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Chapter 9 - Projections

In May 2019, Germany published its first National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP) under the revised NEC directive (EU) 2016/2284. According to Article 6 (3) of the Directive, the NAPCP must be reported in an updated version at least every four years. In this context, Germany published a draft NAPCP on June 7th, 2023. It covers all up-to-date information on projected air pollutant emissions and mitigation approaches in detail. Corresponding emission projections were reported to the central data repository of the European Environment Agency (EEA) on May 2nd, 2023 under the CLRTAP and the NEC directive, presenting both the “with measures” (WM) and the “with additional measures” (WAM) preliminary scenarios as defined in the draft NAPCP 2023 mentioned above. According to Article 8 (6) of the EU Directive 2016/2284, these projections must be updated and reported every two years. Emission projections under the CLRTAP are therefore fully aligned with the reporting presented in the context of the NEC directive.

As negotiations within the German government on the final NAPCP were still ongoing at the end of 2023, the IIR 2023 presents the projection details of the draft NAPCP from June 2023 consistent with the reported emission projections in 2023.

Based on the emissions inventory submission 2022 these results can be summarized as follows:

kt NOX SO2 NMVOC NH3 PM2.5
National Total 2005 1515 473 1180 603 135
National Total 2010 1330 403 1055 614 119
National Total 2015 1219 334 832 639 102
National Total 2020 871 233 737 537 81
Reduction Commitment 2020 [%] -39 -21 -13 -5 -26
Reduction Reported 2020 [%] -43 -51 -38 -11 -40
NEC-Compliance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reduction Commitment 2030 [%] -65 -58 -28 -29 -43
Reduction Commitment 2030 [kt] 530 199 849 428 77
Projected Emissions 2030 WM [%] -63 -58 -36 -30 -42
NEC-Compliance WM No Yes Yes Yes No
Projected Emissions 2030 WAM [%] -66 -70 -36 -31 -44
NEC-Compliance WAM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notes: This table does not include NOX and NMVOC emissions from agriculture (NFR 3B and 3D) as they are excluded for compliance checking according to Article 4 (3) of the NEC directive. Projected emissions and historic data are based on submission 2022. All values have been rounded to integer numbers. The calculation for determining the reduction commitment took place with the exact values in 2005. The rounding can lead to slight deviations.

Results

Modelling different scenarios in our database, we finally calculated the following numbers for Germany's emissions in 2030:

NOX SO2 NMVOC NH3 PM2.5
With measures [kt] 559.3 198.1 758.7 420.8 78.6
Accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power generation -19.6 -55.3 -0.1 -1.2
Amendment of 17th BImSchV -2.2
Amendment of the Building Energy Act (GEG) 7.1 0.7 4.5 1.2
Tightening of the emission limits of the Ecodesign Regulations (EU) 2015/1185 and (EU) 2015/1189 -1.4
Agriculture package -3.4
Road Transport package -28.6 -0.2 -10.3 -2.6 -1.2
[Optional] Amendment of 13th BImSchV -3.2
With additional measures [kt] 512.8 143.3 752.9 414.7 76.0

With these numbers, Germany will meet its reduction commitments for all pollutants in 2030 at least in the WAM scenario.

The following figures show the developments for each pollutant in the WM and WAM scenarios. In addition, the reduction commitments for 2020 to 2029 and from 2030 onwards as well as the indicative linear reduction path are shown. Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.

Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.


Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.


Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.


Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.


Please note that projected emissions were only calculated for the years 2025, 2030, 2035 and 2040. A linear reduction in the years between cannot be assumed but is shown in the graphs just for illustrative reasons.