EU Makes Further Progress Towards Climate Change Targets

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EU Makes Further Progress Towards Climate Change Targets

September 1, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS

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The EEA estimates that emissions from the first 15 EU member states (EU-15) fell by 1.3% in 2008 compared with 2007 levels, taking them to 6.2% below their levels in the base year (1990 in most cases).

This represents another significant step by the EU-15 towards meeting its Kyoto Protocol target of reducing emissions in the 2008-2012 period by 8% below the base year level. EU-27 emissions are estimated to have fallen 1.5% in 2008, to stand 13.6% lower than the base year level.

The provisional 2008 figures are based on a range of economic data sources published at both the national and European level, including verified emissions from businesses participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which showed a 3% fall in 2008 (see IP/09/794).

"These provisional figures are a further confirmation that the EU is well on track to reach its Kyoto target, even if one should recognise that part of the reduction in emissions is due to the economic slowdown. This trend needs to be further consolidated in the coming years," said EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.

"The EU has already shown that it can successfully decouple its emissions from economic growth. The swift implementation of the EU climate and energy package should give a new impetus to this trend. This is a timely message to the rest of the world in the run up to the Copenhagen climate conference in December," Dimas added.

The provisional figures mark the first time an official estimate has been produced of EU greenhouse gas emissions in the previous year. Previously the EEA waited for member states to provide complete emission inventories and then published EU-wide results some 18 months after the end of the year in question. For example, EU-wide emissions data for 2007 were published at the end of May 2009 (see IP/09/851).