Turkish greenhouse gas emission rose by 133.4 pct. in 12 yrs.
▻http://www.dha.com.tr/turkish-greenhouse-gas-emission-rose-by-1334-pct-in-12-yrs_689234.html
ISTANBUL, June 5 (DHA) - Greenhouse gas emission in Turkey increased rapidly, due to high rate of population growth and industrialisation, as well as soaring share of thermal electric power plants in the energy sector.
Total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 133.4 percent to 439.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2012, from its levels in 1990, according to Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI). Carbon dioxide equivellent emissions per capita was calculated as 5.9 tonnes and emission intensity was calculated as 0.31 kilogrammes
Intéressant : où sont réinvesti les 60 billions de liras récoltés au nom d’une taxe environnementale (dont la majorité des fonds provient d’une taxe sur la consommation énergétique) ?
Turkey’s total environmental tax revenue stood at 59.3 billion lira in 2012, 67 percent of which collected from energy consumption. Environment taxes collected from transport usage had 31 percent share and only 2 percent came from resource and pollution taxes in 2012.
While collecting about 60 billion lira in environmental taxes, total environmental expenditure stood at only 17.6 billion lira in 2012. Out of the total environmental expenditure, public sector accounted for 73.1 percent and business sector accounted for 26.9 percent. When reduced the public sector’s share by total taxes, public expenditure is seen at 12.8 billion lira, which reflects onl 21.6 percent of total environmental taxes collected. The share of total environmental expenditure in gross domestic product was at 1.24 percent