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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Table 2.5. Emissions of GHG per sector in kt CO2 equivalents, based on the BaU scenario,
projected for 2010, 2015 and 2020
Sector 1990 2010 2015 2020
Energy 4452.9 10689.8 12539.7 15175.4
Industry 570.6 646.5 686.1 665.7
Solvents 2.3 3.0 3.0 3.0
Agriculture 570.6 739.0 741.1 741.1
Wastes 433.2 632.1 657.3 638.4
TOTAL 6029.6 12710.4 14627.2 17223.6
Comparison to 1990 110.8% 142.6% 185.7%
Other impacts on the environment
Emission projections provide a tool which enables the authorities to decide the most
appropriate national policies and measures to be adopted and implemented to achieve
emission targets. Emission projections depend on a wide range of assumptions including
future economic growth, structural changes in the economy, implementation rate of cleaner
technology as well as global factors including world economic trends and fuel prices which
are outside the scope of national influence. Furthermore, the implementation of the relevant
EU environmental legislation plays an important role in the design of each State´s policy. For
the reduction of emissions to the required level, it is necessary to implement policies to
reduce emissions progressively, i.e. by building on existing measures and by implementing
additional measures. In the following tables the projected emissions for the four NEC
pollutants are given.