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| National Greenhouse Gas Inventory in Palestine*, 2022 | ||||
| Categories |
Emission
from Carbon Dioxide CO2 (Gg) |
Emission
from Methane CH4 (Gg) |
Emission
from Nitrous Oxide N2O (Gg) |
Total
National Emissions (1000 ton of CO2 eq.) |
| Total National Emissions and Removals | 4,923.65 | 45.98 | 1.92 | 6,483.71 |
| 1 - Energy | 4,950.83 | 2.34 | 0.21 | 5,064.2 |
| 1.A - Fuel Combustion Activities | 4,950.83 | 2.34 | 0.21 | 5,064.2 |
| 1.A.1 - Energy Industries | 452.91 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 455.89 |
| 1.A.2 - Manufacturing Industries and Construction | 100.57 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 101.07 |
| 1.A.3 - Transport | 3,562.8 | 0.62 | 0.18 | 3,631.51 |
| 1.A.4 - Other Sectors | 834.54 | 1.67 | 0.02 | 875.73 |
| 2 - Industrial Processes and Product Use | NE | NE | NE | 0.0 |
| 3 - Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use |
31.59- |
8.89 | 1.16 | 514.17 |
| 3.A - Livestock | 0.00 | 8.89 | 0.0 | 186.75 |
| 3.A.1 - Enteric Fermentation | NO | 7.22 | NO |
151.58 |
| 3.A.2 - Manure Management | NO | 1.67 | 0.0 | 35.17 |
| 3.B - Land |
31.59- |
0.0 | 0.0 | 31.59- |
| 3.B.1 - Forest land |
31.59- |
NO | NO | 31.59- |
| 3.C - Aggregate sources and non-CO2 emissions sources on land | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.16 | 359.01 |
| 3.C.4 - Direct N2O Emissions from managed soils | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.16 | 359.01 |
| 4 - Waste | 4.41 | 34.74 | 0.55 | 905.33 |
| 4.A - Solid Waste Disposal | 0.00 | 14.19 | 0.0 | 297.89 |
| 4.C - Incineration and Open Burning of Waste | 4.41 | 0.64 | 0.01 | 21.29 |
| 4.D - Wastewater Treatment and Discharge | 0.00 | 19.92 | 0.54 | 586.15 |
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Source:Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2023. Green House Gas Emissions tables (2006-2022). Ramallah - Palestine. The estimates of emissions to air for Palestine is based on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 Guidelines). For more details about the methodology, data quality and calculations https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2205.pdf. Data was collected from various key institutions: the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) surveys , the Ministry of Local Governments, the Ministry of Agriculture, and Energy balance tables. |
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Methane (CH4): A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas produced through
anaerobic (without oxygen) decomposition of waste in landfills, animal
digestion, decomposition of animal wastes, production and distribution of
natural gas and oil, coal production, and incomplete fossil-fuel combustion.
Methane is one of the six greenhouse gases to be mitigated under the Kyoto
Protocol. Carbon dioxide (CO2): A naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes. It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the Earth’s radiative balance. It is the reference gas against which other greenhouse gases are measured and therefore has a Global Warming Potential of 1. |
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| Nitrous oxide (N2O): A powerful greenhouse gas emitted through soil cultivation practices, especially the use of commercial and organic fertilizers, fossil-fuel combustion, nitric acid production, and biomass burning. One of the six greenhouse gases to be curbed under the Kyoto Protocol. |
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Greenhouse gas inventories are emission inventories of greenhouse gas
emissions that are developed for a variety of reasons. Scientists use
inventories of natural and anthropogenic (human-caused) emissions as tools
when developing atmospheric models. Policy makers use inventories to develop
strategies and policies for emissions reductions and to track the progress
of those policies.
Gg: Giga gram which equals 1000 ton |
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| CO2: Carbon dioxide | ||||
| CH4: Methane (1 ton of CH4 equivallent to 21 ton of CO2) | ||||
| N2O: Nitrous oxide (1 ton of N2O equivallent to 310 ton of CO2) | ||||
| NO: Not Occurring NE: Not Estimated
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| * Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel Occupation in 1967. | ||||