Greenhouse gas emissions from global food systems are disaggregated by specific gas type, measured in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The data covers all countries with yearly frequency from 1990 to 2015, created by integrating the EDGAR-FOOD inventory with FAOSTAT land use emissions data.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in F-gas emissions from food systems over the 1990-2015 period.
- Compare the contribution of different greenhouse gases to total food system emissions across countries.
- Model the relationship between food production stages and specific gas emissions using yearly inventory data.
Strengths
- Covers all countries for consistent global comparison.
- Provides yearly data for a 26-year period (1990-2015).
- Integrates two authoritative sources: EDGAR-FOOD and FAOSTAT.
Limitations
- Data ends in 2015, lacking recent emissions trends.
- Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
Provenance
- Source
- EDGAR-FOOD global emission inventory and FAOSTAT database.
- Collection Method
- Inventory data integration for emissions from production, distribution, consumption, and disposal stages.
- Time Range
- 1990 to 2015
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global, covering all countries.