Germany will struggle to meet key climate targets under its current trajectory for greenhouse emissions cuts, a climate expert council that advises the government said on Friday ahead of global climate talks.
Germany aims to become carbon-neutral by 2045 and cut 65% of emissions by 2030 compared with 1990, but current reduction rates are falling short, the first biennial report by the council showed.
"The annual reduction amount would have to more than double compared to the historical development of the last 10 years," with a 10-fold increase needed in the industrial sector and 14-fold in transportation, council member Thomas Heimer said on Friday. Germany tightened its climate protection law last year and its new government, with a push from its Greens party coalition partner, has set an ambitious goal to accelerate renewable energy expansion to 80% of electricity by 2030.
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