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Source Attribution

This category encompasses research aimed at identifying the relative contribution of different sectors, activities, and entities to global climate change. It includes research on the respective contributions of national governments and private corporations to increases in global greenhouse gas concentrations (through both emissions and land use changes). It also includes research on the respective obligations of different entities to mitigate their contributions to climate change.

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2020 BLM Specialist Report on Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Trends

January 2021
United States Bureau of Land Management
United States Bureau of Land Management
This report presents the estimated emissions of GHGs attributable to fossil fuels produced on lands and mineral estate managed by BLM.Read More →

Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Production Sites in the United States: Data Synthesis and National Estimate

September 2018
Mark Omara, Naomi Zimmerman, Melissa R. Sullivan, Xiang Li, Aja Ellis, Rebecca Cesa, R. Subramanian, Albert A. Presto, Allen L. Robinson
Environmental Science & Technology
This peer-reviewed study uses site-level methane emissions data from natural gas production sites across the United States to develop a new, more accurate national CH4 emission estimate for the natural gas production sector.Read More →

Environmental Impacts of the U.S. Health Care System and Effects on Public Health

June 2016
Matthew J. Eckelman & Jodi Sherman
PLOS One
This study estimates emissions directly and indirectly attributable to the U.S. health care sector and potential harmful effects on public health.Read More →

Climate Damages to the U.S. Economy from U.S. Transportation Emissions

September 2025
Justin S. Mankin, Alexander R. Gottlieb, Christopher W. Callahan
Dartmouth Climate Modeling & Impacts Group
This study uses peer-reviewed climate damage attribution methods to estimate that climate damages to the U.S. economy caused by the U.S. transportation sector totaled $68.0 billion between 1973-2023.Read More →

Analysis: Calculating Near-Term and Long-Term U.S. Damages from U.S. Greenhouse Gas Transportation Sector Emissions

September 2025
Rick Duke
This analysis projects the climate damages that would result from the transportation sector's greenhouse gas emissions, if unabated, to be at least $12.2 billion from 2025-2035 and $96.4 billion from 2025-2050, and likely much more.Read More →

Dataset: Analysis: Calculating Near-Term and Long-Term U.S. Damages from U.S. Greenhouse Gas Transportation Sector Emissions

September 2025
Rick Duke
This dataset underlies a study that estimates the climate damages that would result from the transportation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions from 2025-2035 and 2025-2050, if unabated.Read More →

Systematic Attribution of Heatwaves to the Emissions of Carbon Majors

September 2025
Yann Quilcaille et al.
Nature
This study finds that climate change contributed to the intensification and likelihood of 213 heatwaves between 2000 and 2023, and 180 carbon majors substantially contributed to that.Read More →

Analysis: Calculating Near-Term U.S. Damages from U.S. Greenhouse Gas Power Sector Emissions from 2025-2035

August 2025
Rick Duke
This analysis projects the climate damages that would result from the power sector's greenhouse gas emissions from 2025-2035, if unabated, to be at least $11.1 billion, and likely much more.Read More →

Dataset: Analysis: Calculating Near-Term U.S. Damages from U.S. Greenhouse Gas Power Sector Emissions from 2025-2035

August 2025
Rick Duke
This dataset underlies analysis which projects the climate damages that would result from the power sector's greenhouse gas emissions from 2025-2035, if unabated, to be at least $11.1 billion, and likely much more.Read More →

Biophysical Effects of Land Cover Changes in West Africa: A Systematic Review

June 2025
Abdel Nassirou Yahaya Seydou et al.
Environmental Research Letters
This study finds that deforestation and other land use changes in West Africa contribute to regional warming.Read More →

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