Press release 15/2022 from 15.03.2022 | Last changed: 17.03.2022
Greenhouse gas emissions rose by 4.5 percent in 2021
… to the previous year in almost all sectors. The available data show that since 2010, the energy transition in particular has contributed to the reduction of emissions. All other significant sectors have more or less stagnated since 2010. Energy: The sector’s nearly 27 million tonnes CO 2 equivalents represents the … must cut emissions by six percent per year, but the average annual reduction since 2010 has not even reached two percent. To achieve that goal, Germany needs to take …