By Paul Homewood

One more analysis I wanted to do from the BP Energy Review is the year-on-year changes in emissions of CO2 within the EU.

Overall, emissions in the EU increased by 1.5% in 2017, almost as much as the global increase of 1.6%. (These figures are after adjusting for leap years.) Also be aware that BP’s figures reflect only those through consumption of oil, gas and coal for combustion related activities. They do not include Land Use changes, or other GHGs.

When we analyse by country, there is a start contrast between the drop in emissions in the UK, and the increases in most other EU states. Spain particularly stands out, with emissions rising each year since 2014, and now standing higher than in 2010.

If we look at percentage changes, we can see that Croatia, Denmark and Finland have also made substantial cuts:

Not for the first time, we have to ask ourselves why the UK govt is prepared to cripple our economy when the rest of Europe, not to mention the world, don’t appear to give a toss.