Panel 1
Daniela Romano
The indicator represents, over the period 1990-2022, the trend of greenhouse gas emissions in Italy per capita and relative to GDP. A decrease is observed for both, accentuated by the growth of the population and GDP, which highlights a decoupling between drivers and pressures.
The indicator is calculated by relating national greenhouse gas emissions to the resident population in Italy, as well as to the national gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices.
The indicator is developed by relating national greenhouse gas emissions to the resident population in Italy and the same emissions to GDP at national market prices.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1992
Kyoto Protocol 1997
Law 65/1994
CIPE Resolution 123/2002
Law 120/2002
Law 316/2004 (Conversion into law, with amendments, of Decree-Law no. 273/2004, containing urgent provisions for the implementation of Directive 2003/87/EC on the emissions trading scheme for greenhouse gases in the European Community)
Legislative Decree 51/2008
"Effort Sharing" Decision 406/2009/EC
Legislative Decree 30/2013
EU Regulation 525/2013
Legislative Decree 111/2015
Paris Agreement 2015
Law 79/2016
EU Regulation 842/2018
EU Regulation 1999/2018
EU Directive 2001/2018
Panel 2
ISPRA, Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory, National Inventory Report (https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/rapporti)
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Data quality assessment
ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)
ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics)
http://emissioni.sina.isprambiente.it/inventario-nazionale/
http://demo.istat.it e /http://dati.istat.it/
National
1990 - 2022
Indicator assessment
The indicator represents the trend of greenhouse gas emissions in Italy per capita from 1990 to 2022, derived by relating the emission data officially reported by ISPRA to the resident population data as of January 1st, published by ISTAT (Intercensal Population Reconstruction), and the trend of greenhouse gas emissions relative to the GDP at market prices, with values chained to the reference year 2015, published by ISTAT. The indicators are presented as index numbers with a fixed base (1990 = 100).
National greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 amounted to approximately 413 million tons of CO2 eq.; in the same year, GDP was 1,767,998 million euros, resulting in an emissions/GDP ratio of 233.6 tons of CO2 eq per million euros, while the resident population as of January 1st, 2022, was 58,997,201, with per capita emissions equal to 7 tCO2 per capita, representing a 0.5% increase compared to 2021 (Table 1 and Table 2).
From 1990 to 2022, national greenhouse gas emissions decreased by approximately 21%; during the same period, the resident population increased by 3.3%, resulting in a 23.5% reduction in per capita emissions, thus demonstrating a decoupling between drivers and pressures (Table 1 and Figure 1). A similar trend is observed for GDP, which, however, shows a higher growth rate compared to the population (+26.5%), and a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions per GDP of over 37% (Table 2 and Figure 2).
Data
Table 1: Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Italy
Processed by ISPRA based on emission data (ISPRA) and resident population data (ISTAT)
Table 2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Relative to GDP in Italy
Processed by ISPRA based on emission data (ISPRA) and resident population data (ISTAT)
Figure 1: Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Italy (Index, 1990 = 100)
Processed by ISPRA based on emission data (ISPRA) and resident population data (ISTAT)
Figure 2: Greenhouse gas emissions relative to GDP in Italy (Index, 1990 = 100)
Processing by ISPRA based on emission data (ISPRA) and resident population data (ISTAT)
The indicator expressing greenhouse gas emissions per capita and relative to GDP highlights the national progress made towards a low-carbon, green, and competitive economy, based on efficient resource use, showing significant decreases both in relation to the population (-23.5%) (Table 1 and Figure 1) and in relation to GDP (-37%) (Table 2 and Figure 2).