Introduction
EDGARv7.0 provides emissions of the three main greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) and fluorinated gases per sector and country.
CO2 emissions are provided separately for CO2_excl_short-cycle_org_C and CO2_short-cycle_org_C. Emissions of CO2_excl_short-cycle_org_C include all fossil CO2 sources, such as fossil fuel combustion, non-metallic mineral processes (e.g. cement production), metal (ferrous and non-ferrous) production processes, urea production, agricultural liming and solvents use. To harmonise global CO2 emission estimates, for the first time we incorporate IEA CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion sources (IEA; 2021b), representing the first IEA-EDGAR CO2 emission dataset. Large scale biomass burning with Savannah burning, forest fires, and sources and sinks from land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) are excluded. Preliminary estimates of wild fires and LULUCF emissions up to 2020 can be found at: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2022.
Emissions of fluorinated gases have been derived by multiple sources, most notably from country reporting where available. When not the case, activity data statistics have been derived by UNEP data, from scientific literature and expert judgment.
For the energy related sectors the activity data are primarily based on IEA data from IEA (2021a) World Energy Balances, (Internet: link), all rights reserved, as modified by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, whereas the activity data for the agricultural sectors originate primarily from FAO (2021) (Internet: link). United States Geological Survey (USGS), International Fertiliser Association (IFA), Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR)/U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), UNFCCC and World Steel Association (worldsteel) recent statistics are also used for activity data. Additional information can be found in Crippa et al. (2021, 2022 ).
Compared to EDGARv6.0 the following updates have been included:
- Update of activity data for combustion related emissions based on IEA (2021a) data up to the year 2019
- Update of activity data for agriculture related emissions based on FAO statistics (2022) up to 2019 (for crop related emissions) and 2020 (for livestock related emissions)
- Update of all activity data up to 2021 for CO2 process emissions, as reported in Crippa et al. 2022
- Extension of GHG emission time series for the latest years up to 2021 using a Fast Track approach. The Fast Track approach for CO2 emissions is described in Crippa et al. (2022), while for non-CO2 GHGs a publication is upcoming
Conditions of emission data use and code of conduct
Users of the data are obliged to acknowledge the source of the data with a reference to the EDGARv7.0 website (link) to Crippa et al. (2021, 2022).
Co-authorship and involvement of the EDGAR Team in the emission data analysis is highly appreciated. User’s comments and requests can be sent via email to the authors.
Time series 1970-2021
For each substance emission time series (1970-2021) by sector and country are provided in an overview table (.xls).
Notes: Emission country totals are expressed in kton substance / year. The IPCC 1996 and 2006 codes are used for specification of the sectors.
Monthly time series 2000-2021
Monthly emission time series (2000-2021) by sector and country are provided in an overview table (.xls) for the three main greenhouse gases. Monthly emissions are calculated using the temporal distribution profiles described in Crippa et al. (2020). The monthly distribution of fluorinated gases is not available.
Notes: Emission country totals are expressed in kton substance / year. The IPCC 1996 and 2006 codes are used for specification of the sectors.
Annual gridmaps 1970-2021
For each substance annual gridmaps (1970-2021) are provided.
Notes: Emission gridmaps are expressed in ton substance / 0.1degree x 0.1degree / year for the .txt files and in kg substance /m2 /s for the .nc files.
Annual sector-specific gridmaps (1970-2021)
For each sector annual gridmaps (1970-2021) are provided for CH4, N2O and CO2. Sector specific gridmaps for fluorinated gases can be downloaded in section 'Annual gridmaps 1970-2021'.
Notes: Emission gridmaps are expressed in ton substance / 0.1degree x 0.1degree / year for annual .txt files and in kg substance /m2 /s for all the .nc files. The IPCC 1996 and 2006 codes are used for specification of the sectors.
- 1A1a
IPCC 1996:1A1a
Power industry - 1A1b+1A1ci+1A1cii+1A5biii+1B1b+1B2aiii6+1B2biii3+1B1c
IPCC 1996:1A1b+1A1c+1A5b1+1B1b+1B2a5+1B2a6+1B2b5+2C1b
Oil refineries and Transformation industry - 1A2
IPCC 1996:1A2
Combustion for manufacturing - 1A3a_CDS
IPCC 1996:1A3a_CDS
Aviation climbing&descent - 1A3a_CRS
IPCC 1996:1A3a_CRS
Aviation cruise - 1A3a_LTO
IPCC 1996:1A3a_LTO
Aviation landing&takeoff - 1A3a_SPS
IPCC 1996:1A3a_SPS
Aviation supersonic - 1A3b_noRES
IPCC 1996:1A3b_noRES
Road transportation no resuspension - 1A3c+1A3e
IPCC 1996:1A3c+1A3e
Railways, pipelines, off-road transport - 1A3d
IPCC 1996:1A3d+1C2
Shipping - 1A4+1A5
IPCC 1996:1A4
Energy for buildings - 1B1a+1B2aiii2+1B2aiii3+1B2bi+1B2bii
IPCC 1996:1B1a+1B2a1+1B2a2+1B2a3+1B2a4+1B2c
Fuel exploitation - 2A
IPCC 1996:2A
Non-metallic minerals production - 2B
IPCC 1996:2B
Chemical processes - 2C1+2C2
IPCC 1996:2C1a+2C1c+2C1d+2C1e+2C1f+2C2
Iron and steel production - 2C3+2C4+2C5+2C6+2C7
IPCC 1996:2C3+2C4+2C5
Non-ferrous metals production - 2D1+2D2+2D4
IPCC 1996:2G
Non energy use of fuels - 2D3+2E+2F+2G
IPCC 1996:3
Solvents and products use - 3A1
IPCC 1996:4A
Enteric fermentation - 3A2
IPCC 1996:4B
Manure management - 3C1b
IPCC 1996:4F
Agricultural waste burning - 3C2+3C3+3C4+3C7
IPCC 1996:4C+4D
Agricultural soils - 3C5+3C6
IPCC 1996:4D3
Indirect N2O emissions from agriculture - 4A+4B
IPCC 1996:6A+6D
Solid waste landfills - 4C
IPCC 1996:6C
Solid waste incineration - 4D
IPCC 1996:6B
Waste water handling - 5A
IPCC 1996:7B+7C
Indirect emissions from NOx and NH3 - 5B
IPCC 1996:7A
Fossil Fuel Fires
Sources and references
IEA World Energy Balances, www.iea.org/data-and-statistics, All rights reserved, as modified by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 2021a.
IEA Greenhouse gas emissions from energy - 2021 Edition, www.iea.org, 2021b.
FAOSTAT (2022), Statistics Division of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN: www.fao.org/faostat, Last access May 2022.
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Banja, M., Solazzo, E., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Pagani, F., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Olivier, J., Quadrelli, R., Risquez Martin, A., Taghavi-Moharamli, P., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Jacome Felix Oom, D., Branco, A., San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. and Vignati, E., CO2 emissions of all world countries - 2022 Report, EUR 31182 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, doi:10.2760/730164, JRC130363
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Solazzo, E., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Banja, M., Olivier, J.G.J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Vignati, E.,GHG emissions of all world countries - 2021 Report, EUR 30831 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-41547-3, doi:10.2760/173513, JRC126363
Contacts
For more information or data: JRC-EDGAR@ec.europa.eu