Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224124 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Bremen Energy Working Papers No. 30
Publisher: 
Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen Energy Research (BER), Bremen
Abstract: 
Germany is struggling to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and climate goals. Against this background, we analyze the current draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) that sets out how Germany aims to achieve its national and European climate goals by 2030. We introduce the current stage of the country's climate policy and, by looking at the different emission reduction measures under discussion, examine why Germany will probably miss its CO2 emissions reduction goals. We conclude that, based on the climate package announced in September 2019, Germany will get closer to the achievement of its 2030 targets than was anticipated in the NECP draft; nevertheless, the new climate package leaves a significant gap between the new measures and the 2030 climate goals.
Subjects: 
German climate policy
energy and climate goals
emission reduction measures
JEL: 
L38
L98
Q28
Q48
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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