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GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN WALES

Estimated Emissions (million tonnes carbon equivalent) in Wales

  2003
Carbon dioxide 11.6
Methane 1.0
Nitrous oxide 0.9
Total greenhouse gases (a) 13.7
(a) Also includes hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride.
The following table shows Greenhouse Gas emissions from Wales compared with other countries of the UK.

Percentage change in emission

   

Wales

England

Scotland

N Ireland
Carbon dioxide

1990-2003

 0.2 -6.9 -7.7 -3.4
Methane

1990-2003

 -34.5 -52.5 -35.1 -4.0
Nitrous oxide

1990-2003

 -5.7 -47.5 -16.2 -10.1
HFC

1995-2003

 461.5* -38.5 438.0* 477.4*
All emissions -3.6 -15.9 -10.1 -3.5
*These figures started at a very low value in 1995




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Compare the amounts of greenhouse gases from Wales to other UK countries.

Apart from HFCs there is an increase in the amount of one gas from Wales. Which gas is this?

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