The EU economy’s seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the second quarter of 2026 were estimated at 833 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 0.5% decrease compared with the first quarter of 2026 (837 million tonnes of CO2-eq). At the same time, the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.8% in the second quarter of 2026, compared with the first quarter of this year.
The following economic activities contributed the most to this reduction of emissions: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply emissions (-0.44 percentage points (pp)), followed by households (-0.22 pp) and transportation and storage (-0.01 pp). These decreases were partly offset by higher emissions from other economic activities (mostly services) (+0.14 pp) and manufacturing (+0.05 pp).
Compared with the second quarter of 2025, emissions increased by 1.4%, while the EU’s GDP increased by 1.5%.
Greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 18 EU countries (....)