In "Austria's Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2014" the Umweltbundesamt presents updated figures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Austria. In 2014, the second year of the second commitment period under the Kyoto-Protocol, GHG emissions amounted to 76.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents. This corresponds to a 3.2% decrease against 1990 and a 4.7% decrease compared to 2013. The key driver for the development 2013 to 2014 was the lower electricity production by thermal coal and gas power plants as well as the lower heating demand due to the mild weather conditions. GHG emissions according to Article 2(1) of Decision No. 406/2009/EC (“Effort Sharing Decision”) amounted to 48.2 Mt CO2 equivalents and were thus 3.9 Mt CO2 equivalents below the annual emission allocation (AEA) for 2014.
Content and format of this report are in accordance with the obligations under the GHG Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013.