Approximated EU GHG inventory: proxy GHG estimates for 2015

This report provides estimates of greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) and its
Member States for 2015, covering the full GHG inventory
(all sectors, except land use, land-use change and
forestry (LULUCF), and all gases). These estimates are
also referred to as approximated ('proxy') estimates or
inventories in this report as they cover the year for which
no official GHG inventories have been prepared yet.
The proxy inventories in this report are based on GHG
emission estimates reported by Member States to the
European Commission under existing EU legislation (1
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and on calculations made by the European Environment
Agency's (EEA) European Topic Centre on Air Pollution
and Climate Change Mitigation (ETC/ACM) using activity
and/or emission data at country level. The official
submission of 2015 inventories to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will
take place in 2017. The proxy estimates greatly improve
the timeliness of information on GHG emissions and
are used for analysis of emission trends and progress
towards EU climate targets.