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Industry representatives and environmental groups have warned the German government against scrapping key components of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law in a planned reform. Strict sectoral responsibility for emissions reduction is particularly important, said the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) ahead of in parliament on the issue. 鈥淭he energy industry cannot compensate for the shortcomings in other sectors when it comes to reaching the climate targets,鈥� BDEW head Kerstin Andreae said. 鈥淭he energy industry is on track and reliably delivers on CO2聽reduction targets.鈥� 聽Andreae stressed that this reliability was the result of an 鈥渆normous effort鈥� in the sector, adding that targets for energy producers were particularly ambitious. 鈥淲e are working on the verge of what is technically and financially feasible given the time frame,鈥� she argued. 聽鈥漌e expect other sectors to equally live up to their responsibilities.鈥� Weakening sectoral targets by introducing an approach that looks at total emissions 鈥渃omes with considerable risks for climate protection鈥�, she said. 鈥淭here needs to be clear responsibilities that are linked to concrete measures in order to make the targets more binding,鈥� Andreae stated, adding that some might regard government plans as a 鈥渃arte blanche鈥� to moderate their efforts.

NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), which was also invited to speak at the hearing,聽聽the reform could amount to a 鈥済utting鈥� of the Climate Action Law. DUH head Sascha M眉ller-Kraenner accused the reform of being aimed at 聽鈥渉iding repeated breaches of law by the government鈥�, especially in the transport sector. DUH said the reform would run counter to a landmark ruling by the country鈥檚 constitutional court that obliged the government to spell out concrete emissions reduction targets even for the years after 2030. The move would mean that 鈥淕ermany finally waves goodbye to the Paris Climate Agreement and loses all credibility regarding climate policy at the international level鈥�, M眉ller-Kraenner argued. He urged members of parliament to reject the reform and 鈥渟ave the centrepiece of German climate policy鈥�.

The government coalition aims to abolish immediate obligations stemming from the Climate Action Law if a sector misses its annual emissions reduction target. The main idea is that the full federal government will be responsible for compliance with targets. All sectors combined will have to reach their aggregated target, so that a miss in one sector can be compensated through overshooting in another sector. Experts have warned that even if Germany reaches aggregated targets in the future, it could still face costly target misses at EU level if efforts in some sectors do not suffice. The transport and buildings sectors both missed their targets in 2022.