Greenhouse gas emissions by target sector in the Netherlands, 2002*

The Industry target sector and the Agriculture and horticulture target sector emit the largest proportion of greenhouse gases. Emissions by the Energy supply sector (carbon dioxide and methane) and Traffic and transport (carbon dioxide) also play an important role.

Developments

The total actual emissions of greenhouse gases for the whole of the Netherlands in 2002* were: carbon dioxide (CO₂): 188 billion kg, nitrous oxide (N₂O): 46 million kg, methane (CH₄): 892 million kg and HFC/PFC/SF6: 0.92 million kg.
There has been a major shift in recent years for the proportions of Industry / other target sectors in HFC/PFC/SF6 because Industry has taken two emission reduction measures. It is not altogether clear how the share of the other target sectors for HFC/PFC/SF6 can be attributed to those target sectors.

Policy

By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the Netherlands has undertaken to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% compared to 1990 in the period 2008-2012. The government wishes to achieve three per cent of this reduction in the Netherlands. The other three per cent will be achieved abroad.

• Climate change: policy

Relevance

These actual emissions are used, for example, as input for models (concentrations; transport) and for the National Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts (NAMEA), the environmental model accompanying the National Accounts.

Technical note

Actual emissions are the emissions that take place in fact, in other words the total emissions by stationary sources, short-cycle CO₂, "stored" CO₂ released when products are used, and mobile sources.
See 'CO₂ emissions explained' for an explanation of the IPCC method for determining CO₂ emissions.

For further descriptions of the calculation method, the reader is referred to the meta-information of the Emissiemonitor.

References

• CCDM (2003). Emissiemonitor. Jaarcijfers 2001 en ramingen 2002. Datawarehouse-Emissieregistratie. Coördinatiecommissie Doelgroepmonitoring, The Hague.

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• Environmental pressure, theme of Climate change: introduction
• Climate change: policy
• Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands, 1990-2002
• Carbon dioxide emissions in the Netherlands by target sector, 1990-2002
• Dutch CO2 emissions explained, 1990-2002*
• See the Guide to 'Global air quality', for the concentrations of greenhouse gases and for data about the greenhouse effect and the consequences for the climate.

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.