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Minister Seehofer, Altmaier: Forecasts "tend to be overestimated"
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The Expert Council on Climate Issues does not assume that the measures proposed in the building sector will be sufficient to achieve the sector's climate targets by 2030.
That is the result of a report by the body that the federal government set up to answer such questions.
Accordingly, the immediate program proposed by the Federal Building and Economics Ministry is not sufficient to reduce greenhouse gases in the building sector in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Climate Protection Act.
In 2020, the building sector was the only sector that missed the annual target for the permitted amount of emissions by two million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
In this case, the Federal Climate Protection Act provides that the ministries involved in the building sector present an emergency program to remedy the deficit.
The immediate program of the two ministries presented to the expert council on July 14th provides for additional funding of 5.8 billion euros for the "Federal Funding for Efficient Buildings (BEG)" in 2021.
The immediate program does not contain any other new measures.
Between 2020 and 2030, a total of 32 billion euros in funding is to flow in to make the building sector more climate-friendly.
According to an expert report, the total funding volume would lead to an additional saving of two million tonnes of CO2 equivalents in 2025 and an additional four million tonnes in 2030.
The Expert Council considers the prognoses to "tend to be overestimated".
In addition, the committee complains that it is not clear from the calculations how exactly the additional funds made available in the emergency program in the amount of 5.8 billion euros as individual items will affect greenhouse gas reduction.
"Overall, the program appears to be effective, but does not provide any evidence that the building sector's climate targets will be achieved by 2030," the experts say.
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