Land-Use Change and Forestry CO2 Emissions by Country 1990-2018

Land-Use Change and Forestry sector CO2 equivalent emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union. The dataset covers the period from 1990 to 2018, sourced from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch platform. The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) organization provides this data, with specific citation guidance for the land-use and agriculture indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in `CO2 eq` emissions from the Land-Use Change and Forestry sector over the `1990-2018` time range for specific countries.
• Compare national contributions to land-use emissions across the `194 countries` and the European Union included in the dataset.
• Model the relationship between economic development stages and `CO2 eq` emissions from forestry and land-use change for policy scenario planning.
• Validate national greenhouse gas inventories reported to the UNFCCC using the sector-level `CO2 eq` emissions data.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing broad geographic scope.
• Includes a 29-year time series from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Emissions data incorporates six major GHGs converted to `CO2 eq` using standardized IPCC global warming potentials.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, creating a significant temporal gap for current analysis.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
• Emissions estimates for land-use change are subject to high uncertainty and methodological variations between countries.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data, with land-use indicators cited to FAO 2020, FAOSTAT Emissions Database.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources, including national inventories and international databases, with non-CO2 gases converted to CO2 equivalents.

Time Range

1990 to 2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union