Stock Photo - 17 April 2023, Berlin: The Expert Council on Climate Issues with Marc Oliver Bettzüge (l-r), Council Member ERK, Energy Economics Institute at the University of Cologne (EWI), Thomas Heimer, Council Member ERK, RhineMain University of Applied Sciences and Technopolis, Barbara Schlomann, Council Member ERK, Fraunhofer ISI, Brigitte Knopf, Vice Chair of the Expert Council on Climate Issues, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), and Hans-Martin Henning, Chair of the Expert Council on Climate Issues, Fraunhofer ISE, published the audit report on the calculation of German greenhouse gas emissions at the Federal Press Conference. According to figures from the Federal Environment Agency, 2022 emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases fell slightly. In transport as well as in the building sector, however, the permissible emission levels for 2022 were exceeded. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa. - Berlin/Berlin/Germany