EU emissions in 1990–2019

Trends in the EU greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) per sector, and their relative changes over the years. The total EU emissions in 1990 (5 billion tonnes of CO2eq) dropped by one quarter before 2019 (3.7 billion tonnes of CO2eq).

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