New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Source-Level Monthly Estimates

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions data for New Zealand, featuring annual country-level records since 2015 and monthly source-level estimates since 2021. The inventory covers over 2.7 million sources globally, categorized by sub-sector and gas type.

Use Cases

• Tracking monthly fluctuations in sub-sector emissions using the source-level time-series
• Evaluating the uncertainty of climate models using the provided confidence scores
• Benchmarking annual national gas-specific emissions against 2015 baselines

Strengths

• Provides monthly source-level resolution since 2021
• Includes confidence scores for all monthly estimates
• Covers both greenhouse gases and air pollutants across multiple sub-sectors

Limitations

• Emissions are modeled estimates rather than direct physical measurements
• Ownership data for specific assets is incomplete

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Modeled estimates

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

New Zealand