World Bank data provides standardized annual emissions for six Kyoto Protocol gases across energy, industry, waste, agriculture, and LULUCF sectors. Emissions are converted to carbon dioxide equivalent values using IPCC AR5 Global Warming Potential factors. This indicator is part of the World Development Indicators collection.
Use Cases
- Model national emissions trends over time using the annual time-series data.
- Compare sectoral contributions (energy, industry, waste, agriculture, LULUCF) across countries.
- Analyze the impact of land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) on total national GHG budgets.
- Benchmark country performance using the standardized CO2 equivalent metric based on IPCC AR5 GWP factors.
Strengths
- Covers six major greenhouse gases defined by the Kyoto Protocol.
- Provides a standardized metric using IPCC AR5 Global Warming Potential for cross-gas comparison.
- Includes emissions from the land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sector, a critical component.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Data may have reporting gaps or inconsistencies between countries.
- The last update date and license information are not provided.
Provenance
- Source
- World Development Indicators (World Bank).
- Collection Method
- Compiled from national reports and international data sources, standardized by the World Bank.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global, country-level.