EU fact of the week
date: 10/05/2019
CO2 emissions decreased in the EU between 2017 and 2018
Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, estimates that in 2018 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 2.5% in the European Union compared with the previous year. CO2 emissions fell in a majority of EU member states, with the highest decrease being recorded in Portugal (-9.0%), followed by Bulgaria (-8.1%), Ireland (-6.8%), Germany (-5.4%), the Netherlands (-4.6%) and Croatia (-4.3%). A small decrease was also registered for the UK. Increases were registered in eight member states: Latvia (+8.5%), ahead of Malta (+6.7%), Estonia (+4.5%), Luxembourg (+3.7%), Poland (+3.5%), Slovakia (+2.4%), Finland (+1.9%) and Lithuania (+0.6%).