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The latest estimations of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases (GHG) are presented based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodology and in line with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. After a short methodological introduction, the whole time-series of emissions between 1985 and 2008 is analyzed and key drivers of the underlying trends are provided. To better understand the Hungarian emission trends, the time interval of the inventory is split into three periods with different emission-relevant economic processes in the background. The transition from a centrally planned economy to a free market one in Hungary in 1989–1990 caused significant reduction in emissions; then, after a period of about 14 years of relatively stagnant emission level (1992–2005), GHG emissions fell again quite significantly, by 8.4%, between 2005 and 2008.
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Kis-Kovács, G., Lovas, K., Nagy, E., Tarczay, K., 2010: Greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Hungary based on IPCC methodology — Methodological introduction and overall trends in anthropogenic emissions in Hungary. In: Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective (Ed.: Haszpra, L.), pp. 333–344.
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Kis-Kovács, G., Lovas, K., Nagy, E., Tarczay, K. (2011). Methodological Introduction and Overall Trends in Anthropogenic Emissions in Hungary. In: Haszpra, L. (eds) Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9950-1_14
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