EMISSION MODELS AND INVENTORIES FOR LOCAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSESSMENT: EXPERIENCE IN THE EAST MIDLANDS REGION OF THE UK

摘要

This paper considers how regional greenhouse gas emission inventories can be determined. It presents a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, by source, for the East Midlands that has been compiled as part of a regional study into climate change impacts in the United Kingdom. This has used available local data, and national emissions data with appropriate scaling factors. Total greenhouse gas emissions for the region are estimated to be 59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO_2 equivalent) for 1997. Of these emissions, approximately 86% were carbon dioxide emissions, 7% methane emissions, and 5% were nitrous oxide, with emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF_6) contributing less than 2% of total emissions.