RAMALLAH,
June 19, 2013 (WAFA) –The amount of carbon dioxide emitted from energy,
agriculture and solid waste sectors during 2011 was estimated at around 3.1
million tons, up from 1.6 million tons in 2001, said the Palestinian Central
Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Wednesday.
The carbon
dioxide emission was distributed into 2.7 million tons from the energy sector,
326,000 tons emitted from agriculture and the remaining 63,000 tons emitted
from the solid waste sector caused by burning of solid waste.
The amounts
of methane emitted from the energy, agriculture and solid waste sectors during
2011 were estimated at around 14,852 tons, up from 10.5 tons in 2001. It was
distributed as 3,305 tons from the energy sector, 7,137 tons from agriculture
and the remaining 4,410 tons from the solid waste sector from burning of solid
waste.
The amounts
of nitrous dioxide emitted from the energy, agriculture and solid waste sectors
during 2011 was estimated at around 783 tons, up from 696 tons in 2001,
distributed into 116 tons from the energy sector, 567 tons from agriculture and
the remaining 100 tons from the solid waste sector caused by burning of solid
waste.
Total per
capita carbon dioxide emissions for 2011 in Palestine were around 1.04 tons per
capita per year, distributed in different proportions by sector. In 2001 per
capita carbon dioxide emissions were 0.82 tons per capita per year.
Number of
the studies showed that the higher value of the GDP per emissions, the higher
economy of the countries with low emissions. In Switzerland, the value of this
indicator is 9,293, Norway, 8,381, and Sweden, 7,740.
The lowest
value of this indicator showed that countries’ economy is weak with high level
of emissions such as Uzbekistan, 147, Mongolia, 334, and Ukraine, 338.
In Palestine,
findings of the National Accounts for 2011 showed that the Gross Domestic
Product at constant prices was $6,421.4 million. The total quantity of
emissions measured in tons of carbon dioxide in 2011 in Palestine was 4.351
million tons.
Based on
these data, the GDP per emissions in US dollar per ton was calculated to be
$1,476 per ton.
M.S./F.R.
