Climate change mitigation - State and impacts (Slovakia)

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What are the state (S) and impacts (I) related to climate change, including impacts on the natural environment and human health/well-being, both at national level as well as in transboundary terms.

Topic: Climate change

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The GHG emissions presented in the National Inventory Report of the Slovak Republic, 2010 ^¹, were updated and converted using the latest available methods, national conditions and data published by the Slovak Statistical Office. Total GHG emissions were 48 831.11 Gg in 2008 (without LULUCF). This represents a reduction of 33.92 % in comparison with the reference year 1990. In comparison with 2007, the emissions increased by 2.2 %. Figure 1 shows the current trend in GHG emissions compared with the 8 % Kyoto target.

Table 1 shows figures for aggregated GHG emissions expressed as CO₂ equivalents. In the period 1990–2008, the total greenhouse gas emissions in the Slovak Republic did not exceed the 1990 level.

Table 1: The total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Tg of CO₂-eq.)

	year:1990	year:1991	year:1992	year:1993	year:1994	year:1995	year:1996	year:1997	year:1998	year:1999
Gases	CO2 equivalent (Gg)
CO2 with LULUCF	60 164,74	52 738,68	48 504,53	44 053,92	42 890,13	42 011,17	40 755,37	40 686,54	40 752,76	40 614,13
CO2 without LULUCF	62 571,33	56 246,23	52 655,67	48 338,08	46 206,63	44 707,17	43 177,00	42 088,30	42 692,24	42 250,07
CH4 with LULUCF	4 825,56	4 676,72	4 412,82	4 112,04	4 098,48	4 283,60	4 243,50	4 275,27	4 536,66	4 736,62
CH4 without LULUCF	4 810,88	4 667,50	4 403,16	4 101,96	4 089,87	4 273,96	4 232,79	4 263,93	4 525,46	4 723,81
N2O with LULUCF	6 245,31	5 044,52	4 227,93	3 583,49	3 931,05	4 168,58	4 297,36	4 189,92	3 786,40	3 335,11
N2O without LULUCF	6 241,90	5 042,23	4 225,95	3 581,51	3 929,09	4 166,32	4 295,10	4 187,66	3 784,14	3 332,01
HFCs	NA,NO	NA,NO	NA,NO	NA,NO	2,91	22,15	37,58	61,13	40,96	65,12
PFCs	271,37	266,94	248,42	155,42	132,06	114,32	34,51	34,62	25,40	13,60
SF6	0,03	0,03	0,04	0,06	9,27	9,91	10,76	11,34	12,24	12,69
Total (with LULUCF)	71 507,02	62 726,90	57 393,74	51 904,93	51 063,89	50 609,74	49 379,09	49 258,81	49 154,43	48 777,28
Total (without LULUCF)	73 895,51	66 222,93	61 533,24	56 177,02	54 369,83	53 293,83	51 787,74	50 646,98	51 080,44	50 397,30
	year:2000	year:2001	year:2002	year:2003	year:2004	year:2005	year:2006	year:2007	year:2008	Difference
Gases	CO2 equivalent (Gg)									%
CO2 with LULUCF	38 694,52	37 050,65	35 500,18	37 249,95	37 713,05	40 609,58	37 715,42	35 743,97	37 662,16	-37,40
CO2 without LULUCF	41 097,89	42 275,80	40 743,12	42 083,11	41 866,41	41 389,39	40 668,68	38 865,79	39 763,66	-36,45
CH4 with LULUCF	4 462,96	4 507,43	5 217,86	4 977,04	4 885,70	4 674,81	4 750,71	4 631,78	4 749,74	-1,57
CH4 without LULUCF	4 448,89	4 493,15	5 203,94	4 961,71	4 868,43	4 652,37	4 731,81	4 612,75	4 728,85	-1,71
N2O with LULUCF	3 541,72	3 714,12	3 775,82	3 795,74	3 839,00	3 831,05	4 192,67	3 998,29	4 024,93	-35,55
N2O without LULUCF	3 538,62	3 711,02	3 772,72	3 792,64	3 835,53	3 825,71	4 189,50	3 994,41	4 020,69	-35,59
HFCs	75,59	82,43	102,35	131,96	152,88	172,34	198,90	226,99	263,24	100,00
PFCs	11,65	15,59	13,75	21,65	19,91	20,25	35,82	24,88	36,16	-86,67
SF6	13,25	13,84	14,78	15,39	15,89	16,61	17,15	17,44	18,51	60 407,81
Total (with LULUCF)	46 799,69	45 384,06	44 624,74	46 191,72	46 626,43	49 324,65	46 910,67	44 643,35	46 754,74	-34,62
Total (without LULUCF)	49 185,89	50 591,83	49 850,65	51 006,45	50 759,05	50 076,68	49 841,85	47 742,26	48 831,11	-33,92

Source: Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, National Inventory Report, 15 April 2010

Figure 2 shows historical data for interlinkages of macroeconomic, energy and emission indicators in the Slovak Republic. In 2008, the consumption of brown coal was only 6% of the consumption in 1990, light fuel oil consumption decreased by 92% and heavy fuel oil by 72% compared to 1990. An example of the Slovak Republic is as follows: the production of liquid steel increased by 27.7% from 1990 to 2005, while the consumption of coal energy production decreased by 2.3%. Carbon intensity per metric ton of liquid steel has been improved by 5.2% during the same period. There is a lot of further technological and innovation steps made by individual operators to increase production intensity and to meet strict environmental requirements.

1 National Inventory Report of the Slovak Republic, 15 April 2010, (http://ghg-inventory.shmu.sk and www.unfccc.int).