Progress of German climate change policies until 2020 | Umweltbundesamt

The Federal Government was early in developing a comprehensive climate-protection strategy. By resolution of 13 June 1990, the "⁠CO2⁠-Reduction" Interministerial Working Group (IWG) was established, under the direction of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (⁠BMU⁠). This working group's tasks include developing guidelines for policies and actions relative to climate protection, identifying needed action, highlighting potential for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and proposing, to the Federal Cabinet, comprehensive packages of measures for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in Germany.