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EDGAR v8.1 Global Air Pollutant Emissions

Collection: EDGAR : Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research 

Description

EDGARv8.1 provides emissions not only for the greenhouse gases per sector and country but also for the air pollutants:

Ozone precursor gases: Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Oxides (NOX), Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) and Methane (CH4) Acidifying gases: Ammonia (NH3), Nitrogen oxides (NOX) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Primary particulates: Fine Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and Carbonaceous speciation (BC, OC) Emissions from large scale biomass burning with Savannah burning, forest fires, and sources and sinks from land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) are excluded.

For the energy related sectors the activity data are primarily based on IEA data (2022) World Energy Balances, (www.iea.org), all rights reserved, as modified by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, whereas the activity data for the agricultural sectors originate primarily from FAO (2022) (www.fao.org/faostat).

Novelties of EDGARv8.1 compared to the previous EDGARv6.1 release are:

updates of all activity data up to 2022 updates of technology penetration, abatement measures and emission factors for power plant emissions and residential emissions in Europe new spatial proxies as described in Crippa et al. (2024)

Contact

Email
jrc-edgar (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • Alfredo BRANCO
  • Diego Guizzardi
  • Duarte JACOME FELIX OOM
  • Edwin Schaaf
  • Elisabetta Vignati
  • Fabio Monforti-Ferrario
  • Federico Pagani
  • Giacomo Grassi
  • Manjola Banja
  • Marilena Muntean
  • Monica Crippa
  • Simone Rossi
  • William Becker
  • Joana Brandao De Melo
  • Jesus SAN-MIGUEL-AYANZ

How to cite

BRANCO Alfredo; Guizzardi, Diego; JACOME FELIX OOM Duarte; Schaaf, Edwin; Vignati, Elisabetta; Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio; Pagani, Federico; Grassi, Giacomo; Banja, Manjola; Muntean, Marilena; Crippa, Monica; Rossi, Simone; William Becker; Brandao De Melo, Joana; SAN-MIGUEL-AYANZ Jesus (2024): EDGAR v8.1 Global Air Pollutant Emissions. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a3af16e4-21ac-420a-b98c-b78a9b7723be

Keywords

air pollutants emissions global inventory monthly

Data access

EDGAR v8.1_AP: air pollutants emissions time series
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 
EDGAR v8.1_AP: air pollutants emissions gridmaps
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

Publications

Publication 2023
GHG emissions of all world countries
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Pagani, F., Banja, M., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Becker, W.E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Quadrelli, R., Risquez Martin, A., Taghavi-Moharamli, P., Köykkä, J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Melo, J., Oom, D., Branco, A., San-Miguel, J. and Vignati, E., GHG emissions of all world countries, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, doi:10.2760/953322 (online),10.2760/235266 (print), JRC134504.
  • Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
DOI
10.2760/953322
Publication page 
  • Abstract

    The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) provides emissions time series from 1970 until 2022 for GHGs for all countries for all anthropogenic sectors, with the exception of emissions and removals from land use and forestry, which are provided for the years 1990 to 2022. The report includes emissions from IEA-EDGAR CO2, EDGAR CH4, EDGAR N2O and EDGAR F-gases version 8.0 (2023). The report contributes to the Paris Agreement process with an independent and quantitative view of global GHG emissions.

Geographic areas

World

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML 
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GML 
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WKT 
POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1970-01-01 2022-01-01

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2024-05-16
Modified date
2024-05-16
Issued date
2024-01-01
Landing page
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ap81 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Environment, Science and technology
Update frequency
irregular
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/a3af16e4-21ac-420a-b98c-b78a9b7723be
Popularity