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Figure 14: New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions

This figure provides an indication of New Zealand’s total emissions 2007.

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Table 1.1A: Sector proportions of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions: 2007
	Proportion of totalemissions (%)	Proportion of total carbon dioxide emitted (%)	Proportion of totalmethane emitted (%)	Proportion of totalnitrous oxide emitted (%)	Proportion of totalHFCs, PFCs and SF6 emitted (%)
Energy	43	90	3	2
Industrial processes	6	10	<1	<1	100
Agriculture	48		91	96
Waste	2	0	6	1

Note: All figures have been rounded. The solvents and other product use sector as reported in the Greenhouse Gas Inventory, has been added to the industrial processes sector. HFCs = hydrofluorocarbons, PFCs = perfluorocarbons and SF₆ = sulphur hexafluoride.

 

Table 1.1B: Greenhouse gas proportions of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions: 2007
	Proportion of total emissions
Carbon dioxide	47
Methane	35
Nitrous oxide	17
HFCs, PFCs and SF6	1

Note: All figures have been rounded. HFCs = hydrofluorocarbons, PFCs = perfluorocarbons and SF₆ = sulphur hexafluoride.

 

Table 2.1: New Zealand’s energy emissions: 2007
	Proportion of totalemissions (%)	Proportion of total carbon dioxide emitted (%)	Proportion of totalmethane emitted (%)	Proportion of totalnitrous oxide emitted (%)
Sector
ENERGY	43	90	3	2
Category
Energy industries	10	22	<1	<1
Public electricity & heat production	9	19	<1	<1
Petroleum refining	1	3	<1	<1
Manufacture of solid fuels & other energy industries	<1	1	<1	<1
Transport	20	42	<1	1
Road transportation	18	38	<1	1
Civil aviation	1	3	<1	<1
Shipping & Railways	1	1	<1	<1
Manufacture industries & construction	7	14	<1	<1
Other sectors	4	8	<1	<1
Commercial & institutional	1	3	<1	<1
Agriculture, forestry & fisheries	2	1	<1	<1
Residential	1	4	<1	<1
Fugitive emissions	2	3	3

 

Table 2.2: New Zealand’s industrial processes emissions: 2007
	Proportion of total emissions (%)	Proportion of total carbon dioxide emitted (%)	Proportion of total methane emitted (%)	Proportion of total nitrous oxide emitted (%)	Proportion of total HFCs, PFCs and SF6 emitted (%)
Sector
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES	6	10	<1	<1	100
Category:
Metal production	3	6			4
Mineral products	1	2
Chemical industry	1	2	<1
Consumption of halocarbons and SF6	1				96
Solvents and other product use	<1			<1

Note: All figures have been rounded. HFCs = hydrofluorocarbons, PFCs = perfluorocarbons and SF₆ = sulphur hexafluoride.

 

Table 2.3: New Zealand’s agricultural emissions: 2007
	Proportion of total emissions	Proportion of total methane	Proportion of total nitrous oxide
Sector
AGRICULTURE	48	91	96
Category:
Dairy Cattle	23	33	67
Enteric fermentation	11	32
Pasture manure	7		40
Atmospheric deposition	2		9
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	1		9
Anaerobic lagoons	<1		<1
Pasture manure and anaerobic lagoons	<1	1
Other soil emissions	2		9
Non-dairy cattle	10	20	19
Enteric fermentation	7	20
Pasture manure	2	<1	11
Atmospheric deposition	<1		3
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	<1		2
Other soil emissions	<1		3
Sheep	13	33	5
Enteric fermentation	12	33
Pasture manure	1	<1	3
Atmospheric deposition	<1		1
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	<1		1
Other soil emissions	<1		1
Other	2	4	5

 

Table 2.4 New Zealand’s waste emissions: 2007
	Proportion of total emissions (%)	Proportion of total carbon dioxide emitted (%)	Proportion of total methane emitted (%)	Proportion of total nitrous oxide emitted (%)
Sector:
WASTE	2	<1	6	1
Category:
Solid waste disposal on land	2		5
Wastewater handling & Waste incineration	<1	<1	1	1

 

 

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