Germany exceeds 2020 climate target due to pandemic: report


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  • Tuesday, 05 Jan 2021

BERLIN, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Germany exceeded its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis published by the think tank Agora Energiewende on Monday.

According to the analysis, Germany's greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 42.3 percent lower than the reference year 1990, exceeding the target of 40 percent lower.

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