Croatia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2012 in line with EU policy. Key measures to achieve this include increasing renewable energy sources such as wind, biomass, and hydropower, improving energy efficiency in industry and buildings, and developing sustainable transport options. Long-term goals beyond 2012 involve stabilizing emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy through greater renewable energy usage, energy efficiency, connecting to the EU emissions trading system, and potential future measures such as carbon capture and storage or nuclear energy.
2. Climate Change UNFCCC CONVENTION The issue of changes in the Earth’s climate is considered a predominant environmental concern of the 21 st century The issue of climate change at t he global level is addressed by the UNFCC Convention, accepted at the Rio de Janeiro Summit in 1992 The basic principle of the UNFCCC: “ The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities.” Today - 190 Parties have ratified UNFCCC
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7. GHG Emission Inventory Reporting Energy Sector: CO2 emission by energy subsectors for period 1990.-2004. (Gg CO2) GHG emissions and removals in Croatia by sectors, 1990.-2004.(Gg CO2-eq)
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10. Scenario for 2012 with projections till 2020 "No measures" scenario "With measures" scenario base year Kyoto target (base year x 0.95)
11. Emission reduction by sectors in respect to Kyoto target, in 2010 Kyoto target Industry –processes Waste Management Other Transport Public buildings Households Fuel combustion – Industry Power plants
12. Emission reduction due to energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy sources (RES) in 2010 Kyoto target Other Renewables Energy Efficiency
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Editor's Notes
Referring to these lines, I would say that it is an imperative to break that strong correlation between growth (usually expressed as GDP per capita) and energy consumption or CO 2 emission. For a moment the factor between these two variables (GDP vs .CO 2 ) is 1 in Croatia, which is unsustainable in the longer run. Croatia has finally ratified the Kyoto protocol last month after four years of negotiations, mainly about the GHG emission level in the base year. By doing that Croatia has taken obligation to reduce its overall GHG emissions by at least 5% below the 1990 level during the commitment period 2008-2012. In order to reach that goal Croatia will have to implement different cost-effective measures such as: use of renewable energy sources, basically wind power, biomass, solar energy; Increase of energy efficiency in industry, service and building sector together with use of high-efficient cogeneration. The good news is that the Ministry of economy and UNDP Croatia have started work on the Master plan of energy efficiency of the Republic of Croatia in which the main goal is energy end use saving of 9% by 2016; also recently, with the Ordinance on the percentage of biofuels in total fuels and the quantity of biofuels that should be put in domestic market in 2007 the Government prescribed that 0.9% of the total energy consumption should be replaced by biofuels which equals 22,000 tons of biodiesel (or other biofuels respectively). The goal is to have 5.75% of biofuels by 2010. Of course other environmentally friendly fuels are also welcome like compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.
Referring to these lines, I would say that it is an imperative to break that strong correlation between growth (usually expressed as GDP per capita) and energy consumption or CO 2 emission. For a moment the factor between these two variables (GDP vs .CO 2 ) is 1 in Croatia, which is unsustainable in the longer run. Croatia has finally ratified the Kyoto protocol last month after four years of negotiations, mainly about the GHG emission level in the base year. By doing that Croatia has taken obligation to reduce its overall GHG emissions by at least 5% below the 1990 level during the commitment period 2008-2012. In order to reach that goal Croatia will have to implement different cost-effective measures such as: use of renewable energy sources, basically wind power, biomass, solar energy; Increase of energy efficiency in industry, service and building sector together with use of high-efficient cogeneration. The good news is that the Ministry of economy and UNDP Croatia have started work on the Master plan of energy efficiency of the Republic of Croatia in which the main goal is energy end use saving of 9% by 2016; also recently, with the Ordinance on the percentage of biofuels in total fuels and the quantity of biofuels that should be put in domestic market in 2007 the Government prescribed that 0.9% of the total energy consumption should be replaced by biofuels which equals 22,000 tons of biodiesel (or other biofuels respectively). The goal is to have 5.75% of biofuels by 2010. Of course other environmentally friendly fuels are also welcome like compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.
Referring to these lines, I would say that it is an imperative to break that strong correlation between growth (usually expressed as GDP per capita) and energy consumption or CO 2 emission. For a moment the factor between these two variables (GDP vs .CO 2 ) is 1 in Croatia, which is unsustainable in the longer run.