Progress of EU Climate Action in 2019
one? Greenhouse gas emission reduction
In 2017, greenhouse gas emissions across Europe have fallen by 21.7% from 1990 levels. Preliminary data recently released by member states show that greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.0 per cent between 2017 and 2018, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 23.2 per cent from 1990 levels in 2018, indicating that the EU is steadily moving towards achieving its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 20 per cent.