Climate Change-Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis and Forecast in Romania

Georgiana Moiceanu and Mirela Nicoleta Dinca
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Georgiana Moiceanu: Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 București, Romania
Mirela Nicoleta Dinca: Department of Biotechnical Systems, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 București, Romania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: Greenhouse gases (GHG), such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other gases, are considered to be the main cause of global climate change, and this problem has received significant global attention. Carbon dioxide has been considered the most significant gas contributing to global climate change. Our paper presents an analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions in Romania along with a forecast for the years to come. For the study, data from the National Institute of Statistics and Eurostat were gathered and used for the analysis in order to present the results. To obtain the results, the data gathered were analyzed using forecasting methods that can be of help in solving some uncertainties that surround the future. The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trends in Romania were analyzed both for linear and exponential function methods. The obtained results showed that the linear function analysis of total GHG emissions in Romania had a forecast accuracy higher than the exponential function method. From the analytical methods used we can draw the conclusion that the emissions are on a descending scale and choosing a proper method is important in analyzing data.

Keywords: climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; environment; carbon dioxide; EU GHG emissions; forecast analysis; chronological series analysis; analytical method analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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