ghg-inventory-1990-2013

Contents
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
ES.1 Background
ES.2 National trends
ES.3 Gas trends
ES.4 Sector trends
ES.5 Activities under Article 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol (chapter 11)
ES.6 Improvements introduced
ES.7 National registry
Executive summary: References
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 A description of the national inventory arrangements 3
1.3 Inventory preparation, data collection, processing and storage 9
1.4 Methodologies and data sources used 9
1.5 Key categories 11
1.6 Inventory uncertainty 21
1.7 Inventory completeness 22
1.8 National registry 23
1.9 New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme 23
1.10 Improvements introduced 24
Chapter 1: References 28
Chapter 2: Trends in greenhouse gas emissions 31
2.1 Emission trends for aggregated greenhouse gas emissions 31
2.2 Emission trends by gas 33
2.3 Emission trends for indirect greenhouse gases 38
2.4 Article 3.3 and 3.4 activities under the Kyoto Protocol 38
Chapter 2: References 41
Chapter 3: Energy 42
3.1 Sector overview 42
3.2 Background information 45
3.3 Fuel combustion (CRF 1.A) 48
3.4 Fugitive emissions from fuels (CRF 1.B) 81
Chapter 3: References 90
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