Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019
<p>Since 2000, CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span> emissions from emerging economies have outstripped those of developed economies. To limit global warming to under 1.5 <span class="inline-formula"><sup>∘</sup></sp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Earth System Science Data |
| Online Access: | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1317/2023/essd-15-1317-2023.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>Since 2000, CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span> emissions from emerging economies have
outstripped those of developed economies. To limit global warming to under
1.5 <span class="inline-formula"><sup>∘</sup></span>C by 2100, over 100 emerging economies have proposed
net-zero carbon targets. Yet the supportive data are lacking – no inventory
of CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span> emission outlines detailed sources by sector or distribution at
the subnational level for these economies. Here, we redress the balance by
establishing a dataset for an energy-related CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span> emission inventory
that covers 47 sectors and eight energy types in 40 emerging
economies (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7309360">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7309360</a>, Cui et al., 2021). Their emissions, growing rapidly
by 3.0 % yr<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>, reached 7.5 Gt in 2019 and were sourced primarily in
coal and oil (34.6 % and 28.1 %, respectively) and consumed by the power
and transportation sectors. Meanwhile, among African countries in this
group, biomass combustion was responsible for 34.7 %–96.2 % of
emissions. Our dataset fills a data gap by providing a detailed, robust
emission accounting baseline for emerging economies – an advance that
will support emission reduction policymaking at global, national, and
subnational levels.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1866-3508 1866-3516 |