CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 1972/1996 (1998 Edition)

Recent years have witnessed a fundamental change in the way governments approach energy-related environmental issues. In recognition of this change and in preparation to the Fourth Conference of the Parties (COP-4) meeting under the U.N. Climate Convention in Buenos-Aires (November, 1998), the IEA has prepared the second edition of its published statistics on CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. The data in this book are designed to assist in understanding the evolution of these emissions from 1971 to 1996 for more than 140 countries and regions by sector and by fuel. Emissions were calculated using IEA energy databases and the default methods and emission factors from the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.