According to preliminary figures, they will have increased by an estimated five percent in 2021 in the EU compared to the previous year, according to a report published Wednesday by the EU environment agency EEA. However, emissions were about six percent below the level of the pre-Corona year 2019.
From 1990 to 2020, emissions in the 27 EU countries fell by 32 percent. The climate target of a 20 percent reduction for 2020 has thus clearly been achieved.
However, towards the more ambitious 2030 climate and energy targets, annual progress must more than double, experts from the Copenhagen-based EU authority wrote. Emissions must be reduced by an average of 134 million tons of CO2 equivalents per year to achieve the target of at least 55 percent reduction by 2030. The average for the years 1990 to 2020 was only 52 million tons.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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