Italy - Methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Definition: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

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Year Value
1990 20,975
1995 18,193
2000 18,288
2005 16,248

Methane emissions in energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Definition: Methane emissions from energy processes are emissions from the production, handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

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Year Value
1990 8,529
1995 8,301
2000 7,450
2005 6,004

Energy related methane emissions (% of total)

Definition: Methane emissions from energy processes are emissions from the production, handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

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Year Value
1990 18.11
1995 17.90
2000 15.97
2005 14.72

Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)

Definition: Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

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Year Value
1990 47,092
1995 46,379
2000 46,653
2005 40,790

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions