Climate Change: Costa Rica GHG Emissions
According to a report from the United States Administration of Energy Information Costa Rica ranks place 114 among 218 in emissions, emitting 68000 metric tons of Carbon dioxide (CO2). This figure decreased 4,2% from 2008 to 2009. However Costa Rica has set an ambitious goal four years ago when it declared its plan of becoming Carbon Neutral for 2021. Costa Rican authorities believe this goal is achievable because already 95% of Costa Rica’s energy comes from renewable non pollutant sources.
According to the National Inventory on Green Houses Gases (ghg) and Carbon Absorption in 2000 and 2005 the main sources of emissions are:
- Mobil Combustion (Transportation)
- Cattle
- Agricultural Soils
- Disposal of Solid Waste
- Manufacturing Industry and Construction
- Stationary Combustion
- Cement Production
- Others: Agriculture/fisheries/forest
- Rice Production
10. Nitric Acid Production
As we can see the major cause of ghg is transportation. In Great Metropolitan Area Which is constituted by the Capital San Jose and part of three other provinces where the most concentration of the population and industry are only 7% of emissions are Anthropogenic. Of these anthropogenic emissions 56% are attributed to transport sources, 21% to fixed sources and 23% to aerial sources (these are sources that are too disperse to be assigned to an specific source) and the main type of emission is CO being accountable for 41% of the pollutants emitted followed by COV (volatile organic) with 20%, SO2 with 18,44%, and NOX with 15,05%.
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29 Jan 2012
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Javier Solano Palacios
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