CLIMAClimateActionProgressReport2024countryprofileCYPRUSJanuary2025ThiscountryprofilesupportsandcomplementtheassessmentsoftheClimateActionProgressReport2024.ItisbasedondatareportedbytheEUMemberStates.Itdoesnotreplaceformalprogressassessments.CYPRUS2TotaldomesticGHGemissionsMtCO2-eq%change%averageannualchange19901990-20231990-20052005-20222022-2023Cyprus658%3.4%-0.3%0.3%EU4867-36%-0.5%-1.7%-7.6%TotalnetdomesticGHGemissions(includingLULUCF)Cyprus557%3.4%-0.4%0.3%EU4650-38%-0.7%-1.7%-8.8%020406080100120140160180200199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024202620282030GHGnetemissions(domestic,1990=100)CyprusEU2020and2030EUtargets•In2023,GHGemissionsinCypruswere8.8MtCO2-eq,0.3%highercomparedto2022.•NetGHGemissions(i.e.includingLULUCF)in2023were57%higherthan1990levels.•EmissionscoveredbytheEffortSharingRegulationincreasedby0.4%comparedto2022.•45%ofRecoveryandResiliencefundsand38%ofCohesionfundsareallocatedtoclimateaction.In2023,approximateddomesticgreenhousegas(GHG)emissionsinCypruswere8.8MtCO2-eq,0.3%highercomparedto2022but1.0%belowpre-pandemiclevels.Overall,netdomesticemissions,includingtheLandUse,LandUseChangeandForestry(LULUCF)sector,were56.8%higherthan1990levels.2.Greenhousegasemissions1.KeyhighlightsNote:GHGemissionsandremovalsfor1990-2022arebasedondatasubmittedbyEUMemberStatestotheUNFCCCunderRegulation(EU)No525/2013.GHGemissionsfor2023arebasedonapproximatedGHGinventories.CYPRUS3012345678910201620182020202220242026202820302032203420362038204020422044204620482050GHGprojections(WAM)linearbenchmarkTotalnetGHGemissions(MtCO2-eq)ProjectedcumulativenetGHGemissionsvs.cumulativeemissionsofalineartrajectorytoclimateneutralitybetween2023and2050.12345678203020402050TotalGHGemissions(MtCO2-eq)WAMprojectionsWEMprojectionsnationalGHGtarget024681012140100200300400500600700199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023GHGemissionspercapita(tCO2-eq/POP)GHGintensityofGDP(gCO2-eq/EUR)GHGintensity-CYGHGintensity-EUGHGpercapita-CYGHGpercapita-EUIn2023,netGHGemissionspercapitainCypruswere9.6tonnesofCO2equivalent,abovetheEUaverageof6.9tCO2-eq.Inthesameyear,theGHGintensityofGDP(i.e.netGHGemissionsoverGDP)was342gCO2-eq/EUR,abovetheEUaverageof225gCO2-eq/EUR.Note:TotalnetGHGemissions,includingLULUCFandexcludinginternationalaviation.GHGinventory1990-2022andapproximatedGHGinventory2023(EEA).RealGDPin2015-prices(Eurostat).Population(Eurostat).In2024,CyprusdidnotupdateGHGprojections.Undertheexistingpolicyscenario(WEM)theypointtoareductioninnetGHGemissions(includingLULUCF)of19%and33%by2030and2050,respectively,comparedto1990.Cyprusdidnotsubmitemissionprojectionswithadditionalmeasures(WAM).Projectionsovershoot31%BycomparingthecumulativeprojectednetGHGemissionsbetween2023and2050withalineartrajectorytoclimateneutralityby2050,Cyprusshowsanovershootof31%(i.e.cumulativeprojectedemissionsarehigherthanthosefromalineartrajectory).Note:Note:(1)GHGemissionprojectionsasupdatedby11MemberStatesinMarch2024.(2)WEM=withexistingmeasures;WAM=withexistingandadditionalmeasures.(3)ThenationalGHGtargetsarefromMemberStates’submissionsofNECPprogressreports(AnnexI,Table1).Missingdataarereplacedbyotheravailablereportedinformation.(4)TheovershootmetriccomparescumulativeprojectednetGHGemissionsundertheWAMscenario(includingLULUCF)withcumulativeemissionsunderlyingalineartrajectoryfrom2021emission...
