Finland's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by over 10 percent from the previous year in 2008, lower than the commitment level set in Kyoto Protocol, reports Statistics Finland on Friday.
According to the authority's preliminary estimate, greenhouse gas emissions in Finland
amounted to 70.1 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2008. Emissions were over 10
percent lower than in the previous year and approximately 1.2 percent below the Kyoto Protocol
commitment level.
In 2008, emissions from Finland's energy sector decreased most by 21 percent from 2007.
Emissions from transport decreased by 4 percent from the previous year. Compared to 2007,
emissions also decreased in the waste sector by 7 percent, whereas emissions from industrial processes and agriculture grew slightly.
The Finnish government adopted on Oct. 15 a new long-term climate and energy policy that
calls for reducing Finland's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent from the 1990 level by the year 2050.