When countries set targets, measure or compare CO 2 emissions, they tend to focus on production-based emissions – CO 2 emitted within a country’s own borders. However, this fails to capture emissions from traded goods – the CO 2 emitted in the production of goods elsewhere, which are later imported (or the opposite: emissions from goods that are exported). As the 2009 global climate summit in Copenhagen approached, the European Union raced to announce an ambitious target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The bloc’s leaders worked to smooth In 2021, the IEA published its Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, which sets out a narrow but achievable pathway for the global energy sector to reach net zero emissions by 2050. However, much has changed in the short time since that report was published. The global economy rebounded at record speed in 2021 from the COVID CO 2 emissions from countries, states and provinces in each confinement level (Table 1) aggregated as a fraction of global CO 2 emissions. CO 2 emissions are from the Global Carbon Project 1 Emissions in the EU Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide Global CO₂ emissions change 1990-2022, by country. Change in carbon dioxide emissions in selected countries worldwide from 1990 to 2022. Data on global emissions has been converted from tonnes of carbon to tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) using a conversion factor of 3.664. Emissions from the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991 have been included as part of Kuwait's emissions for that year. Country's share of the global population is calculated using our population dataset, based on 6GYmHK. When countries set targets, measure or compare CO 2 emissions, they tend to focus on production-based emissions – CO 2 emitted within a country’s own borders. However, this fails to capture emissions from traded goods – the CO 2 emitted in the production of goods elsewhere, which are later imported (or the opposite: emissions from goods that are exported). To keep warming to 1.5 degrees, countries must cut emissions by at least 45 per cent compared to 2010 levels. 2050 The transition to net-zero emissions must be fully complete. Development of CO2 emission intensity of electricity generation in selected countries, 2000-2020 - Chart and data by the International Energy Agency. The new legislation sets the path towards zero CO2 emissions for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2035. Intermediate emissions reduction targets for 2030 are set at 55% for cars and 50% for vans. The Parliament and EU countries reached an agreement on the final form of the rules in However, the new analysis of EU emissions in near real-time proves the opposite is the case, with the bloc’s CO2 output having declined by 5% in the most recent three-month period. The fall accelerated to 8% in October. This is shown in the chart below, which also illustrates the drop and rebound from the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

eu carbon emissions by country