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Air emissions accounts of economy and households

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Last update: new data (year 2021), revised values (1990-2020)
Database status: September 2023
Reference period: calendar year
Spatial reference: Switzerland
Source: Environmental accounts - Air Emission Accounts Symbols used::
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This table shows the emissions of greenhouse gases as well as air pollutants by economic player. The Air Emissions Accounts (AEA) are the statistical tools developed by Eurostat, which were used to record the air emissions by economic player. The data were adjusted in order to ensure their coherence with national accounts data. Thus, results of the AEA differ from the data of the Swiss greenhouse gas inventory under the Kyoto Protocol, the inventory of air pollutants of the EEC-UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), or the Federal Act on the reduction of CO2 emissions. The differences are mainly due to the fact that the AEA include all the emissions from economic activities, including those issued from the combustion of biomass and from aviation. Moreover, emissions generated abroad by businesses and households resident in Switzerland are included in the AEA, while those linked to non-resident businesses and households are excluded. By definition, nature is not an economic player in the sense of the System of National Accounts, its emissions and absorptions are therefore not considered. The emissions generated by the production of imported goods are not taken into account. The emissions of greenhouse gases other than CO2 (CH4, N2O, PFC, HFC, SF6) are converted into CO2 equivalent according to their Global Warming Potential (GWP) in order to ensure a better comparability. For example, a kilogram of CH4 is equivalent to 28 kg of CO2 and 1 kg of N2O to 265 kg of CO2. In cases when breakdown information was missing, estimations have been made. The transition from the General Classification of Economic Activities NOGA 2002 to the NOGA 2008 induced breaks in the series in source data. Therefore, results time series of some economic activity may be affected from this issue. For more information about the Air Emissions Accounts :
Environmental Accounts - Air Emissions Accounts (CENV-AIR)

Economy and households

The breakdown of the emissions from the economic activities respect the General Classification of Economic Activities 2008 (NOGA 2008). The results are presented according to the economic activities of the production accounts and respecting the enterprise concept. Results following the production concept (homogeneous branches) are available on demand.