Estimates of global, regional, and national annual CO(sub 2) emissions from fossil-fuel burning, hydraulic cement production, and gas flaring: 1950--1992

摘要

This document describes the compilation, content, and format of the most comprehensive C0(sub 2)-emissions database currently available. The database includes global, regional, and national annual estimates of C0(sub 2) emissions resulting from fossil-fuel burning, cement manufacturing, and gas flaring in oil fields for 1950--92 as well as the energy production, consumption, and trade data used for these estimates. The methods of Marland and Rotty (1983) are used to calculate these emission estimates. For the first time, the methods and data used to calculate CO, emissions from gas flaring are presented. This C0(sub 2)-emissions database is useful for carbon-cycle research, provides estimates of the rate at which fossil-fuel combustion has released C0(sub 2) to the atmosphere, and offers baseline estimates for those countries compiling 1990 C0(sub 2)-emissions inventories.