Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 0.8% in FY 2004

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2004 totaled 1.329 billion tons (carbon dioxide equivalent,), down 0.8 percent from the previous year, but still 7.4 percent higher than the 1990 base year under the Kyoto Protocol, according to a preliminary report released by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment on October 21, 2005.

The decrease from the previous year resulted from a recovery of nuclear power plant utilization from 59.7 percent to previous levels of 68.9 percent, which helped prevent increases in CO2 emissions from the power sector despite a rise in electricity consumption. A decline in fuel consumption in other sectors also contributed to the emissions decrease.

CO2 emissions from the use of energy amounted to 1,181 million tons, down 0.6 percent from the previous year. Of this amount 472 million tons (down 1.1 percent) were in the industrial sector, including factories, 195 millions tons (down 0.5 percent) in the service sector, including office buildings, 168 million tons (down 1.1 percent) in the household sector, and 85.3 million tons (down 0.5 percent) in the energy conversion sector, including power plants Meanwhile, emissions in the transport sector, including marine transport, amounted to 262 million tons, up 0.7 percent due mainly to increased emissions from private automobiles.

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Posted: 2006/01/20 08:25:03 AM
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