RAMALLAH, June 19, 2013 (WAFA) –The amount of carbon dioxide emitted from energy, agriculture and solid waste sectors during 2011 was estimated at around 3.1 million tons, up from 1.6 million tons in 2001, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Wednesday.
The carbon dioxide emission was distributed into 2.7 million tons from the energy sector, 326,000 tons emitted from agriculture and the remaining 63,000 tons emitted from the solid waste sector caused by burning of solid waste.
The amounts of methane emitted from the energy, agriculture and solid waste sectors during 2011 were estimated at around 14,852 tons, up from 10.5 tons in 2001. It was distributed as 3,305 tons from the energy sector, 7,137 tons from agriculture and the remaining 4,410 tons from the solid waste sector from burning of solid waste.
The amounts of nitrous dioxide emitted from the energy, agriculture and solid waste sectors during 2011 was estimated at around 783 tons, up from 696 tons in 2001, distributed into 116 tons from the energy sector, 567 tons from agriculture and the remaining 100 tons from the solid waste sector caused by burning of solid waste.
Total per capita carbon dioxide emissions for 2011 in Palestine were around 1.04 tons per capita per year, distributed in different proportions by sector. In 2001 per capita carbon dioxide emissions were 0.82 tons per capita per year.
Number of the studies showed that the higher value of the GDP per emissions, the higher economy of the countries with low emissions. In Switzerland, the value of this indicator is 9,293, Norway, 8,381, and Sweden, 7,740.
The lowest value of this indicator showed that countries’ economy is weak with high level of emissions such as Uzbekistan, 147, Mongolia, 334, and Ukraine, 338.
In Palestine, findings of the National Accounts for 2011 showed that the Gross Domestic Product at constant prices was $6,421.4 million. The total quantity of emissions measured in tons of carbon dioxide in 2011 in Palestine was 4.351 million tons.
Based on these data, the GDP per emissions in US dollar per ton was calculated to be $1,476 per ton.
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