The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset: GCB Fossil 2021v34

A newer version of this dataset is available. The latest version available on Openclimatedata is 2023v43.

Released: October 14, 2021

Citation: Andrew, Robbie M., & Peters, Glen P. (2021). The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2021v34) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5569235

Coverage: Fossil CO₂ from Coal, Oil, Gas, Flaring, Cement, Other, and Per Capita Fossil CO₂ emissions

Countries/regions: Global sum and 231 countries and regions.

Years: 1750 – 2020

Notes:
  • Source(s) of each data point are also provided and are work in progress
Changelog:
  • Modified method of extrapolation using BP energy data for oil emissions to recognise that BP’s national oil data include sales to international bunker. This correction allowed the maintenance of the global total change in oil emissions in 2020 to match the global total change in oil consumption in energy terms reported by BP .
  • Added data from CBS for the Netherlands

GCB Fossil 2021v34 CO₂ emissions: Global Total

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  • Other
  • Cement
  • Flaring
  • Gas
  • Oil
  • Coal
Source: GCB Fossil 2021v34
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