The European Environment Agency has published its latest edition of EU GHG trends and projections. The report assesses the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate countries and other EEA member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for 2020.
The European Environment Agency has published its latest edition of EU GHG trends and projections. The report assesses the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate countries and other EEA member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for 2020. This is based on their past greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2006, and the projected greenhouse gas emissions of these countries during the Kyoto commitment period 2008-2012 and for 2020, derived from data and related information they provided before 1 June 2008.
The report finds that EU-27 GHG emissions are decreasing. This overall trend is projected to continue until 2020 but further emission reductions will be needed to meet the target of a 20% reduction by 2020 compared to 1990. GHG emissions in the EU-27 account for approximately 10.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions covered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Total EU-27 emissions are dominated by EU-15 Member States, in particular Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Spain (by decreasing order).
The report finds that GHG emissions from agriculture fell by 11% between 1990 and 2006 and under existing domestic policies and measures are projected to fall further by 2010 to 2% below 2006 levels. Note again the possibility that if imports and overseas land use change impacts arising from European food consumption were included the figure might be different.
You can download the report or a summary version of it here.
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