CAMBIO CLIMATICO

PRIMERA COMUNICACIÓN NACIONAL
Aggregate emissions in equivalents of CO 2 of the principal direct greenhouse effect
gases (from gross emissions). Dominican Republic, 1990 and 1994.
Gas
Gas Emisión Emission
(Gg CO -e) (Gg CO-e) Relative contribution (%)
1990 2 1994 2 1990
1) Emissions and absorptions resulting from land-use change and forestry were not considered. AE – aggregate emissions.
Relative contribution (%)
1994
CO 2 8 716.66 15 003.05 69.2 73.4
CH 4 3 039.54 4 659.9 24.1 22.8
N 2 O 840.1 778.1 6.7 3.8
EA 12 596.21 20 441.05 100 100
reflect their contribution to possible future warming,
the Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are
used; in other words, the emissions of methane
(CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N2O) that have, respectively,
a potential for atmospheric warming 21
times and 310 times greater that those of CO 2 .
As noted in the table, between 1990 and 1994,
CO 2 increased its relative contribution to warming,
while the contribution of methane was
reduced slightly and that of N2O was reduced by
almost half.
1.3.5 Emissions Per Capita
The following table shows the results obtained
from calculating emissions per capita for 1990
and 1994, or from gross and net emissions. As
noted, the results obtained differ markedly for
each analysis conducted.
As noted, in 1990 each inhabitant of the country, on
average, emitted 1.23 t CO 2 /year if emissions and
absorptions from land-use change and forestry are
not considered. If these are included, the emission
per capita is reduced notably, something that is a
result of the fact that in this module, in net form,
removals, not emissions, of CO 2 are produced. A
similar situation occurs in 1994. The increase in the
values of the emission per capita of CO 2 between
1990 and 1994 should be noted, although these
values are among the typical values of the countries
that do not make a significant contribution to the
emissions of this greenhouse effect gas.
1.4 VULNERABILITY AND
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
CHANGE
At the national level and in compliance with the
program of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change, and as a measure for addressing
the worldwide increases in greenhouse effect
gases and the adverse effects of climate change,
the Dominican Republic conducted a study of
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
in the areas of water resources, coastal zones,
agriculture, forestry, and health.
Emissions per capita of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), carbon (C) and carbon dioxide
equivalents (CO 2 -e). Dominican Republic, 1990 and 1994.
1990 1994
t CO 2 /person t CO 2-e/person t CO 2/person t CO 2-e/person
Excluding land- use change and forestry 2 1.23 1.77 1.95 2.66
Including land-use change and forestry 3 0.819" -- 1.1 --
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