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Title: High greenhouse emissions in Andhra Pradesh: State inventory
Source:The Times of India
Date:3 July 2018

Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in the country to come up with an inventory of greenhouse emissions (CGH). The recent report published by the state government of as part Vision 2029 shows net green house emissions from state in 2013-14 were 104.76 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, of which CO2 emissions were 82.85 million tonnes, methane (CH4) emissions 0.78 million tonnes and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions 0.017 million tonnes. GHG emissions from energy, agriculture, industrial process and product use (IPPU) and waste sectors constituted 69.88%, 15.17%, 12.34% and 2.62% of total CO2 eq emissions respectively.




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