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4.2.3 GERMANY

On 14 November 2016 the German government adopted the Climate Action Plan 2050, laying down the principles and goals of the German government’s climate policy  5) . The Climate Action Plan 2050 provides guidance on all areas of action in the process of achieving the German domestic climate targets in line with the Paris Agreement. The long-term targets are based on the guiding principle of extensive greenhouse gas neutrality in Germany by the middle of the century. The areas of action defined in the Climate Action Plan 2050 are energy, buildings, transport, trade and industry, agriculture and forestry. Based on the climate targets for 2050, the Climate Action Plan formulates milestones and measures for all areas of action. The 2030 emission reduction targets for the areas of action are given in Table 4.2.

2030 EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS FOR THE AREAS OF ACTION, GERMANY

1990 (in million tonnes of CO ² equivalent)

2014 (in million tonnes of CO ² equivalent)

2030 (in million tonnes of CO ² equivalent)

2030 (reduction in % compared to 1990)

Area of action

ENERGY SECTOR

466

358

175 – 183

62% – 61%

BUILDINGS

209

119

70 – 72

67% – 66%

TRANSPORT

163

160

95 – 98

42% – 40%

INDUSTRY

283

181

140 – 143

51% – 49%

AGRICULTURE

88

72

58 – 61

34% – 31%

SUBTOTAL

1,209

890

538 – 557

56% – 54%

OTHER

39

12

5

87%

TOTAL

1,248

902

543 – 562

56% – 55%

Table 4.2: 2030 emission reduction targets for the areas of action (Source: German Climate Action Plan 2050, BMUB)

The German gas transmission and distribution systems provide an ideal basis for supporting the German energy policy. In this context the following main legislative measures are currently in place and are expected to be further developed: 1. Renewable energy sources act (EEG) and the gas network access regulation (GasNZV) covering among others the integration of biogas into gas transmission and distribution networks  6) 2. Combined heat and power act (KWKG) covering among others the support of gas-fired combined heat-and-power systems  7) 3. Energy tax act (EnergieStG) covering among others a mineral oil tax reduction on CNG use in the transport sector  8) 4. Federal immission control act (BImSchG) and 13 th federal immission control regulation (13. BImSchV) under which the German TSOs implement technical measures to reduce immissions of the gas transmission facilities, e. g. compres- sor stations  9)

 5) Source: http://www.bmub.bund.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Klimaschutz/klimaschutzplan_2050_kurzf_en_bf.pdf  6) Source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gasnzv_2010  7) Source: http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Service/gesetze,did=22130.html  8) Source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/energiestg/BJNR153410006.html  9) Source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschg

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