Land-Use Change and Forestry Contribution to GHG Emission Growth 2012-2018

World Bank staff calculated the aggregate contribution of the Land-Use Change and Forestry sector to total greenhouse gas emission growth from 2012 to 2018. This data is derived from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions dataset, which covers 194 countries and the EU. The underlying emissions data spans from 1990 to 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 'contribution to total growth (%)' metric to rank the Land-Use Change and Forestry sector against other economic sectors in driving emissions increases.
• Model temporal trends in the sector's contribution percentage across the 2012-2018 period to identify acceleration or deceleration points.
• Correlate the sectoral contribution data with country-level forest cover or agricultural land-use statistics from external sources.
• Benchmark national performance by comparing a country's Land-Use Change and Forestry contribution percentage to regional or global averages.

Strengths

• Data covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing a broad geographic scope.
• Underlying source data has a long temporal coverage from 1990 to 2018.

Limitations

• The dataset provides only an aggregate percentage contribution, lacking underlying absolute emission values or sub-sector breakdowns.
• The 2012-2018 time range may be stale for analyzing current trends, with no updates beyond 2018 indicated.
• Sample data and column details are unavailable, obscuring the exact data structure and additional fields.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data, with calculations by World Bank staff.

Collection Method

Calculated aggregate contribution using greenhouse gas emissions data, with non-CO2 emissions expressed in CO2 equivalents.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.