Emission of greenhouse gasses from 2010 to 2020—Good intentions vs. reality
Vol 6, Issue 1, 2023
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Three main indicators, i.e., the net greenhouse gas emissions, the net greenhouse gas emissions from land use and forestry, and the population covered by the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy signatories have been suggested by Eurostat as indicators for the description of the climate action—the Sustainable Development Goal 13. The present study describes the ranking of the 27 European Union member states plus the combined EU based on a simultaneous inclusion of all three indicators. It turned out that the covenant indicator was the most important. Thus, subsequently, a ranking of the countries based on a) the covenant indicator and b) the greenhouse gas emission indicators was compared elucidating virtually no correspondence, i.e., signing a covenant with a lot of good intentions is not reflected in a decreased or reduced emission of greenhouse gases. The discrepancy between the political will and the actual action is unambiguous.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/nrcr.v6i1.2076
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