Multilateral AssessmentPresentation by Germany

November 2020

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Germany – selected facts and figuresIntro

Pop-up cycle lane in Berlin.

Due to corona more people are

using a bicycle.

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• Federal Republic of 16 »Länder« (states), EU member

• Area 357,000 sqkm (> 50% agricultural land, 30% forests)

• Population: 83.2 million (2019)

• GDP: 3,449 bn EUR; 41,508 EUR / capita (2019)

• GHG-Emissions: 813 t; 9,8 t / capita (2019)

• Strong industrial branches: vehicle manufacturers,

manufacture of machinery, food industry, chemical industry

Source: wikimedia

Climate Action in GermanyPolicy

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EU policy

framework

(ETS/ESD/ESR)

Climate CabinetCabinet committee,

Makes recommend-

dations to the cabinet will operate permanently

TargetsClimate Change Act

(18.12.2019)

Sector

targets

Procedure + Monitoring

Framework

Climate Action

Programme 2030(9.10.2019)

Sectoral measures

Carbon pricing

Overarching measuresMeasures

Climate Action

Plan 2050(2016)

PathwayGuiding

principles

Long-term strategy

under UNFCCC

Strategy

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Overall Emission Trends and TargetsEmissions

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GHG Monitoring and immediate Climate Action

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of GHG emissions(Published in March for preceding year)

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with concrete Measures

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Monitoring

Electricity Generation – growing share of renewable energies

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Electricity

Act on Phase-out of Coal-fired Power Plants (3. July 2020):• 65% renewables by 2030• Phase-out of Coal-fired Power Plants by 2038

German GHG emissions regulated under European Emissions Trading

System (EU ETS)

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EU-ETS

• Distribution of emissions and installations subject to emissions trading in the energy sector and the industrial sector in Germany in 2019.

• Emissions dropped by 14 percent compared to 2018.

• At 24.65 euros, the average allowance price in the ETS in 2019 was almost 50 percent higher than in 2018.

Emissions in theIndustrial sector:

New: National Emissions Trading System especially for

heating and transport

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nETS

CO2-Price, according to the

Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG) • Price for Emissions from

the combustion of fuels

that have not yet been

subject to the EU ETS

• It basically includes all

CO2-causing fuels put on

the market, especially

petrol, diesel, heating oil,

liquified gas, natural gas

and coal.

• participants in emissions

trading are those who

place fuels on the market

and are subject to energy

taxes

Germany’s economic stimulus package of

€130 billion also boosts the energy transition

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Corona

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TransportEnergyElectric vehicles Buildings

• €9 bn for National Hydrogen Strategy

• 2030 offshore wind target increased to 20 GW, solar PV cap removed

• Renewables levy capped in 2021/22

• €2.5 bn to municipalities for public transport

• Funding for national and Europe-wide vehicle exchange

• Modernisationprogramme for bus and lorry fleet

• Increased premium for new EVs and PHEVs

• Additional €2.5 bn for charging infrastructure and R&D

• Vehicle tax tied more to carbon emissions

• CO2 building renovation program funding increased to €2.5 bn in 2020/21

Beyond national GHG abatement: Climate financing

Petersberg Climate

Dialogue 2015:

Germany committed

to doubling its

international climate

funding until 2020 to

4 billion EUR

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Financing