The greenhouse gas emissions account covers carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from industry, governments, institutions and households. Sources of emissions considered are: combustion from fossil fuels and biomass, other uses of fossil fuels, industrial processes, agricultural soils, manure from livestock and enteric fermentation. The method complies with the United Nations&rsquo; System of Environmental-Economic accounting, which aims to link environmental information with economic information from national accounts.

In compliance with the System of Environmental-Eeconomic Accounting, this account presents GHG emissions from various sources.

In compliance with the System of Environmental-Eeconomic Accounting, this account presents GHG emissions from various sources.

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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions account by sector and by gas, Québec, 2009 to 2023 ¹ ² ³ ⁴ (in French only)