Since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, climate protection and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are binding targets for many countries. However, total global emissions have not reached intended targets, indicated by the continued increase in CO2, which is the most significant greenhouse gas. In 2006 total global CO2 emissions reached 29 Billion tonnes, representing a 2.6% increase over the preceding year and an increase of nearly a third from 1990. In his report, Dr. Hans-Joachim Ziesing, Senior Policy Advisor at Ecologic, presents the development of emissions in the EU and proposes a common implementation of climate protection targets to insure the EU’s leading role in climate protection.

You can order the full German article by Hans-Joachim Ziesing at the price of 15 € on the website of the journal Energiepolitische Tagesfragen Issue 09/2007.

Keywords: emission, greenhouse gas, CO2, climate, protection, policy, energy, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC

Citation: Ziesing, Hans-Joachim 2007: “Nach wie vor weltweit steigende CO2-Emissionen.” Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, No. 09/2007.

Author: Hans-Joachim Ziesing
Year: 2007
Published in: Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen
Issue: 09/2007
Language: German
Publisher: ETV GmbH
Place (of publisher): Essen
ISBN-Verlagsnummer: 3-925 349
Reference type: Journal Article
Price: 15 €

Table of contents:

• Treibhausgasemissionen
• CO2-Emissionen
• Emissionsentwicklung in der EU
• Einflussfaktoren für die Entwicklung der Treibhausgas-Emissionen
• Propagierte klimaschutzpolitische Ziele erfordern Wandel der Energie- und Umweltpolitik