Greenhouse gases
New Zealand’s greenhouse gas inventory is an annual account of all human-induced emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in New Zealand. The inventory is part of New Zealand’s obligations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
Direct greenhouse gases included in this inventory are:
- carbon dioxide
- methane
- nitrous oxide
- sulphur hexafluoride
- hydrofluorocarbons
- perfluorocarbons.
Indirect gases also reported in this inventory, but not included in the greenhouse gas total for New Zealand, are:
- oxides of nitrogen
- sulphur dioxide
- carbon monoxide
- non-methane volatile organic compounds.
Want to know more?
New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2007 has detailed information on the methods and background to the inventory.
This information has come from New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2007.
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Last updated: May 2009
