Note: These pages present provisional 1990-2021 Inventory data (updated July 2022) and the EPA's latest 2021-2030 projections estimates (updated June 2022) using global warming potentials (GWP) from the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).
In 2021 commercial services were responsible for 1.3% share & public services were responsible for 1.1% share of Ireland's final greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The commercial/public services sectors estimate emission from fuel combustion for space and hot water heating in commercial and public/institutional buildings in Ireland. Emissions from commercial services and public services decreased by 3.0% and 3.8% respectively in 2021 compared to 2020 emissions due to a decrease in natural gas use.
(Latest update June 2022)
Under the With Existing Measures scenario, emissions from the commercial and public services sector are projected to decrease by 30.3% between 2021 and 2030 to 1.3 Mt CO2 eq. Under the With Additional Measures scenario emissions from the commercial and public services sector are projected to decrease by 45.5% between 2021 and 2030 to 1.0 Mt CO2 eq. This scenario assumes full implementation of the Climate Action Plan.
Note: these projected emissions were published in June 2022 before the publication of the latest provisional inventory emissions for 1990-2021 (published in July 2022). The projected emissions are estimated using the final 1990-2020 inventory data (published in March 2022). The projected 2021 emission data is therefore different to the provisional 2021 inventory data.
