Germany to miss 2030 climate goal: experts – DW – 06/03/2024
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Germany wants to be climate neutral by 2045. But a panel of government climate advisers says it's already in danger of missing a key target to cut planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade.

Germany wants to be climate neutral by 2045. But a panel of government climate advisers says it’s already in danger of missing a key target to cut planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade.

Germany’s climate advisory body has called for new policy measures to slash greenhouse gas emissions, warning that the country looks set to miss its 2030 climate change targets.

In a report published on Monday, the Council of Experts on Climate Change said Germany was unlikely to reach its goal of cutting 65% of emissions by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels.

The panel, which is appointed by the government and has independent authority to assess the country’s climate performance, said sectors such as transport and construction in particular were struggling to decarbonize.

The findings contradict statements from German Climate Protection Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who said in March that projections from the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) showed emissions were falling and Germany would meet its goal.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    58·
    5 months ago

    One possible meaning of fossil is “any rock or mineral dug out of the earth”, which very much applies to uranium. If you want to police people’s choice of words at least make sure that you know the actual meaning of words. Another meaning, very much applicable here, is “something outmoded”. Something like a lathe can be a fossil without having spent a single second buried.

    • vintageballs@feddit.deEnglish
      62·
      5 months ago

      The more important meaning in this context, imo, is the first one. Unlike solar, wind, hydroelectric power etc., nuclear energy is fossil in the sense that it uses a finite resource which cannot be replenished.

    • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      fossil fuel

      noun

      1. A hydrocarbon-based fuel, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas, derived from living matter of a previous geologic time.
      2. Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon depositssuch as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are irreplaceable, and their burning generates the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
      3. Fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth’s crust with high carbon and hydrogen content.

      The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        35·
        5 months ago

        I am not beholden to colonial language “authorities”.

        Also OP said “energy sources”, not “fossile fuels”. Yes that’s unconscionably nit-picky but so was criticising

        Other fossil energy sources like oil and nuclear energy

        in the first place: It’s perfectly clear what OP means. There’s no possible ambiguity. You attacking that kind of thing contributes to nothing but your own smugness.