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

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

Between 1990 and 2024, **total TSP emissions dropped by 84.7%**, 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 94% reduction between 1990 and 2024 and, as a sum, the **Industrial Processes (NFR 2)** with 27% of the total 1990 emissions and a 69% reduction between 1990 ans 2024.

__Table: TSP emissions 1990-2024, in kilotonnes [kt]__

^                                                                                                                        ||||||||||||||^  Trend: latest compared to                   ||
^  1990  ^  1995  ^  2000  ^  2005  ^  2010  ^  2015  ^  2016  ^  2017  ^  2018  ^  2019  ^  2020  ^  2021  ^  2022  ^  2023  ^  2024  ^  1990                       ^  previous year  ^
|  2 015 |    542 |    497 |    412 |    382 |    375 |    348 |    361 |    376 |    350 |    331 |    330 |    333 |    335 |    308 |  -84.7%                     |  -8.1%          |

{{ :general:trends:iir_tsp_trend_from_1990.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}}]