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The leaders of the leading industrialised and emerging economies will discuss ways to funnel capital into financing climate measures at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 4 and 5, a German government official said on Tuesday. The Chinese presidency had put global growth at the top of the agenda, with other individual working sessions on trade, development and financial regulation issues. In the working meeting about financial markets the question of how to channel the capital available globally into green finance would be discussed. 鈥淭his is the only way to ultimately manage the climate turnaround economically,鈥� the official said. The question of how to take forward the agreement reached at the climate summit COP21 in Paris at the G20 level was part of one of the five sessions, also touching on topics such as health. Germany would also lay out its priorities for its 2017 presidency at the end of the meeting, the official said.

The federal government is 鈥渋ncreasingly without ambition鈥� regarding concrete steps to fight global warming 鈥� with the exception of environment minister Barbara Hendricks 鈥� writes Silke Kerstig in an opinion piece for Handelsblatt. Hendricks so far is alone in her battle: 鈥淪he must get her cabinet colleagues on her side, but also the industry, which has to realise that a reduction in greenhouse gases, as well as entering a real circular economy are in its very own interest.鈥� This week, the plan will finally enter the interministerial coordination process, where it will likely face opposition by the transport and agriculture ministries, writes Kerstig.

Read the 威力彩玩法 article CO2 targets and coal deadline omitted from Climate Action Plan draft.

The Association of German Cities warns of driving bans in inner cities if nothing is done about the air pollution caused by diesel vehicles, writes Kerstin Schwenn in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). 鈥淭he targets of the UN climate conference in Paris at the end of 2015 put pressure on city governments,鈥� writes Schwenn. Part of the solution could be the switch from diesel engines to electric motors in public transport, but the cost of e-vehicles would put a high burden on municipal budgets, writes Schwenn.

Read the FAZ article in German .

In 2014, the EU already met final energy consumption target values set for 2020 and is on track to reach the target value for primary energy consumption, according to a report by the EU Commission. With a share of 19.7 percent in 2014, Germany was the member state with the highest final energy consumption.

Read the press release and the full report (both in English).

Find the numbers in the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Germany鈥檚 energy consumption and power mix in charts.