Treibhausgasemissionen der EU im Jahr 2024: -20 % seit 2013

In 2024, the EU economy’s greenhouse gas emissions by economic activities and households totalled 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents. This represents a 1% decrease compared with 2023 and a 20% reduction compared with 2013.

Between 2013 and 2024, the energy sector (supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning) achieved the sharpest rate of decline and the largest overall decrease, with a 49% drop (-512 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents).

In the same period, 3 other economic activities also recorded double-digit reductions: mining and quarrying (-37%, -25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents), manufacturing (-18%, -146 million tonnes) and services (-14%, -36 million tonnes).