China CO2 emission accounts 1997–2015

Shan, Yuli, Guan, Dabo, Zheng, Heran, Ou, Jiamin, Li, Yuan, Meng, Jing, Mi, Zhifu, Liu, Zhu and Zhang, Qiang (2018) China CO2 emission accounts 1997–2015. Scientific Data, 5. ISSN 2052-4463

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Abstract

China is the world’s top energy consumer and CO2 emitter, accounting for 30% of global emissions. Compiling an accurate accounting of China’s CO2 emissions is the first step in implementing reduction policies. However, no annual, officially published emissions data exist for China. The current emissions estimated by academic institutes and scholars exhibit great discrepancies. The gap between the different emissions estimates is approximately equal to the total emissions of the Russian Federation (the 4th highest emitter globally) in 2011. In this study, we constructed the time-series of CO2 emission inventories for China and its 30 provinces. We followed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions accounting method with a territorial administrative scope. The inventories include energy-related emissions (17 fossil fuels in 47 sectors) and process-related emissions (cement production). The first version of our dataset presents emission inventories from 1997 to 2015. We will update the dataset annually. The uniformly formatted emission inventories provide data support for further emission-related research as well as emissions reduction policy-making in China.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Related URLs:	http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata2017...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2018 12:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 17:34
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66118
DOI:	10.1038/sdata.2017.201

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