District Wise CO2 Emission for Maharashtra State Using AADMI Approach

Abstract

Fuel and electricity consumption pattern has been rising over the last several years in most of the districts of Maharashtra due to rise in per capita income. High fuel consumption leads to deterioration of environment, in terms of increasing CO₂ concentration, which is highly responsible for global warming and have impacted the state in terms of change in rainfall pattern and drought prone conditions. To minimize the associated impacts of global warming, steps are required to be taken to measure or estimate the concentration of CO₂ in atmosphere. With the help of emission inventory, one can quantify the concentration of CO₂ emissions. Emission inventory is a tool which accounts the amount of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere by various anthropogenic activities. Inventory consists of quantification of GHG_S (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) which are emitted from the consumption of fossil fuels and electricity. A macro level study was carried out using secondary data. Estimates were made for major hotspots of Maharashtra state based on fuel & electricity consumption, (data available for the year 2014). Secondary data was obtained from various districts reports & literature survey.CO₂ emissions were calculated district wise to identify cases for urgency i.e. the districts, which rank high in terms of CO₂ emission and require appropriate and urgent environmental management plans (EMPs) in terms of fuel use choice or land-use planning etc.