Greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline in the EU!
From 2013 to 2024, greenhouse gas emissions from the EU economy decreased by 20% while its gross value added increased by 20%.
The biggest reductions came from:
⬇️ Energy sector: -49%
⬇️ Mining and quarrying: -37%
⬇️ Manufacturing: -18%
We’re moving in the right direction and showing that climate action and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.
👉 Explore the data here: https://link.europa.eu/HjJBmT
2019 Increasing impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration driven by population and 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0824-3
2020 Overconsumption and 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 key drivers of environmental crises https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2020/06/overconsumption-and-growth-economy-key-drivers-of-environmental-
2020 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 is incompatible with biodiversity conservation https://phys.org/news/2020-04-economic-growth-incompatible-biodiversity.html
@EUCommission andate a casa, ladruncoli!!!
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@EUCommission Industrial scale Ocean Heat Exchangers powering industrial scale turbines generating electrical power.
@EUCommission 11 years and we only get that result? That is not something to be proud of.
Hi @fontoura! The progress highlighted in this post means that the EU is on track to achieve its 2030 emission reduction target of a 55% decrease compared to 1990 levels. We will continue to work on achieving this target while also strengthening our competitiveness and independence.
You can find more information here: https://link.europa.eu/Tmrr9H
The Guardian identified another opportunity for improvement:
"Beef and lamb were subsidised 580 times more than legumes in 2020, while pork was subsidised nearly 240 times more. Dairy, meanwhile, received 554 times more in subsidies than nuts and seeds ...
"Billions of euros of EU taxpayer money is [propping up] such a high-emissions industry ... when scientists are telling us that we need ... to shift to lower-meat diets"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/beef-lamb-legumes-eu-subsidies-study
@EUCommission
But we still allow new fossil fueled cars, build fossil energy plants.... waste ridiculous amounts of resources on AI...
@EUCommission So what about the traffic sector?
On numbers available?
@EUCommission and yet we stand “shoulder to shoulder” with and handsomely reward some of the biggest polluters and killers on the the face of the planet.
If there are no consequences for genocide, nor our collusion, maybe the environmental aspect would take your interest?
@EUCommission In my country, there is currently a drastic campaign of intimidation against wind farms and simplified building procedures. People reject these projects because they have been told that the power plants will make them sick, that their chickens will stop laying eggs, and that it will kill wild animals. I'm not joking (until now, these people didn't care about wild animals at all).
The influence of misinformation and conspiracy theories is constantly being ignored. It is massive.
@EUCommission it should be faster, we're running out of time!
Hello @energisch_! The progress highlighted in this post means the EU is on track to achieve its 2030 emission reduction target of a 55% decrease compared to 1990 levels. We will continue to work on achieving this target while also strengthening our competitiveness and our independence. You can find more information here: https://link.europa.eu/Tmrr9H
@EUCommission Thank you for answering, pls stay on course or even better, speed up the reduction. Today I read in taz, the chemical industry in Germany wants even more free CO2 Certivicates than they already got. This will slow down our reductions. Pls do not allow this. If one industrial branch will get their wishes others will follow and those certivicates will become worthless.
@EUCommission Derweil die USA sich von sämtlichen Abkommen abwenden, die dem Klimaschutz förderlich sind. Wie bringen wir die Grossmächte dazu, endlich ihre Verantwortung wahrzunehmen und sich darüber klar zu werden, dass die Erde nicht ihnen allein gehört?
Sounds good :)
Tell that to Reiche, I think she misunderstood that part about gas emissions. I feel like she thought that when you burn the greenhouse gas that it's gone /s
@EUCommission
If you want to keep moving in the right direction, please do not turn the ongoing #simplification into #deregulation. This would be dismantling #environmental safeguards established over decades through democratic processes and grounded in clear scientific evidence, which underpin the #EU’s legal obligation to ensure a high level of #nature protection.
As you mention yourself, #climate action and economic #growth can go hand-in-hand.
@EUCommission Thanks to Africa and Asia !
