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top-emitters
Schema
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| country | string | |
| year | integer | |
| total_mt | number | CO₂ emissions in megatonnes |
fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-by-nation
Schema
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | year | Year |
| Country | string | Nation |
| Total | number | Total carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption and cement production (million metric tons of C) |
| Solid Fuel | number | Carbon emissions from solid fuel consumption |
| Liquid Fuel | number | Carbon emissions from liquid fuel consumption |
| Gas Fuel | number | Carbon emissions from gas fuel consumption |
| Cement | number | Carbon emissions from cement production |
| Gas Flaring | number | Carbon emissions from gas flaring |
| Per Capita | number | Per capita carbon emissions (metric tons of carbon; after 1949 only) |
| Bunker fuels (Not in Total) | number | Carbon emissions from bunker fuels (not included in total) |
Data Files
| File | Description | Size | Last modified | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
top-emitters | 15 kB | 6 days ago | top-emitters | |
fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-by-nation | 969 kB | about 2 months ago | fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-by-nation |
| Files | Size | Format | Created | Updated | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 984 kB | csv, | 6 days ago | Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 | National CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement manufacture |
Per Country CO2 Emissions from fossil-fuels annually since 1751 till 2020.
Data
Data comes from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC at AppState). original xlsx: https://rieee.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nation.1751_2020.xlsx
Preparation
The data was prepared by the datahub.io project. You could find it here:
https://datahub.io/core/co2-fossil-by-nation
On the github (including the processing script):
https://github.com/datasets/co2-emissions
Citation
Please cite as:
Hefner, M., and G. Marland. 2023. Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions: 1751-2020. CDIAC-FF, Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics, Appalachian State University.
Automation
Automation is not required as the data is only up to 2020.
License
This Data Package is licensed by its maintainers under the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).