独、昨年のＣＯ２排出量目標達成できず ウクライナ侵攻の影響

【フランクフルトＡＦＰ＝時事】ドイツは２０２２年、再生可能エネルギーの使用が過去最大となったものの、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻により石炭・石油の使用が増えたことから、二酸化炭素（ＣＯ２）排出量の削減目標を達成できなかったとする報告書を、ドイツの気候シンクタンク、アゴラ・エネルギーベンデが４日に公表した。（写真はドイツ西部にある火力発電所。資料写真）
　昨年の電源構成における再生可能エネルギーの割合は４６％で過去最高だった。一方、温室効果ガス排出量は７億６１００万トンで、２１年より１トン減少したものの、２２年の目標だった７億５６００万トンを上回った。
　アゴラのドイツ部門代表シモン・ミュラー氏は「家庭や産業部門でのエネルギー消費量は大幅に削減されたにもかかわらず、ＣＯ２排出量は高い水準を維持している」と述べた。
　ドイツ政府は、２０年までに１９９０年比でＣＯ２排出量４０％削減を目指していたが、いまだ達成できていない。
　２２年の排出量は１９９０年比では３９％減だった。
　２２年のエネルギー消費量は前年比で４．７％減少したが、政府がロシア産天然ガスの供給の減少分を補うため、石炭・石油の使用を引き上げたため、消費量の削減分が相殺されたという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/01/06-12:54）

Germany used more renewable energy than ever in 2022 but again failed to reach its CO2-reduction goal as Russia's war in Ukraine prompted a return to more coal and oil use, a think tank reported Wednesday.
Europe's biggest economy emitted 761 million tonnes of greenhouse gases last year, just one tonne fewer than in 2021 and overshooting the target of 756 million tonnes, the energy think tank Agora Energiewende said in a statement.
CO2 emissions are stagnating at a high level, despite significantly lower energy consumption by households and industry, said Agora's Germany director Simon Mueller.
This is an alarm signal with regard to climate targets, he added.
The German government had aimed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels but has yet to achieve the feat.
For 2022, Germany managed a 39-percent reduction from 1990 levels, Agora calculated.
The setback comes despite a record 4.7-percent drop in energy consumption last year, partly in response to soaring fuel prices because of the war in Ukraine.
But the energy saving gains were wiped out by the government's decision to burn more coal and oil to make up for the loss of Russian natural gas deliveries, Agora said.
The turn to fossil fuels also overshadowed another milestone: renewables accounted for 46 percent of Germany's power supply mix last year, an all-time high.
The increase was mainly down to favourable weather conditions for wind and solar power, Agora said.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stressed repeatedly that the return to fossil fuels is a temporary measure sparked by an energy crisis, and that his government remains committed to combatting global warming.
Germany still aims to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2045.
But Agora said Berlin needed to drastically ramp up the expansion of renewables this year.
To meet key targets set for 2030, Germany would have to double its solar energy production and more than triple wind power capacity.
Energy Minister Robert Habeck said the government would present its own CO2 calculations for 2022 in March.
He insisted Germany was on the right course but acknowledged the ongoing need for action, particularly in cutting emissions from the transport sector.