Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet?
Summary
The report finds that Estonia is likely to meet its 2020 climate and energy commitments, though it faces significant challenges for 2030. While the 2020 renewable energy target for overall consumption was met as early as 2013, the transport sector's renewable energy share remained critically low at 0.4% in 2016. Greenhouse gas emissions are heavily dominated by the energy sector (approximately 70%), with high per capita emissions compared to the EU average. The report concludes that achieving 2030 targets will require additional measures across all sectors, particularly in reducing non-ETS emissions and increasing energy efficiency.
Key insights
- Estonia's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are heavily concentrated in the energy sector, which accounts for approximately 70% of total emissions, followed by transport (13%) and agriculture (9%).
- Estonia has significantly higher GHG emissions per capita and per unit of GDP than the EU average; in 2016, per capita emissions were 14.7 kg CO2e compared to the EU average of 8.7 kg CO2e.
- Estonia met its EU target of 25% renewable energy in final energy consumption for 2020 as early as 2013, reaching 28.8% by 2016.
- The transport sector is failing to meet renewable energy targets; in 2016, the share of renewable energy in transport was only 0.4%, far below the EU target of 10% for 2020.
- Estonia is close to meeting its 2020 energy efficiency target (limiting final energy consumption to 2010 levels), but current data suggests 2030 targets will not be met without increased efficiency.
- While 2020 GHG targets are likely to be met, the 2030 targets for the non-ETS sector (a 13% reduction compared to 2005) will likely not be achieved based on current projections.
- Estonia has implemented the solidarity principle of the Paris Agreement by contributing 200,000 euros to the Green Climate Fund in 2016 and establishing support for transferring climate technologies to developing countries.
Cite the original document
- APA
- Kirsimaa, K., & Peterson, K. (2018). Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet? Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kas-eesti-täidab-pariisi-kliimakokkulepet-23.11.pdf
- Chicago
- Kirsimaa, Kerli, and Kaja Peterson. Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet? Stockholm Environment Institute, 2018. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kas-eesti-täidab-pariisi-kliimakokkulepet-23.11.pdf.
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- {{cite report |last1=Kirsimaa |first1=Kerli |last2=Peterson |first2=Kaja |title=Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet? |publisher=Stockholm Environment Institute |date=November 2018 |url=https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kas-eesti-täidab-pariisi-kliimakokkulepet-23.11.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{kirsimaa2018kas, author = {Kirsimaa, Kerli and Peterson, Kaja}, title = {{Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kas-eesti-täidab-pariisi-kliimakokkulepet-23.11.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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