Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia
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Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia are the 4th largest in the world and derive mostly from fossil fuels. Russia emits about 1600 megatonnes (Mt) CO2eq of greenhouse gases each year;[1] about 5% of world emissions[2] and about 11 tons per person. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore air pollution in Russia, would have health benefits greater than the cost.[3]
Greenhouse gas sources
2155 Mt of CO2 was emitted in 2017 but 578 Mt was reabsorbed by land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF).[1]
Russia must submit its inventory of 2018 emissions to the UNFCCC by 15 April 2020, and so on for each calendar year.[5]
Energy
In 2017 Russia's energy sector, which under IPCC guidelines includes fuel for transport, emitted almost 80% of the country's greenhouse gases.[1] Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) emitted over 10%. The largest emitters are energy industries—mainly electricity generation—followed by fugitive emissions from fuels, and then transport.[1]
Electricity generation
Coal fired power stations
Gas fired power stations
Gas fired power stations are a major source.[6]
Transport fuel
Home energy
Industry
Cement
Iron and steel
Agriculture
In 2017, agriculture emitted 6% of Russia's greenhouse gases.[1]
Waste
In 2017, waste emitted 4% of the country's greenhouse gases.[1]
Land
As well as trees burning peat burning in wildfires emits carbon.[7]
Energy efficiency
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Planning and forecasts
International comparison of mitigation targets
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing absorption (climate change mitigation)
Energy
Economics
As Russia has no carbon tax or emissions trading[8] it could be vulnerable to future carbon tariffs imposed by the EU,[9][10] or other export partners.[11]
Carbon sinks
Carbon sinks, which in Russia consist mainly of forests, offset about a quarter of national emissions in 2017.[1]
Hydrofluorocarbons
Buildings
Transport
Cars
Economics
Co-benefits
Politics
Access to data
Data is scarce and out of date.[12]
See also
- Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation
- Energy policy of Russia
- Greenhouse gas inventory
- List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Summary of GHG Emissions for Russian Federation" (PDF). UNFCCC.
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- ^ a b Friedlingstein et al. 2019 , Table 7.
- ^ "Reporting requirements | UNFCCC". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ IntelliNews, Ben Aris for bne (2019-09-30). "The Cost of Carbon in Russia". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ Page, Michael Le. "Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires". New Scientist. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Taxing Energy Use 2019: Country Note – Russia" (PDF). OECD.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Carbon tariffs are EU's secret weapon in trade battle". Daily Telegraph. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Pollution Costs at Decade High Squeeze Industry, Coal in Europe". Bloomberg. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Carbon Tariffs: A Climate Necessity?". Kluwer Regulating for Globalization. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Israel, Ron (2019-06-06). "Current Russian Data on Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Scarce and Significantly Out-of-Date". Climate Scorecard. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
Sources
- "2020 National Inventory Report".
- "Russian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2018 common reporting format (CRF) tables" (RUS_2020_2018_13042020_230905.xlsx). April 2020.
External links
- Live carbon emissions from electricity generation in European Russia and Ural
- Live carbon emissions from electricity generation in Siberia
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory to 2017 in downloadable spreadsheets
- National Greenhouse Gas Inventory to 2017 Report
- Status report on the annual inventory of Russia for 2016
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data - Flexible Queries Annex I Parties
- NDC Registry (only a flag so far)
- Climate Action Tracker: Russia
- Climate Watch: Russia