The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series (1850-2018) v2.2

Recommended citation

Gütschow, J.; Günther, A.; Jeffery, L.; Gieseke, R. (2021): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series v2.2 (1850-2018). zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4479172.

Gütschow, J.; Jeffery, L.; Gieseke, R.; Gebel, R.; Stevens, D.; Krapp, M.; Rocha, M. (2016): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 571-603, doi:10.5194/essd-8-571-2016

Content

• Use of the dataset and full description
• Abstract
• Support
• Sources
• Files included in the dataset
• Notes
• Data format description (columns)
• Changelog
• References

Use of the dataset and full description

Before using the dataset, please read this document and the article describing the methodology, especially the section on uncertainties and the section on limitations of the method and use of the dataset.

Gütschow, J.; Jeffery, L.; Gieseke, R.; Gebel, R.; Stevens, D.; Krapp, M.; Rocha, M. (2016): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 571-603, doi:10.5194/essd-8-571-2016

Please notify us (johannes.guetschow@pik-potsdam.de) if you use the dataset so that we can keep track of how it is used and take that into consideration when updating and improving the dataset.

When using this dataset or one of its updates, please cite the DOI of the precise version of the dataset used and also the data description article which this dataset is supplement to (see above). Please consider also citing the relevant original sources when using the PRIMAP-hist dataset. See the full citations in the References section further below.

Support

If you encounter possible errors or other things that should be noted, please check our issue tracker at github.com/JGuetschow/PRIMAP-hist and report your findings there.

If you need support in using the dataset or have any other questions regarding the dataset, please contact johannes.guetschow@pik-potsdam.de.

Abstract

The PRIMAP-hist dataset combines several published datasets to create a comprehensive set of greenhouse gas emission pathways for every country and Kyoto gas, covering the years 1850 to 2018, and all UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) member states as well as most non-UNFCCC territories. The data resolves the main IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2006 categories. For CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O subsector data for Energy, Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), and Agriculture is available. Due to data availability and methodological issues, version 2.2 of the PRIMAP-hist dataset does not include emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF).

The PRIMAP-hist v2.2 dataset is an updated version of

Gütschow, J.; Jeffery, L.; Gieseke, R.; Günther, A. (2019): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series v2.1 (1850-2017). GFZ Data Services. doi:10.5880/pik.2019.018.

The Changelog indicates the most important changes. You can also check the issue tracker on github.com/JGuetschow/PRIMAP-hist for additional information on issues found after the release of the dataset.

Sources

• Global CO₂ emissions from cement production v4 (Andrew 2019) data, paper Andrew (2019a), Andrew (2019b)
• BP Statistical Review of World Energy website: British Petroleum (2020)
• CDIAC data: Boden et al. (2017)
• EDGAR versions 4.2 and 4.2 FT2010: EDGAR v4.2, EDGAR v4.2 FT2010: JRC and PBL (2011), Olivier and Janssens-Maenhout (2012)
• EDGAR version 5.0: data, paper: JRC and PBL (2017), Crippa et al. (2019)
• EDGAR-HYDE 1.4 data: Van Aardenne et al. (2001), Olivier and Berdowski (2001)
• FAOSTAT database data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2020)
• RCP historical data data, paper: Meinshausen et al. (2011)
• UNFCCC National Communications and National Inventory Reports for developing countries website, data: UNFCCC (2020b), Gieseke and Gütschow (2020)
• UNFCCC Biennial Update Reports website: UNFCCC (2020a)
• UNFCCC Common Reporting Format (CRF) website, paper, data: Gütschow et al. (2020b) UNFCCC (2019a) (processed as described in Jeffery et al. (2018a). PRIMAP-hist contains updated CRF data for Hungary, compared to the published PRIMAP-crf dataset)

Files included in the dataset

• PRIMAP-hist_v2.2_19-Jan-2021.csv: With numerical extrapolation of all time series to 2018.
• PRIMAP-hist_no_extrapolation_v2.2_19-Jan-2021.csv: Without numerical extrapolation of missing values and not including the country groups mentioned in section country.
• PRIMAP-hist_v2.2_data-description.pdf: Data description including changelog.
• PRIMAP-hist_v2.2_updated_figures.pdf: Updated figures from the PRIMAP-hist paper published in ESSD.

Notes

• Emissions from international aviation and shipping are not included in the dataset.
• Emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) are not included in this dataset.

Data format description (columns)

“scenario”

• HISTCR: In this scenario country-reported data (CRF, BUR, UNFCCC) is prioritized over third-party data (CDIAC, FAO, Andrew, EDGAR, BP).
• HISTTP: In this scenario third-party data (CDIAC, FAO, Andrew, EDGAR, BP) is prioritized over country-reported data (CRF, BUR, UNFCCC)

“country”

ISO 3166 three-letter country codes or custom codes for groups:

Code       Region description
----       -------
EARTH      Aggregated emissions for all countries.
ANNEXI     Annex I Parties to the Convention
NONANNEXI  Non-Annex I Parties to the Convention
AOSIS      Alliance of Small Island States
BASIC      BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)
EU28       European Union
LDC        Least Developed Countries
UMBRELLA   Umbrella Group

Table: Additional “country” codes.

“category”

IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2006 categories for emissions. Some aggregate sectors have been added to the hierarchy. These begin with the prefix IPCM instead of IPC.

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Category code Description
------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
IPCM0EL       National Total excluding LULUCF
IPC1          Energy
IPC1A         Fuel Combustion Activities
IPC1B         Fugitive Emissions from Fuels
IPC1B1        Solid Fuels
IPC1B2        Oil and Natural Gas
IPC1B3        Other Emissions from Energy Production
IPC1C         Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage
              (currently no data available)
IPC2          Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)
IPC2A         Mineral Industry
IPC2B         Chemical Industry
IPC2C         Metal Industry
IPC2D         Non-Energy Products from Fuels and Solvent Use
IPC2E         Electronics Industry
              (no data available as the category is only used for
              fluorinated gases which are only resolved at the level
              of category IPC2)
IPC2F         Product uses as Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances
              (no data available as the category is only used for
              fluorinated gases which are only resolved at the level
              of category IPC2)
IPC2G         Other Product Manufacture and Use
IPC2H         Other
IPCMAG        Agriculture, sum of IPC3A and IPCMAGELV
IPC3A         Livestock
IPCMAGELV     Agriculture excluding Livestock
IPC4          Waste
IPC5          Other
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Table: Category descriptions using IPCC 2006 terminology.

“entity”

Gas categories using global warming potentials (GWP) from either Second Assessment Report (SAR) or Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).

Code          Description
----          -----------
CH4        Methane
CO2        Carbon Dioxide
N2O        Nitrous Oxide
HFCS          Hydrofluorocarbons (SAR)
HFCSAR4       Hydrofluorocarbons (AR4)
PFCS          Perfluorocarbons (SAR)
PFCSAR4       Perfluorocarbons (AR4)
SF6        Sulfur Hexafluoride
NF3        Nitrogen Trifluoride
FGASES        Fluorinated Gases (SAR): HFCs, PFCs, SF$_6$, NF$_3$
FGASESAR4     Fluorinated Gases (AR4): HFCs, PFCs, SF$_6$, NF$_3$
KYOTOGHG      Kyoto greenhouse gases (SAR)
KYOTOGHGAR4   Kyoto greenhouse gases (AR4)

Table: Gas categories and underlying global warming potentials

“unit”

Unit is either Gg or GgCO2eq (CO₂-equivalent according to the global warming potential used).

Remaining columns

Years from 1850-2018.

Changelog

For the changelog we refer to the pdf version of the data description available for download here