All six largest emitters increased their fossil CO2 emissions in 2021 compared to 2020, with India and Russia having the largest increases in relative terms (10.5% and 8.1%). Together they account for 49.2% of global population, 62.4% of global Gross Domestic Product, 66.4% of global fossil fuel consumption and 67.8% of global fossil CO2 emissions. In 2021, global anthropogenic fossil CO2 emissions rebounded and by 5.3% in comparison of 2020, totalling 37.9 Gt CO2, just 0.36% below 2019 levels.Ĭhina, the United States, the EU27, India, Russia and Japan remained the world’s largest CO2 emitters. In 2020, the COVID-19 crisis slowed down the global economy, resulting in a decrease of global CO2 emissions by about 5%.
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In particular, the EDGAR time series can provide information on collective emissions trends for all countries as required for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) global stocktake in 2023. They are based on the fossil CO2 emission time series in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) from 1970 until 2021.ĮDGAR complements national inventories and reporting prepared by Parties to the Paris Agreement. The results of the report contribute to the Paris Agreement process with an independent and quantitative view of global emissions. EU27 fossil CO2 emissions in 2021 were 27.3% lower than in 1990 and its share of global emissions also decreased from 16.8% in 1990 to 7.3% in 2021. Looking further back, the EU has achieved the largest relative decrease in greenhouse gas emissions among the top emitters.
Consequently, the EU27 emissions fell by 5% between 20, continuing a downward trend. However, this increase is just about half of the reduction that took place between 20 (-10.8%). In the EU, total fossil CO2 emissions increased by 6.5% in 2021. Global fossil CO2 emissions increased by 5.3% in 2021 as compared to 2020, almost reaching pre-pandemic 2019 levels, according to the 2022 report on CO2 emissions of all world countries, compiled by the JRC, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
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