Sweden is Europe’s champion in reducing carbon dioxide emissions

Sweden has the lowest average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU, according to the latest EU survey.

In particular, Sweden managed to reduce the average carbon dioxide emissions emitted by new cars in the country to 88.3 g/km. This is an important development in the effort to reduce the burden of carbon dioxide on the atmosphere.

The second best performance was achieved by Denmark where the average was limited to 92.6 g/km. The trio is rounded off by the Netherlands (95.1 g/km).

In Greece, the average is 119.7 g/km.

On December 31, 2019, Greece ratified the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) [National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)]which sets a target by 2030 for “a reduction of more than 42% compared to 1990 emissions and more than 56% compared to 2005 emissions”.

Emissions from the burning of petrol and diesel in all forms of road transport including cars, trucks, motorbikes and buses make up 11.9% of all carbon dioxide. 60% of road transport emissions come from passenger travel (cars, motorbikes and buses) and the remaining 40% from road freight transport (lorries and lorries). This means that if we could electrify the entire road transport sector and switch to a completely carbon-free electricity mix, we could reduce global emissions by 11.9%.

Greenhouse gas emissions are emissions of gases into the atmosphere that create the greenhouse effect and cause climate change. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas. Mainly, its production is due to human activities. Other greenhouse gases (such as methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs) are emitted in smaller amounts, but they trap heat much more efficiently than carbon dioxide, and in some cases prove to be much more potent.

Emissions come from various sectors of activity, but the largest share for 2016 is held by energy (electricity, heating and transport) with a contribution of 73.2% of total emissions. Other sectors contributing emissions are agriculture (including forestry and land use) with 18.4%, industry with 5.2% and waste with 3.2%. Total emissions worldwide were 49.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. A 2017 study found that 100 companies were responsible for 71% of global direct and indirect emissions from 1998 to then, and that of these state-owned companies were responsible for 59% of emissions.

Greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from a few years to thousands of years. They therefore have a global impact, regardless of the place of their original broadcast. At current emission rates, by 2030 temperatures may have risen by 1.5°C, which is the limit for G7 countries and the expectation limit of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to keep the rise in average temperatures planet to levels “well below” 2°C. Without additional policies to reduce emissions, the global average temperature is expected to further increase by between 1.1°C and 6.4°C by the end of the century.

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