Greenhouse gas emissions: 1990-2007
New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions (Mt CO2-e) for four major sources in 1990 and 2007
| Individual areas causing greatest increase in New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions. | 1990 |
2007 |
Percentage change between 1990 and 2007 |
| Road transportation | 7.6 |
13.5 |
76% |
| Electricity generation and heat production | 3.5 |
6.6 |
91% |
| Enteric fermentation | 21.8 |
23.3 |
7% |
| Agricultural soils | 10.0 |
12.3 |
22% |
Notes:
(1) Mt CO2-e = million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
(2) The percentage change results presented above are based on the original unrounded data.
(3) Enteric fermentation is part of food digestion in ruminant animals (eg, cows and sheep), which creates methane gas.
Source: Ministry for the Environment.
This information has come from New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2007.
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Last updated: May 2009
