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To aid the understanding of how urbanisation has influenced anthropogenic CO2 and air pollutant emissions across all world regions, we make use of the latest developments of the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. In this study, we systematically analyse over 5 decades of emissions from different types of human settlements (from urban centres to rural areas) for different sectors in all countries. Our analysis shows that by 2015, urban centres were the source of a third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gases and most of the air pollutant emissions. The high levels of both population and emissions in urban centres therefore call for focused urban mitigation efforts.

Contributors

Andreas Fuentes Hutfilter; Aneta Florczyk; Antoine Guion; Diego Guizzardi; Efisio Solazzo; Enrico Pisoni; Marcello Schiavina; Marilena Muntean; Michele Melchiorri; Monica Crippa

How to cite

Crippa, Monica; Guizzardi, Diego; Pisoni, Enrico; Solazzo, Efisio; Guion, Antoine; Muntean, Marilena; Florczyk, Aneta; Schiavina, Marcello; Melchiorri, Michele; Fuentes Hutfilter, Andreas (2026): EDGAR_emissions_urban_areas. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.1FNS4CG PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c0c49cd7-4a80-4a94-8c34-375289c12b2d

Keywords

air pollutantsemissionsgreenhouse gasinventorymitigationurban

Data access

EDGAR global emissions in urban areas (v2024)
Excel XLSX

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Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • 1975-1990-2000-2005-2010-2015-2020-2022 Emissions per sector, country and settlement area type are provided for CO2, GHG, NOX, PM2.5

EDGAR global emissions in urban areas (v2021)
Excel XLSX

XLSX is the default file format for Excel 2007 and later workbook used for Microsoft Excel spreadsheet which features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language. XLSX is in reality a ZIP compressed archive with a directory structure of XML text documents.
Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • 1970-1990-2005-2015 Emissions per sector, country and settlement area type are provided for CH4, CO, CO2, NH3, NOx, PM10, SO2

Publications

Publication
Global anthropogenic emissions in urban areas: patterns, trends, and challenges
Monica Crippa et al 2021 Environ. Res. Lett. 16 074033

Spatial coverage

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1970-01-01 2015-01-01

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-edgar (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity
Science and technology

dataset theme covering the domains of science and technology, with science being the systematic pursuit of knowledge through testable explanations and predictions across natural, social, and formal disciplines, and technology encompassing the collective techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in producing goods, providing services, or achieving objectives like scientific research

Geographical name(s)
World
Issued date
2021-01-01
Created date
04 Oct 2021 08:28
Modified date
04 Feb 2026 10:15
Landing page
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/c0c49cd7-4a80-4a94-8c34-375289c12b2d
Other identifiers
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