Vattenfall - Abatement potential by sector

Abatement potential by sector

Global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to increase from 40 Gt CO₂e (2002) to about 60 Gt CO₂e in 2030 in a business-as-usual scenario. This includes a significant improvement in energy efficiency leading to reduced carbon intensity. The change in emissions varies from an expected reduction of net emissions from the Forestry sector to an increase almost 80% in the Power sector. Emissions from Industry and Transport are both expected to increase with about 60%, emissions from Buildings with about 70%, and from Agriculture and waste with a little less than 40%. The relative abatement potential varies between sectors. The Power, Industry, Transport and Buildings sectors all have abatement potential around 30% of business-as-usual emissions. Forestry has a potential of more than 100%, i.e., leading to a net carbon sequestration although the implementation will be challenging. Agriculture and waste also has a large theoretical potential of close to 60%, although the realistic potential is probably only around 15% of business-as-usual emissions.