Global Carbon Budget 2020
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Published: December 11, 2020
Citation: Friedlingstein et al., Global Carbon Budget 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3269-2020
Data: Global Carbon Project. (2020). Supplemental data of Global Carbon Budget 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Global Carbon Project. https://doi.org/10.18160/gcp-2020
Changelog:
- 2019 total anthropogenic CO₂ emissions: 11.5 ± 0.9 GtC/year (42.2 ± 3.3 GtCO₂/year).
- 2019 growth in fossil CO₂ was only about 0.1 % with fossil emissions increasing to 9.9 ± 0.5 GtC/year excluding the cement carbonation sink (9.7 ± 0.5 GtC/year when cement carbonation sink is included)
- 2019 global atmospheric CO₂ concentration: 409.85 ± 0.1 ppm
- inclusion of cement carbonation sink in budget calculations
Cement Carbonation sink (positive values represent a flux from the atmosphere to the land)
All values in million tonnes of carbon per year (MtC/yr). For values in million tonnes of CO₂ per
year, multiply the values below by 3.664
1MtC = 1 million tonne of carbon = 3.664 million tonnes of CO₂
Methods: Full details of the method are described in Friedlingstein et al (2020).
1MtC = 1 million tonne of carbon = 3.664 million tonnes of CO₂
Methods: Full details of the method are described in Friedlingstein et al (2020).
Cite individual estimates as:
- Cao Cao, Z., Myers, R. J., Lupton, R. C., Duan, H., Sacchi, R., Zhou, N., Reed Miller, T., Cullen, J. M., Ge, Q., and Liu, G.: The sponge effect and carbon emission mitigation potentials of the global cement cycle, Nature Communications, 11 (1), 3777, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17583-w, 2020.
- Guo Guo, R., Wang, J., Bing, L., Tong, D., Ciais, P., Davis, S. J., Andrew, R. M., Xi, F., and Liu, Z.: Global CO₂ uptake of cement in 1930-2019, in review.
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| Year | GCB | Cao | Guo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 12.6837 | 10.2074 | 15.1601 |
| 1960 | 13.8388 | 11.1408 | 16.5368 |
| 1961 | 14.7265 | 11.8374 | 17.6156 |
| 1962 | 15.8710 | 12.7534 | 18.9886 |
| 1963 | 16.8627 | 13.5482 | 20.1773 |
| 1964 | 18.4512 | 14.8212 | 22.0813 |
| 1965 | 19.4860 | 15.6291 | 23.3428 |
| 1966 | 20.9148 | 16.7849 | 25.0447 |
| 1967 | 21.9525 | 17.6221 | 26.2828 |
| 1968 | 23.5326 | 18.8849 | 28.1804 |
| 1969 | 24.9665 | 20.0171 | 29.9160 |
| 1970 | 26.4898 | 21.2290 | 31.7506 |
| 1971 | 27.9915 | 22.9428 | 33.0402 |
| 1972 | 30.4855 | 24.4783 | 36.4926 |
| 1973 | 32.6104 | 26.1904 | 39.0305 |
| 1974 | 33.3958 | 26.7624 | 40.0292 |
| 1975 | 34.1044 | 27.3045 | 40.9044 |
| 1976 | 36.0670 | 29.2893 | 42.8446 |
| 1977 | 38.4653 | 30.9126 | 46.0180 |
| 1978 | 41.1113 | 33.0293 | 49.1933 |
| 1979 | 42.5989 | 34.1507 | 51.0470 |
| 1980 | 43.8607 | 35.1724 | 52.5491 |
| 1981 | 44.7408 | 35.8927 | 53.5890 |
| 1982 | 45.5862 | 36.6216 | 54.5508 |
| 1983 | 47.1071 | 37.8409 | 56.3733 |
| 1984 | 48.5571 | 39.0003 | 58.1139 |
| 1985 | 49.9606 | 40.1330 | 59.7883 |
| 1986 | 52.3364 | 42.0238 | 62.6491 |
| 1987 | 54.7980 | 43.9633 | 65.6328 |
| 1988 | 58.0766 | 46.5972 | 69.5560 |
| 1989 | 58.0365 | 48.3205 | 67.7525 |
| 1990 | 57.5039 | 49.3161 | 65.6916 |
| 1991 | 61.0532 | 50.4519 | 71.6545 |
| 1992 | 61.9162 | 52.7371 | 71.0953 |
| 1993 | 66.1676 | 55.3394 | 76.9958 |
| 1994 | 69.8137 | 58.5488 | 81.0786 |
| 1995 | 73.6643 | 61.8334 | 85.4952 |
| 1996 | 76.5780 | 64.5201 | 88.6358 |
| 1997 | 79.4866 | 66.7713 | 92.2018 |
| 1998 | 80.4619 | 67.7007 | 93.2230 |
| 1999 | 83.4296 | 70.3092 | 96.5500 |
| 2000 | 86.7728 | 73.2003 | 100.3452 |
| 2001 | 89.6170 | 74.2205 | 105.0136 |
| 2002 | 94.3944 | 78.6322 | 110.1567 |
| 2003 | 101.3844 | 85.3377 | 117.4311 |
| 2004 | 108.4485 | 91.6497 | 125.2474 |
| 2005 | 116.0548 | 98.2402 | 133.8693 |
| 2006 | 126.3810 | 107.1145 | 145.6475 |
| 2007 | 136.2111 | 113.8329 | 158.5892 |
| 2008 | 140.9675 | 115.7152 | 166.2198 |
| 2009 | 148.3338 | 124.0164 | 172.6511 |
| 2010 | 157.5973 | 131.9574 | 183.2373 |
| 2011 | 170.5290 | 144.1225 | 196.9355 |
| 2012 | 177.5511 | 151.3255 | 203.7766 |
| 2013 | 185.9958 | 161.3935 | 210.5981 |
| 2014 | 194.1893 | 167.6999 | 220.6787 |
| 2015 | 196.2151 | 167.4352 | 224.9951 |
| 2016 | 199.1064 | 169.9023 | 228.3104 |
| 2017 | 203.6936 | 173.8167 | 233.5705 |
| 2018 | 210.8556 | 179.9282 | 241.7830 |
| 2019 | 215.2975 | 183.7186 | 246.8765 |
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