German rail company ratchets up climate ambition ahead of UN climate conference
Germany鈥檚 biggest power consumer, Deutsche Bahn (DB), has set itself new climate protection targets ahead of the COP23 UN climate conference in Bonn next month, Henrik Mortsiefer reports for the Tagesspiegel. The company 鈥� including its global logistics subsidiary Schenker 鈥� aims to reduce CO鈧� emissions by 50 percent by 2030, compared to 2006 (it already achieved a 25 percent cut in 2016). DB currently gets 42 percent power for its rail operations from renewables, and aims to increase this share to 70 percent by 2030. 鈥淩ail travel equals climate protection,鈥� DB鈥檚 CEO Richard Lutz said in a press release. Switching to a 100-percent renewable power supply by 2030 isn't possible because Deutsche Bahn has long-term contracts for coal power, Mortsiefer writes.
Read the DB press release in English and the Tagesspiegel article in German .
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier The energy transition and Germany鈥檚 transport sector.