CECILIA2050 Country Report: Germany

This country level report is part of report series that has the objective to perform an initial ‘stock-take’ of the climate policy instrument mix at EU and Member State level. In line with the other reports of the series, this report groups the existing policies in Germany into four main categories, or policy landscapes: carbon pricing, energy efficiency, renewable energy and non-CO₂ gases.

In the different chapters of the report the respective instruments of each policy landscape are described in detail and their interactions within each of the policy landscapes are identified. In a next step, the policy landscapes are evaluated using a specific definition of what constitutes optimal climate policy, which was developed in a previous CECILIA2050 report (What constitutes an optimal climate policy mix? Defining the concept of optimality, including political and legal framework conditions). In addition, the report also evaluates how the four different policy landscapes interact with each other.

Attachment:

Görlach et al. 2013_Country Report - Germany.pdf

Citation:

Görlach, Benjamin; Homann, Gesa; Wawer, Tim. 2013. Country report: Germany. Contribution to CECILIA2050 Deliverable 1.2: Review of the existing instrument mix at EU level and in selected Member States. Berlin: Ecologic Institute

Funding:

European Commission

Authors:

Benjamin Görlach, Ecologic Institute, Gesa Homann, Ecologic Institute, Dr. Tim Wawer, Ecologic Institute

Year of publication:

2013

Number of pages:

1	Description of policy landscapes	6
1.1	Classification of the instruments previously selected into policy landscapes	6
Table 1:	Classification of the instruments by landscape	8
1.2	Detailed description of instruments within each policy landscape	9
	Carbon Pricing	9
	Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption	18
	Promotion of Renewable Sources of Energy	23
	Non- Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gases	33
1.3	Identification of Interactions of Instruments within each Policy Landscape	35
	Carbon Pricing	35
	Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption	38
	Promotion of Renewable Sources of Energy	41
	Non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases	43
1.4	Description and evaluation of policy landscapes in the light of the concept of optimality developed in task	45
	Carbon Pricing	45
	Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption	47
	Promotion of renewable sources of energy	49
	Non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases	51
2	Description and Initial Evaluation of the Overall Instrument Mix	51
2,1	Identification and Description of the Main Interactions between Policy Landscapes	51
2.2	Summary discussion of the combination of policy landscapes	55
3	Conclusions	60
4	References	62