The oil sector has “barred” the decarbonisation of the Spanish economy by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by just 1% since 1990, while the energy sector has “led the transition” by reducing 19% of its emissions, according to a report just published.
This is confirmed by the study ‘Analysis of GHG emissions from the Spanish economy and proposals for its decarbonisation’ on emissions trends in Spain since 1990 by the ‘Talent for Sustainability’ and the ‘Sustainability Observatory’; both parties submitted it to the Senate this Tuesday.
this oil companies showed “almost zero” decarbonizationdetermines the operation of both entities.
adds a set. energy sectorDespite being the “historically most polluting” due to its “connections” with the rest of the economy and its “high dependence” on fossil fuels, in 2020 third most polluting subsector with 13% of total GE emissionsI, after industry (24%) and transport (23%).
This is so, thanks to the “big reduction” in its emissions from the 1990s to the present, due to its dependence on renewable energies (wind, solar and thermosolar…).
Specifically, since 2008, electricity companies like Endesa have reduced their verified emissions by 76%, Iberdrola by 62% and Naturgy by 59%, as quantitatively indicated in this report.
The study also found that: Increase or decrease in GHG emissions since the 1990s they “linked” to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Spain’s because there was a “sharp decrease” in these emissions with the 2008 economic crisis and a “significant reduction” in emissions of 12.5% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The four “arms” of decarbonisation
Similarly, according to Elsa Arnaiz, head of Talent for Future, the authors make a series of recommendations for decarbonizing the national economy based on the “four driving levers.”
According to Arnaiz, these are energy tax reform and “complete withdrawal of fossil fuel subsidies”; most highway finance reformthrough “promoting the transport of people and goods by train”; improvements in energy efficiency labeling and protection vulnerable groups “affected” by any of these measures
Arnaiz has already “contacted” with the political parties of the PP, PSOE and Más País, among others, and hopes to get in touch with “all of them” to promote these measures on the political agenda and in society. .
losing the fear of falling
Sustainability Observatory director Fernando Prieto argued that for some measures, “people can no longer have three cars or eat a lot of meat” so “we need to lose the fear of falling”. decarbonize the economy.
Cristina Narbona, first vice-chairman of the Senate Committee, who attended the presentation of the report, emphasized that Spain is one of the countries with “the largest renewable energy generation capacity in all of Europe”, and the Spanish Electricity Grid has been described as “one of the most efficient infrastructures” of the old continent for the management of this type of energy. It is accepted.
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