Component 19: Damage costs of GHG emissions

Definition

The component encompasses the annual external damage costs due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These include emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O),  hydrofluorocarbons (HFWK), perfluorohydrocarbons (PFKW) and sulphur hexafluoride  (SF₆) as listed in the Kyoto protocol. They are converted into CO₂ equivalents (in prices of 2010).

Effect on the NWI:

Description and meaning of the component

The present ways of production and living especially in industrialized countries causes GHG emissions on a large scale (primarily through the combustion of fossil fuels but also through factory farming, for example) that are absorbed by the atmosphere.

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Development of the component

Damage costs of GHG emissions

(in prices of 2010)

billion Euro

source: Umweltbundesamt, graphic account by FEST/FFU