Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020
… greenhouse gases emissions in 2020 – roughly 70 million tonnes (8.7%) less than in 2019. These are the conclusions drawn from emissions data from the German … reduction: nearly 38 million tonnes of CO 2 , which is 14.5 percent less than in 2019. The sector's some 221 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalents in annual emissions … of additional lignite-fired power plant units to security standby in autumn 2019. The first shutdowns of lignite and hard coal-fired power plants at the end of …