- This fall has been produced against a background of economic growth of the GDP of 0.9%, falling from 438,677 kt in 2007 to 405,048 kt of CO2e in 2008
- Forecasts estimate that Spain would be placed at 34.45% on the annual base on the average of the five-year period 2008-2012.
The Secretary of State for Climate Change has submitted the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory to Brussels, corresponding to period spanning 1990-2008, and the Forecasts for up to 2020 of the inventories for the 1990-2007 period. Both documents were submitted to the European Commission and to the Secretariats of the International Conventions.
The Inventory reflects that greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) for 2008 were 405,048 Kilo tonnes CO2e, which means a percentage reduction of 7.7% with respect to the 2007 emissions, placing global emissions at 39.8% above the base year emissions.
The fall in emissions is due mainly to an improvement in energy intensity and a change in the mix of energy production, with a clear increase in renewables and a reduction in the use of coal as a result of the prices relative to fossil fuels, and of the price per ton of CO2 on international markets.
A reduction in emissions due to lower use of fuel in the transport sector and in certain industrial activities such as cement manufacture has also been observed. There were also methodological improvements in the calculation of emission factors in the transport sector, stationary engines and the study of queues in the calculation of emissions.
Evolution of CO2e emissions 1990-2008 period. Official forecasts
The national emission forecasts, based on the 1990-2007 period and prepared taking the most recent update of the sector planning into consideration together with the macroeconomic scenario associated with the same, indicate average greenhouse gas emissions for Spain in the five-year period 2008-2012 that would be around 34.45% above the base year of the Kyoto Protocol.
The Forecasts Report establishes three different scenarios; the trend (without measurements), the base scenario (with measurements) and the target scenario (with additional measurements). This last scenario points to greenhouse gas emissions in the five-year period of 390,295 kt of CO2 equivalent.
Apart from the GGE emissions, the report includes forecasts for emission of polluting gases included in the National Emission Ceilings Directive: NOx, SO2, NH3 and COVNM.
