Rise in EU carbon emissions continues amid post-Covid rebound

Greenhouse gas emissions by economic activity and GDP in the EU, Q1 2010 to Q2 2022.

A rise in greenhouse gas emissions by EU member states is largely being blamed on a post-Covid economic rebound as countries' GDP bounced back from the impacts of the pandemic.

Emissions rose by 3% in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2021.