Japan’s National Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fiscal Year 2011 (Preliminary Figures)
MOEJ, Japan: Japan’s total greenhouse gas emissions in FY2011 (preliminary figures1) were 1,307 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (Mt CO2 eq.). The emissions increased by 3.6 % (46 Mt CO2 eq.) compared to those of the base year2 under the Kyoto Protocol (FY1990 for CO2, CH4, N2O and calendar year (CY) 1995 for HFCs, PFCs, SF6). Emissions increased by 3.9% (49 Mt CO2 eq.) when compared to those of FY2010 (1,258 Mt CO2 eq.), mainly due to an increase in CO2 emissions from power generation. The key driver for the rise in emissions is the increased fossil fuel consumption in response to the expansion of thermal power generation – although the amount of manufacturing production decreased due to the influence of the Great East Japan Earthquake, etc (Source: http://www.env.go.jp/en/headline/headline.php?serial=1895).