Sunday, December 26, 2010

German climate change policies and measures

Germany's climate change policy and climate protection measures can be divided into two major content and adaptation to climate change. The core objective is to facilitate the former global average temperature increase compared with the pre-industrial no more than 2 degrees Celsius, to avoid climate change can not bear the consequences and risks. From the medium and long term goals and commitments in Germany is the greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 based on the 1990 reduction of 40%. To this end, shall be the proportion of renewable energy for electricity generation rose to 30%, the proportion rose to 14% of heating and energy efficiency based on the double in 1990. The latter's long-term goal is to reduce climate change on natural, social and ecological systems of the damage, try to maintain the natural, social and ecological systems, enhance their ability to adapt to climate change. The German Government believes that climate protection and adaptation to climate change are inextricably linked, are two sides of a coin, a German policy to address climate change two pillars.
Germany on the international stage in recent years has been actively playing the role of climate protection advocates. German government that was established in 1987 the first organization to address climate change - the atmosphere of preventive protection committee, established in 1990 inter-ministerial working group "of carbon dioxide emissions", signed in 1992 the United Nations "Agenda 21" and other international conventions to protect the climate, 1995 held in Berlin in the World Conference of the UNFCCC, in 1997 signed the "Kyoto Protocol." In 2000 the German Parliament passed the "National Climate Protection Programme", further amended in 2005 to increase the number of specific action plans.
"Adaptation to climate change strategy" in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report based on the world, and Germany observed and projected changes in climate parameters were outlined, and the four existing regional model of Germany to make a comparative assessment of the situation . "Strategy" and concluded that climate change is taking place in Germany claim to be reliable. "Strategy" that, according to the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is expected to Germany from 2021 to 2050 average temperatures will rise between 0.5 to 1.5 degrees Celsius from 2071 to 2011 will rise 1.5 to 3.5 degrees Celsius. Changes caused by rising temperatures is most obvious in winter, snow will be an average increase of 40%, to Law states, Hesse and Bavaria is located northeast of the central mountain rain and snow will even increase by 70%. Summer rainfall in the country is expected to be reduced up to 40%, the most serious situation in Southwest China. Climate change not only reflects the gradual change in the average, is also reflected in the frequency of extreme weather conditions and increased occur.

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