<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the results of the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015. The inventory was developed in accordance with the applicable guidelines for the annual greenhouse gas emission inventory (Decision 24/CP.19 of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) by the National Centre for Emissions Management and Balancing (KOBiZE) at the Institute of Environmental Protection – the National Research Institute. The national annual gas emissions from road transport are presented, including: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide along with emissions of the above gases converted into carbon dioxide equivalents. Carbon dioxide makes up the largest share in carbon dioxide emissions. This is particularly evident in the case of road transport – the emission of gases other than carbon dioxide (methane and nitrous oxide) is several orders of magnitude lower than the emission of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions from road transport account currently for approximately 14% of the total carbon dioxide emission in Poland.</p></abstract>

The article presents the results of the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015. The inventory was developed in accordance with the applicable guidelines for the annual greenhouse gas emission inventory (Decision 24/CP.19 of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) by the National Centre for Emissions Management and Balancing (KOBiZE) at the Institute of Environmental Protection – the National Research Institute. The national annual gas emissions from road transport are presented, including: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide along with emissions of the above gases converted into carbon dioxide equivalents. Carbon dioxide makes up the largest share in carbon dioxide emissions. This is particularly evident in the case of road transport – the emission of gases other than carbon dioxide (methane and nitrous oxide) is several orders of magnitude lower than the emission of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions from road transport account currently for approximately 14% of the total carbon dioxide emission in Poland.

Greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015

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The article presents the results of the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015. The inventory was developed in accordance...

Greenhouse gas	Chemical formula	GWP
Carbon dioxide	CO₂	1
Methane	CH₄	25
Nitrous oxide	N₂O	298

	Total			Road transport
	E_a	E_aCO2eq	u_CO2eq	E_a	E_aCO2eq	u_CO2eq
	(Tg)			(Tg)
CO₂	310,64	310.64	0.8244	44.831	44.831	0.9874
CH₄	1.8870	47.176	0.1252	0.00423	0.1058	0.0023
N₂O	0.0637	18.99	0.0504	0.00156	0.4661	0.0103
CO_2eq	–	376.80	–	–	45.403	–

Greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Juni 2018

Seitenbereich: 9 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2018-0008

Schlüsselwörter
greenhouse gases, emissions, road transport, motor vehicles

© 2018 Zdzisław Chłopek, Anna Olecka, Krystian Szczepański, published by Sciendo

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Global warming potential of gases.

Greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles in Poland in 2015

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Juni 2018

Seitenbereich: 9 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2018-0008

Schlüsselwörtergreenhouse gases, emissions, road transport, motor vehicles

© 2018 Zdzisław Chłopek, Anna Olecka, Krystian Szczepański, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Global warming potential of gases.

Schlüsselwörter
greenhouse gases, emissions, road transport, motor vehicles