In 2021, the total volume of greenhouse gases emitted across Australia from electricity sources amounted to approximately 162.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Emissions from the transport sector amounted to just over 90 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the same year.
Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Statistics on Climate change in Australia
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Global ocean temperature anomalies 1880-2021
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Greenhouse gas emissions
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Economic impact
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- Premium Statistic Value of insurance losses from major weather events in Australia 2020
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Public perception
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Emissions outlook
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- Premium Statistic Projected volume of fugitive emissions Australia 2018-2030
- Premium Statistic Projected volume of fugitive emissions Australia 2030, by subsector
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- Annual greenhouse gas emissions from electricity in Australia 2009-2018
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- Annual greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes in Australia 2009-2018
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- Vancouver's per capita of greenhouse gases emitted 2013-2018
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- LULUCF greenhouse gas emissions in Northern Ireland 2014
- Global GHG emissions share of oil and gas companies 2015
- P&G's GHG emissions by scope 2013-2021
- Opinions on climate change in the Netherlands 2018
- Chile: leading views of what climate change is 2018
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- Greenhouse gas emissions from waste management in Slovenia 2011-2020
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- Annual greenhouse gas emissions from electricity in Australia 2009-2018
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- Annual greenhouse gas emissions from stationary energy in Australia 2009-2018
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- Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by sector 2014
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- Russia: greenhouse gas emissions during natural gas transport 2010-2017
- Vancouver's per capita of greenhouse gases emitted 2013-2018
- Ottawa's GHG emissions by sector 2016-2018
- LULUCF greenhouse gas emissions in Northern Ireland 2014
- Global GHG emissions share of oil and gas companies 2015
- P&G's GHG emissions by scope 2013-2021
- Opinions on climate change in the Netherlands 2018
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Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (February 28, 2022). Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (2022). Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Annual Volume of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by Source (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Annual volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia as of September 2021, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), February 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1015187/australia-yearly-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-source/