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,
Szilárd Szabó
Affiliations
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
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
Climate mitigation and adaptation planning (CMAP) has recently been implemented across the EU-28 to reduce GHG emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O). 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 2 emissions, both CH4 and N2O 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 p p 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 CO2 emissions, strategies for attaining carbon neutrality in the agricultural sector, across the European Union, should be pursued.
