Building Sector Contribution To Global GHG Emission Growth 2012-2018

Aggregate data quantifies the building sector's percentage contribution to total global greenhouse gas emission growth from 2012 to 2018. World Bank staff calculated this using historical emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union. The underlying source data covers the period from 1990 to 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze the building sector's relative impact on total emissions growth using the 'contribution to total growth, %' metric.
• Benchmark national building sector emissions contributions across 194 countries and the EU.
• Correlate building sector emission growth percentages with economic or population data from other sources for causal analysis.
• Track changes in the building sector's role in emissions over the 2012-2018 period to assess policy effectiveness.

Strengths

• Data derived from a comprehensive historical emissions database covering 194 countries and the EU.
• Emissions calculated for six major GHGs, with non-CO2 gases expressed in CO2 equivalents using standardized IPCC values.

Limitations

• The dataset is an aggregate calculation; underlying country-level or annual breakdowns are not provided.
• Data is temporally stale, ending in 2018 and not reflecting recent trends.
• Specific row and column counts, sample size, and data granularity are unknown.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch historical emissions data, with calculations by World Bank staff.

Collection Method

World Bank staff calculation using aggregated sector-level greenhouse gas emissions data.

Time Range

Analysis covers 2012-2018, based on source data from 1990-2018.

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.