Rome: Italy’s carbon dioxide emissions are set to be up by over 2% at the end of the year even though the nations’ energy consumption has dropped by around 1.5% with respect to 2021, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The report by ENEA (the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) said use of renewables had decreased while fossil-fuel energy consumption was up.
It said renewable sources dropped by 11% in the first nine months of the year, while oil-based energy rose by 8% and coal-fired power leaped by 47%.
According to European Parliament’s report on EU progress on Climate Action, Italy generates 11.4 % of the EU’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has reduced emissions at a faster pace than the EU average since 2005.
As per the report, the transport and ‘other emissions’ sectors, including buildings, account for almost half of Italy’s total emissions.
The country’s 2030 target of a 30 % share is focused mainly on wind and solar power. Italy produced 311.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) emission in 2021.
Carbon dioxide emission in Italy experienced a period of significant growth from 1970 to 2005, increasing by nearly 50 percent to a peak of 470.2 MtCo2.
