Do something for our planet, print this page only if needed. Even a small action can make an enormous difference when millions of people do it!

Trends and projections in Europe 2019 - Tracking progress towards Europes climate and energy targets

Publication Created 29 Oct 2019 Published 31 Oct 2019

Topics: Climate change mitigation , Energy ,

Cover Image

The annual ‘Trends and projections’ report provides an assessment of the progress of the EU and European countries towards their climate mitigation and energy targets. It is based on national data for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy consumption.

Publication Created 29 Oct 2019 Published 31 Oct 2019

Topics: Climate change mitigation , Energy ,

EEA Report No 15/2019

The annual ‘Trends and projections’ report provides an assessment of the progress of the EU and European countries towards their climate mitigation and energy targets. It is based on national data for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy consumption.

Download

Trends and projections in Europe 2019 TH-AL-19-016-EN-N.pdf [8.9 MB]

See additional files

Additional Files

(updated on 05-11-2019)

Related content

Data references

Approximated estimates for the primary and final consumption of energy in 2018 (EEA 2018 proxies on primary and final energy consumption) The Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU (EED) establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union’s 2020 20 % headline target on energy efficiency and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date. It also calls on Member States to set their own indicative national energy efficiency targets, which can be based on primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Since early access to the most recent information on energy consumption is relevant for all stakeholders, the EEA and its European Topic Centre for Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation (ETC/ACM) produce each year a set of early estimates concerning the consumption of primary and final energy in the previous year, across the EU as a whole and in each Member State. These estimates are defined in accordance with the methodology that underpinned the energy efficiency targets for 2020 and 2030, and they correspond to the new indicator codes PEC2020-2030 and FEC2020-2030 from Eurostat. The current data set concerns the EEA 2018 proxies on primary and final energy consumption (PEC2020-2030; FEC2020-2030).

Approximated estimates for the share of gross final consumption of renewable energy sources in 2018 (EEA 2018 RES share proxies) Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion and use of energy from renewable sources commits the EU to achieving a 20 % share of renewable energy sources (RES) in its gross final energy consumption by 2020 and a 10 % share of renewable energy in transport energy consumption by the same year. Since early access to the most recent information on the growth of RES is relevant for all stakeholders, the EEA and its European Topic Centre for Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation (ETC/ACM) produce each year a set of early estimates concerning the RES shares achieved by the countries and the EU as a whole in the previous year. The current data set concerns the EEA 2018 RES share proxies. The cut-off date for most data sources incorporated in the calculation of the approximated 2018 RES shares was 31 July 2019.

Data visualisations

Country profiles - greenhouse gases and energy 2019 This section presents country profiles containing key data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency for each EU Member State. These country profiles support and complement the assessment of progress towards climate and energy targets in Europe.

News and articles

Climate change: Significant drop in EU emissions in 2018 but further effort needed to reach 2030 target The European Union (EU) cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2 % in 2018, according to preliminary estimates released today by the European Environment Agency. However, rising energy consumption continues to hamper progress on the share of energy generated by renewable sources and on energy efficiency. As in previous years, the transport sector remains a particular concern with rising GHG emissions, low uptake of renewable energy sources and insufficient reductions of transport fuels’ life-cycle emissions.

See also

Current progress of Member States towards climate and energy targets Source: EEA Report No 15/2019 p.8

Current progress of Member States towards climate and energy targets Source: EEA Report No 15/2019 p.8

Permalinks

Permalink to this version: 9925e637f0544d29a8dceadfd72850b8
Permalink to latest version: N108EOYRGF

Geographic coverage

Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom

Temporal coverage

2005-2018 , 2020 , 2030 , 2050

Document Actions

For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/trends-and-projections-in-europe-1 or scan the QR code.

PDF generated on 19 Nov 2019, 11:47 AM

EEA Page URL QR

Filed under: energy efficiency targets, tp2019, ghg emission targets, greenhouse gas, renewable energy targets

Publications

Menu

Follow us

The EEA is an agency of the European Union

Engineered by: EEA Web Team

Software updated on 17 November 2019 20:48 from version 19.11.7

Software version: EEA Plone KGS 19.11.16

Code for developers

Creative commons license