Introduction
EDGARv8.0 is the second product of the new EDGAR Community GHG emissions database, which is the outcome of an agreement between JRC and IEA to work more closely to gather and provide consistent harmonised CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
EDGARv8.0 provides estimates for emissions of the three main greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) and fluorinated gases per sector and country.
CO2 emissions are provided separately for the fossil and bio components. Emissions of fossil CO2 (also named 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 fossil CO2 emission estimates, we incorporate IEA CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion sources (2022b), in the joint IEA-EDGAR CO2 emission dataset (v2). Emissions of bio CO2 (also named CO2_short-cycle_org_C) include emissions from the combustion of biofuels (e.g. primary solid biomass, liquid biofuels, etc.). 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 2022 can be found at: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2023.
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 for non-CO2 emissions are primarily based on IEA data (2022a) World Energy Balances, (www.iea.org), all rights reserved, as modified by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, whereas the activity data for the agricultural sectors originate primarily from FAO (2022) (https://www.fao.org/faostat). 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. (2023).
Compared to EDGARv7.0 the following updates have been included:
- Update of activity data for combustion related emissions based on IEA (2022a) data up to the year 2020.
- Update of activity data for agriculture related emissions based on FAO statistics (2022) up to 2020.
- Update of all activity data up to 2022 for CO2 process emissions, as reported in Crippa et al. 2023.
- Extension of GHG emission time series for the latest years up to 2022 using a Fast Track approach. The Fast Track approach for CO2 emissions is described in Guizzardi et al. (2023), while for non-CO2 GHGs a publication is upcoming.
- Updated spatial proxies for power generation, industrial facilities, intensive livestock, population, non-residential areas, etc., as described in an upcoming publication (Crippa et al., 2023).
Time series (1970-2022)
For each substance emission time series (1970-2022) by sector and country are provided in an overview table (.xlsx).
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 (1970-2022)
Monthly emission time series (1970-2022) 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) for all sectors with the exception of international shipping emissions which are distributed accordingly with the work published by Jalkanen et al. (2012) and Johansson et al. (2017). No information is currently available within EDGAR to modulate the annual variability of F-gas emissions. For this reason, we recommend the user to equally distribute F-gas emissions over the months of the year applying a scaling factor of 1/12.
Notes: Emission country totals are expressed in kton substance / month. The IPCC 1996 and 2006 codes are used for specification of the sectors.
Annual gridmaps (1970-2022)
For each substance annual gridmaps (1970-2022) are provided.
Notes: Emission gridmaps are expressed in ton substance / 0.1degree x 0.1degree / year for the .txt and .nc files. Emission fluxes are expressed in kg substance /m2 /s for the .nc files.
Annual sector-specific gridmaps (1970-2022)
For each sector annual gridmaps (1970-2022) are provided for CH4, N2O and CO2. Sector specific gridmaps for fluorinated gases can be downloaded in section 'Annual gridmaps 1970-2022'.
Notes: Emission gridmaps are expressed in ton substance / 0.1degree x 0.1degree / year for the .txt and .nc files. Emission fluxes are expressed in kg substance /m2 /s for 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 & 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
IPCC 1996:1A3b
Road transportation - 1A3c+1A3e
IPCC 1996:1A3c+1A3e
Railways, pipelines, off-road transport - 1A3d
IPCC 1996:1A3d+1C2
Shipping - 1A4+1A5
IPCC 1996:1A4+1A5+1A3e
Energy for buildings - 1B1a+1B2aiii2+1B2aiii3+1B2bi+1B2bii+5B
IPCC 1996:1B1a+1B2a1+1B2a2+1B2a3+1B2a4+1B2c+7A
Fuel Exploitation- EDGAR CH4 (for additional details on EDGAR CH4 by fuel click here)
- IEA-EDGAR CO2
- EDGAR CO2bio
- EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG
- EDGAR N2O
- 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
Additional details on EDGAR CH4 by fuel
Monthly sector-specific gridmaps (2000-2022)
Monthly emission gridmaps (2000-2022) are provided for all substances and sectors using the temporal distribution profiles described in Crippa et al. (2020).
- Power Industry - Power and heat generation plants (public & autoproducers)
- Industrial combustion - Combustion for industrial manufacturing
- Buildings - Small scale non-industrial stationary combustion
- Transport - Mobile combustion (road & rail & ship & aviation)
- Agriculture - Agricultural soils, crop residues burning, enteric fermentation, manure management, indirect N2O emissions from agriculture
- Fuel exploitation - Production, transformation and refining of fuels
- Processes - Industrial processes (e.g. emissions from the production of cement, iron and steel, aluminum, chemicals, solvents, etc.)
- Waste - Solid waste disposal and waste water treatment
- Emissions: Mg/month gridmaps at 0.1x0.1degree resolution, .NetCDF file per year, substance and sector is produced including the emissions for the 12 months.
- Emission fluxes: kg/m2/s at 0.1x0.1degree resolution, .NetCDF file per year, substance and sector is produced including for each sector the emission fluxes for the 12 months.
- Agriculture
IPCC 1996: 4A+4B+4C+4D+4F+4G / IPCC 2006: 3A+3C+5A-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (AGRICULTURE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (AGRICULTURE_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (AGRICULTURE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (AGRICULTURE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (AGRICULTURE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (AGRICULTURE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (AGRICULTURE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (AGRICULTURE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (AGRICULTURE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (AGRICULTURE_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Energy for buildings
IPCC 1996: 1A4+1A5+1A3e / IPCC 2006: 1A4+1A5-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (BUILDINGS_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (BUILDINGS_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (BUILDINGS_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (BUILDINGS_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (BUILDINGS_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (BUILDINGS_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (BUILDINGS_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (BUILDINGS_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (BUILDINGS_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (BUILDINGS_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Fuel exploitation
IPCC 1996: 1A1b+1A1c+1B1+1B2+7 / IPCC 2006: 1A1b+1A1c+1.A.5.b.iii+1B+1B2+5.B-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (FUEL_EXPLOITATION_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Industrial combustion
IPCC 1996: 1A2 / IPCC 2006: 1A2-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (IND_COMBUSTION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_COMBUSTION_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (IND_COMBUSTION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_COMBUSTION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (IND_COMBUSTION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_COMBUSTION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (IND_COMBUSTION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_COMBUSTION_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (IND_COMBUSTION_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_COMBUSTION_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Industrial processes
IPCC 1996: 2 / IPCC 2006: 2-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (IND_PROCESSES_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_PROCESSES_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (IND_PROCESSES_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_PROCESSES_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (IND_PROCESSES_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_PROCESSES_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (IND_PROCESSES_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (IND_PROCESSES_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Power industry
IPCC 1996: 1A1 / IPCC 2006: 1A1-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (POWER_INDUSTRY_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (POWER_INDUSTRY_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (POWER_INDUSTRY_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (POWER_INDUSTRY_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (POWER_INDUSTRY_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (POWER_INDUSTRY_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (POWER_INDUSTRY_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (POWER_INDUSTRY_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (POWER_INDUSTRY_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (POWER_INDUSTRY_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Transport
IPCC 1996: 1A3 / IPCC 2006: 1A3-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (TRANSPORT_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (TRANSPORT_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (TRANSPORT_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (TRANSPORT_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (TRANSPORT_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (TRANSPORT_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (TRANSPORT_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (TRANSPORT_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (TRANSPORT_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (TRANSPORT_flx_nc.zip)English
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- Waste
IPCC 1996: 6 / IPCC 2006: 4-
EDGAR CH4 - NETCDF (emi) (WASTE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CH4 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (WASTE_flx_nc.zip)English
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IEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDF (emi) (WASTE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishIEA-EDGAR CO2 - NETCDFD (fluxes) (WASTE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR CO2bio - NETCDF (emi) (WASTE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR CO2bio - NETCDFD (fluxes) (WASTE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDF (emi) (WASTE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR GWP_100_AR5_GHG - NETCDFD (fluxes) (WASTE_flx_nc.zip)English
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EDGAR N2O - NETCDF (emi) (WASTE_emi_nc.zip)EnglishEDGAR N2O - NETCDFD (fluxes) (WASTE_flx_nc.zip)English
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Conditions of use
©European Union 2023, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG database, comprising IEA-EDGAR CO2, EDGAR CH4, EDGAR N2O and EDGAR F-gases version 8.0 (2023). Unless otherwise noted, all material owned by the European Union is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. This means that reuse is allowed, provided that appropriate credit is given and any changes are indicated.
All emissions, except for CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, are from the EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG database comprising IEA-EDGAR CO2, EDGAR CH4, EDGAR N2O and EDGAR F-gases version 8.0 (2023).
IEA-EDGAR CO2, a component of the EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG database version 8.0 (2023) including or based on data from IEA (2022) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, www.iea.org/data-and-statistics, as modified by the Joint Research Centre.
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Co-authorship and involvement of the EDGAR Community, which includes the IEA for fossil CO2 emissions, in the emission data analysis is highly appreciated. User's comments and requests can be sent via email to the authors. For IEA data, please refer to emissions@iea.org.
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How to cite the content of reports
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Pagani, F., Banja, M., Muntean, M., Schaaf E., Becker, W., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Quadrelli, R., Risquez Martin, A., Taghavi-Moharamli, P., Köykkä, J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Brandao De Melo, J., Oom, D., Branco, A., San-Miguel, J., Vignati, E., GHG emissions of all world countries, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, doi:10.2760/953322, JRC134504.
How to cite the use of underlying data
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, a collaboration between the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and comprising IEA-EDGAR CO2, EDGAR CH4, EDGAR N2O, EDGAR F-GASES version 8.0, (2023) European Commission, JRC (Datasets). The complete citation of the EDGAR Community GHG Database is available in the 'Sources and References' section.
IEA-EDGAR CO2, a component of the EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG database version 8.0 (2023) including or based on data from IEA (2022) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, www.iea.org/data-and-statistics, as modified by the Joint Research Centre.
Users of the data are obliged to acknowledge the source of the data also with reference to the EDGARv8.0 website (link) and/or relevant reports.
Contacts
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