According to preliminary estimates released by Eurostat, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in the European Union increased slightly (by 0.7%) in 2015.
CO2 emissions rose in a majority of countries, with especially significant increases in Hungary (+6.7%), Portugal (+8.6%, lower hydropower generation) and Slovakia (+9.5%). Emissions increased in some large emitting countries, such as Italy (+3.5%, accounting for 10.6% of total CO2 emissions in the European Union in 2015), France (+1.7% to 9.9% of total emissions), Poland (+1.6% to 9.2% of total emissions), Spain (+2.3% to 7.4% of total emissions) or the Netherlands (+2.1% to 5.1% of total emissions) but they remained stable in Germany, the largest emitter with 23% of total emissions in 2015, and even declined by 2.9% in the United Kingdom (12.5% of total emissions in 2015). CO2 emissions declined in eight countries, with significant falls in Greece (-5%), Finland (-7.4%), Denmark (-9.9%), Estonia (-16%) and Malta (-27%).
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