Environment Control

Climate Protection in Traffic

January 4, 2022 0

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Mobility is an integral part of everyday life. However, transportation is also one of Germany’s largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the requirements of the Paris Climate Protection Agreement and the goals of the 2030 Federal Climate Protection Act, German transport needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly and significantly over the next few years.

 

The role of transport in Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions

In 2019, the transport sector will be involved in approximately 164 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO 2 equivalent, represented by CO 2 eq), the greenhouse effect of the gas. Contributed 20% to. Emissions in Germany as well. This relative share has increased by 7 percentage points compared to 1990. This makes transportation the only sector that has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the last few decades. Only the corona pandemic resulted in a short-term reduction in emissions. Measures related to the blockade reduced traffic emissions from traffic to approximately 146 million tonnes of CO 2 eq in 2020. This is a preliminary estimate by ⁠UBA ⁠.

 

Climate protection goals in the transport sector

According to the Federal Climate Protection Act (KSG), greenhouse gas emissions from transport must be equivalent to 85 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. Compared to 2019, the amount of reduction has been almost halved (48%). According to the Climate Protection Act, Germany needs to neutralize greenhouse gases by 2045. This could mean zero greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector. From the perspective of the Federal Environment Agency, Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced by at least 70% by 2030 and by at least 90% by 2040 compared to 1990.

 

Missing Target: Reference Development

Due to climate protection measures currently being decided by politicians, greenhouse gas emissions in traffic will be approximately 126 million tonnes by 2030, according to current forecast reports by the Federal Government (see post on how to buy Reddit upvotes). It can be reduced by CO2 conversion. This means that the transportation sector will meet its 85 million tonnes CO2 conversion target. It is equivalent to more than 40 million tons of CO2. At the same time, extrapolation reports will exceed emission targets set by federal climate protection legislation for individual years through 2030. This puts pressure on politicians to adopt the transport sector and accelerate all-climate protection measures.