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About these inventories
The State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2020 provide an overview of the latest available estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for Australia’s states and territories on a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accounting basis.
The state and territory emission estimates in this report are based on national estimates in the National Inventory Report 2020, submitted to the UNFCCC.
The State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2020 are prepared consistently with how the Australian Government will acquit its emission reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. From this issue, we apply the 100-year time horizon GWP values from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to estimate emissions. This is consistent with rules adopted under the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA.1 Annex 2.D Paragraph 37).
The State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories are part of Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts. The accounts comprise the:
- Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- National Inventory by Economic Sector
- National Inventory Report prepared under the reporting provisions applicable to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol (KP)
The emission estimates for these inventories are prepared in accordance with international guidelines and are subject to annual review by international experts. The methodologies for the estimation of emissions are in Australia’s National Inventory Report.
International guidelines
The state and territory emission estimates in this report are based on estimates in the National Inventory Report 2020, submitted to the UNFCCC.
Those estimates are prepared consistent with the Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention agreed by the Conference of Parties at its nineteenth session (decision 24/CP.19). This includes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
The methodologies used to estimate national emissions are improved over time. They will continue to be refined as new information emerges, and as international practice evolves. In that context, the national emission estimation methods were also informed by:
- 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC 2019)
- 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (IPCC 2013 Wetlands Supplement)
The aim is to ensure that the estimates of national emissions are accurate, transparent, complete, consistent through time and comparable with those produced in the inventories of other countries.
Categories in these inventories and the National Greenhouse Accounts are consistent with the UNFCCC and IPCC reporting guidelines.
Energy
The ‘Energy’ sector is made up of many different sources, including:
- ‘Stationary energy’ is mainly greenhouse gas emissions from the production of electricity and other direct combustion of fossil fuels in industries such as manufacturing and construction.
- ‘Transport’ comprises greenhouse gas emissions from air, road, rail and shipping transportation.
- ‘Fugitive emissions’ comprises the greenhouse gas emissions from the extraction and distribution of coal, oil and natural gas.
Agriculture
The ‘Agriculture’ sector comprises the emissions from livestock, crops, and agricultural soils.
Industrial processes
The ‘Industrial processes and product use’ sector comprises the direct greenhouse gas emissions from:
- chemical and or physical transformation of materials
- consumption of synthetic greenhouse gases.
Waste
The ‘Waste’ sector comprises the greenhouse gas emissions from:
- disposal of solid waste to land
- treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater
- incineration of municipal and clinical waste
- biological treatment of solid waste.
Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF)
The LULUCF sector is made up of several sources, including:
- ‘Forest land’ includes all lands with a tree height of at least 2 metres and crown canopy cover of 20% or more and lands with systems with a woody biomass vegetation structure that currently fall below but which, in situ, could potentially reach the threshold values of the definition of forest land. Young natural stands and all plantations which have yet to reach a crown density of 20% or tree height of 2 metres are included under forest. So are areas normally forming part of the forest area which are temporarily unstocked as a result of either human intervention, such as harvesting, or natural causes, but which are expected to revert to forest. Forest land does not include woody horticulture which meets the forest threshold parameters; this land is classified as croplands. Australia has adopted a minimum forest area of 0.2 ha.
- ‘Cropland’ includes all land that is used for continuous cropping and those lands managed as crop-pasture (grassland) rotations. Non-CO₂ emissions from ‘cropland remaining cropland’ are reported in the ‘Agriculture’ sector.
- The ‘grassland’ category represents a diverse range of climate, management and vegetation cover. The ‘grassland’ category also includes sub-forest forms of woody vegetation (shrubs).
- ‘Settlements’ include areas of residential and industrial infrastructure, including cities and towns, and transport networks. The area of the ‘settlements’ land use classification is based on information sourced from the ABARES catchment scale land use data. It includes additional land use classes such as manufacturing and industry, commercial services, transport and communications including airports etc. Land areas that meet the definition of forest land are reported under the ‘forest land’ category.
- ‘Wetlands’ include areas of perennial lakes, reservoirs, swamps and major water course areas derived from the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (AHGF) data published by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It also includes all existing wetlands as defined in the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) dataset published by our department. Land areas that meet the definition of ‘forest land’, such as mangroves, are reported under the ‘forest land’ category.
- The ‘other land’ category includes bare soil, rock and other land areas that do not fall into any of the other five categories according to ABARES’ catchment scale land use map of Australia (version 5).
The allocation of forest conversion areas to ‘cropland’ or ‘grassland’ is designated by the relative frequency of the management practices within the particular ABS Statistical Local Areas and soil type in which it occurred.
Where there has been direct human-induced conversion from grass to forest, these lands are classified and reported as ‘land converted to forest’. This includes observed regrowth on previously cleared lands. The generation of woody vegetation on ‘grassland’ from natural seed sources is classified as ‘land converted to forest land’ or ‘grassland remaining grassland’, depending on whether the vegetation meets the criteria for ‘forest land’.
In cases where there is a temporary change in forest cover, due to a forest harvest or fire, the land remains in the ‘forest land’ category unless a subsequent land use change is identified.
The permanent conversion of ‘forest land’ to other land uses is distinguished from a temporary removal or loss of forest cover. Changes in forest cover due to natural events (e.g. fire, drought) or changes that occur within land tenures where it is expected that the land will revert to forest (e.g. harvested forest, national park) are monitored for a period of time, depending upon the type of forest land use. In the absence of land use change, areas without forest cover that have entered the monitoring system continue to be classified as ‘forest’ provided that the time since forest cover loss is shorter than the number of years within which tree establishment is expected. After that time period, lands that have lost forest cover due to direct human-induced actions, have undergone land use change, and failed to regenerate are classified as converted to the appropriate non-forest land use classification.
Gases reported in these estimates
This report covers sources of greenhouse gas emissions and removals by sinks resulting from human (anthropogenic) activities for the major greenhouse gases:
- carbon dioxide (CO₂)
- methane (CH₄)
- nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
- hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
- sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆).
In accordance with IPCC guidelines, Australia’s emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) are considered negligible and are not estimated.
GWPs have been used for each of the major greenhouse gases to convert them to carbon dioxide equivalents (CO₂-e). As greenhouse gases vary in their radiative activity and in their atmospheric residence time, converting emissions into CO₂-e allows the integrated effect of emissions of the various gases to be compared.
From the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2020, estimates are developed applying the 100-year time horizon GWP values from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to estimate emissions. This is consistent with rules adopted under the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA.1 Annex 2.D Paragraph 37).
Reporting on external territories
The geographical coverage of the National Inventory by State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories also includes emissions from:
- Norfolk Island
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Heard and McDonald Islands
- Australia’s Antarctic Program operations in the Antarctic.
The following external territories are covered but are included in the respective state statistical territories by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
- Coral Sea Islands (Queensland)
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Northern Territory).
Uncertainty analysis
Uncertainty is inherent within any kind of estimation. Uncertainty assessments at a sectoral level are reported in the National Inventory Report. Overall, at the national inventory level including LULUCF, the uncertainty of the emissions estimates level has been assessed at 5.3%. While no quantitative estimates have been produced, our department assesses that the uncertainties for emission estimates for these inventories, particularly the smaller states and territories, will be somewhat higher than for the national inventory.
Recalculations since the last report
Recalculations in the 2020 report have occurred mainly as a result of updates to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) emissions.
Other sources of recalculations relate to method improvements applied to the National Inventory Report 2020, on which the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2020 is based. See Chapter 10 of Volume 2 of the National Inventory Report 2020 (April 2020) for further information on method development.
A sectoral breakdown of National, State and Territory greenhouse gas emissions recalculations for 2005 and 2019 appears in Table 1 below.
|
Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
New South Wales |
Queensland |
Victoria |
Western Australia |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.7 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
|
Stationary Energy |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
|
Energy Industries |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Electricity generation |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Other energy industries |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
|
Other sectors |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Transport |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
|
Fugitive Fuels |
2.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Industrial Processes |
-1.1 |
0.8 |
-0.4 |
0.3 |
-0.2 |
0.2 |
-0.3 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Agriculture |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Livestock |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Other Agriculture |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Waste |
-0.1 |
-0.6 |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
-3.9 |
-14.0 |
-3.0 |
-1.8 |
4.9 |
-5.5 |
-2.5 |
-2.4 |
2.6 |
-0.4 |
|
Inventory recalculations |
-3.1 |
-12.5 |
-3.4 |
-1.3 |
6.7 |
-3.4 |
-2.9 |
-2.9 |
2.5 |
-0.6 |
|
Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
South Australia |
Northern Territory |
Tasmania |
Australian Capital Territory (partial inventory) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
2.0
|
1.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Stationary Energy |
0.0
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Energy Industries |
0.0
|
-0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Electricity generation |
0.0
|
-0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Other energy industries |
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Manufacturing and construction |
0.0
|
0.9
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Other sectors |
0.0
|
-0.4
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Transport |
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Fugitive Fuels |
2.0
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
IE
|
|
Industrial Processes |
-1.1
|
0.8
|
-0.1
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Agriculture |
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Livestock |
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Other Agriculture |
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Waste |
-0.1
|
-0.6
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
-3.9
|
-14.0
|
1.3
|
0.3
|
-1.4
|
-3.3
|
-5.9
|
-0.7
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
|
Inventory recalculations |
-3.1
|
-12.5
|
1.2
|
0.1
|
-1.4
|
-3.5
|
-5.9
|
-0.8
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
Sectoral greenhouse gas emissions
A detailed sectoral breakdown of National, State and Territory greenhouse gas emissions for 2005 and 2020 appears in Tables 2 and 3 below.
|
Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
New South Wales |
Queensland |
Victoria |
Western Australia |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
403.7 |
119.2 |
29.5% |
95.4 |
23.6% |
104.5 |
25.9% |
50.6 |
12.5% |
|
Stationary Energy |
278.9 |
75.5 |
27.1% |
64.6 |
23.1% |
82.0 |
29.4% |
36.5 |
13.1% |
|
Energy Industries |
216.5 |
62.0 |
28.6% |
52.9 |
24.4% |
66.7 |
30.8% |
22.5 |
10.4% |
|
Electricity generation |
196.7 |
58.1 |
29.5% |
47.6 |
24.2% |
63.5 |
32.3% |
17.6 |
8.9% |
|
Other energy industries |
19.9 |
3.9 |
19.7% |
5.4 |
27.1% |
3.3 |
16.4% |
5.0 |
25.1% |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
41.5 |
8.8 |
21.2% |
9.0 |
21.7% |
7.1 |
17.0% |
11.5 |
27.8% |
|
Other sectors |
20.2 |
4.7 |
23.1% |
2.6 |
12.8% |
8.2 |
40.3% |
2.5 |
12.2% |
|
Transport |
82.0 |
23.9 |
29.2% |
17.9 |
21.8% |
20.2 |
24.6% |
10.3 |
12.5% |
|
Fugitive Fuels |
42.8 |
19.8 |
46.3% |
13.0 |
30.4% |
2.4 |
5.5% |
3.7 |
8.7% |
|
Industrial Processes |
30.1 |
13.9 |
46.3% |
5.1 |
16.9% |
2.8 |
9.3% |
3.7 |
12.4% |
|
Agriculture |
86.0 |
21.9 |
25.5% |
22.6 |
26.3% |
18.1 |
21.0% |
11.5 |
13.3% |
|
Livestock |
64.3 |
16.6 |
25.8% |
17.8 |
27.6% |
13.3 |
20.7% |
7.8 |
12.1% |
|
Other Agriculture |
21.7 |
5.4 |
24.8% |
4.8 |
22.3% |
4.8 |
22.0% |
3.7 |
16.9% |
|
Waste |
15.9 |
5.6 |
35.1% |
2.8 |
17.9% |
4.2 |
26.5% |
1.6 |
10.1% |
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
85.4 |
1.0 |
1.2% |
71.4 |
83.6% |
-11.0 |
-12.9% |
11.2 |
13.1% |
|
Inventory total |
621.1 |
161.6 |
26.0% |
197.3 |
31.8% |
118.6 |
19.1% |
78.5 |
12.6% |
|
|||||||||
|
Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
South Australia |
Northern Territory |
Tasmania |
Australian Capital Territory (partial inventory) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
403.1 |
24.0 |
5.9% |
4.8 |
1.2% |
3.8 |
0.9% |
0.9 |
0.2% |
|
Stationary Energy |
278.9 |
14.2 |
5.1% |
3.6 |
1.3% |
1.9 |
0.7% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Energy Industries |
216.5 |
10.2 |
4.7% |
1.6 |
0.7% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Electricity generation |
196.7 |
8.1 |
4.1% |
1.4 |
0.7% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Other energy industries |
19.9 |
2.1 |
10.5% |
0.2 |
1.2% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
41.5 |
2.3 |
5.6% |
1.8 |
4.3% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Other sectors |
20.2 |
1.7 |
8.5% |
0.2 |
1.0% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Transport |
82.0 |
6.0 |
7.3% |
1.0 |
1.2% |
1.8 |
2.3% |
0.9 |
1.1% |
|
Fugitive Fuels |
42.8 |
3.7 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Industrial Processes |
30.1 |
2.9 |
9.6% |
0.1 |
0.3% |
1.5 |
4.9% |
0.1 |
0.2% |
|
Agriculture |
86.0 |
6.5 |
7.6% |
2.9 |
3.4% |
2.4 |
2.8% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Livestock |
64.3 |
4.6 |
7.2% |
2.4 |
3.7% |
1.9 |
2.9% |
0.0 |
0.1% |
|
Other Agriculture |
21.7 |
1.9 |
8.7% |
0.5 |
2.5% |
0.6 |
2.7% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Waste |
15.9 |
0.9 |
5.4% |
0.1 |
0.8% |
0.4 |
2.8% |
0.2 |
1.4% |
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
85.4 |
2.6 |
3.1% |
4.8 |
5.6% |
5.6% |
6.2% |
0.2 |
0.2% |
|
Inventory total |
621.1 |
36.8 |
5.9% |
12.7 |
2.0% |
13.4 |
2.2% |
1.4 |
0.2% |
|
|||||||||
|
Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
New South Wales |
Queensland |
Victoria |
Western Australia |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
419.6 |
103.6 |
24.7% |
118.3 |
28.2% |
81.8 |
19.5% |
80.0 |
19.1% |
|
Stationary Energy |
272.8 |
65.2 |
23.9% |
74.6 |
27.3% |
59.0 |
21.6% |
56.6 |
20.7% |
|
Energy Industries |
207.6 |
53.7 |
25.9% |
62.5 |
30.1% |
44.4 |
21.4% |
36.5 |
17.6% |
|
Electricity generation |
172.0 |
49.6 |
28.8% |
49.4 |
28.8% |
41.7 |
24.3% |
25.1 |
14.6% |
|
Other energy industries |
35.6 |
4.1 |
11.6% |
13.0 |
36.6% |
2.7 |
7.5% |
11.4 |
32.1% |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
41.3 |
6.7 |
16.2% |
9.1 |
21.8% |
5.4 |
12.8% |
16.9 |
40.5% |
|
Other sectors |
22.6 |
4.8 |
21.0% |
3.0 |
13.4% |
9.3 |
41.2% |
3.1 |
13.9% |
|
Transport |
93.3 |
25.9 |
27.7% |
22.1 |
23.6% |
20.8 |
22.3% |
14.1 |
15.1% |
|
Fugitive Fuels |
53.5 |
12.5 |
23.4% |
21.6 |
40.5% |
2.0 |
3.7% |
9.3 |
17.4% |
|
Industrial Processes |
31.9 |
12.8 |
40.1% |
5.8 |
18.1% |
3.6 |
11.2% |
4.5 |
14.2% |
|
Agriculture |
72.6 |
15.3 |
21.1% |
19.9 |
27.4% |
16.1 |
22.2% |
9.8 |
13.4% |
|
Livestock |
51.8 |
11.5 |
22.3% |
15.6 |
30.1% |
11.0 |
21.3% |
5.5 |
10.7% |
|
Other Agriculture |
20.8 |
3.8 |
18.2% |
4.3 |
20.8% |
5.1 |
24.3% |
4.2 |
20.3% |
|
Waste |
13.0 |
3.8 |
29.6% |
2.7 |
21.1% |
2.8 |
21.7% |
1.9 |
14.8% |
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
-39.0 |
-3.1 |
8.0% |
12.5 |
-32.0% |
-21.1 |
54.0% |
-14.1 |
36.2% |
|
Inventory total |
498.1 |
132.4 |
26.6% |
159.2 |
32.0% |
83.3 |
16.7% |
82.1 |
16.5% |
|
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Sectors/key subsectors |
Australia |
South Australia |
Northern Territory |
Tasmania |
Australian Capital Territory (partial inventory) |
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|
Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
Emissions |
% Contribution to National Emissions |
|
|
Energy |
419.6 |
17.0 |
4.1% |
13.6 |
3.2% |
3.3 |
0.8% |
0.9 |
0.2% |
|
Stationary Energy |
272.8 |
8.3 |
3.0% |
6.6 |
2.4% |
1.6 |
0.6% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Energy Industries |
207.6 |
4.4 |
2.1% |
5.9 |
2.9% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Electricity generation |
172.0 |
3.3 |
1.9% |
2.7 |
1.5% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Other energy industries |
35.6 |
1.0 |
2.9% |
3.3 |
9.2% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Manufacturing and construction |
41.7 |
2.2 |
5.2% |
0.4 |
1.0% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Other sectors |
22.6 |
1.7 |
7.5% |
0.2 |
1.0% |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Transport |
93.3 |
6.3 |
6.8% |
1.6 |
1.7% |
1.7 |
1.8% |
0.9 |
1.0% |
|
Fugitive Fuels |
53.5 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
5.5 |
0.1 |
IE |
IE |
IE |
IE |
|
Industrial Processes |
31.9 |
3.4 |
10.6% |
0.1 |
0.4% |
1.5 |
4.7% |
0.2 |
0.6% |
|
Agriculture |
72.6 |
5.8 |
8.0% |
3.0 |
4.1% |
2.7 |
3.7% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Livestock |
51.8 |
3.7 |
7.1% |
2.4 |
4.7% |
2.0 |
3.9% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Other Agriculture |
20.8 |
2.1 |
10.3% |
0.6 |
2.8% |
0.7 |
3.3% |
0.0 |
0.0% |
|
Waste |
13.0 |
0.9 |
6.7% |
0.2 |
1.5% |
0.4 |
2.9% |
0.2 |
1.6% |
|
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
-39.0 |
-1.7 |
4.4% |
0.4 |
-0.9% |
-11.6 |
29.8% |
-0.2 |
0.6% |
|
Inventory total |
498.1 |
25.4 |
5.1% |
17.3 |
3.5% |
-3.7 |
-0.7% |
1.1 |
0.2% |
|
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Time series data
Time series of greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions by state and territory are available in the data tables for this report.
Black carbon, an aerosol (airborne particle) emitted from combustion processes is emitted as a component of particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometres (≤ 2.5 μm) in diameter (PM2.5). Data from the National Pollutant Inventory has been used in conjunction with greenhouse gas data to derive national black carbon estimates. Estimates are provided of black carbon emissions for ‘energy’, ‘industrial processes and product use’, ‘waste’, ‘transport’, ‘residential burning’ and ‘biomass burning’.
Note: changes in black carbon emissions do not necessarily correlate to air quality or any health effects that may be attributed to air quality. Air quality is influenced by a wide range of factors, both natural and anthropogenic.
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