European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) data from EUTL

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/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/

├ .gitignore

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/.gitignore

├ LICENSE

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/LICENSE

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/README.md

├ data/eu-ets-sector-emissions.csv

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/data/eu-ets-sector-emissions.csv

├ data/eu-ets.csv

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/data/eu-ets.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/datapackage.json

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/README.md

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1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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eu-ets-sector-emissions

Field	Type	Description
sector	string	Main activity sector name
year	year	Reporting year (YYYY)
emissions_mt	number	Verified emissions in megatonnes of CO₂ equivalent

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Aggregated EU ETS verified greenhouse gas emissions by main activity sector and year, derived from the eu-ets resource. Values are in megatonnes of CO₂ equivalent and cover the top emitting sectors from 2005 onwards.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 7.23 kB
Source: EU ETS data from EUTL (European Environment Agency)
License: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0

eu-ets

Field	Type	Description
country_code	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or a special ETS administrative code for EU-level mechanisms (XI = Northern Ireland, Innovation fund, Modernisation Fund, NER 300 auctions, RRF)
main_activity_code	string	ETS main activity sector code as defined in Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC (e.g. '20', '29'). Aggregate codes ending in -99 (e.g. '20-99' = all stationary installations, '21-99' = all industrial excl. combustion) are rollup rows that double-count individual sector rows.
main_activity_name	string	Full sector name corresponding to main_activity_code (e.g. '20 Combustion of fuels', '29 Production of cement clinker')
citl_information	string	ETS metric label describing the type of data in the value column (e.g. '2.1 EU-ETS Verified Emission', '1.1 Freely allocated allowances', '1.3 Allowances auctioned or sold')
year	string	Reporting period — either a four-digit calendar year (e.g. 2013) or a named trading-period string (e.g. 'Total 1st trading period (05-07)')
value	number	Metric value — tonnes of CO₂ equivalent for emission rows, number of allowances (EUAs/EUAAs) for allocation and surrender rows

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Country- and sector-level EU ETS data from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL) via the European Environment Agency. Each row reports a single ETS metric (e.g. verified emissions, freely allocated allowances) for one country, activity sector, and time period. The `year` field contains both four-digit calendar years (e.g. `2013`) and named trading-period strings (e.g. `Total 1st trading period (05-07)`).
Last updated: 15 May 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 8.11 MB
Source: EU ETS data from EUTL (European Environment Agency)
License: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0

About this dataset

Data about the EU emission trading system (ETS). The EU emission trading system (ETS) is one of the main measures introduced by the EU to achieve cost-efficient reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and reach its targets under the Kyoto Protocol and other commitments. The data mainly comes from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL).

Data

Aggregated data on greenhouse gas emissions and allowances.

Geographic coverage

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Temporal coverage

2005-2025

Sources

Name: EU ETS data from EUTL (European Environment Agency)
Web: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/datahub/datahubitem-view/98f04097-26de-4fca-86c4-63834818c0c0

Preparation

Requirements

Python 3 with modules requests and openpyxl are required in order to process the data.

Processing

Run the following script from this directory to download and process the data:

pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt
# run the following
python scripts/process.py

Resources

The processed data are output to ./data.

License

Data

Data are sourced from European Environment Agency and no copyright restrictions are applied. More specifically:

EEA aspires to promote the sharing of environmental data. In agreeing to share, data providers need to have assurance that their data are properly handled, disseminated and acknowledged following similar principles and rules across countries and stakeholders.*

Additional work

All the additional work done to build this Data Package is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/

Citations

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG-CLIMA).