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| Greenhouse Gas Inventory from Waste Sector in Palestine* by Subsector and Emittent (Thousand ton of CO2 eq.), 2022 | ||
| Subsector/ Emittant | GHG inventory (Thousand ton of CO2 eq.) | Share of subsectors in waste GHG inventory, % |
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| Solid Waste Disposal | 298.89 | 29.9 |
| Incineration and Open Burning of Waste | 21.29 | 2.5 |
| Domestic wastewater treatment and discharge | 586.15 | 67.6 |
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Waste GHG inventory |
905.33 | 100 |
| Emittant | ||
| CO2 | 4.41 | 0.5 |
| CH4** | 729.63 | 79.4 |
| N2O*** | 171.29 | 20.1 |
| Waste GHG inventory | 905.33 | 100 |
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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. | ||
| * Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. | ||
| **: 1 ton of CH4 equivallent to 21 ton of CO2 | ||
| ***: 1 ton of N2O equivallent to 310 ton of CO2 | ||