2024-10-01 13:29:08
Climate Change
Energie

Germany's Urgent Call for Climate Action

Germany faces a pressing need for enhanced climate protection measures. In Hesse, greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 30% since 1990, but an additional 10% reduction is needed by 2025. Achieving this requires immediate programs focused on electricity savings, expanding wind and solar energy, and other measures. The environmental group BUND stresses the importance of implementing these strategies swiftly, claiming they are economically attractive and socially effective.

A recent Bertelsmann study highlights Germany's lag in meeting its Paris Agreement and EU climate neutrality targets by 2050, trailing behind countries like Denmark, Norway, and the UK. Key challenges include the expansion of renewable energy, e-mobility, and building efficiency. Inadequate power grids, storage capacities, and charging infrastructure, alongside a shortage of heat pumps, hinder progress. Denmark and Norway benefit from fossil fuel taxes and smart meters, setting a benchmark for Germany.

In response, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has unveiled 110 measures across 16 fields to combat climate change impacts. These measures address health, environmental protection, infrastructure, urban development, and disaster preparedness. Additionally, the federal government has introduced a strategy to adapt to climate change, encompassing 34 goals for 2030 and 2050, focusing on infrastructure, land use, health, and population protection. This strategy aims to prepare Germany for the effects of climate change, complementing existing climate protection laws.

Grassroots initiatives also play a vital role. In Wermelskirchen, citizen participation is encouraged through climate workshops, where residents share ideas like heat pump parties. These community-driven projects, supported by local experts, aim to foster environmental sustainability at the grassroots level.

With coordinated efforts from government strategies and community involvement, Germany aims to enhance its resilience and achieve its ambitious climate goals.

gmx
1. Oktober 2024 um 11:10

BUND calls for immediate climate protection program

Environment
Politics
According to BUND state chairman Jörg Nitsch and BUND energy expert Werner Neumann, greenhouse gas emissions in Hesse have been reduced by 30% since 1990. However, by 2025 they need to decrease by another 10%, which could be achieved with an immediate program for electricity savings, expansion of wind and photovoltaics, and additional measures.
Frankfurter Rundschau
1. Oktober 2024 um 11:09

BUND calls for immediate climate protection program

Environment
The immediate program proposed by BUND is simple, quickly implementable, economically attractive and socially effective in order to achieve Hesse's climate protection goals of a 40% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2025.
n-tv.de
1. Oktober 2024 um 10:15

Bertelsmann study shows deficit: Germany still has 'a lot to catch up on' when it comes to climate protection - n-tv.de

Environment
Politics
Study: When it comes to the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement and the EU's 2050 climate neutrality requirements, Germany is lagging behind Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom. Problems with the expansion of renewable energy, e-mobility and building efficiency. Inadequate power grids, storage capacities, charging infrastructure and too few heat pumps are slowing progress. Denmark and Norway benefit from taxes on fossil fuels and smart electricity meters.
gmx
1. Oktober 2024 um 08:42

North Rhine-Westphalia Relies on 110 Measures Against the Consequences of Climate Change

Environment
Politics
North Rhine-Westphalia is planning 110 measures in 16 fields of action to protect health, the environment and infrastructure, as well as to improve the quality of life. The focus is on flood and heat protection, disaster control, urban development, planning, construction, economy, education and information. The goal is ambitious climate protection and an ambitious prevention policy.
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