Press release 04/2018 from 23.01.2018 | Last changed: 05.02.2018
Greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2016
… by the combustion of fossil fuels. The remaining emissions were divided between methane (CH4), at 6 per cent, and nitrous oxide (N2O), at 4.2 percent, which were … agriculture. Compared to 1990, emissions of carbon dioxide fell by 23.9 percent, of methane by 54.4 per cent and of nitrous oxide by 41.1 percent. Fluorinated …