GHGs Emission from the Agricultural Sector within EU-28: A Multivariate Analysis Approach

Endre Harsányi, Bashar Bashir, Gafar Almhamad, Omar Hijazi, Mona Maze, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Abdullah Alsalman, Glory O. Enaruvbe, Safwan Mohammed and Szilárd Szabó
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Endre Harsányi: Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute of Land Utilization, Technology and Regional Development, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Bashar Bashir: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O.Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Gafar Almhamad: Institute of Management and Organization Sciences, Debrecen University, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Omar Hijazi: Chair of Wood Science, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Mona Maze: Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12613, Egypt
Ahmed Elbeltagi: Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Abdullah Alsalman: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O.Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Glory O. Enaruvbe: African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
Safwan Mohammed: Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute of Land Utilization, Technology and Regional Development, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Szilárd Szabó: Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-18

Abstract: Climate mitigation and adaptation planning (CMAP) has recently been implemented across the EU-28 to reduce GHG emissions (CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O). Thus, the aim of this study was to provide an overview of GHG emissions from the agricultural sector in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2019, and cluster the EU-28 countries regarding their total GHG emissions. The results emphasize the positive impact of CMAP through a negative trend of the total GHG emissions (−2653.01 thousand tons/year, p < 0.05). Despite the positive and not significant trend of the total CO 2 emissions, both CH 4 and N 2 O exhibited a negative and significant trend. At the country scale, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands showed the highest reduction in total GHG emissions, by −282.61thousand tons/year ( p < 0.05), −266.40 thousand tons/year ( p < 0.05), and −262.91 thousand tons/year ( p < 0.05), respectively. The output of the multivariate analysis approach indicates changes in the pattern of GHG emissions between 1990 and 2019, where CO 2 emissions decreased in the case of Poland and Czechia. The output of this study highlights the positive impact of CMAP, adopted by EU countries, in minimizing GHG emissions. Despite some fluctuations in CO 2 emissions, strategies for attaining carbon neutrality in the agricultural sector, across the European Union, should be pursued.

Keywords: climate policy; GHGs emissions; PCA; IPCC; CSA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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