The German Federal Environment Agency reports on its website that EU emissions fell by almost 1,500 million tons of CO2e between 1990 and 2022: “Between 1990 and 2022, emissions in the EU-27 fell by 1,492 million tons in CO₂ equivalents (-31%)” (https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/klima/treibhausgas-emissionen-in-der-europaeischen-union#trends)

That’s about 45 million tons less per year.

ZDF reports on its website that the war in Ukraine polluted the atmosphere with 120 million extra tons of CO2e in the first year: “Accordingly, the Ukraine war emitted 120 million tons of CO2 emissions equivalents in the first year alone.” (https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/klima-fussabdruck-ukraine-krieg-russland-100.html)

So in short, what all EU countries have saved in emissions in 3 years is back in the air after 1 year of war.

We have already had about 3 years of war in Ukraine. That would be about 9 years of savings “made up” again.

If we now add other armed conflicts to this, then we are quickly polluting ourselves back to the 1990s.

The only demand that makes sense at the moment is “Stop war – negotiate!” Everything else only makes sense if we don’t shoot ourselves back into a dark age.

@PBU

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