Ochrona klimatu w centrum procesu transformacji energetycznej w Niemczech
Climate protection in the focus of German Energy Transition

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on solutions developed in 2019-2020 by the federal government (often in agreement with the federal states or under the influence of the CDU/CSUand SPD parliamentary groups) in the process of energy transition concentrated on the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, i.e. precipitating actions for climate protection.The instruments adopted in the so-called climate package, the problem of phasing out coal for energy production by 2038 and the precipitation of the pace of renewable energy development, anchored in the prepared amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act, were presented. In addition, statistical data on the development of renewable energy sources and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in total and by economic sectors were taken into account, which makes it possible to assess the progress of the energy transition, which has an impact on the effectiveness of German climate policy.

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