🇮🇹 Italy's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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• Emissions: Italy emitted around 372 megatonnes CO₂e in 2024, about 0.65% of the global total.
• Per person: Emissions were around 6.3 tonnes per person per year, rated high on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
• Trend: Emissions fell by around 1.19% a year over the ten years to 2024, slower than the 4% yearly decline the world as a whole needs to achieve Net Zero in 2050 and limit warming to around 1.7 °C.
• What drives it: CO₂ made up 80.74% of emissions, methane 10.81%, F-gases 4.36% and nitrous oxide 4.09%.
• Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Italy's emissions have produced around 34,600 megatonnes CO₂e of warming impact, about 0.89% of the global total, averaging around 4.6 tonnes per person per year, rated moderate.
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