(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 14 - Italy's greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.8% in 2021, against a 6.5% growth in Pildel), according to the first preliminary estimates of Ispra.
The previous year, the 2020 Covid lockdown, there had been a drop of 8.9% compared to 2019, due to the restrictions for the epidemic but also to the progress of the production of energy from renewable sources (hydroelectric and wind), increasing energy efficiency in industrial sectors and reducing the use of coal.
These are some of the data from the ISPRA report "National Inventory of Gasserra Emissions" edition 2022.
The estimated trend for 2021 is due to an increase in emissions, in particular for industry (9.1%) and transport (15.7%).
Also for energy production, despite the reduction in the use of coal (-35.2%).
This increase in emissions, reads a note, "does not alter the trend in emissions reduction and improvement in energy efficiency recorded in recent years".
Between 1990 and 2020, the drop in emissions is 27%, from 520 to 381 million tons of CO2.
Responsible for about half of the emissions are the energy production and transport sectors;
the latter show, overall, a decrease of 16.4% compared to 1990. In 2020 the share of renewable energy was 20.4% compared to final gross consumption, a value higher than the target of 17%, more than tripled compared to 2004 when accounted for 6.3% of gross final energy consumption.
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