Global Carbon Project: Fossil CO2 Emissions Estimates by Country

The Global Carbon Project has published estimates of global and national fossil CO2 emissions since 2001. The dataset is provided by Robbie M. Andrew of the CICERO Center for International Climate Research and includes data in both absolute and per capita forms, with associated metadata files. The methodology has been refined over subsequent years in response to feedback and identification of inaccuracies.

Use Cases

• Modeling national contributions to global CO2 emissions based on the per capita data series.
• Tracking the evolution of fossil fuel emission estimates over time based on the described methodology refinements.
• Analyzing source attribution for emissions data points based on the provided source file.

Strengths

• Data series has been published and refined since 2001, indicating a long-term commitment.
• Includes both absolute emissions and per capita calculations.
• Provides metadata files in JSON format and a file indicating data sources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Global Carbon Project (GCP), CICERO Center for International Climate Research

Collection Method

Estimates refined over time from initial republication of other sources.

Time Range

Data published since 2001; specific temporal coverage of the dataset is unknown.

Geography

Global and national coverage.