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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

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.

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.

 

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.

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

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 

 

* Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel Occupation in 1967.