Historical Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector and Country

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch data provides total greenhouse gas emissions, including land-use change and forestry, for 194 countries and the European Union. The dataset covers sector-level emissions of six major GHGs from 1990 to 2018. The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) organization presents this data, which aggregates information from sources including FAO and OECD/IEA.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total_ghg_emissions by country and year to model decarbonization pathways.
• Compare emissions contributions between economic sectors like agriculture or fuel_combustion across nations.
• Assess the impact of land_use_change_and_forestry data on a country's net emissions profile.
• Validate climate models using historical time-series data for the six major greenhouse gases.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the EU, providing broad geographic coverage.
• Includes data from 1990 to 2018, offering a 29-year time series for trend analysis.
• Reports emissions for six major greenhouse gases, converted to CO2 equivalents.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, lacking recent years for current policy assessment.
• Sectoral aggregation may mask sub-sector variability and specific source details.
• Non-CO2 emissions rely on global warming potential conversions which have uncertainty.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch, with citations to FAO 2020 and OECD/IEA 2020 for specific components.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources including FAOSTAT Emissions Database and CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion reports.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union