Key Category Analysis PM2.5

The tables below show detailed information on how the key categories for PM2.5 were calculated.

Level

Source Emissions in 2012 (Gg) Proportion PM2.5
1.A.4.b.i Residential: Stationary plants 29.21 26.09% 26.09%
2.G Other production, consumption, storage, transportation or handling of bulk products 11.08 9.89% 35.98%
3.D.3 Other product use 10.19 9.10% 45.08%
1.A.1.a Public Electricity and Heat Production 9.30 8.31% 53.38%
1.A.3.b.vi Road Transport:, Automobile tyre and brake wear 6.83 6.10% 59.48%
1.A.4.c.ii Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing: Off-road Vehicles and Other Machinery 6.53 5.84% 65.32%
1.A.3.b.i Road Transport:, Passenger cars 5.56 4.96% 70.28%
1.A.3.b.vii Road Transport:, Automobile road abrasion 3.84 3.43% 73.71%
1.A.3.b.iii Road Transport:, Heavy duty vehicles 3.57 3.19% 76.90%
2.C.1 Iron and Steel Production 2.27 2.02% 78.92%
1.A.3.b.ii Road Transport:, Light duty vehicles 2.09 1.87% 80,79%
1.A.2.f.i Stationary Combustion in Manufacturing Industries and Construction: Other 2.06 1.84% 82.63%
1.A.2.f.ii Mobile Combustion in Manufacturing Industries and Construction 1.79 1.60% 84.23%
1.A.4.a.i Commercial / Institutional: Stationary 1.69 1.51% 85.73%
4.B.1.a Cattle Dairy 1.55 1.38% 87.11%
2.A.1 Cement Production 1.46 1.30% 88.42%
4.B.8 Swine 1.41 1.26% 89.67%
4.B.1.b Cattle Non-Dairy 1.30 1.16% 90.83%
2.A.7.a Quarrying and mining of minerals other than coal 1.03 0.92% 91.75%
1.A.4.c.i Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing: Stationary 0.90 0.80% 92.55%
2.A.7.d Other Mineral products 0.86 0.77% 93.32%
4.D.2.a Farm-level agricultural operations including storage, handling and transport of agricultural products 0.72 0.64% 93.96%
1.A.1.b Petroleum refining 0.71 0.63% 94,59%
1.B.1.a Fugitive emission from Solid Fuels: Coal Mining and Handling 0.70 0.62% 95,21%

Trend

Source Emissions in 1995 (Gg) Emissions in 2012 (Gg) Contribution to trend PM2.5
1.A.3.b.iii Road Transport:, Heavy duty vehicles 20.57 3.57 16.23% 16.23%
1.A.3.b.i Road Transport:, Passenger cars 16.91 5.56 11.62% 27.85%
1.A.4.b.i Residential: Stationary plants 22.41 29.21 9.98% 37.82%
1.A.4.c.ii Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing: Off-road Vehicles and Other Machinery 13.66 6.53 8.04% 48.87%
2.C.1 Iron and Steel Production 9.74 2.27 7.31% 53.17%
1.A.1.a Public Electricity and Heat Production 13.99 9.30 6.53% 59.70%
1.A.4.a.i Commercial / Institutional: Stationary 6.03 1.69 4.34% 64.04%
1.A.2.f.ii Mobile Combustion in Manufacturing Industries and Construction 5.49 1.79 3.78% 67.82%
1.A.3.b.ii Road Transport:, Light duty vehicles 5.35 2.09 3.46% 71.27%
2.G Other production, consumption, storage, transportation or handling of bulk products 11.23 11.08 2.87% 74.14%
3.D.3 Other product use 10.35 10.19 2.66% 76.80%
1.A.1.c Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries 3.01 0.29 2.52% 79.32%
2.A.1 Cement Production 3.72 1.46 2.40% 81.72%
1.A.2.f.i Stationary Combustion in Manufacturing Industries and Construction: Other 3.79 2.06 2.07% 83.79%
1.A.3.b.vi Road Transport:, Automobile tyre and brake wear 5.95 6.83 2.04% 85.84%
2.A.7.d Other Mineral products 2.37 0.86 1.58% 87.41%
1.A.1.b Petroleum refining 2.19 0.71 1.51% 88.92%
1.A.3.b.vii Road Transport:, Automobile road abrasion 3.37 3.84 1.14% 90.05%
2.C.3 Aluminium Production 1.50 0.40 1.09% 91.15%
1.A.3.c Railways 1.35 0.30 1.02% 92.17%
1.A.5.b Other, Mobile (Including military, land based and recreational boats) 0.99 0.12 0.82% 92.99%
4.B.1.b Cattle Non-Dairy 1.76 1.30 0.74% 93.73%
4.B.1.a Cattle Dairy 1.86 1.55 0.67% 94.39%
2.A.7.a Quarrying and mining of minerals other than coal 1.47 1.03 0.66% 95.05%
Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License

SSL configuration warning

This site has been configured to use only SSL (HTTPS) secure connection. SSL is available only for Pro+ premium accounts.

If you are the master administrator of this site, please either upgrade your account to enable secure access. You can also disable SSL access in the Site Manager for this site.