The government decided, Wednesday, in an emergency, to raise its greenhouse gas reduction targets, not by abrupt conversion to environmental theses, but under the sole pressure of the judges of the constitutional court and its environmental opponents. (Grünen).
Berlin now intends to reduce its emissions by 65% by 2030 (compared to 1990), against 55% previously, then by 88% by 2040.
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In addition, “carbon neutrality” should be achieved in 2045, five years earlier than the initial schedule. These objectives are "
really ambitious"
and "
achievable
", declared the Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz, candidate of the SPD in the next legislative elections, and traditionally conservative on climate issues. A bill will be tabled next week.
On April 29, the Constitutional Court had inflicted a snub on the government, judging "
insufficient
", the greenhouse gas reduction targets, however painfully negotiated before their presentation at the end of 2019. The judgment of the wise men of Karlsruhe, which invoked the right of "
future generations
" not to bear the burden of climate transition alone, fell when for the first time in history, the Greens are considering bringing their candidate, Annalena Baerbock, to the chancellery.
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The latter, who demand a 70% drop in emissions by 2030, criticized the lukewarmness of the new proposals. Officially, the government maintains 2038 as the coal exit date and has not yet specified, contrary to requests from the Constitutional Court, the annual calendar of carbon reductions after 2030.