Inventory of greenhouse gases: Central District of Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

 

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Auteurs: Porras-Rozas, Ariel, Medina-Mora, Irene, Castillo-Calderón, Valeria, Espinoza-Ocampo, Ana
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2020
Description:In 2018, MINAE (Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica) made official the Carbon Neutrality Country Program 2.0, for the National Climate Change Strategy. In Puntarenas Central District, UTN leads the efforts for the elaboration of emissions inventories. To get the required information, information requests were sent to key actors in the district and then a poll was applied to the residential, commercial and industrial sector. Emission factors and global warming potential from the IMN was used. The results are the following: in 2016 were emitted 83618.27 ton CO2e, in 2017 were emitted 79053.66 ton CO2e, the greatest contribution is represented by the fossil fuels used in the fishing activity and the transport.
Pays:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4333
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/4333
Mots-clés:Carbon Neutrality Country Program 2.0
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
Climate change
Emissions Inventory
Carbon footprint
Greenhouse gases
sustainable cities
Programa País Carbono Neutralidad 2.0
Cambio Climático
Inventario de emisiones
Huella de Carbono
Carbono Neutralidad
Gases de efecto invernadero
Ciudades Sostenibles