German Informative Inventory Report - general:trends

emission_trends_ammonia

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Explanation of Key Trends - Ammonia Obligations Germany has made a commitment under the Gothenburg Protocol to reduce ammonia emissions. Since 2010, it is no longer permissible to exceed a National Emission Ceiling of 550 kt NH3 for Germany as whole. The revised Gothenburg Protocol and the revised NEC Directive both define emission reduction targets relative to a 2005 base year, mandating 5% (2020) and 29% (2030) reductions respectively.

emission_trends_bc

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Emission Trends BC Germany reports Black Carbon (BC) emissions for all years from 2000 onward. The main sources are transport as well as mobile and stationary combustion. Germany uses the EMEP/EEA 2016 Guidebook to estimate BC emissions, augmented by some country specific emission factors, i.e. split factors for the BC portion of PM

emission_trends_carbon_monoxide

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Explanation of Key Trends - Carbon Monoxide Main drivers CO total emissions show a falling trend over the whole interval, with emission reductions of 80.6 % between 1990 and 2021 and a renewed interval of emission reductions in the last years. The Main Driver for CO emissions is

emission_trends_heavy_metals

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Explanation of Key Trends - Heavy Metals Please note: Data for heavy metals may have issues such as missing sources. It features considerably higher uncertainties then data for other pollutants covered in this report. Obligations The 1998 Aarhus Protocol on Heavy Metals under the CLRTAP entered into force late in 2003. It targets three particularly harmful metals: cadmium, lead and mercury. According to one of the basic obligations, Germany has to reduce its emissions for these three metals b…

emission_trends_nitrogen_oxide

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Explanation of Key Trends - Nitrogen Oxides Obligations Within the scope of the LRTAP Convention, the Federal Republic of Germany was obliged to reduce emissions of NOx to the 1987 level of 3,177kt by 1994. However, this value is inconsistent with the time series data after 1990 because, for example, it does not include any emissions from the agricultural sector. But emissions were successfully reduced by close to 30% to 2,255 kt in this period, exceeding the obligatory requirements of the pro…

emission_trends_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds

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Explanation of Key Trends - Non Methane Volatile Organic Compounds Obligations Germany has made a commitment under the Gothenburg Protocol to reduce NMVOC emissions. Since 2010, it is no longer permissible to exceed a National Emission Ceiling of 995 kt NMVOC for Germany as whole. The revised Gothenburg Protocol and the revised NEC Directive both define emission reduction targets relative to a 2005 base year, mandating 13% (2020) and 28% (2030) reductions respectively.

emission_trends_persistent_organic_pollutants

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Explanation of Key Trends - Persistent Organic Pollutants Please note: Data for persistent organic pollutants may have issues such as missing sources. It features considerably higher uncertainties then data for other pollutants covered in this report.

emission_trends_pm2.5

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Explanation of Key Trends - Fine Particulate Matter (PM₂.₅) Obligations Germany has made a commitment to reduce particulate matter emissions. The revised Gothenburg Protocol and the revised NEC Directive both define emission reduction targets relative to a 2005 base year, mandating 26% (2020) and 43% (2030) reductions respectively.

emission_trends_pm10

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Explanation of Key Trends - Fine Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Main drivers Between 1995 and 2021, total PM10 emissions dropped by 47%. The Main Drivers for PMsub>10 emissions are Fuel Combustion (NFR 1.A) with 48% of total 1995 emissions and a 59% reduction between 1995 and 2021 and as a sum the

emission_trends_sulfur_dioxide

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Explanation of Key Trends - Sulfur Dioxide Obligations Under the terms of the UN ECE Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Control (CLTRAP, 1979), the Federal Republic of Germany was obliged by the UN ECE Helsinki Protocol to reduce its annual sulphur emissions by at least 30% by 1993, as compared to 1980 levels. In 1993, the SO

emission_trends_total_suspended_particulate_matter

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Explanation of Key Trends - Total Suspended Particulate Matter Main drivers Between 1990 and 2021, total TSP emissions dropped by 83.6%, mainly due to stricter regulations of the Old West Germany that applied to the New German Länder after the German Reunification and realized a change-over from solid to gaseous and liquid fuel, as well as advancements in filter technologies of combustion plants and industrial processes.

start

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Chapter 2 - Explanation of Key Trends This chapter features tabular and graphical representations of emissions and emission trends for CO, NMVOC, NOx, SO2, NH3, TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and Black Carbon. The covered time scale stretches from 1990 to the latest reporting year for data and further back for general explanation. Emission are listed as totals here and detailed by NFR source category in the pollutant-specific subsections, these also include summaries of the main drivers for the pollutant i…

state-of-pop-inventory

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State of the German POP inventory [Illustration POP inventory] Generally, and despite a lot of improvements implemented in recent years, the German POP inventory is still incomplete. There are some source categories missing, in particular those where data availability is an issue. Measurement data for POP emission factors is hard to come by, and where available these are regularly annotated with high uncertainties. Moreover, creating consistent time series for POP emission factors is challengin…