Climate Action Plan 2050.

The Climate Action Plan provides guidance to all areas of action in the process to achieve our domestic climate targets in line with the Paris Agreement. These areas of action are energy, buildings, transport, trade and industry, agriculture and forestry. Key elements are: Long-term target: based on the guiding principle of extensive greenhouse gas neutrality in Germany by the middle of the century; Guiding principles and transformative pathways as a basis for all areas of action by 2050; Milestones and targets as a framework for all sectors up to 2030; Strategic measures for every area of action; Establishment of a learning process which enables the progressive raising of ambition envisaged in the Paris Agreement. A considerable percentage of the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is due to the production of animal-based food. However, using permanent grassland to ensure food security is inconceivable without livestock farming (pag. 65).
The goal: extensive greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 in particular for Energy; Buildings; Transport; Industrial; and Agricultural sectors. In 2010, the German government decided to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. The German government reaffirms this long-term target and in pursuing it will make an appropriate contribution to implementing the commitment made in Paris Agreement of achieving global greenhouse gas neutrality in the second half of the century. The Strategy for modernizing the national economy establishes that: the government firmly believes that open competition to produce the best ideas and technologies will advance Germany further along the path towards greenhouse gas neutrality. The Climate Action Plan 2050 is a strategy for modernizing the economy and provides guidance for all areas of action up to 2050 and for upcoming investments, especially for the period up to 2030. The Climate Action Plan 2050 will be regularly updated in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
Based on the climate targets for 2050 the Climate Action Plan formulates guiding principles, milestones and measures for all areas of action. Like the Climate Action Programme 2020, the Climate Action Plan 2050 defines the areas of action on the basis of the source principle generally used in international greenhouse gas reporting. The guiding principle presents a 2050 vision for each area of action, while milestones and measures focus on 2030. An evaluation of available climate scenarios and analyses of the transformation needed in the different areas of action helped inform these guiding principles and milestones (pag 32).