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The German Climate Action Plan 2050 (German: Klimaschutzplan 2050) is a climate protection policy document approved by the German government on 14 November 2016. [1] The plan outlines measures by which Germany can meet its various national greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals through to 2050 (see table) and service its international commitments under the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement.
The MDGs were replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) upon the UN publication of Agenda 2030 in 2015. [4] The BMZ strongly supported the reorientation led by the OECD towards tangible and measurable goals for sustainability. [3] Germany is the second-largest development co-operation provider of the Development Assistance ...
The policy document outlining the Energiewende was published by the German government in September 2010, six months before the Fukushima nuclear accident. [14] Legislative support was passed in September 2010. On 6 June 2011, following Fukushima, the government removed the use of nuclear power as a bridging technology as part of their policy. [15]
Under the plan, the German government offers an average increase of 2.1%/year in macroeconomic energy productivity from 2008 to 2020. [a] [1]: 7 The exact reduction in primary energy use is therefore dependent on the rate of economic growth. The NAPE is part of the Climate Action Programme 2020, also approved on 3 December 2014. [4]
The German Advisory Council on Global Change (German: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen, WBGU) is an independent, scientific advisory body to the German Federal Government, established in 1992 in the run-up to the Rio Earth Summit (UNCED). The Council's principal tasks are to:
The collapse of Germany's government could have a silver lining for the euro zone's ailing economy with potentially higher spending likely to support its currency and stock markets, even if the ...
After the report was released, the German federal government adopted the recommended 25-30% emissions reduction goal by 2005. [36] Later reduction goals include Germany's pledge to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 21% from 1990 to 2012 as part of the EU 's collective 8% reduction from the Kyoto Protocol , and the 2005 target of ...
The German coalition government needs tighter guidelines for tackling conflicts of interest, though it has been transparent about the influence of lobbying on legislation over the past few years ...