Achieving the European Union’s 2020 climate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport fuels by 6% below 2010 levels remains problematic for most Member States, according to the latest data published on Thursday 19 November by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
According to these data, emission intensity decreased by 3.7% between 2010 and 2018, mainly due to the increased use of biofuels. The emission intensity of fuels sold in the EU actually increased between 2017 and 2018, when considering the effects of indirect land-use change due to the increased use of oilseed crops as feedstock.
Finland and Sweden are the only Member States whose emission intensity decreased by more than 6%. This is due to the fact that their road transport fuel blends contain relatively high proportions of biofuels (8% in Finland and 23% in Sweden) and that, on average, the biofuels used have relatively low emission intensities.
The two countries that have reduced their emissions intensity the least between 2010 and 2018 are Croatia (0.1%) and Estonia (0.9%). To see the report: https://bit.ly/36NAab3 (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)