REVIEW REPORT FOR NEW ZEALAND (EXAMPLE)

A. Sector overview

22. The energy sector is the second largest contributor of New Zealand’s GHG emissions. In 2004, emissions from the energy sector (31,663.32 Gg CO₂ equivalent) constituted 42.1 per cent of the total national GHG emissions. It is the fastest growing sector; the emissions in 2004 were 34.2 per cent above the 1990 level. The categories contributing most to this increase are CO₂ emissions from road transportation and public electricity and heat production. The analyses carried out by the Party and the secretariat both identified seven key categories, namely: six categories for CO₂ (solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels from stationary combustion, road transportation, civil aviation, and oil and natural gas) and CH₄ emissions from road transportation that were identified as key categories only by the trend assessment. CO₂ fugitive emissions from geothermal operations have been identified as a key category only in the Party’s trend assessment.

23. The CRF tables contain emission estimates for all direct and indirect GHGs from the majority of the categories of the energy sector. Fuel combustion emissions in manufacturing industries and construction are only disaggregated for iron and steel and chemicals. For manufacturing industries and construction category, it is recommended that New Zealand revise the use of notation keys to differentiate between non-occurring subcategories and those that have been included elsewhere (“IE”). Certain subcategories under fugitive emissions were reported as “NE,” based on expert opinion. Some data is reported as confidential in 1.A.2.c (chemicals) and 1.B.2.b.iii (natural gas transmission). The ERT encourages New Zealand to reconsider whether it is necessary to maintain data confidentiality in the CRF tables and, if this is the case, to provide additional information in the NIR to facilitate the review, for example indexed or relative information.