Emission trends

National Climate Commission –May 2nd 2016

Olivier BIERNAUX

IRCEL – CELINEBelgian Interregional Environment Agency

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Outline

• GHG emissions trends

• Share of GHG emissions

• Changes compared to base year

• Sectoral trends

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GHG emissions trends

• Base year emissions (For the fluorinated gases, the base year is 1995) : 147.811 million tons

CO2 eq.• Emissions 2014 (excluding LULUCF): 113.9 million tons CO2 eq.• LULUCF (2014) : -3.75 million tons CO2 eq.

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GHG emissions trends

• EU 2013 = 8.84 tons CO2 eq.

• Emissions 2014 (excluding LULUCF): - 34,6% versus 1996.

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Share of GHG emissions (2014)Excluding LULUCF

• by gas • by sector

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Changes compared to base year(*)

For each gas

(*) - 1990 for CO2, CH4, N2O

- 1995 for fluorinated gases

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Changes compared to base year(*)

For each sector

(*) 1990

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Energy (excl. CRF 1.B)

Change 1990 - 2014: - 20.9 Mt CO2 eq. (-20.3 %)

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Energy: Energy industries (CRF 1A1a)

Change 1990 - 2014: -9.5 Mt CO2 eq. (-32.7 %)

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Energy: Manufacturing Industries

and Construction (CRF 1A2a)

Change 1990 - 2014: -9.9 Mt CO2 eq. (-43.8 %)

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Industry (processes)

Change 1990 - 2014: -6.4 Mt CO2 eq. (-24.4 %)

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Agriculture (*)

Change 1990 - 2014: -2.2 Mt CO2 eq. (-18.3 %)

(*) excluding energetic emissions from CRF 1A4c

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LULUCF through lands

Change 1990 - 2014: - 1.4 Mt CO2 eq.

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LULUCF through pools

Change 1990 - 2014: - 1.4 Mt CO2 eq.

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WASTE

Change 1990 – 2014: - 2.6 Mt CO2 eq. ( -59.0 %)

Thank you !

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