Germany meets 2025 climate targets
The first climate assessment of the new Federal Government’s term in office is presented. The message from the German Environment Agency is that climate action needs new impetus.
Berlin (dpa) - Germany’s Environment Minister Carsten Schneider urges for climate action to be stepped up in Germany. Speaking in Berlin, Schneider said that too little progress was being made on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. According to data released by the German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany did meet its climate targets last year - though only narrowly. The pace of decline in harmful emissions has slowed, reported the UBA.
Its figures show that greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 0.1 percent year-on-year in 2025. Overall emissions totalled 648.9 million tonnes of so-called CO2 equivalents. This is around 12.8 million tons below the total permitted under the country’s Climate Change Act.
Since 1990, Germany has thus lowered its greenhouse gas emissions by 48 percent, says the UBA’s report. Based on current projections, the statutory goal of reducing emissions by 65 percent by 2030, based on 1990 levels, remains achievable. However, this will require additional
climate action measures. The Federal Government intends to present a climate action programme at the end of March.
