Climate protection made in Germany
The fight to save the climate: Climate expert Falco Uckerdt explains Germany's role in the international fight against climate change.
German policy is guided by values clearly stated in the Basic Law.
Germany also defends these values internationally: At the 2015 Climate Conference in Paris, the heads of state and government of 150 countries committed to keeping the Earth warming below 2 degrees Celsius. Falko Jukerdt, National Team Leader for the Energy Transition Program at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change (PiK), explains Germany's role in achieving climate targets.
How should the global economy change in order not to exceed the upper limit of two degrees?
At the EU level, Germany is playing a key role and is campaigning for the agreed target of EU-wide climate neutrality by 2050, ”- Falko Jückerdt. For the electricity sector, this means further expansion of the renewable energy sector and the rapid elimination of the remaining coal, and ultimately the production of electricity from natural gas. But even these measures only cover just under a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Otherwise, decisive climate protection measures must be taken in the areas of transport, housing, industry, and agriculture.
At the EU level, Germany plays a key role and campaigns towards the agreed target of EU-wide climate neutrality by 2050
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