Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics, 1990-2017

MuhasebeNews — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:27:59 +0000

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics, 1990-2017

Total GHG emissions were 526.3 Mt CO₂equivalent in 2017

The greenhouse gas inventory results revealed that the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as CO₂equivalent for the year 2017 were 526.3 million tonnes (Mt). The energy sector accounted for the largest share of GHG emissions at 72.2%. The energy sector was followed by the industrial processes and product use with 12.6%, the agricultural activities with 11.9% and the waste with 3.3%.

GHG emissions per capita increased

Total greenhouse gas emissions as CO₂equivalent increased by 140.1% in 2017 compared to the emissions in 1990. CO₂equivalent emissions per capita were 6.6 tonnes in 2017, while it was 4 tonnes for the year 1990.

Biggest share in total CO₂emissions was observed in energy sector

The biggest share with 86.3% of total CO₂emissions was due to energy sector when 34% of total CO₂emissions was due to electricity and heat production which is a sub-category of energy sector. The remaining 13.4% of these emissions originated from industrial processes and product use and 0.3% of them come from the agricultural activities and waste sector in 2017.

62.3% of CH₄emissions were originated from agricultural activities

The highest portion of CH₄emissions was originated from agricultural activities with 62.3% while 21.3% was from waste, 16.4% was from energy and 0.03% was from industrial processes and product use⁽¹⁾.

Agricultural activities had the biggest share in total N₂O emissions

71% of N₂O emissions originated from agricultural activities, while 15.1%, 10.7% and 3.3% of the N₂O emissions originated from waste, energy, and industrial processes and product use, respectively⁽¹⁾.

The next release on this subject will be in April 2020.

EXPLANATIONS

The greenhouse gas emission inventory includes direct GHGs as carbondioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrousoxide (N₂O), F-gases, and indirect GHGs as nitrogenoxides (NO_x), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), carbonmonoxide (CO) and sulphurdioxide (SO₂) emissions originated from energy, industrial processes and product use, agricultural activities and waste.

(1) Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Source: TÜİK
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Shell Becomes First Energy Company To Link Executive Pay To Carbon Emissions

MuhasebeNews — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:30:39 +0000

On Monday, Royal Dutch Shell set out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay.

The move comes as governments meet in Poland for a United Nations-hosted conference to lay out a “rule book” to implement the 2015 Paris climate accord.

The 2015 Paris climate accord set goals to phase out fossil fuel use this century, shift towards cleaner energies and help to limit global warming.

Shell’s targets will be introduced in 2020 and they will be more extensive with inclusion of the ‘Scope 3’ emissions from the burning of fuels sold to millions of customers around the world, the company said.

Sacha Sadan, director of corporate governance at Shell investor Legal and General, said: “It is a very strong message from the world’s second-largest oil company. As investors, we will go to other companies about what they can do. Shell are showing that it is hard but doable.”

Shell did not specify any targets on Monday.

But the company plans to link targets and other measures to its executive remuneration policy.

The revised policy will be put to shareholders for approval at its annual meeting in 2020.

Rivals BP and Total have already set short-term targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but these are limited to their own operations.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics, 1990-2017

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics, 1990-2017

Shell Becomes First Energy Company To Link Executive Pay To Carbon Emissions