Emissions to air by target sector, 2002*

Agriculture and horticulture, industry, traffic and transport make the largest contribution to air pollutant emissions.

Contributions from target sectors

• The Agriculture and horticulture target sector is responsible for a substantial proportion of the total emissions of methane (CH₄ ; 44%), nitrous oxide (N₂O; 48%) and ammonia (NH₃; 91%). The contribution to the particulate matter emissions is also considerable (20%).
• The Industry target sector makes a significant contribution to total emissions of HFC/PFC/SF₆ (86%), nitrous oxide (45%) and sulphur dioxide (SO₂; 52%). The observations for carbon monoxide (combustion) in industry are incomplete since the annual environmental reports do not always include these emission data.
• The Traffic and transport target sector is a major contributor to total emissions of carbon monoxide (CO; 66%), volatile organic compounds (VOC, excluding methane; 44%) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x; 67%).

• More data about environmental pressure from the target sectors included in the figure.
• Emissions to air, 1990-2002**.

Technical note

In the case of stationary sources, some of the emission data come from the environmental reports of individual companies. The remainder is estimated on the basis of statistical data from, for example, the energy and production statistics of Statistics Netherlands.

References

• CCDM (2003). Emissiemonitor. Jaarcijfers 2001 en ramingen 2002. Datawarehouse-Emissieregistratie. Coördinatiecommissie Doelgroepmonitoring, The Hague. You can find descriptions of the calculation method in the meta-information of the Emissiemonitor on the Emissieregistratie website.

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• Emissions to air, 1990-2002*
• Guide to 'Emissions and waste by target sector' section
• Guide to Environmental theme of Climate change (greenhouse effect)
• Guide to Environmental theme of Depletion of the ozone layer
• Guide to Environmental theme of Acidification and transboundary air pollution
• Guide to 'Global air quality' section
• Guide to 'National air quality' section

Relevant information outside of the Environmental Data Compendium

• Recent emission data and descriptions of the calculation methods used (meta-information) can be viewed in detail on the Data Warehouse of the 'Emissieregistratie' website.
• Emission data can also be found on Statline of Statistics Netherlands.