Unit: tonne
Source of data: Statistics Poland / Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection / Ministry of Climate and Environment
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
13.A.1 Emissions of carbon dioxide from plants especially noxious to air purity per capita
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 13. Climate action
Priority
Effective reduction of CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere
Definition
Total mass of carbon dioxide emitted per inhabitant from particularly burdensome plants in the surveyed year (as of 30 June of the surveyed year).
Unit
tonne
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Plants particularly burdensome for air cleanliness are so-called point sources of pollutant emissions, which include all organizational units determined by the then Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources on the basis of a certain amount of fees paid in 1986 for the annual emission of air pollutants at the rates specified in the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 13 January 1986 on fees for the economic use of the environment and introducing changes thereto (Journal of Laws No. Journal of Laws No 7, item 40, as amended). The set of reporting entities (establishments) established in this way is maintained annually, which, among other things, ensures continuity and comparability of audit results. This grouping may be increased only in special cases, e.g. by units newly launched or extended with a high threshold scale of pollutant emissions.
Emission of air pollutants - release of dust and gaseous pollutants into the atmosphere in the organized (through stationary point-sources) or unorganized manner (from dumps, landfills, during reloading of loose or volatile substances, through roof and window ventilation, due to forest fires, etc.).
Source of data
Statistics Poland / Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection / Ministry of Climate and Environment
