Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2023, with the biggest decline recorded in electricity and gas supply, statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.
The EU’s emissions between April to June amounted to 821 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents, down 5.3% from a year earlier, while the bloc’s economy remained almost stable, registering a year-on-year variation of 0.05% in the period.
Electricity and gas supply, the sector whose emissions fell the most (-22%), contributed 15.5% to the total figure, while agriculture accounted for 14.3% and transportation and storage for 12.8%.
To reach its carbon neutrality objective, the bloc earlier this year increased its goal of renewable energy share to 42.5% by 2030 from a previous target of 32%.
Manufacturing was the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the second quarter, accounting for 23.5% of the total, followed by households with 17.9%.
The largest reductions in greenhouse gases, responsible for warming the planet, were registered in Bulgaria (-23.7%), Estonia (-23.1%) and the Netherlands (-10.3%), Eurostat said.
Of the 21 EU members that decreased their year-on-year emissions in the second quarter, ten countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) managed to do so while growing their GDP, Eurostat added.
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The EU’s emissions between April to June amounted to 821 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents, down 5.3% from a year earlier, while the bloc’s economy remained almost stable, registering a year-on-year variation of 0.05% in the period.
Electricity and gas supply, the sector whose emissions fell the most (-22%), contributed 15.5% to the total figure, while agriculture accounted for 14.3% and transportation and storage for 12.8%.
To reach its carbon neutrality objective, the bloc earlier this year increased its goal of renewable energy share to 42.5% by 2030 from a previous target of 32%.
Manufacturing was the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the second quarter, accounting for 23.5% of the total, followed by households with 17.9%.
The largest reductions in greenhouse gases, responsible for warming the planet, were registered in Bulgaria (-23.7%), Estonia (-23.1%) and the Netherlands (-10.3%), Eurostat said.
Of the 21 EU members that decreased their year-on-year emissions in the second quarter, ten countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) managed to do so while growing their GDP, Eurostat added.
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