Greenhouse gas emissions across the EU rose in the third quarter of 2021, the bloc’s statistics office said on Tuesday, as economies recovered from the coronavirus crisis.equivalents, up 6% from the third quarter of 2020 when Covid-19 related restrictions had induced a sharp economic contraction.
However, it added that despite the effects of the economic rebound, levels were continuing a long-term trend of steady reduction towards the bloc's targets. Third quarter emissions were down from 891-million tonnes in the same period two years earlier.