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The incoming German government wants to end coal use by 2030


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The incoming German government wants to end coal use by 2030

Germany plans to end coal usage by 2030, eight years earlier than previously planned, in its latest bid to the international climate pledge.

The new German government wants the country to produce nearly 80 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by the same year. Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, announced the plan as a part of the deal that sees the former vice-chancellor take reins of the country at the head of a three-party coalition made up of the Free Democrats and the greens.

The September 28th German national election saw the Greens claim 118 seats in the German parliament, making it the party’s best-ever showing. Scholz is expected to recruit Greens leader AnnalenaBaerlock to serve as his Foreign Minister. Robert Habeck, the co-leader of the Greens, is scheduled to be made the vice-chancellor and oversee the country’s energy transition.

However, the coalition didn’t set a more aggressive emissions reduction target. By 2030, the country still plans to cut emissions by 65 percent from levels of 1990. According to an estimate of Climate Action Tracker, a nonprofit organization, Germany needs to reduce its greenhouse gas output by nearly 70 percent by the end of the decade to meet the 1.5 degree Celsius target put forward by the Paris Agreement.


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