Wednesday, December 18, 2013

CO2 Emissions in South Korea, 1945-2012

So the following table and figure are comparing different estimates of South Korea's CO2 emissions from 1945-2012.
I want to know why BP's estimates for recent years are much larger than those of other institutions.

CO2 emissions in South Korea, 1945-2012
Unit: million tonnes of CO2
YearGCPIEA
(sectoral
approach)
IEA
(reference
approach)
BPEDGARUS EIAKorean
Government
(total CO2
emissions)
Korean
Government
(CO2
emissions from
fuel combustion)
2012610.74

763.71635.00


2011604.28587.73608.69753.78629.00610.95

2010567.13564.47579.57713.62591.00581.10595.89559.31
2009508.99515.62518.15661.78548.00524.44541.74506.45
2008507.66501.77512.84653.45540.00521.77536.09498.94
2007495.46490.43498.86639.92519.00503.10522.11485.73
2006470.45476.69472.14605.99509.00484.21500.59465.94
2005462.56469.12464.63602.16504.00493.80493.37459.04
2004481.91469.82477.31591.21506.00485.91490.58452.64
2003465.86448.91461.56580.03490.00477.85484.21445.10
2002465.28446.13461.54566.55476.00468.00475.87437.37
2001449.85452.07447.55542.68462.00450.45457.34418.92
2000447.22437.72440.99528.89448.00438.65443.12406.18
1999399.54385.35392.30496.03424.00423.58412.29378.20
1998364.54351.06354.97460.37389.00380.75379.89347.61
1997429.68407.91413.61510.67451.00426.26446.50407.37
1996403.41383.72383.36464.71428.00396.90419.77382.18
1995374.48358.65355.28421.92399.00381.43387.53350.73
1994343.77329.04325.40388.85366.00351.42358.15324.07
1993321.70304.20304.84358.00334.00330.64336.03304.53
1992284.06276.91267.28325.14304.00293.46301.03273.87
1991261.28254.27249.50288.38280.00269.67277.74253.41
1990246.75229.30238.60254.97253.00242.13253.89233.56
1989235.67200.45207.07228.27
219.51

1988221.79189.33199.36214.79
207.81

1987192.51165.95174.55189.43
185.69

1986182.31159.66171.33179.56
180.30

1985178.20153.25157.67167.26
172.32

1984163.79148.88153.42154.70
163.62

1983150.79136.97140.09141.15
148.49

1982141.80129.04133.29133.87
138.95

1981139.63129.41125.37133.64
137.90

1980134.77124.38125.73126.31
131.74

1979133.11120.04121.62121.69



1978113.32106.42105.50105.70



1977105.6397.6899.4896.99



197693.2485.3786.6684.42



197581.7776.7677.9175.38



197475.6370.7575.1468.64



197373.0467.2769.2666.52



197260.2953.9659.7853.40



197158.5752.0754.8451.57



197053.74

48.01



196942.49

41.48



196837.21

35.17



196735.12

31.44



196629.99

28.12



196524.99

23.56



196422.20






196321.09






196217.27






196114.45






196012.54






195911.22






19589.01






19578.22






19567.56






19556.45






19545.16






19534.69






19523.46






19512.92






19502.18






19492.18






19481.67






19470.90






19460.49






19450.00






Note: Original carbon contents of CO2 emissions in the GCP estimates were multiplied by a conversion factor (= 44.0095/12.0107) to make CO2-equivalent numbers.


References:
Global Carbon ProjectLe Quéré, C., Peters, G. P., Andres, R. J., Andrew, R. M., Boden, T., Ciais, P., . . . Yue, C. (2013). Global Carbon Budget 2013. Earth System Science Data Discussions6(2), 689-760. [Full-text at http://j.mp/GCP2013; Data at http://j.mp/GCP2013Data]
International Energy AgencyIEA. (2013). CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 2013: Highlights. Paris, France: IEA Publications. [Full-text at http://j.mp/IEA2013; Data at http://j.mp/IEA2013Data]
BPBP. (2013). BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2013. London, UK: BP, plc. [Full-text at http://j.mp/BP2013Text; Data at http://j.mp/BP2013Data]
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EC JRC & PBL)Olivier, J. G. J., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Muntean, M., & Peters, J. A. H. W. (2013). Trends in Global CO2 Emissions: 2013 Report. The Hague, The Netherlands: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. [Full-text at http://j.mp/EDGAR2013; Data at http://j.mp/EDGAR2013Data]
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationUS EIA. (2013). Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy. In US EIA, International Energy Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Energy Information Administration. [Data at http://j.mp/EIA2013Data]
Korean GovernmentGIR. (2013). 2012 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report of Korea. Seoul, Korea: Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center of Korea (GIR). [Full-text at http://j.mp/NIR2012Text; Data at http://j.mp/NIR2012Data]