Overall GHG Emissions in Palestine* by Year (1000 ton CO2 eq.), 2006-2018

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Year Overall GHG emissions (1000 ton)  
Emission from Carbon Dioxide Emission from Methane

Emission from Nitrous oxide

 		 Overall GHG emissions (1000 ton CO2 eq.)
CO2 CH4 N2O
2006 1,510.60 33.4 1.7 2,739.90
2007 1,479.60 33.6 1.7 2,710.70
2008 1,374.40 33.9 1.7 2,620.30
2009 1,779.20 34 1.7 3,026.60
2010 2,049.70 35.7 1.5 3,276.50
2011 1,900.20 38.2 1.7 3,226.30
2012 2,059.30 38.5 1.7 3,380.60
2013 2,294.70 38.5 1.6 3,612.00
2014 3,180.30 40.5 1.9 4,614.90
2015 3,013.40 42.8 1.9 4,496.10
2016 3,254.50 44.2 1.5 4,645.50
2017 3,284.30 44.2 1.8 4,777.20
2018 2,968.00 47.9 1.8 4,527.70
* Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
Overall GHG Emissions:the sum of the emissions from the Energy, Agriculture, and Waste sector 
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics, 2020.  Emissions to Air database.  Ramallah – Palestine.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2): Colourless, odourless and non-poisonous gas that results from fossil fuel combustion and is normally apart of ambient air. It is also produced in the respiration living organisms (plants and animals), and considered to be the main greenhouse gas, contributing to climate changes.
  Methane (CH4): A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas produced through anaerobic (without oxygen) decomposition of waste in landfills, animal digestion, decomposition of animal wastes, production and distribution of natural gas and oil, coal production, and incomplete fossil-fuel combustion. Methane is one of the six greenhouse gases to be mitigated under the Kyoto Protocol.
  Nitrous Oxide (N2O): Relatively inert oxide of nitrogen produced as a result of microbial action in the soil, use of fertilizer containing nitrogen, burning of timber, and so forth. This nitrogen compound may contribute to greenhouse and ozone – depleting effects.
  Equivalent CO2 (carbon dioxide): The concentration of carbon dioxide that would cause the same amount of radiative forcing as a given mixture of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.