Euronews.green writes that CO2-equivalents (CO2e) reached a total of 938 million tons during the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same time-frame of the previous year, which saw 978 million tons.

With the exception of Ireland, Latvia, Denmark and Malta, all other 23 member states saw a decrease in carbon emissions output. Experts said that the biggest reductions were registered in Slovenia, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

Eurostat's analysis also showed that while the emissions output of those countries decreased, their economies saw a bump of 1.5% on average during the final quarter of 2022. Only five EU states saw a decrease in economy performance during the assessed period, those being Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg and Lithuania.

Six of the nine analyzed industries saw a reduction in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, with the most significant, at 9.7%, being the production and supply of electricity to households.

The EU, which is responsible for around 6% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions, promised to more than halve its pollution output by 2030.