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07 Mar 2022, 14:28
Benjamin Wehrmann

Environmental groups urge Germany to present binding plan to end gas use by 2040

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Several environmental groups are calling on Germany鈥檚 government to quickly present 鈥渁 binding phase-out path for fossil gas鈥 by 2040 in order to enable the country鈥檚 complete decarbonisation and reduce reliance on Russia as a trade partner. In an to Green climate and economy minister Robert Habeck, umbrella organisation DNR and others said the 鈥渆pochal change鈥 triggered by Russian president Vladimir Putin鈥檚 attack on Ukraine has 鈥減ut many things into question and reshuffles priorities.鈥 The war must end as quickly as possible and measures to avert a climate breakdown go hand in hand with this, the groups said. 鈥淔rom a climate as well as a peacemaking policy perspective, ending the dependence on fossil fuel imports must become a priority,鈥 they wrote. Diversification of supply routes can only be a short-term remedy, whereas more efforts in renewables expansion, energy efficiency and 鈥渁n honest sufficiency-policy to maximise savings鈥 had to be at the heart of a long-term solution.

鈥淣atural gas is defined as a bridge technology in the coalition treaty. Unfortunately, a clear path to a fully renewables-based energy system beyond the power sector is lacking,鈥 the letter stated. To avoid this leading to greenwashing and locking-in natural gas infrastructure, a plan for ending gas in the power and heating sector as well as in industry would be indispensable. The government should refrain from funding infrastructure such as the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, and instead focus on hydrogen projects as well as making it a requirement for new gas projects to assess whether these could be replaced with renewable power sources, the NGOs said.

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