ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Updating High-Resolution Emission Inventory
to Unveil the Characteristics of Greenhouse Gases
Emissions in Shandong Province, China
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School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
Submission date: 2022-12-02
Final revision date: 2023-02-10
Acceptance date: 2023-03-07
Online publication date: 2023-04-21
Publication date: 2023-06-23
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Wei Jiang
University of Jinan, School of Water Conservancy and Environment, 250000, Jinan, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(4):3081-3100
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Since stating carbon peak goal, Shandong has garnered widespread concern over its large GHG
emissions. Based on the latest emission factors and detailed activity data, a comprehensive highresolution
GHG emission inventory of Shandong Province for 2020 was established by updating
estimation methods and allocation profiles. The results indicated that the emissions of CO2, CH4, N2O,
HFCs, PFCs and SF6 had reached 1233.46, 36.49, 45.79, 74.27, 6.21 and 0.56 Mt CO2eq, respectively.
Specifically, CO2 emissions mainly originated from fossil fuel consumption (81.83%); the major sources
of CH4 emissions were mining industries and agriculture, contributing 1.40% and 0.81% of the total
GHG emissions, respectively; industry processes and product use discharged the largest amount
of N2O (1.92%) and were responsible for all of the fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions. To obtain
more accurate GHG emission information, GHG emissions were spatially allocated to grid cells with
a resolution of 0.05°×0.05° according to appropriate surrogates and results showed that most of the
emissions are concentrated over a small number of grid cells, specifically, 10% of grid cells accounts for
73% of GHG, 75% of CO2, 88% of CH4 and 40% of N2O emission. Spatially, the GHG emissions were
mainly distributed in eastern and central cities of Shandong and decreased radially from urban centres
to the surrounding areas.