I'd say this is good news and good progress to also keep in mind.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:wrote last edited by [email protected]
I'd say this is good news and good progress to also keep in mind.
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 1990 (bright blue) and 2022 (dark blue), by country (in metric tons of COâ‚‚ equivalent)
We need to do better. That's for sure. But we have made progress too.
EU-27: per capita GHG emissions by country | Statista
As of 2022, all but two European Union member states had reduced their per capita GHG emissions, relative to 1990 levels.
Statista (www.statista.com)
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Hilko Bengenreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer Sorry if this comes across as nitpicking – I have no way to tell whether this is progress or the exact opposite from the image because nobody bothered to add proper labels for the two colors.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Hilko Bengen last edited by
@hillu My apologies. 1990 (bright blue) and 2022 (dark blue). I added it to the toot.
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Hilko Bengenreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer Thanks.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Hilko Bengen last edited by
@hillu It does, but for the screenshot is was not possible to get the full graph in a readable version.
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Edoardoreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer there is a dark side to this which lies in how such emissions are counted. IPCC works on counting "territorial emissions" vs "consumption based emissions". But as first world countries moved CO2 intensive production to other countries, that skews the results, presenting a better picture. This article goes into explaining this with some data https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Edoardo last edited by [email protected]
@endorama Yes, which is one of the reasons why the EU introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) [1] which will go into full force in 2026. But the main point still holds, even with the adjustments taken into account: A net reduction of CO2 per capita. From the page you linked to, for Germany: from 15 to 10 metric tonnes, that's a significant reduction, IMHO.
[1] https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en