Environmental Accounts For 1995-2002

Environmental Accounts published today show that:

• Greenhouse gas emissions in 2002 were 29% higher than the 1990 levels which is a slight improvement on the 2001 level of 31% above.

In 2002 the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sectors were the highest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions with 28.5% (29.2% in 2001) of the total followed by the Industrial sector at 21.3% (20.5% in 2001) and Transport at 18.2% (17.9% in 2001).

• Acid rain precursor emissions fell by 13.6% in the period 1995 to 2002.

This fifth set of accounts contain minor revisions to the previous publication, which gave details for 1994-2001.

The publication can be purchased from:

Central Statistics Office, Information Section, Skehard Road, Cork or
Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Price € 10.00
CSO on the Web – http://www.cso.ie/publications/enviracc.pdf(PDF 151KB) (entire text including tables)

For further information contact:
Jim Dunne
Central Statistics Office, Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6.
Phone: 01-498 4209 or 021-453 5000
Fax: 01-498 4362
LoCall: 1890 313 414

August 2004

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