Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement
Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.
Emissions decreased by just 0.1% last year compared to the previous year, according to data from the German Environment Agency.
The country’s emissions in 2025 were equivalent to 649m tonnes of CO2, worse than those forecast by the expert group Agora Energiewende, which anticipated a 1.5% drop year-on-year.
In 2024, a more significant drop of 3.4% was recorded.
