nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c7c2fa6836008b63 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240509s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c7c2fa6836008b63 doi eng 342 23 Flachsland, Christian Author aut Not a Disaster, but a Missed Opportunity - The Amendment to the Federal Climate Protection Act Flachsland, Christian Verfassungsblog 2024-05-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following lengthy negotiations within Germany’s coalition government, on 26 April 2024, the Bundestag passed an amendment to the Federal Climate Protection Act. One part of the amendment in particular has drawn sharp criticism from environmental NGOs, experts, and commentators: the abolition of annual, sector-based targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, which form the basis of the obligation for ministries to submit ‘immediate action programmes’ (Sofortprogramme). We argue that many critics overestimated the effectiveness of the Sofortprogramm mechanism, as enshrined in the original version of the KSG, in enforcing Germany's ambitious climate targets. Instead, we must realistically assess the potential, and limits, of institutional design to deliver ambitious climate policy. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bundes-Klimaschutzgesetz Climate Governance Climate Law KSG Sektorziele Edenhofer, Jacob Author aut Zwar, Claudia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/german-federal-climate-protection-act/ raw object