CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - IGES

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Volume 2: Energy 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Authors Amit Garg (India), Kainou Kazunari (Japan), and Tinus Pulles (Netherlands), CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Contents 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ................... Source Methodological Emissions from fossil fuel combustion ........................................ ........................................ ......... Tiers ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ................. Selecting tiers: a general decision tree.

combustion process, most carbon is immediately emitted as CO2. However, some carbon is released as carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4) or non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs). Most of the carbon emitted as these non-CO2 species eventually oxidises to CO2 in the atmosphere. This amount can be estimated

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