US EditionThe EU Has Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 40% Since 1990
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The official figures were delivered to the UN Convention on Climate Change. The cumulative decline since 1990 now reaches 40%, reveals the AEA.
The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by another three percent in 2023-2024, bringing total EU emissions to 40 percent lower than in 1990, according to official European Union data submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and an analysis by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published on Friday.
The EU has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% since 1990
The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell a further 3% between 2023 and 2024, bringing the EU’s total emission reductions to 40% below 1990 levels, according to official EU data sent to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and a European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis published today. The EU greenhouse gas inventory was prepared and submitted to the UN body by the EEA on behalf of the EU on 15 April.
The European Union reduced 3% of emissions between 2023 and 2024, reaching 40% less than in 1990. The goal is 55% by 2030. “Almost all Member States contributed,” the agency says. Portugal cut just 1%.
Copenhagen.- The European Union (EU) has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990, reported on Friday the European Environment Agency (EEA), which recorded a 3% drop between 2023 and 2024. The cut was driven by an increase in renewable energy, the use of fewer fossil fuels, the improvement of energy efficiency and structural economic changes, according to an EEA analysis, whose figures coincide with official EU data sent to t…
EU greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990
Over the past 34 years, the reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions has been driven by the expansion of renewable energy, the shift to less carbon-intensive fuels, improvements in energy efficiency and structural economic changes. Most Member States contributed to the overall decline. Sectoral developments The largest absolute reductions were recorded in electricity and heat production, manufacturing and construction, residential combustion, an…
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