Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Yakutia: A Retrospective Analysis Based on the Fuel and Energy Balance

ABSTRACT

The development of fuel and energy balances has been rather widely validated at the level of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. These balances could become the basis for retrospective assessments of greenhouse gas emissions. The dynamics of emissions are to a significant degree determined by the structure of final internal consumption of fuel and energy resources. Aggregate data make it possible to assess changes in the energy and carbon intensities of the GRP [gross regional product]. They are also the prerequisite for the creation of regional inventories as part of the national system for monitoring, reporting, and verifying the volume of greenhouse gas emissions. A correlation and regression analysis of data for 1990–2015 established a direct correlation between anthropogenic emissions and economic growth and also the public’s quality and standard of living.

KEYWORDS:

• monitoring
• regional inventory
• greenhouse gas emissions
• fuel and energy balance
• carbon intensity
• energy intensity
• gross regional product
• anthropogenic factors
• Yakutia

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

This article was written as part of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Belmont forum) project no. 15-54-71003. The authors are grateful to researcher of the Arctic Research Center of Hokkaido University Jorge Garcia Molinos and lead engineers at IPTPN SB RAS A.E. Ivanova and T.N. Petrova for their help with the preparation of this publication.

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