In 2016, the EU collectively continued to decouple economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions, with the economy growing by 1.9% while a slight decrease of 0.4% is estimated in CO2 emissions, according to provisional figures published by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office on Thursday 4 May.
However, in all, only eleven member states – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania and United Kingdom – recorded a fall in their...