In its legally mandated evaluation of German climate policy, the Expert Council on Climate (ERK) today again arrives at this conclusion: "The Expert Council therefore expects that even if the measures of the German Climate Programme were to be fully implemented, none of the legally binding targets to 2040 would be achieved." Press release: https://expertenrat-klima.de/fileadmin/ERK/Pressemitteilungen_Meldungen/ERK2026_Pr%C3%BCfbericht-2026_Pressemitteilung.pdf Full report: https://expertenrat-klima.de/fileadmin/ERK/Berichte/ERK2026_Pr%C3%BCfbericht-Emissionsdaten2025-Projektionsdaten2026.pdf