Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8117303 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2015 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
GHG footprint (Aggregation of Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of GHG's) of Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Greater Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are found to be 38,633.2Â Gg, 22,783.08Â Gg, 14,812.10Â Gg, 22,090.55Â Gg, 19,796.5Â Gg, 13,734.59Â Gg and 91,24.45Â Gg CO2 eq., respectively. The major contributors sectors are transportation sector (contributing 32%, 17.4%, 13.3%, 19.5%, 43.5%, 56.86% and 25%), domestic sector (contributing 30.26%, 37.2%, 42.78%, 39%, 21.6%, 17.05% and 27.9%) and industrial sector (contributing 7.9%, 7.9%, 17.66%, 20.25%, 12.31%, 11.38% and 22.41%) of the total emissions in Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Greater Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, respectively. Chennai emits 4.79Â t of CO2 equivalent emissions per capita, the highest among all the cities followed by Kolkata which emits 3.29Â t of CO2 equivalent emissions per capita. Also Chennai emits the highest CO2 equivalent emissions per GDP (2.55Â t CO2 eq./Lakh Rs.) followed by Greater Bangalore which emits 2.18Â t CO2 eq./Lakh Rs.
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Authors
T.V. Ramachandra, Bharath H. Aithal, K. Sreejith,