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EDGAR v6.1 Global Air Pollutant Emissions

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EDGARv6.1 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 mainly based on the energy balance statistics of IEA (2019) (Internet: link), whereas the activity data for the agricultural sectors originate mainly from FAO (2020) (Internet: link).

Novelties of EDGARv6.1 compared to the previous EDGARv5.0 release are:

updates of all activity data up to 2018

new international shipping proxies and monthly profiles (Jalkanen et al. (2012), Johansson et al. (2017))

updates of road transport technology penetration and emission factors (Muntean et al., in prep, 2022) for combustion and evaporative emissions

inclusion of NMVOC emissions from agricultural soils

Contributors

Diego Guizzardi; Edwin Schaaf; Efisio Solazzo; Fabio Monforti-Ferrario; Federico Pagani; Manjola Banja; Marilena Muntean; Monica Crippa

How to cite

Crippa, Monica; Guizzardi, Diego; Muntean, Marilena; Schaaf, Edwin; Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio; Banja, Manjola; Pagani, Federico; Solazzo, Efisio (2026): EDGAR v6.1 Global Air Pollutant Emissions. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.967BWXG PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/df521e05-6a3b-461c-965a-b703fb62313e

Data access

EDGARv6.1_AP: air pollutants emissions time series
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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.

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EDGARv6.1_AP: air pollutants emissions gridmaps
NetCDF

NetCDF is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
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.

Spatial coverage

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1970-01-01 2018-01-01

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.

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
2022-01-01
Created date
05 May 2022 13:17
Modified date
04 Feb 2026 10:15
Landing page
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ap61 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/df521e05-6a3b-461c-965a-b703fb62313e
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