The build-up of renewable energy restrained the rise in emissions somewhat, but there was still reason for concern, according to the Environment Ministry and federal environment agency, UBA.

“The sometimes talked-about strong increase in climate gas emissions after the nuclear exit has failed to materialise; above all the further build-up of renewables has counteracted that,” UBA president Jochen Flasbarth says. “But I worry about a tendency to use more coal to produce electricity.”

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