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An illustration showing a girl from behind, looking toward a bright blue sky. To her left, dark smoke billows from industrial chimneys; to her right, a lush green forest with a white wind turbine. The text reads: “EUROPE UP, EMISSIONS DOWN,” with the <br />European Union flag in white in the upper right corner.

2026-02-19 17:55:52

EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline in the EU!

From 2013 to 2024, greenhouse gas emissions from the EU economy decreased by 20% while its gross value added increased by 20%. 

The biggest reductions came from:
⬇️ Energy sector: -49%
⬇️ Mining and quarrying: -37%
⬇️ Manufacturing: -18%

We’re moving in the right direction and showing that climate action and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.

👉 Explore the data here: https://link.europa.eu/HjJBmT

2026-02-19 18:03:10

Ⓥ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸

faket@veganism.social

@EUCommission Thanks to Africa and Asia !

2026-02-19 18:44:10

Arno Vanderbeke

AV@toot.io

@EUCommission
If you want to keep moving in the right direction, please do not turn the ongoing #simplification into #deregulation. This would be dismantling #environmental safeguards established over decades through democratic processes and grounded in clear scientific evidence, which underpin the #EU’s legal obligation to ensure a high level of #nature protection.

As you mention yourself, #climate action and economic #growth can go hand-in-hand.

2026-02-19 19:12:05

Martin Kostera

martin@libera.site

@European Commission #GoNuclear and greenhouse emissions will drop much more.
☢️

2026-02-19 19:15:23

Klaus Frank

agowa338@chaos.social

@EUCommission

Tell that to Reiche, I think she misunderstood that part about gas emissions. I feel like she thought that when you burn the greenhouse gas that it's gone /s

2026-02-19 19:16:09

DC LUG

dcglug@techhub.social

@EUCommission

Sounds good :)

2026-02-19 19:21:05

Thom

thom@swiss.social

@EUCommission Derweil die USA sich von sämtlichen Abkommen abwenden, die dem Klimaschutz förderlich sind. Wie bringen wir die Grossmächte dazu, endlich ihre Verantwortung wahrzunehmen und sich darüber klar zu werden, dass die Erde nicht ihnen allein gehört?

2026-02-19 19:35:48

Mensch, Marina

energisch_@troet.cafe

@EUCommission it should be faster, we're running out of time!

2026-02-19 19:50:18

Plsik (born in 320 ppm)

plsik@mastodon.social

@EUCommission In my country, there is currently a drastic campaign of intimidation against wind farms and simplified building procedures. People reject these projects because they have been told that the power plants will make them sick, that their chickens will stop laying eggs, and that it will kill wild animals. I'm not joking (until now, these people didn't care about wild animals at all).
The influence of misinformation and conspiracy theories is constantly being ignored. It is massive.

2026-02-19 19:50:29

Iarlaiṫ

IarfhlaithO@mastodon.ie

@EUCommission and yet we stand “shoulder to shoulder” with and handsomely reward some of the biggest polluters and killers on the the face of the planet.

If there are no consequences for genocide, nor our collusion, maybe the environmental aspect would take your interest?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/30/carbon-footprint-of-israels-war-on-gaza-exceeds-that-of-many-entire-countries

2026-02-19 20:14:01

Nico V

icetroll@mastodon.xyz

@EUCommission Mmmmmmkay
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-relent-combustion-engines-ban-after-auto-industry-pressure-2025-12-16/

2026-02-19 21:45:17

ForrestGrump

MichaelimOdenwald@hessen.social

@EUCommission So what about the traffic sector?
Numbers available?

2026-02-19 22:02:02

Leela Torres

LeelaTorres@ieji.de

@EUCommission
But we still allow new fossil fueled cars, build fossil energy plants.... waste ridiculous amounts of resources on AI...

2026-02-20 00:53:28

Adam

adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social

@EUCommission

The Guardian identified another opportunity for improvement:

"Beef and lamb were subsidised 580 times more than legumes in 2020, while pork was subsidised nearly 240 times more. Dairy, meanwhile, received 554 times more in subsidies than nuts and seeds ...

"Billions of euros of EU taxpayer money is [propping up] such a high-emissions industry ... when scientists are telling us that we need ... to shift to lower-meat diets"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/beef-lamb-legumes-eu-subsidies-study

#eupol #climate #agriculture

2026-02-20 02:17:52

Miguel Fontoura

fontoura@mastodon.gamedev.place

@EUCommission 11 years and we only get that result? That is not something to be proud of.