Germany en route to miss 2020 climate target

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Germany has promised to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% within 2020 compared to 1990 levels. The status today is a reduction by 27%, but emission levels are rising. Hence, the prospect to reach the 2020 target is quite poor by todays measures.

This has led a group of scientists to urge the government to address this climate gap in a new...