New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions up 0.2 pct
New Zealand greenhouse gas emissions increased 02 percent or 33 kilotonnes in the June 2023 quarter after a 01 percent increase in the March 2023 New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions increased 0.2 percent in the June 2023 quarter, after a 0.1 percent increase in the March 20th quarter. This increase was offset by a large decrease in emissions from the electricity, gas, water, and waste services industry, Stats NZ said. Transport, postal, and warehousing industry emissions were 1.8 percent lower than their pre-COVID level of 1,753 kilotonnes in the December 2019 quarter. Manufacturing industry emissions increased 6.2% and 6.7%, driven by an increase in metal product manufacturing, while household transport emissions increased 4.1%. Household emissions increased 3.4% in the year ended June 20th, driven by a increase in household transport.
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WELLINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions increased 0.2 percent, or 33 kilotonnes, in the June 2023 quarter, after a 0.1 percent increase in the March 2023 quarter, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Thursday.
Increases in the June 2023 quarter emissions from transport, postal, and warehousing and manufacturing industries were offset by a large decrease in emissions from the electricity, gas, water, and waste services industry, Stats NZ said.
Transport, postal, and warehousing industry emissions in the June 2023 quarter were 1.8 percent lower than their pre-COVID level of 1,753 kilotonnes in the December 2019 quarter, it said.
"As air transport has increased since the end of COVID-related border restrictions, the number of flights and associated emissions from burning aviation fuels have too," Stats NZ's environmental-economic accounts manager Stephen Oakley said, adding that for the year ended June 2023, transport, postal, and warehousing emissions increased 38 percent.
Manufacturing industry emissions increased 6.2 percent and 6.7 percent in the March and June 2023 quarters, respectively, primarily driven by an increase in metal product manufacturing, Oakley said.
Emissions from the electricity, gas, water, and waste services industry decreased 10.8 percent in the June 2023 quarter. This was due to a reduction in the amount of fossil fuels being used for electricity generation after increased rainfall led to an increase in hydroelectricity generation, he said.
This decrease in emissions followed a 27.1 percent increase in the March 2023 quarter after a record low in the December 2022 quarter, Oakley said.
Household emissions increased 3.4 percent in the year ended June 2023, driven by an increase in household transport, up 4.1 percent, Oakley said.
Chủ đề: Climate Change, New Zealand, ESG