TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in air pollution in Ireland
T2 - A decomposition analysis
AU - Tol, Richard S.J.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Trends in the emissions to air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and ammonia in Ireland are analysed with a logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition for the period of 1990-2009. Emissions fell for four of the five pollutants, with ammonia being stationary, despite rapid economic change. A fall in emissions per unit output was the main driver of this trend, except for ammonia where structural economic change was the main driver. Extrapolating these trends, Ireland will keep emissions below its national emission ceilings, except in the case of nitrogen oxides where the target will likely be met by 2015.
AB - Trends in the emissions to air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and ammonia in Ireland are analysed with a logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition for the period of 1990-2009. Emissions fell for four of the five pollutants, with ammonia being stationary, despite rapid economic change. A fall in emissions per unit output was the main driver of this trend, except for ammonia where structural economic change was the main driver. Extrapolating these trends, Ireland will keep emissions below its national emission ceilings, except in the case of nitrogen oxides where the target will likely be met by 2015.
KW - Air pollutants
KW - Decomposition analysis
KW - Ireland
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U2 - 10.1504/IJGENVI.2016.076944
DO - 10.1504/IJGENVI.2016.076944
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974678239
SN - 1466-6650
VL - 15
SP - 201
EP - 216
JO - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
JF - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
IS - 3
ER -