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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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% |
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