Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from installations covered by the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fell by 9.1% in 2019 compared to 2018, the equivalent of around 152 million tonnes of CO2, says a European Commission report on the functioning of the ETS published on Wednesday 18 November.
The document goes on to state that, as in previous years, the decrease is mainly due to the electricity and heat production sector, where emissions fell by a record 15% as a result of the...