Mapped: The World’s Largest CO2 Importers and Exporters
This article maps out exports and imports of carbon dioxide emissions globally and examines how including them changes countries’ national emissions.Read More →
The Carbon Majors Database CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017
This report highlights the role that corporations can play in driving the global energy transition and is intended to to improve transparency from fossil fuel companies. Read More →
Perspective Has a Strong Effect on the Calculation of Historical Contributions to Global Warming
This study explores countries' emissions responsibilities by presenting a broad and systematic analysis of how various scientific and policy-related choices influence the calculations of historical contributions for individual countries.Read More →
Consumption- Based Carbon Accounting: Does It Have a Future?
This article provides an account of the logic behind attributing responsibility for emissions on the basis of consumption instead of production, discusses the counterarguments, and presents implementation possibilities. Read More →
Attribution of Net Carbon Change by Disturbance Type Across Forest Lands of the Conterminous United States
This study provides analysis of the net carbon change across forest lands in the conterminous U.S. between 2006 and 2010, attributing changes to both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Read More →
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Due to Meat Production in the Last Fifty Years
During the last 50 years, global greenhouse gas emissions released from beef cattle, pork and chickens increased by 59 %, 89 % and 461 % respectively.Read More →
Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2 °C target
This study identifies a preliminary global target for reducing emissions from agriculture of ~1 GtCO2e yr−1 by 2030 to limit warming in 2100 to 2 °C above pre‐industrial levels. Read More →
Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector
This study estimated that between 1995 and 2005, the livestock sector was responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of 5.6–7.5 GtCO2e yr−1.Read More →
The Contribution of China’s Emissions to Global Climate Forcing
This study quantifies China’s present-day contribution to global radiative forcing and finds that that China contributes 10% ± 4% of the current global radiative forcing.Read More →
Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
This document highlights the climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance agreements within the UNFCCC.Read More →