Germany wants to become climate neutral.
According to the Federal Government's Climate Protection Act, all climate-damaging emissions must be reduced to zero by 2045 at the latest.
A clear goal – and a daring promise.
Because the green transformation is a huge challenge for politics, authorities and industry.
What is now needed as soon as possible: an exit from the fossil fuel economy, the promotion of renewables and a green turnaround in transport.
The problem: progress is too slow.
Because the energy transition, the key to climate neutrality, has stalled.
This also has something to do with the federal structure in Germany.
Although there are federal climate targets, the federal states and municipalities are also involved in their implementation.
So far there have been no obligations or sanctions, and so each federal state is pursuing its own climate agenda - there is often a lack of concepts and sensible planning.
And you get caught up in bureaucratic formalities.
In this episode of "Climate Report", our podcast on the climate crisis, we deal with the energy transition.
We ask ourselves how Germany intends to achieve climate neutrality in the next 23 years and what the federal government can do to get the energy transition up and running quickly.
This time the climate author and journalist Bernhard Pötter is a guest.