Photo: DPAAccording to plans by the German government, climate-damaging emissions from traffic are to be reduced to 98 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. At current rates emissions will stand at about 160 million tonnes in that year. "According to our estimates, there remains a climate protection gap of 20 to 30 million tonnes of greenhouse gases," said Maria Krautzberger, head of the authority. Climate package speed bumpsThe government's "climate package", a collection of four bills with policies including increases to the cost of air travel and the introduction of a carbon pricing system, was supposed to come into force at the beginning of next year. Other elements of the climate package were passed successfully on Friday.

Source: The Local December 05, 2019 09:45 UTC