After the study commissioned by the German government on the climate impact of all state subsidies and benefits was published on Monday, environmental associations have called for the consequences to be drawn. „Minister Christian Lindner and Minister Volker Wissing must now finally act and reduce climate-damaging subsidies, as stipulated in the coalition agreement“, demanded Christiane Averbeck, Managing Director of the Climate Alliance. As Table.Briefings had reported in advance, the study by six renowned research institutes revealed that the subsidies cost the state almost €36 billion in 2020 and will cause greenhouse gas emissions of 156 million tons in total by 2030. The transport sector accounts for the largest share of both costs and emissions. Environmental Action Germany has also called for subsidies in the transport sector to be scrapped.