The key role of production efficiency changes in livestock methane emission mitigation

This dataset contains the R code, the input data, the parameters used, and the updated livestock methane emission for the period 1961-2023 using methods from Chang, J., Peng, S., Yin, Y., Ciais, P., Havlik, P., Herrero, M. (2021). The key role of production efficiency changes in livestock methane emission mitigation. AGU Advances, 2, e2021AV000391. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1029/2021AV000391 

1. R code: Chang_et_al_Global_Livestock_CH4_Assessment_1961_2023.R
2. Input data and parameters: Data.zip (statistics on historical livestock numbers and production need to be downloaded from FAOSTAT (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/)
3. Results on global livestock methane emissions during 1961-2023 were presented in the Global_Results.xlsx
4. Results on livestock methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management during the period 1961-2023 in each country/area were shown in the folder named Country_Results: Files are organized as "Country_[XX]CH4_[YY]_[ZZ].csv" where XX indicate emission from enteric fermentation (EF) or manure management (MM); YY indicates method used for the estimates; and ZZ indicates livestock categories.
5. Results on gridded livestock methane emissions at a resolution of 5 arc-min using the IPCC Mixed Tier 1 and Tier 2 (2019MT) and Tier 1 (2019T1) methods following the 2019 refinement to the 2006 IPCC guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Vol. 4) (IPCC, 2019): Livestock_CH4_map_5arcmin_1961_2023_2019MT_2019T1.nc4

Please contact: Dr. Jinfeng Chang (changjf@zju.edu.cn) for any question on the dataset.