Provincial greenhouse gas emissions inventory

The Provincial Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Provincial Inventory) reports the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions included in the Province’s legislated emissions reduction targets (a 16% decrease by 2025, 40% by 2030, 60% by 2040, and 80% by 2050). It also reports emissions from changes in land use and forest management for information purposes only.

The Climate Action Secretariat prepares and publishes the Provincial Inventory annually, with up to a two-year delay to allow time to assemble the information. The 1990-2020 Provincial Inventory was published in 2022.

In 2020, B.C.’s gross GHG emissions, as reported in the Provincial Inventory, were 64.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). This is a decrease of 0.9 MtCO₂e (-1%) from 65.5 MtCO₂e in 2007, the baseline year for our emissions reduction and sectoral targets.

Net emissions in 2020, after including 1.1 MtCO₂e of carbon sequestration by forest management offset projects not covered in the inventory, were 63.5 MtCO₂e. This a decrease of 2.0 MtCO₂e (-3%) from 2007.

Documents:

• Provincial Inventory 1990-2020 (XLS, 277 KB)
• Methodology Report 1990-2020 (PDF, 483 KB)
• Method Changes and Exceptions Table 1990-2020 (PDF, 220 KB)