Western Sahara Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions (2015-2026)

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for Western Sahara, featuring annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory tracks emissions across various sub-sectors and specific assets, incorporating confidence metrics for monthly observations.

Use Cases

• Tracking annual shifts in gas emissions across specific sub-sectors in Western Sahara
• Evaluating the reliability of monthly emission reports using the provided confidence scores
• Mapping specific emission sources to their respective owners for accountability studies

Strengths

• Granular monthly source-level data available from 2021 onwards
• Includes confidence scores for monthly emission estimates
• Covers both greenhouse gases and air pollutants across multiple sub-sectors

Limitations

• Asset ownership data is incomplete and only provided where available
• Relies on modeled estimates rather than direct ground-level sensor measurements for all sources

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated inventory modeling

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Updated through March 2026.

Geography

Western Sahara