Carbon emissions up five percent last year

Carbon emissions in the Faroe Islands are on the rise, increasing by 4.7 percent from 2019 to 2020, reports the Environment Agency.

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The emission rate has risen drastically since 2016, going up by almost 20 percent in 2017, 12 percent in 2018 and a further six percent in 2019.

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As in previous years, fishing vessels represented the highest emissions, with more than 40 percent of the total.

Foreign ships fishing in Faroese waters accounted for more than half of this figure.

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