A Climate for Change

(^246) Human Development Report - Croatia 2008
1990 baseline GHG emission levels negotiated under the Kyoto Protocols (Mt) 36.0
Change in CO 2 e emissions excluding LULUFC (%) (1990-2006) -5.2
Change in CO 2 e emissions including LULUFC (%) (1990-2006) -17.7
Change in CO 2 e emissions excluding LULUFC (%) (1990 official baseline -2006) -14.4
Change in CO 2 e emissions including LULUFC (%) (1990 official baseline -2006) -35.3
Carbon equivalent intensity of growth (CO 2 e emissions excluding LULUFC per unit of
GDP – kt of CO 2 e per million 2000 PPP USD)
-- 0.56
Carbon equivalent intensity of energy (CO 2 e emissions excluding LULUCF per unit of
energy use - kg of CO 2 e per GJ)
85.3 75.0
Carbon equivalent intensity of growth (CO 2 e emissions including LULUFC per unit of
GDP - kt of CO 2 e per million 2000 PPP USD)
-- 0.43
Carbon equivalent intensity of energy (CO 2 e emissions including LULUCF per unit of
energy use - kg of CO 2 e per GJ)
74.3 56,7
Carbon dioxide emissionst 1990 2006
Total Carbon dioxide emissions (Mt CO 2 ) 24.1 23.7
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (t CO 2 ) 5.0 5.3
Change in CO 2 emissions (%) (1990-2006) -1.7
Share of world total of CO 2 emissions (%)u 0.1v 0.1w
Carbon intensity of growth (CO 2 emissions per unit of GDP - kt of CO 2 per million
2000 PPP USD)
0.52ll, v 0.43
Carbon intensity of energy (CO 2 emissions per unit of energy use - kg of CO 2 per GJ) 63.3 57.7
Carbon dioxide emissions from forest biomass (Mt CO 2 /year) (1990-2005)x -10.8
Carbon stocks in forest biomass (Mt Carbon) (2005)y 192.4
Forest areaz
% of total land area (2005) 38.2
Total (thousand square km) (2005) 21.4
Total change (thousand square km) (1990-2005) 0.2
Average annual change (1990-2005) 0.1
Transport sector 1990 2006
Registered passenger cars 852,585aa 1,435,781bb
Number of cars (per 1000 people) 178.4 323.4
Motor gasoline consumption per capita (kg) 131.0cc 160.2dd
Diesel fuel consumption per capita (kg) -- 321.4ee
Final energy demand in transport (PJ)ff 42.5w 84.9
Of that – final energy demand in road transport (PJ and % of (total) final energy
demand in transport)gg
36.5w 85.9% 77.0 90.7%
Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from the transport sector (Mt)hh 4.27 6.23
Of that – CO 2 e emissions from road transport (Mt CO 2 e and % of (total) CO 2 e
emissions from the transport sector)ii
3.64 85.2% 5.84 93.7%
Status of major international environmental treaties jj year of ratification
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000) 2002
Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) 1996
Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997) 2007 kk
Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) 1996
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1988) 1992
Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (1989) 1992
Statistical Indicators