Germany Has Committed Itself to Phasing Out Fossil Fuels in Less than 20 Years
The plan expands renewables, electric vehicles and EU carbon trading as Germany becomes the third country to set a national fossil-fuel exit goal.
- On Wednesday, Germany's cabinet approved a national roadmap to phase out coal, oil, and gas by 2045, becoming the third European country to do so after France and the Netherlands.
- German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider presented the plan at the United Nations General Assembly, arguing the Middle East war and Strait of Hormuz situation demonstrate why fossil fuels must be abandoned.
- According to Spiegel, the plan foresees battery-electric cars making up 100% of new passenger car registrations by 2035 and may accelerate the coal-fired power generation deadline to 2035.
- Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche pushed for combustion-engine vehicles and advocated building new gas-fired power plants to stabilize the electricity grid.
- Fentje Jacobsen, a climate policy adviser at the WWF, argued the roadmap lacks "new ideas or additional ambitions," noting the government plans to rely more on gas despite transition goals.
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The German government has presented a roadmap for phasing out the use of fossil fuels. Just another one. Germany is now obliged by law to achieve a zero-carbon balance by 2045. For the first time, the new roadmap directly describes the transition from coal, oil and
Germany has committed itself to phasing out fossil fuels in less than 20 years
The German government has unveiled a roadmap for gradually phasing out fossil fuels. Another one.Germany has now legally committed itself to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The new roadmap, for the first time, explicitly...
Federal Environment Minister Schneider has presented to the United Nations a roadmap for Germany's exit from fossil energy sources.
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