Emissions Rise Again, Austria Misses EU Climate Policy

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Austria has released more greenhouse gases again in 2025. According to a preliminary calculation by the Federal Environment Agency, emissions increased by 0.7 percent.

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A cold winter and the weak hydropower allowed Austria's emissions to rise again.

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VIENNA. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) increased by 0.7 percent in Austria in 2025 according to the near-term forecast (NowCast) of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), which corresponds to an increase of 0.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

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Austria's greenhouse gas emissions have risen again in 2025. Researchers at the University of Graz see the reasons, among other things, in the colder winter, but also in retrograde steps in climate protection measures.

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Greens call for a turnaround in the Federal Government's climate policy "The figures published today by the Federal Environment Agency confirm in black and white where the reverse trend in climate protection is leading: After four years of declining emissions, the greenhouse gases in Austria rose again for the first time in 2025. At the same time, we have just experienced the hottest summer in the history of measurement", criticized Leonore Gere…