Greenhouse Gases emissions from processing, manufacturing and services (CEI

The indicator is part of the Circular Economy indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards a circular economy on the thematic area of 'Global sustainability and resilience'.

The circular economy contributes to climate neutrality, as a circular economy with more secondary raw materials emits fewer greenhouse gases. There are emissions of greenhouse gases along the production chain that is also related to extractions and processing of natural resources. Waste creates greenhouse gases, either directly e.g. if waste is incinerated or landfilled, or indirectly, if the used products can not be reused, repaired, recycled, etc and thus we need new products manufactured.

4. Statistical Indicator

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4.1. Data description

The indicator includes the emissions of greenhouse gases by all production activities, including production of both goods and services. It excludes emissions by households for heating, transportation and other purposes. Greenhouse gases are: carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and fluorinated gases (hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and natrium trifluoride (NF3)).

A decrease in greenhouse gas emissions means a higher contribution to climate change mitigation.

The average population of the reference year (calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on 1st January of two consecutive years) is used as denominator (per capita).

4.2. Unit of measure

The indicator is measured in kilograms of CO2 equivalents, per capita.

Each greenhouse gas has a different capacity to cause global warming, depending on its radiative properties, molecular weight and the length of time it remains in the atmosphere. The global warming potential of each gas is defined in relation to a given weight of carbon dioxide for a set time period (for the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol a period of 100 years). The weighting factors currently used are the following: carbon dioxide = 1, methane = 25, nitrous oxide = 298, and sulphur hexafluoride = 22 800; hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons comprise a large number of different gases that have different GWPs.

4.3. Reference Period

Calendar year.

4.4. Accuracy - overall

The indicator is produced according to the high-level quality standards of European Statistics. Details on accuracy can be found in the metadata of the source datasets (see link in "Related metadata").

4.5. Source data

Data source: European Statistical System (ESS). Air emission accounts based on Regulation (EC) No. 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts (EEEA)

Data provider: Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) based on data reported by the countries.

Air emissions accounts by NACE Rev. 2 activity [ENV_AC_AINAH_R2]

5. Frequency and Timeliness of dissemination

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5.1. Frequency of dissemination

Every year

Indicator is updated annually in March.

5.2. Timeliness

T+1 year

New data points are disseminated within one year after the reference year.

6. Coverage and comparability

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6.1. Reference area

All EU MS