Определяне на ключовите категории по отношение на отделянето и поглъщането на емисиите от парникови газове в България
Determining the Key Categories Regarding the Emission and Removals of Greenhouse Gases in Bulgaria

Author(s): Tsvetana Harizanova-Metodieva
Subject(s): Economy, Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: greenhouse gases; animal husbandry; key categories
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to determine the key categories in the economy in terms of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in Bulgaria. Eurostat data for 2010 and 2019 were analyzed and a methodology for determining the key categories regarding greenhouse gas emissions (2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories) was applied. The analysis includes both categories – sources of emissions and categories that absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit (forests, pastures, land). The key categories in practice are those categories that should be given special attention due to their determining role in the emission or absorption of harmful emissions into the environment.Calculated by Approach 1 according to the cited methodology(2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Green house Gas Inventories), in 2010 Bulgaria emitted 52221 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent, and in 2019 55499 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent, or there is an increase of 6,3% in emissions. In 2019, the category related to fuel combustion in public electricity and heat production accounted for the largest share of the absolute value of greenhouse gas emissions (27,2%) in the country. In second place is the category of burned biomass with 10,3%. In third place is the category of unconverted forest land with 8,6%, which absorbs more greenhouse gases than it emits. In fourth place is the combustion of fuel by cars with 7,5%. The enteric fermentation of cattle is ranked 16th as a source of the greenhouse gas methane; in the 37th place is the enteric fermentation of sheep.

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