According to the expert council, Germany is currently on a climate course

"Germany is creating climate targets for 2030," it said recently. And the new climate minister Carsten Schneider also said that we are on track. Sounds great, has only one small catch: it's not true. A comment.

The acute pressure on the federal government on climate targets has been lifted: the competent expert council sees Germany on course for emissions by 2030. However, for the time after that, it is pushing for action. By Martin Polansky.

The Expert Council on Climate Issues warns that the Federal Government should not rest on short-term successes. In the long term, Germany threatens to miss its targets in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Germany could achieve its climate targets by 2030, writes the Expert Council on Climate Issues. However, political breaks in the US unfortunately show that such projections can quickly be overtaken.

This is the conclusion of a panel of scientists that evaluates the state of and projections of the German government's greenhouse gas emissions every year. Yesterday, the Expert Council on Climate Issues presented this audit report, an almost 300-page audit report on that document of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) from the end of April. The latter previously evaluated the effectiveness of the Federal Republic's legal regulations and measur…

As of: May 15, 2025, 2:22 p.m. The pressure on the German government regarding its climate targets has eased: The expert council sees Germany on track until 2030, but warns of the need for action for the future. The expert council on climate issues caused a stir in Berlin on Friday with a surprisingly positive result. The official review panel found that Germany is unlikely to have "a surplus in its emissions budget until 2030." The permissible …