Austria: annual greenhouse gas emissions of the energy sector 2022

The annual greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector in Austria decreased by 3.5 million tons of CO2 equivalent (-6.74 percent) compared to the previous year. Therefore, 2022 marks the lowest annual greenhouse gas emissions in this industry during the observed period. Over the observed period, the annual greenhouse gas emissions have been subject to fluctuation.
The European Union (EU) as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reports annually its greenhouse gas inventory for the year t-2 and within the area covered by its Member States. The inventory contains data on carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). The EU inventory is fully consistent with national greenhouse gas inventories compiled by the EU Member States.

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Annual greenhouse gas emissions of the energy sector in Austria from 2012 to 2022 (in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent)

Characteristic	Amount of emissions in million tons of CO2 equivalent
2022	48.46
2021	51.92
2020	49.99
2019	54.94
2018	54.55
2017	56
2016	54.29
2015	53.06
2014	51.28
2013	55
2012	54.83

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April 2023

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Austria

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are estimated and reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Decision 525/2013/EC. The so called Kyoto basket includes six gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). The impact of land use, land use changes and forestry (LULUCF) on the GHG inventories is excluded. International aviation is included. Emissions are weighted according to the global warming potential of each gas. To obtain emissions in CO2-equivalents using their global warming potential (GWP) the following weighting factors are used: CH4=25 and N2O=298, NF3=17200 and SF6=22800. HFCs and PFCs comprise a large number of different gases that have different GWPs .the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are estimated and reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Decision 280/2004/EC.

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