PARIS (AFP) - gas emissions greenhouse by 27 members of the European Union fell by 7.1% in 2009 over 2008, driven by the economic recession, but also a switch to renewable energy, the European Agency for the environment (AEA) said on Tuesday.
Emissions in the 15 countries that have signed the Kyoto Protocol before the enlargement of the EU fell by 6.9% in 2009 over the previous year, he said in a press release.
Their target under Kyoto is an overall reduction of eight per cent for the period 2008-2012 to 1990 reference year.
At the end of 2009, emissions were 12.7% below those of 1990.
For the 27 EU - which includes the countries of block Soviet shutters inefficient energy plants after the transition to a market economy - the fall in 1990 is 17.4%, the equivalent of 974 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The EAA based in Copenhagen, said the recession 2009 "affected all economic sectors" in the EU - 27, leading to a collapse in particular in the demand for coal, the dirtiest major fossil fuel.
By sector, larger emission reductions occurred in manufacturing, construction and electricity and heat supply.
At the same time, the consumption of renewable energy increased by 5.8%.
"Even if much of the decrease in greenhouse gases is due to the recession, we begin to see the results of the proactive policies of the Member States of the EU and many in renewable energy", Executive Director of the EAA, Jacqueline McGlade, said.
With regard to emissions of 2010 in the EU, data of Europe system (emissions trading), the carbon market covering over 12,000 plants and factories, point to an increase of 3% over the last year compared to 2009.
"This resumption of emissions in part reflects the economic recovery," Abe said, claiming however that figure is still well below recession levels."
Monday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the carbon dioxide emitted by energy use hit a record in 2010, badly affecting the hopes of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
After soaking in 2009, emissions of energy reached a record 30.6 gigatonnes (Gt), a jump of 5 percent of the previous record year in 2008, the Agency said.
Countries non-OECD (Organisation for economic cooperation and development) represented 60 per cent of the total emissions 2010 energy and 75 per cent of the increase in the year on year, I said it.
Discussions on the global climate, resumed in Bonn next Monday, still deadlocked on how to achieve the objective of 2.0 C (3.6 F) and the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the cornerstone of the framework Convention of the United Nations on climate change (UNFCCC).
没有评论:
发表评论