ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the sectoral background of the relationship between output growth and increases in GHG emissions in Turkey for the period 2003–2015 by focusing on the manufacturing, energy, and agriculture sectors which are responsible for approximately 70% of total emissions. In order to relate output growth with GHG emission changes, emission intensities of these sectors are calculated at the NACE Rev. 2 two-digit level. Findings reveal that five manufacturing industries increased their emission intensities and three of them, C20, C23, and C24, are the highest greenhouse gas emitters in the manufacturing industry. Another important finding for the manufacturing industry is that there is a possible association between technology levels of industries and their GHG emissions. For the energy sector, findings suggest that the change in energy mix in favour of natural gas and increased energy production from renewable sources are possible causes of the decreased emission intensity. Agriculture is found to be the only sector that increased its GHG emission intensity over the period. Increased emission intensities for methane and nitrous oxide, which might have stemmed from the increases in the number of animals and nitrogen nutrient surplus, are the main sources of this overall increase.
