In its Climate Action Plan 2050 of November 2016,5 the German government confirmed and further defined its ambitious national climate targets: Germany is abiding by the existing national target of a 40 % reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The German government also affirms in the Climate Action Plan 2050 the targets of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030, 70 % by 2040, and 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared with base year 1990. The Climate Action Plan clearly states that Germany intends to be largely greenhouse gas neutral by 2050.