Germany may miss its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse emissions, according to an environment ministry report. By the end of the decade, the country had aimed to reduce emissions by 40% on 1990 levels. However, recent data reveals emissions were down just 27% in 2015. The report also shows that Germany’s energy consumption has fallen since 1990, but it is still higher than most other European countries. These actions were expected to save between 62 million and 78 million tonnes of CO2, but the government now anticipates the figure to be just 58 million tonnes.
Germany may miss its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse emissions, according to an environment ministry report. By the end of the decade, the country had aimed to reduce emissions by 40% on 1990 levels. However, recent data reveals emissions were down just 27% in 2015. Germany has been increasing efforts to cut carbon since 2014 with measures including energy efficiency improvements and closures of brown coal power plants. These actions were expected to save between 62 million and 78 million tonnes of CO2, but the government now anticipates the figure to be just 58 million tonnes.