CARB recently released a preliminary greenhouse gas inventory reporting that the state’s emissions decreased in 2022 and 2023 as compared with 2021. The bad news is that overall emissions remain up as compared to the 369 MMTCO2e that was previously reported for 2020.
Reporting by Scoping Plan sector in units of million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e), CARB revealed that emissions are on an upward trend:
| Sector | 2021 GHG Inventory (MMTCO2e) | Ratio of MRR Emissions (2022/2021) | Estimated 2022 Emissions (MMTCO2e) | Estimated 2023Emissions (MMTCO2e) |
| Transportation | 146 | 0.9889 | 144 | 141.7±5.4 |
| Electric Power | 62 | 0.9527 | 59 | 60.4 ±1.7 |
| Industrial | 74 | 0.9911 | 73 | 73.5 ±0.4 |
| Residential & Commercial | 39 | 0.9841 | 38 | 38.6 ±0.4 |
| Agriculture | 31 | N/A | 31 | 31.2±0.2 |
| High GWP | 21 | N/A | 21 | 21.2±0.1 |
| Recycling & Waste | 8 | N/A | 8 | 8.5 ±0.0 |
| Total | 381 | 376 | 375.1 ±8.2 |