Greenhouse emissions: Which countries are reporting the biggest decreases?

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Greenhouse emissions: Which countries are reporting the biggest decreases?  EU greenhouse gas emissions fell between Q3 2023 and Q3 2024, mostly due to reductions in the electricity and gas supply chain.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/24/greenhouse-emissions-which-countries-are-reporting-the-biggest-decreases  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU are going down, but only marginally.

00:11The latest Eurostat data on greenhouse gas emissions is out and it seems relatively good

00:18news for the EU. Emissions decreased by 0.6% between the third quarter of 2023 and the third

00:26quarter of 2024, totalling 767 million tonnes. The result was mostly driven by a large reduction

00:37in emissions generated by the electricity and gas supply chain, minus 6.7%, and more marginally

00:46by the transportation and storage sector, minus 0.9%. However, the result was solute by emission

00:56increases in water supply and waste management, as well as general services, mining and quarrying.

01:04Emissions went down in 16 EU member states, particularly in Austria, minus 7.8%, Hungary

01:15and Denmark. On the other hand, Lithuania reported the highest increase, plus 7.8%,

01:23followed by Luxembourg with 6.6% and Sweden with 6%.

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