Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020
… Tom Bayer / Fotolia.com Germany produced about 739 million tonnes of greenhouse gases emissions in 2020 – roughly 70 million tonnes (8.7%) less than in 2019. These … emissions from landfilling. On the whole, 2020 emissions of all greenhouse gases decreased. The major player – carbon dioxide – experienced a decline of nearly … declined by about 1 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalents (-3%). Total emissions of F gases in 2020 sank by 1.3 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalents (-9%), due to …