CAMBIO CLIMATICO

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA 2003
October of 1998 before the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change, assuming the
commitments in accordance with Article 12 of
this Convention.
1.3 NATIONAL INVENTORY OF
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND SINKS:
1990-1994
The first inventory in the Dominican Republic was
made for the years 1990 and 1994, following the
1996 Good Practice Guidance and the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The reports of the inventory for these years address
the estimation of the main direct greenhouse gases,
such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH4), and
nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as the indirect greenhouse
gases recommended in the Revised
Guidelines (IPCC-OECD-IEA), such as carbon
monoxide (CO), nitrogenous oxides (NOX), nonmethane
volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs),
and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Since the necessary information
was not available for these inventory
reports, the estimates of the emissions of the following
direct greenhouse effect gases were not
made: hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons
(PFCs), and sulfur hexaflouride (SF6).
1.3.1 National Emissions, years 1990
and 1994
1.3.2 Gross emissions, 1990 and 1994
The results for gross emissions obtained for
these years are as follows:
Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced emissions of 8
690.81 in 1990 and 15 003.05 in 1994. As noted,
in these years the largest proportion of the emissions
came from CO 2 , with 95.6% in 1990 and
93.7% in 1994; the increases in emissions of CO 2
and CO are associated with the increase in the burning
of fuels for energy observed during this period.
The rest of the gases constituted a smaller proportion
of the emissions; for example, those of
methane (CH4) were 144.74 for 1990 and 221.9
for 1994; those of nitrous oxide (N2O) were 2.71
for 1990 and 2.51 for 1994; those of nitrogenous
oxides (NOX) were 54.11 for 1990 and 77.9 for
1994; carbon monoxide (CO) was 351.04 for 1990
and 510.23 for 1994. Of the non-methane volatile
organic compounds (NMVOCs), emissions were
65.22 and 75.46 for 1994, and for sulfur dioxide
(SO2), 76.73 for 1990 and 116.74 for 1994.
As noted, in these years the largest proportion of
emissions came from CO 2 , with 95.6% in 1990
and 93.7% in 1994; the increases in emissions of
CO 2 and CO are associated with the increase in
the burning of fuels for energy observed during
this period. The rest of the gases constitute a
smaller proportion of the emissions.
1.3.3 Net Emissions
The total gross greenhouse emissions/absorptions
by gases and sectors for the years 1990
and 1994 (sic). The largest proportion is represented
by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), 3049.59 for
1990 and 8369.48 for 1994. As with gross emissions,
CO 2 made up the largest proportion of
these, with 80.4% for 1990 and 88.8% for 1994.
Its relative weight in emissions increased during
these years due to the increase noted in the
burning of fossil fuels for energy. On the other
hand, methane (CH 4 ) produced emissions of
149.59 in 1990 and 227.45 in 1994. Nitrous
oxide (N2O) produced emissions of 2.74 in 1990
and 2.55 in 1994; nitrogenous oxides (NOX)
55.31 in 1990 and 79.27 in 1994, carbon
monoxide (CO) in 1990 produced 393.47 and in
1994 558.82; the non-methane volatile organic
compounds (NMVOCs) produced 65.22 and
75.46 for 1994; sulfur dioxide (SO2) was 77.06
for 1990 and 116.34 for 1994.
1.3.4 Relative Contribution to Global
Warming. Aggregate Emissions
of CO 2 Equivalents (CO 2 -e)
The different gases do not contribute to the same
degree to the increase in the greenhouse effect. To
express GEG emissions based on equivalents that
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