# Germany enacts the Climate Action Act

Date: 2019

In December 2019 the Climate Action Act set sectoral carbon budgets and a 2030 reduction path. A later Constitutional Court ruling forced a tightening in 2021. The 2019 statute is still the original instrument.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2021/bvg21-031.html
- https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ksg/BJNR251310019.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-climate-action-act-2019