Luxembourg. Biennial report (BR). BR 4

Fourth Biennial Report of
Luxembourg under the
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
2020 Report
23 November 2020This report has been prepared by Eric De Brabanter from the MECDD. It benefits from
contributions from Cherryl Dentzer (MECDD), Marc Schuman and Nora Becker
(MECDD-AEV), Virginie Gilbert and Jean-Marc Lentz (MAEE-COOP).
The author would like to thank Jil Schmitz (MECDD) for proof-reading Chapters
III to V of this Biennial Report.Content
I. INFORMATION ON GHG EMISSIONS AND TRENDS ........................................................... 1
I.1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 2
I.2. NATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ....................................................................................................................... 3
I.2.1 The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ................................................................................................................. 3
I.2.2. Geography ................................................................................................................................................... 5
I.2.3 Climate ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
I.2.4. Population and workforce .......................................................................................................................... 12
I.2.5. Economic profile ........................................................................................................................................ 19
I.2.6. Energy ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
I.2.7. Industry ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
I.2.8. Road transportation ................................................................................................................................... 33
I.2.9. UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol: a demanding challenge for Luxembourg ........................................................ 37
I.2.10. National circumstances: overview .............................................................................................................. 41
I.3. SUMMARY OF NATIONAL EMISSION AND REMOVAL RELATED TRENDS .................................................... 44
I.3.1. GHG Inventory ........................................................................................................................................... 44
I.3.2. KP-LULUCF activities .................................................................................................................................. 45
I.3.3. Overview of source and sink category emission estimates and trends......................................................... 45
I.4. NATIONAL INVENTORY ARRANGEMENTS .................................................................................................. 49
Annex 1 – Changes in reporting compared to the latest submission............................................................................. 50
Annex 2 – Implementation of recommendations and encouragements from the latest review ..................................... 51
References ................................................................................................................................................................. 52
II. QUANTIFIED ECONOMY-WIDE EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET ..................................... 56
II.1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 57
II.2. LUXEMBOURG’S QUANTIFIED ECONOMY-WIDE EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET ...................................... 57
Annex 1 – Changes in reporting compared to the latest submission............................................................................. 59
Annex 2 – Implementation of recommendations and encouragements from the latest review ..................................... 60
References ................................................................................................................................................................. 61
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Luxembourg’s 4th Biennial ReportIII. PROGRESS IN ACHIEVEMENT OF QUANTIFIED ECONOMY-WIDE EMISSION
REDUCTION TARGETS AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ................................................... 63
III.1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 64
III.2. POLICY-MAKING PROCESS – INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT ............................................................................ 65
III.2.1. The Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement .................................................................... 65
III.2.2. The EU “2020 Climate and Energy package” ............................................................................................... 66
III.2.3. The EU “2030 Climate and Energy framework” and the Paris Agreement .................................................... 73
III.2.4. The EU 2020 and 2030 reduction targets under the Convention, under the Kyoto Protocol and
under the Paris Agreement ........................................................................................................................ 78
III.3. POLICY-MAKING PROCESS – NATIONAL CONTEXT ..................................................................................... 81
III.3.1. The national approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation – 30 years of action ........................... 81
III.3.2. 2013 to 2020 – the second “Action Plan to reduce CO emissions” ............................................................. 81