Assessment of the drafted German Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan

Marius Buchmann, Julia Kusznir and Gert Brunekreeft

No 30, Bremen Energy Working Papers from Bremen Energy Research

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.

Keywords: German climate policy; energy and climate goals; emission reduction measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L38 L98 Q28 Q48 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2019-09
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Published in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 1, 2019 pp. 85–96

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