German emissions at 70-year low as coal use drops

German emissions are at their lowest point in around 70 years as Europe's largest economy managed to reduce its dependence on coal faster than expected, a new study has showed.

The country emitted 673 million tons of the greenhouse gases last year, 9.8 percent lower than in 2022. The figure was 46 percent lower than in 1990, getting closer to the European Union's 2030 target to have cut emissions by 55 percent compared with the same reference year.