Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector Including Land Use

1990-2018 data provides total non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in CO2 equivalents for 194 countries and the European Union, broken down by economic sector and including Land Use Change and Forestry. The dataset is sourced from the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch platform and compiled for the Country Climate and Development Report. Emissions are calculated using 100-year global warming potential values from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the 'Agriculture' sector's non-CO2 emissions over time for regional comparisons.
• Model the contribution of 'Land-Use Change and Forestry' (LUCF) emissions relative to other sectors like 'Energy' or 'Industrial Processes'.
• Benchmark a country's total non-CO2 emissions against the historical records of 194 nations.
• Calculate per-sector emission intensities using reported 'Mt CO2 eq' values and external economic data.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the EU, providing broad geographic representation.
• Includes 29 years of temporal data from 1990 to 2018 for trend analysis.
• Sector-level disaggregation allows for detailed source attribution of emissions.
• Uses standardized IPCC global warming potentials for consistent CO2 equivalence calculations.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, lacking coverage for recent years and current policies.
• Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
• Relies on aggregated and modeled data from multiple sources, introducing potential reconciliation errors.

Provenance

Source

World Resources Institute (WRI) Climate Watch Historical Emissions data, with citations to FAO and OECD/IEA for specific components.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources, including FAOSTAT for agriculture/LUCF and OECD/IEA for fuel combustion.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union