🇱🇺 Luxembourg's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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• Emissions: Luxembourg emitted around 8 megatonnes CO₂e in 2024, about 0.01% of the global total.
• Per person: This was around 11.9 tonnes per person per year, rated extremely high on a scale where any emissions above zero add warming.
• Trend: Emissions fell by around 3.46% 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 around 90% of Luxembourg's emissions, methane 6.8%, nitrous oxide 3.1% and F-gases 0.62%.
• Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Luxembourg's emissions have produced around 891 megatonnes CO₂e of warming impact, about 0.02% of the global total, averaging around 16.2 tonnes per person per year on a population-weighted basis.
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