Electricity Sector Contribution to GHG Growth 2012-2018

Aggregate data quantifies the Electricity and Heat sector's contribution to total greenhouse gas emission growth from 2012 to 2018. World Bank staff calculated this using historical emissions data from the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch platform. The underlying source data covers 194 countries and the EU for the period 1990-2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 'contribution to total growth (%)' metric to rank the Electricity/Heat sector against other economic sectors in driving national emission increases.
• Model temporal trends in the sector's growth contribution across the 2012-2018 period to identify acceleration or deceleration points.
• Benchmark country-level sectoral contributions using the underlying dataset covering 194 countries and the EU.
• Correlate the sector's emission growth percentage with macroeconomic indicators like GDP or energy production data from the same time frame.

Strengths

• Derived from a source dataset covering 194 countries and the European Union.
• Provides a focused metric (contribution to total growth %) for a key emitting sector over a 6-year period.
• Based on World Resources Institute's Climate Watch data, a recognized authority for GHG inventories.

Limitations

• The specific row count, column details, and sample data for this aggregated view are unknown.
• Represents an aggregated analysis, limiting granular investigation into sub-sector or fuel-specific drivers.
• Data reflects the period ending in 2018, which may not capture recent trends post-2018.

Provenance

Source

World Resources Institute (WRI) Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data, calculated by World Bank staff.

Collection Method

Calculated aggregation of sector-level greenhouse gas emissions data.

Time Range

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

Geography

Underlying data covers 194 countries and the European Union.