With the Climate Change Act of 2021, the German federal government has again significantly raised its climate protection targets, underlining the country’s ambitious commitment to limiting the effects of climate change. The study “Climate Paths 2.0” proposes a program that would achieve 2030 climate protection targets in all sectors (total emission reduction of 65 percent compared to 1990) and set the imp ortant course toward greenhouse-gas (GHG) neutrality in 2045. The program simultaneously aims to preserve Germany’s competitiveness and industrial strength and allow a socially balanced distribution of costs. Climate Paths 2.0 was developed and validated in a comprehensive bottom-up process with the German industry. More than 150 experts from BCG, the Federation of German Industries (BDI), and around 80 companies and associations were involved from March to September 2021.
