Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
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Total national emissions
1990-1994 56.3622 1995-1999 62.9112 2000-2004 68.8662 2005-2009 67.0712 0 2010 61.233 2011 57.106 2012 57.736 2013 57.615 2014 57.316 2015 59.426 2016 61.546
In 2016, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions were 61.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. This was a reduction compared with the peak average annual emissions of 68.9 million tonnes in 2000-2004, but 3.6% higher than in 2015.
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In 2015 Ireland ranked 19th out of 28 EU Member States and in terms of total greenhouse gas emissions relative to the base year of 2005. Latvia had the highest level of greenhouse gas emissions relative to 2005 at 100.2, while Greece had the lowest at 70.7.
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Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per capita
Sweden 5.7 Croatia 5.8 Malta 5.8 Romania 5.9 Latvia 5.9 Hungary 6.3 Lithuania 7 Portugal 7 France 7.1 Italy 7.3 Spain 7.5 Slovakia 7.6 Slovenia 8.2 United Kingdom 8.3 Bulgaria 8.7 EU 8.8 Denmark 9 Greece 9.1 Austria 9.4 Poland 10.2 Finland 10.5 Cyprus 10.7 Belgium 10.8 Germany 11.4 Netherlands 12.2 Czech Republic 12.3 Ireland 13.2 Estonia 13.8 Luxembourg 20.4
Ireland had the third highest emissions of greenhouse gases per capita in the EU in 2015 at 13.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita. Ireland’s emissions were 50% higher than the EU average of 8.8 tonnes. Estonia and Luxembourg had the highest levels of CO2 emissions per capita in 2015 at 13.8 and 20.4 tonnes respectively.
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The share of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) in total greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland increased from an average of 60% in 1990-1994 to 69% in 2005-2009, before falling to 65% in 2016.
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Energy Residential Industry, Commercial and Public Services Agriculture Transport Waste and F-Gases
1990-1994 21.7408759671876 12.4093945380265 16.4682256423946 36.3677855436882 9.90014410011274 0.519799513962836 1995-1999 23.5221795798758 10.2960802809972 15.7475317380594 12.7540106793295 34.3660089399795 3.31418878175865 2000-2004 23.882432297926 9.77506931086335 16.1615754019984 16.7757238207778 29.5805547165654 3.82464445186901 2005-2009 21.9838652179021 10.8382089217805 15.4737908599204 20.1056084001574 28.5822650996511 3.01626150058849 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 21.9455282275869 12.7398764603234 13.4880016149393 30.5310457987853 18.8285832773134 2.46696462105168 2011 21.0689674638897 11.57447624857 13.2839818100591 31.6116724468248 19.6479661972171 2.8129358334392 2012 22.2812245636307 10.7945769679202 13.6018112317654 31.9365283496716 18.7689576503464 2.61690123666581 2013 19.8775302367391 11.1002038161045 13.2802304372487 33.4219489332666 19.2066647195197 3.11342185712128 2014 19.5986522017835 10.0243957008643 13.8110198731721 33.2167881637853 19.7972050645522 3.55193899584274 2015 19.9315767293788 10.1661861883045 13.9871191962682 32.5173750059129 19.8785844256601 3.51915845447548 2016 20.4021949601726 9.8244737001427 13.9283007544135 32.2545192471206 19.9752875929032 3.61522374524738
Agriculture was the sector with the largest greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland in 2016 with 32% of the total.
The transport share of greenhouse gas emission increased from an annual average of 10% in 1990-1994 to 20% in 2016, while the share of the energy sector remained stable over the 1990-2016 period at around 20%.
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year Annual mean temperature Temperature estimates
1900 9.326 9.11386310041516 1901 9.128 9.13408974947947 1902 9.172 9.15431639854378 1903 9.116 9.1745430476081 1904 9.078 9.19476969667241 1905 9.298 9.21499634573673 1906 9.298 9.23522299480104 1907 9 9.25544964386535 1908 9.672 9.27567629292966 1909 8.898 9.29590294199398 1910 9.148 9.31610071184166 1911 9.61 9.33629848168934 1912 9.162 9.35533601208821 1913 9.39 9.37437354248708 1914 9.594 9.39341107288595 1915 8.95 9.40936898947583 1916 9.284 9.4253269060657 1917 8.754 9.43811912689583 1918 9.504 9.45091134772595 1919 8.726 9.46053787279631 1920 9.504 9.47016439786668 1921 10.466 9.47712182186389 1922 8.978 9.48407924586111 1923 9.2 9.48964996427055 1924 9.386 9.49522068267999 1925 9.116 9.50057847527592 1926 9.82 9.50593626787185 1927 9.368 9.51129406046778 1928 9.566 9.51665185306371 1929 9.44 9.52200964565964 1930 9.188 9.52736743825557 1931 9.522 9.5327252308515 1932 9.71 9.53808302344743 1933 10.044 9.54344081604336 1934 10.004 9.54879860863929 1935 9.602 9.55415640123522 1936 9.596 9.55951419383115 1937 9.468 9.56487198642708 1938 9.992 9.57022977902301 1939 9.758 9.57558757161894 1940 9.706 9.58094536421487 1941 9.344 9.5863031568108 1942 9.586 9.59166094940673 1943 10.146 9.59701874200266 1944 9.924 9.60237653459859 1945 10.65 9.60773432719452 1946 9.626 9.61309211979045 1947 9.56 9.61844991238638 1948 10.102 9.6238077049823 1949 10.626 9.62916549757824 1950 9.522 9.63452329017416 1951 9.278 9.63988108277009 1952 9.42 9.64523887536602 1953 10.122 9.65059666796195 1954 9.47 9.65595446055788 1955 9.654 9.66131225315381 1956 9.442 9.66667004574974 1957 10.07 9.67202783834567 1958 9.724 9.6773856309416 1959 10.436 9.68259507397261 1960 9.662 9.68780451700361 1961 9.852 9.69204781521997 1962 9.058 9.69629111343633 1963 8.84 9.69867479690512 1964 9.756 9.7010584803739 1965 9.14 9.70123656189661 1966 9.634 9.70141464341933 1967 9.516 9.69938712299598 1968 9.52 9.69735960257262 1969 9.276 9.6934724674017 1970 9.572 9.68958533223077 1971 10.066 9.68468260239022 1972 9.116 9.67977987254967 1973 9.774 9.67487714270912 1974 9.398 9.66987551315862 1975 10.024 9.66487388360812 1976 9.814 9.65987225405762 1977 9.438 9.65487062450712 1978 9.576 9.65019011146504 1979 8.802 9.64550959842296 1980 9.456 9.64082908538087 1981 9.52 9.63944609681524 1982 9.744 9.63806310824961 1983 10.014 9.64271808476034 1984 9.642 9.64737306127107 1985 9.154 9.6609989091108 1986 8.756 9.67462475695053 1987 9.394 9.68825060479026 1988 9.802 9.71050515499602 1989 10.218 9.73275970520178 1990 10.27 9.75977680943677 1991 9.776 9.78679391367176 1992 9.768 9.81536286160205 1993 9.58 9.84393180953235 1994 9.858 9.87256608721101 1995 10.464 9.90120036488966 1996 9.552 9.92983464256831 1997 10.646 9.95846892024696 1998 10.43 9.98710319792562 1999 10.41 10.0157374756043 2000 10.02 10.0443717532829 2001 9.952 10.0730060309616 2002 10.424 10.1016403086402 2003 10.492 10.1302745863189 2004 10.45 10.1589088639975 2005 10.582 10.1875431416762 2006 10.676 10.2161774193548 2007 10.826 10.2448116970335 2008 10.146 10.2734459747121 2009 10.202 10.3020802523908 2010 9.18 10.3307145300694 2011 10.428 10.3593488077481 2012 10.082 10.3879830854268 2013 10.074 10.4166173631054 2014 10.562 10.4452516407841 2015 9.946 10.4738859184627 2016 10.352 10.5025201961414
Average annual mean surface air temperatures in Ireland increased gradually from 9.3o Celsius in 1900 to 10.4o Celsius in 2016. The warmest year was 2007 with an annual mean surface temperature of 10.8o Celsius and the coldest year was 1919 with an annual mean surface air temperature of 8.7o Celsius.
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year Annual rainfall Rainfall estimates
1900 1204.9 1041.755 1901 1026 1044.02034 1902 993 1046.28568 1903 1335.2 1048.55102 1904 1044.2 1050.81636 1905 931.9 1053.0817 1906 968.2 1055.34704 1907 1047.4 1057.61238 1908 1031.3 1059.87772 1909 959.5 1062.14306 1910 1128.2 1064.4084 1911 1019.3 1066.67374 1912 1123.9 1068.93908 1913 1117.6 1071.20442 1914 1123.3 1073.46976 1915 1070.7 1075.7351 1916 1193.5 1078.00044 1917 1020.5 1080.26578 1918 1141.8 1082.53112 1919 917.4 1084.79646 1920 1174.8 1087.0618 1921 897 1089.3217 1922 961 1091.5816 1923 1164.1 1093.71228 1924 1293.8 1095.84297 1925 1025.1 1097.57709 1926 1036.6 1099.31121 1927 1144.6 1100.32684 1928 1337.1 1101.34248 1929 1135 1102.35811 1930 1237.9 1102.62677 1931 1172 1102.89543 1932 1014.1 1102.66133 1933 821.1 1102.42723 1934 1104 1101.93192 1935 1024.7 1101.43661 1936 1109 1100.9012 1937 1097.8 1100.36578 1938 1203.4 1099.83036 1939 1037.1 1099.29495 1940 1119.6 1098.75953 1941 963.4 1098.22412 1942 1039.9 1097.6887 1943 1059.4 1097.15329 1944 1062.7 1096.61787 1945 1026.2 1096.08246 1946 1214.1 1095.54704 1947 1247.4 1095.01163 1948 1221.7 1094.47621 1949 972.9 1093.94079 1950 1170.4 1093.40538 1951 1171.1 1092.86996 1952 929.2 1092.33455 1953 896.9 1091.79913 1954 1241.5 1091.26372 1955 979 1090.7283 1956 1066.1 1090.19289 1957 1108.8 1089.65747 1958 1280.9 1089.12206 1959 1015.2 1088.58664 1960 1328.1 1088.05123 1961 1068.1 1087.51581 1962 1016.8 1086.98039 1963 1049.3 1086.44498 1964 1054.3 1085.90956 1965 1178.5 1085.40483 1966 1239.2 1084.90009 1967 1101 1084.59516 1968 1104 1084.29024 1969 940 1084.36989 1970 1053.1 1084.44955 1971 844.2 1085.1006 1972 1057.3 1085.75165 1973 978.8 1086.4027 1974 1137 1087.60335 1975 871.6 1088.804 1976 1010.7 1090.308 1977 1163.9 1091.81199 1978 1099.8 1093.41622 1979 1156.6 1095.02045 1980 1194.4 1096.62468 1981 1148.6 1098.23168 1982 1250.8 1099.83868 1983 1069 1101.44569 1984 1061.8 1103.05269 1985 1147.6 1104.65969 1986 1225.2 1106.26669 1987 1017.2 1107.8737 1988 1174.2 1109.4807 1989 1011.2 1111.0877 1990 1100.9 1112.69471 1991 1015.7 1114.30171 1992 1060.3 1115.90871 1993 1166.3 1117.51571 1994 1236.6 1119.12272 1995 1103.8 1120.72972 1996 1127.9 1122.49566 1997 1126.4 1124.26161 1998 1257.5 1127.06268 1999 1153.3 1129.86375 2000 1195.7 1135.24509 2001 924.7 1140.62644 2002 1393.3 1146.00778 2003 934.8 1154.35969 2004 1053.3 1162.71161 2005 1049.8 1173.31253 2006 1183.5 1183.91345 2007 1066.6 1196.25867 2008 1249.5 1208.60389 2009 1375.6 1220.94911 2010 988.5 1233.64453 2011 1274.2 1246.33996 2012 1312.4 1259.03909 2013 1195.1 1271.73822 2014 1394.1 1284.44021 2015 1503.6 1297.14219 2016 1175.1 1309.84418
The wettest year in the period 1900-2016 was 2015, when 1,504 millimetres (mm) of rain were recorded. The driest year in this period was 1933 when 821 mm of rain fell. In 2016, 1,175 mm of rain fell.
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