German govt approves long-delayed 10-year national energy and climate plan
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Germany鈥檚 government has approved聽聽(NECP) after more than six months of delay. The plan contains Germany鈥檚 country-specific targets, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 (compared to 1990), reducing primary energy use by 30 percent (compared to 2008) and increasing the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 30 percent, both also by 2030. The NECP takes into account the government鈥檚 鈥渃limate package鈥 decisions from autumn 2019, which were introduced to ensure the country meets its 2030 targets. However, studies聽have since said聽that the package is not enough to reach these targets. In the plan released today, the government said that the energy and climate policy is 鈥渃ontinuously developed further鈥. With the plan, Germany 鈥渉elps to make energy and climate policy in the EU more transparent and comparable, and to reach the 2030 EU energy targets together with our European partners,鈥 said economy minister Peter Altmaier聽.
The national plans outline how the EU member states intend to address energy efficiency, renewables and greenhouse gas emission reductions.聽聽were required to send the final version of their NECPs to the European Commission by 31 December 2019. However, the German plan聽聽as key legislative proposals from the government鈥檚 鈥climate package鈥 still had to be decided, such as details of the coal exit. A first draft from the end of 2018聽had been patchy. Each country must submit a progress report every two years.