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Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) emission projections

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Created 21 Oct 2020 Published 21 Oct 2020 Last modified 21 Dec 2020
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The Monitoring Mechanism Regulation ((EC) No 525/2013) requires Member States to report national projections of anthropogenic GHG emissions. Every two years, each EU Member State shall report GHG projections in a ‘with existing measures’ scenario for the years 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035, by gas (or group of gases) and by sector. National projections shall take into consideration any policies and measures adopted at Union level. The reported data are quality checked by the EEA and its European Topic Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy (ETC/CME).

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2020 GHG projections, reported and quality checked in 2019 and 2020

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Data reported by the EU Member States (MS) under the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) have been quality checked and adjusted if appropriate by the European Topic Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy (ETC/CME).

Every two years MS  shall report to the Commission national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks, organised by gas or group of gases (HFCs and PFCs) and by sector. Those projections shall include quantitative estimates for a sequence of four future years ending with 0 or 5 immediately following the reporting year. National projections shall take into consideration any policies and measures adopted at Union level (Article 14 of MMR).

GHG projections data are presented per MS, year, scenario, category and gas. There are originally reported data and final (corrected or gap-filled when necessary) data. Two types of projections are presented: projections taking into account the (current) existing domestic policies and measures (WEM, with existing measures) and projections taking also into account additional (planned) domestic policies and measures (WAM, with additional measures).

Domestic policies and measures are those taking place within the national boundaries. Existing policies and measures are those for which one or more of the following applies: a) national legislation is in force; b) one or more voluntary agreements have been established; c) financial resources have been allocated; d) human resources have been mobilised; e) an official government decision has been made and there is a clear commitment to proceed with implementation. Additional (planned) policies and measures are options under discussion with a realistic chance of being adopted and implemented in time to influence the emissions during the commitment period.

The detailed methodology used for the quality assurance and quality control procedure for national and Union GHG projections is outlined in the report ‘Quality assurance and quality control procedure for national and Union GHG projections (2019)’  and can be downloaded from:  http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/help/mmr

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Kilotonnes CO2 equivalent (ktCO2e).

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Datasets based on Member States submissions in 2019 under the EU Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (EC No 525/2013).

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European Environment Agency (EEA)
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European Commission
European Topic Centre on Climate Change Mitigation and Energy (ETC/CME)

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Data reported by the EU Member States (MS) under the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) have been quality checked and adjusted if appropriate by the European Topic Centre Climate Change Mitigation and Energy (ETC/CME).
GHG projections data are presented per MS, year, scenario, category and gas. There are originally reported data and final (corrected or gap-filled when necessary) data. Two types of projections are presented: projections taking into account the (current) existing domestic policies and measures (WEM, with existing measures) and projections taking also into account additional (planned) domestic policies and measures (WAM, with additional measures).
The last mandatory reporting year was 2019 but in 2020 13 MS (AT, BE, CY, DK, EE, EL, HU, IE, LV, LT, LU, PL and SI) updated their GHG projections.

For consistency and comparability reasons, in 2020 the same quality checking procedure was used as in 2019. ‘Quality assurance and quality control procedure for national and Union GHG projections (2019)’ can be downloaded from: http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/help/mmr

 

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