Kas Eesti täidab Pariisi kliimakokkulepet?
Summary
This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) analyzes Estonia's progress in implementing the Paris Agreement, focusing specifically on climate change mitigation. It evaluates Estonia's alignment with the European Union's 2020 and 2030 climate and energy targets, examining greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, renewable energy shares, and energy efficiency. The report concludes that while Estonia is likely to meet its 2020 commitments, achieving the more ambitious 2030 targets will require additional measures across all sectors.
Key insights
- Estonia has already met the EU target of 25% renewable energy in final energy consumption for 2020, having achieved this as early as 2013; by 2017, the share was 28.8%.
- Estonia is unlikely to meet the 2020 target of 10% renewable energy in the transport sector, as the share was only 0.4% in 2016. However, a May 2018 amendment to the Liquid Fuels Act mandates a gradual increase in biofuels to 6.4% by April 2019 and 10% by 2020.
- Regarding energy efficiency, Estonia is close to meeting the 2020 EU target, but current data suggests that both EU and national energy efficiency goals for 2030 will not be met without further increases in efficiency.
- Estonia is likely to fulfill its 2020 GHG emission commitments, but the 2030 targets—which require a 13% reduction in non-ETS sector emissions compared to 2005—will require additional measures.
- Estonia has implemented the Paris Agreement's solidarity principle by contributing 200,000 euros to the Green Climate Fund in 2016 and establishing conditions for supporting climate technologies in developing countries through the Environmental Investment Centre (KIK) starting in 2018.
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.
- Wikipedia
- {{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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