Two days before the decisive meeting for a climate protection law, the Federal Government is apparently still far from a viable compromise. According to a draft of the so-called Climate Protection Program 2030, Germany would only achieve half of the targeted carbon dioxide emissions with the measures proposed so far.
According to a tabular overview in the paper, the current catalog of measures, as of Monday night, would yield a maximum of savings of around 150 million tonnes of CO2 by the year 2030. However, the Federal Republic would have to reduce its CO2 emissions by around 300 million tons in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, as planned.
Above all, the Federal Ministry of Transport has, according to the document only deposited measures that would save a maximum of 25 million tons of carbon dioxide. At the same time, Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) must save at least 55 million tonnes in his sector by 2030.
In order to reach its climate goal, the Union and SPD still have to agree on fundamental measures that affect all economic sectors equally. The main issue is the question of how C02 emissions can be socially acceptable.
The SPD prefers a tax, CDU / CSU prefer a national trade with emission certificates. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) could also imagine a hybrid of these two models.
Cabinet just wants to say goodbye to corner point paper
The Montagnacht draft, which is available to SPIEGEL, does not yet contain a decision on the CO2 tax. The leaders of the coalition parties want to negotiate on Thursday evening in Berlin about it. Given many open questions, a session is expected until late at night.
According to information from the SPIEGEL, the federal government has decided not in the Climate Cabinet to decide on a bill, but only cornerstones. The 20 to 30 pages long paper will be supplemented in the coming weeks by a more detailed document.
The member of the Bundestag Lorenz Gösta Beutin (left) warned against such a "pipe-breaker". The present coalition draft is "a staggering testament to the climate coalition of the Grand Coalition," he said. "While the climate crisis continues to worsen with every metric ton of CO2, real climate protection is sacrificed to the power of the incapable grand coalition."
