German Chancellor Scholz wants global targets for renewable energy expansion

Berlin, May 3 (CTK correspondent) – The upcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, could set global targets for renewable energy development. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed this today at the close of the climate dialogue in Berlin, which is serving as preparation for the conference. He said dependence on fossil fuels is dangerous, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown, while renewable energy sources provide security.

„I would like to suggest something we could agree on together in Dubai: a clear target for global renewable energy development, for example tripling deployment by 2030,“ Scholz said.

He said that developing renewable energy sources not only helps protect the climate but also strengthens energy security, which is uncertain when it comes to fossil fuels, as the war in Ukraine has shown. „There is no energy more reliable and secure than renewable energy,“ he stressed.

Scholz also assured representatives of around 40 countries taking part in the climate dialogue in Berlin that Germany would meet its commitment to become carbon-neutral by 2045 and obtain at least 80 percent of the electricity it needs from renewable sources by 2030. „All of this is right, and it stands,“ he said. According to updated figures from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, the country generated 46 percent of the electricity it consumed from renewable sources last year. By comparison, the figure was six percent in 2000.