SRU: Germany has exceeded CO2 budget for • Table.Briefings

In the transport sector – here a traffic jam in Düsseldorf – emissions in Germany are barely declining.

The German government’s Advisory Council on the Environment sounds the alarm: According to them, Germany has emitted so many greenhouse gases that it has exceeded its „fair share“ of the global 1.5-degree target. The calculation is controversial and has its pitfalls.

Germany exhausted its fair share of the CO2 budget derived from the 1.5-degree limit as early as the beginning of 2023. This is the conclusion reached by the German government’s Advisory Council on Environmental Issues (SRU) in a new calculation. The Council’s calculation is based on:

SRU: Germany has exceeded CO2 budget for 1.5 degrees

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