Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands 1990-2004
This report documents the Netherlands' annual submission of the greenhouse gas emission inventory in accordance with the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the European Union's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
The report comprises explanations of
- observed trends in emissions as calculated with IPCC directives;
- a description of an assessment of key sources and their uncertainty;
- documentation of methods, data sources and emission factors applied;
- a description of the quality assurance system and the verification activities performed on the data.
From the inventory it can be concluded that total CO2-equivalent emissions of the six greenhouse gases together increased in 2004 by about 2% compared to the base year (1990 and 1995 for fluorinated gases). Emissions of carbondioxide (excluding LULUCF) increased by 13% in the period 1990-2004, while methane and nitrous oxide emissions decreased by about 32% and 16%, respectively. For the fluorinated greenhouse gases, total emissions decreased by 75% in 2004 compared to 1995.
IPCC directives
The calculation of these emissions is consistent with the directives of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). According to these directives, emissions caused by combustion of biomass (wood, organic waste and biogas) are irrelevant because of their short-cyclic presence in the atmosphere. These emissions do not contribute to the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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| Author(s) | Brandes LJ ; Alkemade GEM ; Ruyssenaars PG ; Vreuls HHJ ; Coenen PWHG |
| Report no. | 500080001 |
| Publication date | 09-11-2006 |
| Pages | 228 |
| Taal | en |
