Greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong was recorded at 39 MtCO2eq in 2021. The indicator recorded a year-on-year growth of 16.6% in 2021 and between 2010 and 2021, the indicator decreased by 3.4%. Greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong was highest in the year 2014 and lowest in the year 2020, between 2010 and 2021.
According to GlobalData, the countries that had the highest greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 include China, the United States, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Canada, and Germany.
Countries with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions include Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta, Sweden, Luxembourg, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Latvia, Slovenia and Estonia.
In 2021, Hong Kong, Turkey, Romania, Chile, Hungary, Bulgaria and Mexico had the highest year-on-year growth of their greenhouse gas emissions. Sweden, Luxembourg, Monaco, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine were some of the countries with the lowest year-on-year growth of its greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.
Chile, India, Turkey, Lithuania, Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, and China had the highest growth in its greenhouse gas emissions between 2010 and 2021. Sweden, Costa Rica, Finland, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Greece, Denmark and Spain had the lowest growth in its greenhouse gas emissions between 2010 and 2021.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are one of the main causes of rising global warming. A substantial amount of greenhouse gases emitted by burning oil, fossil fuels, and other sources include CO2, methane, and NOx. It has become increasingly vital for major contributing industries to record greenhouse gas emissions throughout operations, as corporate GHG emissions have increased.
GHG emissions are generally classified into Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. Scope 1 emissions are direct GHG emissions that occur from sources that are owned or controlled by the company. Scope 2 (Indirect GHG emissions) accounts for GHG emissions from the purchased or acquired electricity. Scope 3 refers to the company's other indirect emissions beyond the company’s direct operations and occur in the company’s value chain, such as upstream transportation and distribution, business travel and purchased goods and services.
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