The environment ministry of Germany affirmed that it would have been impossible to meet the climate goal of 2020 if the corona virus pandemic had not entered the scene, because of its arrival the country was able to see a huge drop in greenhouse gas emissions.
They were hoping to cut emissions down to 40% to achieve below 1990 levels according to the newly implemented policy of 2019 as it is Europe’s largest greenhouse gas emitting country. But it was able to cut only 37.5% of the emissions till the arrival of pandemic. The ministry officials are not clear about the complete impact of pandemic on emissions but it is a calculated possibility that it might have lowered significantly.
COVID lock down rendered polluting industries shut down, the usage of energy and transportation saw a new low so it is expected that emissions level would definitely plunge. The next climate target by European Union is going to be set next month to lower the emission by cutting down to 50% or 55% against 1990 levels. Though some of its countries are against the idea in the view of economic cost. As in order to achieve such goals, many companies with high emission will have to stop functioning or decrease their emission rates which will highly affect their economic growth.
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