For Germany to become climate neutral by 2045, it has to reduce the amount of its greenhouse gas emissions three times, which is a massive task, but also a great opportunity, according to Germany’s new Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, British news portal The Guardian reports.
On Tuesday, January 11, Green party leader Habeck outlined of his ambitious plans to the public for the first time since entering government as part of a three-way coalition in December.
Habeck warned Germany was currently «dramatically behind» in its aim to achieve a goal for 80% of energy to come from renewable sources by 2030, as well as for a 65% reduction in greenhouse gases compared with 1990 levels, and to become climate neutral by 2045. Currently about 42% of energy in Germany comes from renewables.
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The chair of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, warned of the contradiction Habeck would face between people expressing their support for a rollout of renewable energy at the same time as resisting anything that might be built close to their own homes. «People are in favour of alternative energy as long as they don’t have to see or hear the facilities behind them,» he told German television, The Guardian reports.
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