In the 2021 federal election，the political landscape in Germany essentially became more and more “green”. Due to the increasing severity of the climate situation and its high importance for voters，climate issues became，for the first time，a key point in determining the trend of the election campaign and thus the future of German politics. Against this backdrop，Germany’s mainstream political parties vigorously increased the importance accredited to climate issues and strove to satisfy the corresponding interest of the electorate. After the election，the new coalition government speedily launched a climate plan that was more ambitious than that of the Merkel government. It accorded top priority to achieving the Paris Agreement’s climate targets，thus providing a positive sign for the solution of Germany’s climate emergency. In the context of an evolving energy crisis，the intense political divisions around the climate issue，the limitations of the new government’s environmental policy and the risk of dissipating the endorsement of the public for the necessary transition remain important challenges for the future of climate policy. Germany still has a long way to go in terms of climate policy and energy transition.