Austria’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2013

In “Austria’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2013” the Umweltbundesamt presents updated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Austria. In 2013 GHG emissions amounted to 79.6 Mt of CO2 equivalents. This corresponds to a 1.2 % increase against 1990 and a?0.2 % decrease compared to 2012. Key driver for the development 2012 to 2013 is the decreasing consumption of fossil fuels for electrical power generation. GHG emissions according to Article 2(1) of Decision No. 406/2009/EC amounted to 49.7 Mt CO2 equivalents in 2013. New international standards, including new global warming potentials, have been applied for the GHG Inventory 2013, sectoral emissions thus differ more widely than usual from last year’s submission. The report is written in accordance with the obligations under the GHG Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013. The submission took place in June 2015.