Germany needs emergency programme to reach 2030 climate goals – dena head

Germany’s 2020 climate target is practically out of reach, and the country now needs an emergency programme to reach its 2030 targets, Andreas Kuhlmann, head of the German Energy Agency (dena), told the Frankfurter Rundschau. In their blueprint for possible future coalition negotiations, Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats emphasise the 2030 emissions reduction target. Kuhlmann told the newspaper that CO₂ emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants needed to be halved by that time, and renewables expansion and energy efficiency measures must also be significantly increased.

Read the article in German here.

For background, read CLEW’s recent interview with the dena head, and for background on the coalition talks, read the CLEW article German party leaders agree energy policy blueprint for coalition talks and the coalition watch.