World Development Indicators provides net carbon dioxide fluxes from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), excluding non-tropical fires. Data is aggregated at the country level, quantifying emissions and removals in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The dataset is part of the World Bank's World Development Indicators collection.
Use Cases
- Model national LULUCF carbon budgets using country-level net flux values.
- Analyze temporal trends in land-use related emissions by country over time.
- Benchmark country performance on net carbon sequestration from forestry activities.
- Correlate LULUCF flux data with other development indicators like GDP or forest cover.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the authoritative World Development Indicators collection.
- Provides a standardized metric (Mt CO2e) for cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, time range, and geographic completeness are unknown.
- Exclusion of non-tropical fires may limit comparability with full national GHG inventories.
Provenance
- Source
- World Development Indicators, World Bank
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Country-level