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Greenhouse gas emissions: due to Covid, significant reduction in 2020 (7.5%)

In 2019, decrease of 2.8% compared to the previous year

On the basis of the data available for the first six months of 2020, a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at national level is expected due to the restrictions on mobility due to COVID-19 throughout the national territory; in 2020, national emissions are expected to be 7.5% lower than in 2019. However, it should be emphasized that this reduction does not contribute to solving the problem of climate change, which instead requires structural, technological and behavioral changes that reduce gas emissions to a minimum greenhouse in the medium and long term.