This report marks the beginning of the new 2021-2030 cycle of emission control and reduction marked by the Paris Agreement, and closing the previous 2013-2020 cycle of extension of the Kyoto Protocol.
Two relevant facts mark the analysis of the data:
• The first is the relationship between global energy emissions data in 2020 and the impact of the global crisis caused by the COVID19 pandemic, which is clearly reflected in both the fall in GDP per capita and the decrease in emissions.
• The second relevant fact in the analysis of European data is the definitive exit of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from the registers for the new period 2021-2030. For statistical purposes, and in order not to distort the analysis of the temporal evolution of emissions in Europe, the historical data for these territories have been omitted.
This new report follows the line and structure of previous studies in the analysis of global energy emissions, European emissions and Spanish emissions, presenting the most recent data officially published in the different international organizations.
In this edition, the data presented correspond to the years 2020, from the perspective of global energy emissions, and 2021, from the perspective of European and Spanish emissions, both in those subject to the European Directive and in total emissions. In the case of emissions auctions, data up to the end of 2022 are presented.
As usual, the source of the global emissions presented in the document are those published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and correspond to energy and stealth emissions from fossil fuels by countries and geographical areas. Other production emissions such as in the case of the cement or lime industry, as well as emissions from combustion in landfills and emissions from digestive processes in animals and crop degradation, are excluded from the scope.
The data on the auctions and the emission permit market have been collected until the end of 2022, being the closest information published of all.
The official sources of data are the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) for the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) for the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX).
Following our methodology, the data on total emissions from Europe and Spain have been used in the time series published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) as well as by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. With regard to European and Spanish emissions that are subject to the Directive, the data source used has been the latest publications made by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
In order to complete the analysis, the databases of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) have also been used as auxiliary data support.
As always, we would like to remind the reader of the fact that the official methodology for accounting for emissions in Europe and Spain focuses on the allocation of emissions at the place of origin, without taking into account the allocation of emissions at the place of use of the products or services produced.
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