The Case for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse gases are emitted from a variety of sources.

A country with a higher elasticity of greenhouse gas emissions would therefore share a lower burden in greenhouse gas emission limitation.

Inventorying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions methods to estimate GHG emissions from sources or sequestration by sinks

(b) Historical share of greenhouse gas emissions

Projecting global GHG emissions methods to estimate future global GHG emissions or removals by sinks

Greenhouse Gas Source and Sink Categories CO2

Percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions

A. Inventorying GHG emissions and sinks

B. Projections of GHG emissions and sinks

The energy sector was the largest source of GHG emissions for 70 Parties, whereas for 45 Parties the agriculture sector was the largest and for six the waste sector was the largest.

Impact on greenhouse gas emissions sinks (optional)

II. INVENTORIES OF ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS

A. Joint implementation and greenhouse gas emissions trading

The Parties to the Convention which have greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments must quantify, report, reduce and mitigate their national emissions of greenhouse gases.

Net greenhouse gas emissions down 82 percent in absolute tonnage.

(d) Fuel switching to less greenhouse gas emitting sources

(c) Fuel switching to less greenhouse gas emitting sources

Updated information on greenhouse gas emissions and projections

(c) To make projections of GHGs in a more consistent manner and

quot Domestic emission quot means emissions of greenhouse gases that take place within the territory of a country.

Sectoral synthesis Seventy initial national communications indicated that the energy sector was the largest source of GHG emissions for 45 Parties it was the agriculture sector and for six the waste sector.

4. Inventories of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals

The emissions of other GHGs are expected to grow significantly.

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Trends in CO2 emissions from transport, total CO2 emissions and total GHG emissions

General description There is a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is leading to climate change.

(g) For sectors emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, an outline of which level of government has responsibility for implementing which policies and measures that have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions and

Action is needed in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In order to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, there are a number of alternatives, inter alia

Updated information on greenhouse gas emissions and projections

Table 8. Contributions of reductions in emissions of individual gases to total GHG emissions reduction, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020 (percentage)

To this end, it must draw up a National Plan for limiting and reducing anthropogenic emissions by sources and enhancing removal by sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases.

In order to promote the early implementation of a pilot greenhouse gas emissions trading system, UNCTAD and the Earth Council recently launched the Policy Forum on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading.

Inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases

(a) Development of best practice guidelines for greenhouse gas emission reductions

(iii) Reducing the long term costs of low greenhouse gas emitting energy technologies.

Almost all economic activities affect emissions and some affect the removals of greenhouse gases.

Recognizing the need to avoid the creation of quot greenhouse gas polluter havens quot , renewed emphasis is placed on the need for the quantification, reporting, reduction and mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases, to be conducted at the national level.

For all Parties except one, the largest share of total GHG emissions was CO2, accounting for 83 per cent of total 1995 GHG emissions of the Parties.

GHG emissions in 1994 were 20 per cent lower than in 1990.

Emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, contributing to global warming and climate change and affecting local air quality.

Therefore GHG emissions from this subsector will grow.

Methane emissions from agriculture are a source of greenhouse gas.

Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per capita of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex B