Merkel Weighs Pollution Goal That Would Spur More Electric Cars
- Government considers law to help meet Paris climate targets
- Fumes from transporation account for 20% of German emissions
This article is for subscribers only.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is working on targets to cut pollution on Germany’s roads that may effectively force carmakers to switch most of their sales to electric vehicles by the end of the next decade.
Merkel’s chancellery is reviewing a draft of her coalition’s Climate Protection Plan 2050, which would require fossil-fuel emissions cuts of 45 percent for cars and 54 percent for trucks by 2030, according to a draft of the legislation. The targets would enact the government’s pledge to slash carbon dioxide pollution by 95 percent by 2050, a goal it set out ahead of the Paris climate talks in December.