SoE2017: Total Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Queensland

Queensland's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 15% between 2005 and 2016. The state was the largest source of emissions among all Australian jurisdictions in 2016. This dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level emission trends based on the reported 15% decrease from 2005 to 2016.
• Compare jurisdictional contributions to national emissions based on Queensland's status as the largest source in 2016.
• Model greenhouse gas inventories for Australian states using historical annual totals.

Strengths

• Specific quantitative fact: a 15% decrease in emissions between 2005 and 2016.
• Clear jurisdictional comparison: identifies Queensland as the largest source of emissions in Australia in 2016.
• Provided by a government department (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation), suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last update timestamp is 2026-05-27.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

Time Range

Covers at least 2005 to 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:18:57.309022

Geography

Queensland, Australia, with national jurisdictional comparison.