In order to fit within the greenhouse gas reduction budget, which would meet either the 1.5°C or 2.0°C temperature goal, Estonia would have to reduce emissions in energy, transport and industry at a much faster pace than the forecasts. Closing the industry would help reduce CO2 emissions, but this approach will not bring money to the state budget, writes Alar Konist, director of the Department of Energy Technology.
The scientists of the Department of Energy Technology, commissioned by the Ministry of Climate, prepared science-based versions of greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets for Estonia until the year 2050, including by different sectors and time periods. The existing best practices, methodologies, models and calculations of the global carbon budget and the European Union's GHG budget were taken into account, as well as the feedback collected during the work from the customer - the Ministry of Climate Change and the involved interest groups. The GHG budget is the estimated amount of greenhouse gases that will be released into the atmosphere during a given period of time without violating the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Read the whole article here. The article was first published on ERR's opinion page on July 4, 2024.