Baden-Württemberg misses climate goals: Environmental aid complains!

Baden-Württemberg misses climate goals: Environmental aid complains!

Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland - On July 1, 2025, Baden-Württemberg shows itself in a precarious situation in terms of its climate goals. According to Stern , the country will probably not reach its climate measures last summer was forecast. Although the Environment Minister Thekla Walker and the Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann, both presented by the Greens, have a formal decision for additional climate protection measures.

Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann emphasizes that the basic requirements of the measures were met, while there are disputes within the green-black state government about the severity of the misconduct of the climate goals. It is currently certain that Baden-Württemberg can only expect a reduction in CO2 emissions by 53 percent by 2030, which is significantly below the legally required 65 percent.

dispute over climate protection measures

In particular, the transport area shows considerable deficits in the realization of the target, but also the sectors of energy industry, agriculture and industry contribute to this misconduct. The state government missed the legally defined climate target for 2030 by six million tons of CO2. Another report by the German environmental assistance (duh) 42 million tons of CO2 will emit, which is 17 percent above the permitted limit of 36 million tons for 2030.

The DUH has already filed a lawsuit at the Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court, since Prime Minister Kretschmann did not submit any climate protection program until the deadline on June 8, 2025. This lawsuit is intended to persuade the state government to comply with its legal obligations after a change in the Climate Protection Act in February 2023 enabled the government to evade a previous judgment to submit it to present an energy and climate protection concept.

necessary measures for climate protection

The DUH calls for a number of measures as part of its complaint to actually reach the climate goals. These include:

• accelerated energetic renovation of schools and kindergartens
• Introduction of a truck toll on country roads
• Introduction of a specific speed limit on motorways
• Permanent preservation of the Stuttgart head station and connection via the Gäubahn

The measures implemented so far are not sufficient to fulfill the climate neutralism for 2040, which is missed by more than 21 million tons of CO2. Five out of seven sectors are currently behind the aim of the aim, which underlines the urgency of additional measures.

The development in Baden-Württemberg is skill in the challenges of climate protection in the Federal Republic, in which not only lacks political unity, but also the implementation of political decisions often remains behind the expectations.