Global CO2 Emissions from Electricity and Heat Production

World Bank data provides total CO2 emissions in million metric tons from electricity and heat production globally. It aggregates emissions from main activity producers, unallocated autoproducers, and other energy industries based on IEA and IPCC methodologies. The dataset is part of the World Development Indicators (WDI) Database Archives.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production over time for different countries.
• Model the relationship between national energy policies and changes in reported emissions from main activity producers and autoproducers.
• Benchmark a country's emission intensity from its electricity sector against global or regional aggregates.
• Estimate the carbon footprint contribution of petroleum refining and other energy industries within national inventories.

Strengths

• Data follows standardized IEA and IPCC categorization for international comparability.
• Covers a wide range of emission sources including main activity producers, autoproducers, and other energy industries.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are not provided.
• The description indicates potential for double-counting emissions between Energy and Industrial Processes categories if not carefully handled.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI) Database Archives, based on IEA data.

Collection Method

Aggregated from national reports using IEA categories and IPCC guidelines for CO2 emissions from fuel combustion.

Geography

Global, country-level likely.