Development of EU ETS (2005-2020) Set up in 2005, the EU ETS is the world’s first international emissions trading system. It is now in its fourth phase (2021-2030).First stepsThe A ‘cap and trade’ system to reduce emissions via a carbon market.
Parliament voted to approve, with a large majority, a deal agreed last year by negotiators from EU countries and Parliament, to reform the carbon market to cut emissions by 62% from 2005 levels by
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes per person. Source. Global Carbon Budget (2023); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Last updated. December 12, 2023. Next expected update. December 2024. Date range.
Explore data on CO 2 and Greehouse Gas Emissions. Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases – are the primary driver of climate change. In our Data Explorer on CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions you can see how emissions compare across the world.
Scientists have said the world as a whole needs to halve emissions by 2030, which would require history’s biggest polluters, namely the United States and Europe, to make the sharpest, swiftest cuts.
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