CO2 emissions and ancillary data for 343 cities from diverse sources

Nangini, Cathy; Peregon Anna; Ciais, Philippe; Weddige, Ulf; Vogel, Felix; Wang, Jun; Bréon, François-Marie; Bachra, Simeran; Wang, Yilong; Gurney, Kevin; Yamagata, Yoshiki; Appleby, Kyra; Telahoun, Sara; Canadell, Josep G; Grübler, Arnulf; Dhakal, Shobhakar; Creutzig, Felix

2019

This dataset collects anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions data, supplemented with various socio-economic and environmental factors, across 343 cities worldwide. A dataset of dimensions 343 × 179 consisting of CO2 emissions from CDP (187 cities, few in developing countries), the Bonn Center for Local Climate contains action and reporting data (73 cities, mainly in developing countries), and data collected by Peking University (83 cities in China). Further, a set of socio-economic variables – called ancillary data – were collected from other datasets (e.g. socio-economic and traffic indices) or calculated (climate indices, urban area expansion), then combined with the emission data. The remaining attributes are descriptive (e.g. city name, country, etc.) or related to quality assurance/control checks. The file size is 1,8 MB and the majority (88%) of the cities reported emissions between 2010 and 2015. Structurally the dataset contains

• City Identification: Each entry includes city name, country, and other descriptive attributes.​
• CO₂ Emissions Data: Reported emissions with quality assurance/control checks.​
• Ancillary Variables: Socio-economic data, traffic indices, climate indices, urban area expansion metrics, and more.​

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