| Summary: | Romania's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come largely from the energy sector, including the energy
production sector. In 2019, the energy sector contributed 66.45% of total GHG emissions. Energy strategies and policies
adopted at national level are the primary tool for setting goals that should help reduce the impact of the energy sector on the
environment. The nationally set targets for the promotion of renewable energy production need to be complemented by
measures to increase energy efficiency. These measures must lead, on the one hand, to an increase in the share of electricity
production from renewable sources in final energy consumption, but also to a reduction in the use of fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels used in the production of electricity are mostly low-reserve hydrocarbons, the combustion of which
emits significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which have the effect of increasing the average
temperature of the atmosphere and the occurrence of climate change. Unlike fossil fuels, renewable sources are inexhaustible
and available in nature, and energy production from these sources does not contribute to increased greenhouse gas
emissions.
This analysis aims to examine the correlation between the change in the level of greenhouse gas emissions depending
on the change in energy intensity and the share of E-RES in gross final energy consumption, recorded annually at the national
level, in the period 1995-2019.
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