Press release 32/2024 from 16.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024
European emissions trading: record decline in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany
… year and is the largest decrease since the establishment of the EU ETS 1 in 2005. Emissions from energy plants fell by 22 per cent, while emissions in the … tonnes of CO 2 -eq in 2023, the lowest level since the EU ETS 1 was launched in 2005. This is primarily due to the sharp fall in demand for energy from industry and … EU ETS 1 is around 48 per cent compared to the first year of emissions trading in 2005. Emissions have therefore almost halved since then. At 44 per cent, emissions …