Dataset

Facility-level global GHG emissions

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An independently compiled registry cataloguing greenhouse gas releases from over 350 million individual assets and sites worldwide, spanning electricity generation, fossil fuel extraction, maritime transport and industrial facilities, derived through satellite imagery and sensor analysis and offered for unrestricted download.

Dataset card

Climate TRACE publishes a facility-level inventory of greenhouse gas emissions covering assets worldwide. The dataset is released under CC BY 4.0, allowing free redistribution with attribution.

What this dataset contains

The dataset reports greenhouse gas emissions attributed to individual production and energy facilities globally. Tags associated with the release include emissions, GHG, ESG, oil and gas, and power plants, indicating coverage of major industrial source categories. No further schema or geographic breakdown is documented in the available metadata.

Structure and fields

Specific column names and field definitions are not provided in the supplied facts. Splits, row counts, and sample values are likewise absent, so the exact structure cannot be described. Readers should consult the publisher's documentation for the authoritative schema before use.

How analysts use it

Because the dataset is openly licensed, investment teams can integrate it into emissions-related ESG screens and climate risk models at no licensing cost. Asset-level granularity would in principle support exposure analysis of oil-and-gas and power-sector holdings, though confirming coverage and field mappings is a prerequisite. Analysts should treat any portfolio conclusions as preliminary until the schema and update cadence are verified.

Documentation & references 2
  1. Climate TRACE/Facility-level global GHG emissions: listing on the provider website
  2. Climate TRACE: official website

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