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Annex II
CATEGORIES OF SOURCES AND SINKS FOR NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, RECOMMENDED BY THE IPCC PROGRAMME
Source categories/emissions
Total (net) national emission
I. All energy (fuel combustion and production,
transmission, storage and distribution
A. Fuel combustion activities
energy and transformation industries
industry (ISIC)*
transport
commercial/institutional
residential
agriculture/forestry
other
biomass burned for energy
B. Fuel production, transmission, storage and
distribution
crude oil and natural gas
coal mining
II. Other industrial production processes (ISIC)
A. Chemicals
B. Non-metallic mineral products
C. Other (ISIC)
III. Solvent and other product use
IV. Agriculture
A. Enteric fermentation
B. Animal wastes
C. Rice cultivation
D. Agricultural soils
E. Agricultural waste burning
F. Savannah burning
V. Land-use change
A. Forest clearing
B. Conversion of grasslands to cultivated lands
C. Plantation establishment
D. Logging/Managed forests
E. Abandonment of managed lands
VI. Public service
A. Landfills
B. Sewage treatment
C. Other
CO,
CH
N,O
NO,
CO
NMVOC
Source: IPCC "Preliminary IPCC national GHG inventories: in-depth review, part III" (Bracknell, 1983) p. 93.
Notes:
*NMVOC
ISIC
A hyphen (-) indicates that the item is not applicable.
non-methane volatile organic compounds
International Standard Industrial Classification
* CO2 from biomass burning should be estimated but not included in the energy category total. If net CO2 emissions result (that is, from unsustainable bioenergy use), this will appear in the land-use change category.