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Federal Climate Action Act
(Bundes-Klimaschutzgesetz – KSG)

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Übersetzung durch den Sprachendienst des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz

Translation provided by the Language Service of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderungen des Gesetzes durch Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 18. August 2021 (BGBl. I, S. 3905) sowie durch Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 15. Juli 2024 (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 235)
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Version information: The translation includes the amendments to the Act by Article 1 of the Act of 18 August 2021 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3905) and by Article 1 of the Act of 15 July 2024 (Federal Law Gazette I No. 235)
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Division 1
General provisions
Section 1Purpose of the Act
Section 2Definitions
Division 2
Climate targets and annual emission budgets
Section 3National climate targets
Section 3aContribution of the land use, land-use change and forestry sector
Section 3bContribution of technical sinks, authorisation to issue ordinances
Section 4Total annual emission budgets, authorisations to issue ordinances
Section 5Monitoring, annual emission budgets, authorisations to issue ordinances
Section 5aProjection data
Section 6Provisions governing fines
Section 7Provisions implementing the European Effort Sharing Regulation
Section 8Procedure in the event of annual emission budgets being exceeded
Division 3
Climate action planning
Section 9Climate action programmes
Section 10Reporting
Division 4
Council of Experts on Climate Change
Section 11Independent Council of Experts on Climate Change, authorisation to issue ordinances
Section 12Tasks of the Council of Experts on Climate Change
Division 5
Role model function of public authorities
Section 13Consideration requirement
Section 14Federation-Länder cooperation
Section 15Climate-neutral federal administration
Section 16Transitional arrangements
Annex 1 (to section 5)
Sectors
Annex 2 (to section 4(1) sentence 2 and 3)
Total annual emission budgets for the years from 2020 to 2030
Annex 2a (to section 5(1) sentence 2)
Annual emission budgets for the years from 2020 to 2030
Annex 3 (to section 4(1) sentence 4)
Annual reduction targets for the years from 2031 to 2040