• Vector Value calculations and values
• Table 2.1. GDP as a key macroeconomic indicator (% change from previous year)
• Table 2.2. Dynamics of SO₂, NO_X, hydrocarbons and VOCs emissions in fuel and power industry in 1997-1998
• Table 2.3. Dynamics of SO₂, NO_X hydrocarbons and VOCs emissions in fuel and power industry in 1998-1999

Table 2.4. Selected emission taxes/charges of EU Member States and Ukraine (1999).

Vector Value Calculations:

Ukraine's 1990 total emissions of SO2 in metric tonnes from fossil fuel combustion at TPP = 2.53 Mt [Ref. 8]. Ukraine's population in 1990 = 51.9 million. Ukraine's 1990 SO2 emissions per capita = 48.7 kg/cap. 

Ukraine's 1999 total emissions of SO2 in metric tones from fossil fuel combustion = 0.76 Mt [Ref. 9]. Ukraine's population in 1999 = 49.7 million. Ukraine's 1999 SO2 emissions per capita = 15.3 kg/cap

1990: 48.7 kg of SO2 per capita, and in 1999: 15.3 kg of SO2 per capita. The sustainability objective is one-tenth of 1990, or 4.87 kg SO2 per capita. Zero to one vector value equals 48.7 - 4.87 = 43.83 kg SO2 per capita.

Vector Value:

1990 = 48.7 / 43.83 = 1.100

1999 = 15.3 / 43.83 = 0.349

Again, this trend is delusive. If we compare GDP growth data (table 2.1) with dynamics of SO2, NOx and particulate matters emissions in fuel and power sector (table 2.2, 2.3), we can conclude that de-coupling of industrial growth and emissions is still a mirage.