Together for 1.5
German NECP
Germany rapidly accelerated the deployment of renewable energy, but it still didn’t unlock its full potential. The key is now to accelerate expansion, strengthening planning capacities in administrations, enabling conditions for tenant electricity and energy sharing. Germany finally needs a transport policy that is aligned with climate targets. The company car privilege for internal combustion engines must be dropped and the focus must be on rail instead of new road construction.
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Germany is not on track with its transport objectives
Germany is lagging behind in reaching transport related targets, it shall focus on rail transport and to cut counterproductive subsidies especially in view of its NECP revision...
Time for renewables rollout
Germany is planning a considerable rollout of renewable energy, but is still lacking measures on community energy. The updated German NECP needs to incorporate energy communities in...
Accelerate
The German National and Energy Climate Plan needs to provide measures to reach both the climate targets for 2030 and the goal of a climate neutral economy by 2045. At this stage, it’s very important to foster public participation in the plan drafting and to accelerate the transition starting from the transport sector.