This 2017 report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides an analysis of past, present and future emissions trends under the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading System (ETS), based on the latest data and information available from the European Commission (July 2017 data on verified...

This 2016 report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides an analysis of past, present and future emissions trends under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), based on the latest data and information available from the European Commission (i.e. May 2016 data on verified emissions and...

This report provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) and its Member States for 2015, covering the full GHG inventory (all sectors, except land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and all gases). These estimates are also referred to as approximated...

Europe and the global community are committed to a low-carbon future, a goal to be reached by mid-century. In 2009, the European Council set an objective to reduce EU-wide emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to 80- 95 % of the 1990 levels by 2050 (European Council, 2009). The electricity...

Europe and the global community are committed to a low-carbon future, a goal to be reached by mid-century. In 2009, the European Council set an objective to reduce EU-wide emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to 80- 95 % of the 1990 levels by 2050 (European Council, 2009). The electricity...

This briefing summarises the main findings of the EU's 2017 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and of the EEA's analysis of GHG emission trends in the EU between 1990 and 2015. It is underpinned by a more in-depth...

The orderly transition to the low carbon, climate-resilient economy that Europe is aiming for is also an investment challenge that depends on a substantial redirection of finance flows towards more sustainable investments. Meeting this challenge and harvesting the associated opportunities...

The orderly transition to the low carbon, climate-resilient economy that Europe is aiming for is also an investment challenge that depends on a substantial redirection of finance flows towards more sustainable investments. Meeting this challenge and harvesting the associated opportunities...