Per capita emissions increased 36% since 2000, reaching 1.58 tCO2e in 2010. In this sense, Belo Horizonte’s GHG Emissions Reduction Plan will define specific actions from multiple sectors of local society to pursue means of inverting the current trend of growing emissions. Automotive gasoline has always been the major source of GHG since 2000, and accounted for 37% of total emissions in 2010. Without a feasible substitute for gasoline and with no oriented actions to discourage the use of private light vehicles, the automotive gasoline might continue to be the main GHG precursor in Belo Horizonte for next years. Diesel, mostly used in the highway freight and buses, is the second major GHG precursor in the city. This fuel is also used for electric and thermal energy generation in stationary equipment in commercial and institutional activities. In waste treatment, there was a significant emission reduction in 2010, when the biogas thermoelectric power plant at the Solid Waste Treatment Centre located at road BR-040 begun its operation. But with regards to emission from jet fuel combustion, it presented a significant growth, especially in the last years (2007 to 2010), bringing jet fuel to third main GHG precursor in Belo Horizonte. This emission increment is a result of the increase of Confins International Airport operations, which serves primarily the public of Belo Horizonte but also works as one of the key air hubs in Brazil.
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This 2º GHG Inventory updates information raised by the first work completed in 2009 which covered municipal GHG emissions for the 2000-2007 period and served as basis for setting the target of 20% reduction on per capita emissions below 2007 until 2030, which means a target rate of 1.05 tCO2e per capita. But it was found that Belo Horizonte increased in 45% its total greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2010, due to economic growth along with per capita income growth. The major GHG emission source in 2010 was in the transportation sector (71% of the emissions), followed by the energy use in stationary sources (19%) and by sewage and solid waste treatment (10%). The city’s total emissions increased mostly due to an increase of emissions from automotive gasoline (increase of 50% in the period), jet fuel (298% increase), natural gas (77% increase) and electricity (36% increase), that is, energetic inputs related to transportation and to infrastructure of service.
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Vasco de Oliveira Araujo Secretário de Meio Ambiente Coordenador do Comitê sobre Mudanças Climáticas e Ecoeficiência
Secretaria de Meio Ambiente Av . Afonso Pena 4000 - 6º andar Belo Horizonte/MG - Brasil – CEP 30.130-009 Tel: + 55 31 3277 5200 - www.pbh.gov.br
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Emissions from Natural Gas consumption increased between 2000 and 2010 and since then have shown to be stabilizing. Natural gas presents a good expanding potential for the commercial/institutional sector, and may eventually substitute diesel, fuel oil and LPG in stationary power systems for electricity and heat. Regarding the growing demand for electricity, changes in national electric matrix have major influence over this component in municipal level since almost all electricity consumed in Belo Horizonte is produced outside its geopolitical boundaries. These results confirm the expectations that the Municipal GHG Emissions Reduction Plan should be strongly based in actions related to urban mobility in order to address the main GHG emissions sources in the city. Other sectors also need to be enrolled, since other interesting opportunities may be found in solid waste treatment and in residential, commercial and institutional energy consumption.
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2º INVENTÁRIO DE EMISSÃO DE GASES DE EFEITO ESTUFA ATUALIZAÇÃO 2007/2010 PERÍODO DE REFERÊNCIA: 2000 A 2010