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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| author | C. Cui S. Li W. Zhao B. Liu Y. Shan D. Guan D. Guan |
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| description | <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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| spelling | doaj.art-29477295ccdf46a38daf3f6c14a271562023-03-22T10:48:10ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162023-03-01151317132810.5194/essd-15-1317-2023Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019C. Cui0S. Li1W. Zhao2B. Liu3Y. Shan4D. Guan5D. Guan6Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaInstitute of Blue and Green Development, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, ChinaThe Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UKIntegrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, the NetherlandsSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UKDepartment of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaThe Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK<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>https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1317/2023/essd-15-1317-2023.pdf |
| spellingShingle | C. Cui S. Li W. Zhao B. Liu Y. Shan D. Guan D. Guan Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 Earth System Science Data |
| title | Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 |
| title_full | Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 |
| title_fullStr | Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 |
| title_short | Energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019 |
| title_sort | energy related co sub 2 sub emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010 2019 |
| url | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1317/2023/essd-15-1317-2023.pdf |
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