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Significance
Its task is to issue recommendations by the end of the year on when and how Germany should phase out its use of coal in the context of its transition towards a low-carbon economy (‘Energiewende’).
Impacts
Germany’s 2030 target to reduce carbon emissions by 55% compared with 1990 levels will prove elusive.
The government will miss its binding EU target of an 18% share for renewables by 2020.
A shift in Berlin’s climate and energy policies would have a profound (and negative) impact on climate diplomacy within the UNFCC.
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2018
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