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Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuels since 1751

Global CO2 Emissions from fossil-fuels annually since 1751 till 2014. Data comes from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). Original csv: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/ndp03...

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https://datahub.io/core/co2-fossil-global/_r/-/global.csv
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Schema

nametypedescription
yearinteger
fuelstring
emissions_mtnumberCO₂ emissions in megatonnes

global

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Schema

nametypedescription
YearyearYear
TotalnumberTotal carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption and cement production (million metric tons of C)
Gas FuelnumberCarbon emissions from gas fuel consumption
Liquid FuelnumberCarbon emissions from liquid fuel consumption
Solid FuelnumberCarbon emissions from solid fuel consumption
CementnumberCarbon emissions from cement production
Gas FlaringnumberCarbon emissions from gas flaring
Per CapitanumberPer capita carbon emissions (metric tons of carbon; after 1949 only)

Data Files

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fuel-breakdown
9.34 kB3 days ago
fuel-breakdown
global
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global
FilesSizeFormatCreatedUpdatedLicenseSource
215.8 kBcsv3 days agoOpen Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0CDIAC

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Global CO2 Emissions from fossil-fuels annually since 1751 till 2014.

Data

Data comes from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC).

Original csv: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/ndp030/CSV-FILES/global.1751_2014.csv

Preparation

The data was prepared in this Tabularum project: http://explorer.okfnlabs.org/#rgrp/9452691

Citation

Please cite as:

Boden, T.A., G. Marland, and R.J. Andres. 2013. Global, Regional, and
National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis
Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge,
Tenn., U.S.A. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2013

License

This Data Package is licensed by its maintainers under the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).