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Germany Launches Roadmap to End Use of Fossil Fuels by 2045
The government of Germany announced the release of its “Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels,” setting out the country’s strategy to end the use of coal, oil and natural gas by 2045 at the latest. With the release, Germany becomes the third country to launch a roadmap to end the use of fossil fuels, joining France and the Netherlands. The new roadmap, presented by Germany’s Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider, was released in the wake of the COP30 conference in November 2025, in which the EU and several other countries unsuccessfully pushed to include a reference to a roadmap away from fossil fuels in the final agreement. At the conclusion of COP30, the Brazil presidency committed to create science-based roadmaps over the next year on the transition away from fossil fuels and on halting deforestation, although these would be voluntary, and sit outside of the UN system. In a statement announcing the release of the plan, Schneider emphasized that the shift away from fossil fuels represents “not only a climate strategy, but also an economic policy strategy,” particularly in light of recent events highlighting the need to reduce dependence on imported energy sources. Schneider said: “More and more countries...