Inventory and projection of greenhouse gases emissions for Sumatera Utara Province

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions which result in global warming is a serious problem for the human being. Total globally anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in the history of the year 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (4.5) Giga ton CO2eq per year in 2010. Many governments addressed their commit...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 126; no. 1; pp. 12114 - 12120
Main Authors Ambarita, H, Soeharwinto, Ginting, N, Basyuni, M, Zen, Z
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2018
Subjects
Agricultural wastes
Anthropogenic factors
Climate change
Emissions control
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
International aid
Land use
Mitigation
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Summary:Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions which result in global warming is a serious problem for the human being. Total globally anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in the history of the year 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (4.5) Giga ton CO2eq per year in 2010. Many governments addressed their commitment to reducing GHG emission. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has released a target in reducing its GHG emissions by 26% from level business as usual by 2020, and this target can be increased up to 41% by international aid. In this study, the GHG emissions for Sumatera Utara province are assessed and divided into six sectors. They are Agricultural, Land Use and Forestry, Energy, Transportation, Industrial, and Waste sectors. The results show that total GHG emissions for Sumatera Utara province in the baseline year 2010 is 191.4 million tons CO2eq. The business-as-usual projection of the GHG emission in 2020 is 354.5 million tons CO2eq. Mitigation actions will reduce GHG emissions up to 30.5% from business as usual emission in 2020.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012114