emissions-cutting target for leaders to discuss in December. It will fix in law the EU target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and define the rules for reviewing progress towards climate targets. …

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