Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by sector 2014
Distribution of emissions of greenhouse gases by industry sector worldwide as of 2014
As of 2014, the electricity and heat production industry emits some 25 percent of all greenhouse gases produced worldwide, a higher share than any other industry. The transportation sector produces about 14 percent of the world’s greenhouse gasses.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States
There are several different types of gas emissions which have the potential to induce climate change, the most egregious of which are black carbon minimum and black carbon maximum. The good news is that greenhouse gas emissions in the United States have experienced a decrease between 2014 and 2017, indicating that economic growth is not necessarily tied to emissions. In 2005, over 7.34 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents were released into the atmosphere by the United States, and by 2017 this figure had dropped to 6.47 billion metric tons. Forests, for example, can act as a critical carbon sink but its capacity to take in carbon has been mitigated by deforestation and forest degradation.
U.S. Renewable Energy Sector
Renewable energy has the potential to significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions currently released by fossil fuel combustion worldwide. In the United States, conventional hydroelectric power is the leading source of renewable energy, though in recent years wind power and solar/photovoltaics have played larger roles in the energy sector than ever before. In 2018, about 712.8 billion kilowatt hours of power from renewable sources was generated in the United States, up from 686.6 billion kilowatts hours in the previous year.
Distribution of emissions of greenhouse gases by industry sector worldwide as of 2014
Loading statistic...
| Proportion of global emissions | |
|---|---|
| Electricity and heat production | 25% |
| Industry | 21% |
| Transportation | 14% |
| Forestry and land use change | 12% |
| Agriculture | 12% |
| Buildings | 6% |
| Other energy | 10% |
Source
More information
Statistics on "Emissions in the European Union"
Discover Statista
Need help with using Statista for your research?
Tutorials and first steps
Further Content: Statistics, Studies, and Topic Pages
Statistics
- AT&T's global GHG emissions 2009-2017
- Greenhouse gases emitted by the residential sector in the United Kingdom 1990-2017
- Greenhouse gases emitted by the industrial process sector in the UK 1990-2017
- Share of U.S. and Canadian GHG emissions by sector 2014
- GHG emissions intensity in the United Kingdom (UK) 1997-2016
- Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions share by industrial sector 2013
- Google's carbon intensity 2011-2017
- Global GHG emissions share of oil and gas companies 2015
- Canada's emitted greenhouse gases 1990-2017
- Canada's GHG emissions by sector 2016
- Canada's greenhouse gas emissions: volume by gas type 2017
- Global energy-related GHG emissions 2014-2030
- Canada's greenhouse gas emissions share by gas type 2017
- P&G's GHG emissions by scope 2013-2018
- Johnson & Johnson's facility GHG emissions by type 2010-2018
- Italy: greenhouse gas emissions from chemical industry 2008-2015
- Canada's per capita of greenhouse gases emitted 1990-2017
- Global per capita greenhouse gas emissions by key country 2016
- Greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining and handling in the UK 2009-2017
- Greenhouse gas emissions from residential combustion in the UK 2009-2017
Statistics on "Emissions in the European Union"
Related topics
About Statista
