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On September 23, Germany announced a plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045, joining France and the Netherlands as only the third country with such a roadmap. The plan includes expanding renewable energy, promoting electric vehicles, and using EU carbon trading schemes to reduce industrial reliance on fossil fuels. However, critics like WWF climate policy adviser Fentje Jacobsen argue that the initiative lacks new ideas and highlights inconsistencies in the government's approach, noting its plans to increase dependency on gas-fired power plants.

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On September 23, Germany published a roadmap committing to phase out fossil fuels by 2045, becoming only the third country to do so after France and the Netherlands. The plan includes increasing renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030, with an additional 12GW of onshore wind and a target of 215GW of solar energy by 2030. Additionally, emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide, will be reduced by 30% by 2030 as part of the global methane pledge signed in 2021. Andreas Sieber from 350.org praised this move as a significant step towards explicitly phasing out fossil fuels, though he noted concerns about simultaneous efforts to increase gas usage.

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Germany on Sept 23 unveiled a roadmap for abandoning fossil fuels by 2045, making Europe’s largest economy only the third country to have done so after France and the Netherlands. asserted

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Though almost 200 countries pledged at COP28 climate negotiations in 2023 to wean off fossil fuels, few have presented concrete plans, Germany’s environment ministry said. asserted

ministry → pledge → plans

Germany’s measures include building up renewable power, greater reliance on electric cars and the application of European Union carbon trading schemes to drive industrial polluters away from fossil fuels, the ministry statement added. asserted

statement → include → fuels

German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider told the UN General Assembly that the Middle East war showed why fossil fuels should be dumped. asserted

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“It is not just extreme weather events around the world that demonstrate how urgently we need to do more to protect the climate,” he said. asserted

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“If the situation in the Strait of Hormuz determines whether people can still afford their daily commute to work, that is not a good state of affairs,” he added. asserted

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Fentje Jacobsen, a climate policy adviser at the WWF, said the roadmap largely restated existing initiatives without adding “new ideas or additional ambitions”. asserted

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“The current government is, meanwhile, planning to rely less on renewables and more on gas,” she added. asserted

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Energy Minister Katherina Reiche favours building new gas-fired power plants to help stabilise the electricity grid and help offset the intermittency of renewable sources like wind and solar. asserted

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Germany sets out plan to abandon fossil fuels by 2045

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