Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

Review of greenhouse gas emissions in SAARC countries

4^th International Conference on Petroleum Engineering

August 15-17, 2016 London, UK

N Khan, A Kalair and N Abas

Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Pet Environ Biotechnol

Abstract:

Pakistan is one of the top ten climate change affected countries. Melting glaciers, flash floods, repetitive droughts, heat waves, epidemics, rampant population and energy crises have created water, food and energy nexus concerns. Visible signs of climate change are heat waves, famines, dead acacia and rosewood trees, fast melting glaciers, dengue virus, declining crop productivities, oil, gas, and power crises. Pakistan�??s annual CO2eq emissions are 310 MtCOeq which are caused by energy (51%), agriculture (39%), industry (6%), LULUCF (3%) and wastes (1%). Pakistan�??s GHG (Green House Gas) emissions are 0.70% of global emissions, yet facing rampant consequences of climate change. Accumulative GHG emissions of all SAARC countries are less than China. Pakistan has no coal power plants yet affected by upwind coal power plants. NASA observations and data based analyses reveal the upwind GHG emissions, haze and smog pollutants flow to Pakistan through summer monsoons. Cooperative control of regional GHG emissions, exchange of mitigation technologies and adaptation seems to be the way forward. A SAARC Super Grid concept is proposed for free energy market among SAARC countries. This paper reviews CO2 emissions in Pakistan compared to the SAARC countries and proposes GHG emissions reduction using carbon capture and storage technologies for industrial utilization of carbon dioxide.

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Email: nasrullahk@yahoo.com