CO2 emissions increase in Finland, 7 EU countries

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said on Wednesday that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion in 2018 increased in Finland and seven other countries in European Union.

The emissions increased in Finland by 1.9%.

Increases were registered seven other countries Latvia (8.5 percent), Malta (6.7 percent), Estonia (4.5 percent), Luxembourg (3.7 percent), Poland (3.5 percent), Slovakia (2.4 percent) and Lithuania (0.6 percent).

Eurostat, however, said that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion in 2018 significantly decreased by 2.5 percent in the European Union (EU), compared with the previous year.

According to Eurostat estimates, CO2 emissions fell in 2018 in a majority of EU Member States, with the highest decrease being recorded in Portugal (-9.0 percent), followed by Bulgaria (-8.1 percent), Ireland (-6.8 percent) and Germany (-5.4 percent).