====== Explanation of Key Trends - Total Suspended Particulate Matter ======

===== Main drivers =====

Between 1990 and 2022, **total TSP emissions dropped by 83.6%**, mainly due to stricter regulations of the Old West Germany that applied to the New German Länder after the German Reunification and realized a change-over from solid to gaseous and liquid fuel, as well as advancements in filter technologies of combustion plants and industrial processes. 

The Main Drivers for TSP emissions are **Fuel Combustion (NFR 1.A)** with 62% of total 1990 emissions and a 93% reduction between 1990 and 2022 and, as a sum, the **Industrial Processes (NFR 2)** with 27% of the total 1990 emissions and a 67% reduction between 1990 ans 2022.

__Table: TSP emissions 1990-2022, in kilotonnes [kt]__

^                                                                                                                                       ||||||||||||||||^  Trend: latest compared to                   ||
^  1990  ^  1995  ^  2000  ^  2005  ^  2010  ^  2011  ^  2012  ^  2013  ^  2014  ^  2015  ^  2016  ^  2017  ^  2018  ^  2019  ^  2020  ^  2021  ^ 2022  ^  1990                       ^  previous year  ^
|  2.020 |    543 |    497 |    411 |    379 |    384 |    378 |    386 |    377 |    372 |    345 |    357 |    371 |    346 |    327 |    327 |   330 |  -83.6%                     |  +0,9%          |

{{ :general:trends:iir_tsp_trend.png?direct&800 | trend of TSP emissions, by sector}}
{{ :general:trends:iir_tsp_trend_from_2005.png?direct&800 | trend of TSP emissions, by sector, from 2005}}]