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Transport emissions up 34% since 1990

November 8, 2010

Annual data compiled by the EEA and submitted to the UNFCCC on the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions usually leave out emissions from international shipping and aviation (so-called “bunkers”). To complement the 2008 data, T&E wrote an analysis which includes shipping and aviation figures and aims at clarifying the actual contribution of the transport sector to the EU’s CO2 emissions.

[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]Findings include:

  • Between 1990 and 2008, transport emissions increased by 34% while emissions from other sectors decreased by 14%. Compared with 2007 transport emissions decreased by 1.6% and those of other sectors by 2.2%.
  • Consequently, the share of transport in total emissions rose further from 28 to 29%; in 1990 the share of transport was 21%;
  • Emissions from international aviation and shipping (both outside Kyoto) have risen by 110% and 56% respectively. Emissions from
    aviation were unchanged in 2008, those of shipping dropped by 2.1% compared with 2007;
  • In 2008 aviation and shipping accounted for 7.0% of total CO2 emissions, and 24% of transport emissions. In 1990, these figures
    were 3.8% and 18% respectively.

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