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Policy
Germany
2022
2nd Relief Package
Second relief package called “Package of federal government measures to manage high energy costs” was presented following the coalition committee decision of 23 March 2022.This includes:One-off energy price lump sum of EUR 300 for all employees who are subject to income tax.Temporary nation-wide public transport ticket at EUR 9 per month. To incentivise public transport over cars, from June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022 all local public transport can be accessed with a fixed monthly fee of EUR 9.Temporary reduction of excise tax on fuels. For three months from June 1, 2022 to…
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Policy
Finland
2022
Methane Action Plan
The Finnish government submitted their National Methane Action Plan to the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in April 2022. The Plan reviews the current state of methane emissions in the country as well as existing international and national policy measures that apply to methane. The document is organised around five building blocks: Inventories: The Methane Emissions Profile of Finland demonstrates emission trends in 4 sectors: agriculture (49%), waste (31%), land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) (15%) and energy (5%). Total emissions have nearly been cut in half since 1990 due to prior policy intervention. As Finland is…