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

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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).

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/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/.gitignore
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/LICENSE
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/README.md
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/data/eu-ets-sector-emissions.csv
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/data/eu-ets.csv
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/datapackage.json
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datapackage.jsonmetadata & schema
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/datapackage.json
README.mddocumentation
https://datahub.io/core/eu-emissions-trading-system/_r/-/README.md
Typical Usage
  1. 1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
  2. 2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
  3. 3. Read README.md for full context

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eu-ets-sector-emissions

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Schema

nametypedescription
sectorstringMain activity sector name
yearintegerYear
emissions_mtnumberVerified emissions in megatonnes of CO₂ equivalent

eu-ets

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Schema

nametypedescription
country_codestringInternational Country Code (ISO 3166-1-Alpha-2 code elements)
countrystringCountry name
main activity sector namestringMain activity label
ETS informationstringETS information
yearstringAnnual data mainly in YYYY format, but also may include stings Eg: Total 1st trading period (05-07)
valuenumbermeasure value
unitstringUnit of the measure value (in tonne of CO2-equ.)

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eu-ets
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FilesSizeFormatCreatedUpdatedLicenseSource
29.45 MBcsvabout 6 hours agoOpen Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0EU ETS data

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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

2005-2014

Sources

Preparation

Requirements

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

Processing

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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

  1. 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).