City of Melbourne municipal greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 to 2020. The data measures emissions using the Global Protocol for Communities (GPC) method, reported annually through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Emissions are broken down by sector (Stationary energy, Transportation, Waste) and scope (1, 2, 3), quantified in metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in municipal emissions over time based on the 2013-2020 annual reporting.
- Comparing emissions contributions across sectors (Stationary energy, Transportation, Waste) as described in the inventory.
- Assessing the impact of city activities on external emissions based on scope 3 data.
- Evaluating data completeness and gaps using the provided notation keys (NO, IE, NE).
Strengths
- Emissions data spans 8 years (2013-2020), providing a multi-year trend.
- Uses a standardized international reporting method (Global Protocol for Communities).
- Emissions are categorized by sector and scope, allowing for detailed analysis.
- Includes data quality notations (NO, IE, NE) to indicate limitations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on one municipality.
Provenance
- Source
- City of Melbourne Open Data
- Collection Method
- Reported annually through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) platform using the GPC method.
- Time Range
- 2013-2020
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-28 08:01:48.182670; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- City of Melbourne Local Government Area, Australia