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Projected progress of Member States towards their Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) targets
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Notes:
Member States are ranked according to their 2020 ESD targets, from the largest required reduction (Luxembourg, which has a target of –20 %) to the largest allowed increase (Bulgaria, which has a target of +20 %) compared with 2005 base-year levels.
The ‘with existing measures’ (WEM) scenario reflects existing policies and measures, while the ‘with additional measures’ (WAM) scenario takes into account the additional effects of planned measures reported by Member States. These projections were reported in 2017.
Seventeen Member States submitted a ‘with additional measures’ (WAM) scenario. For the other Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), the WEM scenario is shown instead. Denmark submitted a WAM scenario that was identical to the WEM scenario. Reported projections were subject to quality checks by the EEA and ETC/ACM.
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- Greenhouse gas projections (Update coming soon), European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Commission Decision 2013/162/EU, European Commission
- Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU, European Commission
- Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1471, European Commission
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
2005-2020
Each bar represents a percentage change in the greenhouse gas emissions covered under Decision 406/2009/EC (the Effort Sharing Decision, ESD) between the 2005 base-year level and projected levels for 2020, at national level. See section "methodology" for further details on the calculation of base-year levels.
Methodology
Based on:
• Projections of ESD emissions submitted by Member States in 2017;
• 2005 ESD base-year levels, calculated by EEA so as to be consistent with the relative 2020 ESD target (expressed in the 2009 ESD as a percentage of 2005 emissions) and the absolute 2020 target (set in a 2013 Commission Decision and revised in 2017). The EEA calculates 2005 ‘ESD base-year emissions’ as follows: ESD base-year emissions = 2020 absolute target/(1 + % of 2020 ESD target).