Analýza indikátoru udržitelného rozvoje v oblasti klimatických změn z hlediska plnění strategie Evropa 2020

emissions (GGE). The GGE is one of the headline indicators tracked under the EU’s main socioeconomic
strategy until the year 2020 – the EUROPE 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth. In the area of sustainable growth, the Resource-efficient Europe initiative was
established. For 2020, the EU has made a unilateral commitment to reduce overall greenhouse gas
emissions from its 28 member states by 20 % compared to 1990 levels. The GGE indicator shows
total man-made emissions of the so-called Kyoto basket of greenhouse gases. It presents annual
total emissions in relation to those observed in 1990. The aggregate greenhouse gas emissions are
expressed in units of CO2 equivalent.
The development of the GGE indicator in the EU and in the Czech Republic from 2000 to 2014 from
the point of view of the ability to achieve the Strategy objectives is analyzed. In terms of the level
of the analyzed indicator, the set of the EU countries can be divided into two significantly different
groups – the euro area and the non-euro area; or into groups by the year of their joining the EU.
Analyses of the dependency between the growth of GGE and the GDP growth for both the set of
the 28 EU countries and the Czech Republic are presented as well.