Greenhouse gas emissions down 4.62% in Belgium in 2023

Total emissions (excluding emissions from land use, land use change and forestry) amounted to 98.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2023. The majority are carbon dioxide emissions (CO2, 85.8%). Next come emissions of methane (CH4, 7.7%), nitrous oxide (N2O, 4.4%) and fluorinated gases.

Changing the “fuel” of cattle and improving their “engine” so that they emit less greenhouse gases is possible

The transport sector represents around a quarter (24.9%) of greenhouse gas emissions in Belgium and these emissions have increased by 17% since 1990. It is followed by the energy sector (15.9%) and industrial processes (15.5%), whose emissions, on the other hand, have been decreasing since the reference year.