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edgar_jrc

EDGAR -- Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)

Name: EDGAR -- Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
Creator: EDGAR
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Open · redistributedCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)Environment & Climate

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

3,698

Temporal coverage

1970-12-31 – 2024-12-31

Licensing & provenance

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Required attribution: Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Yes
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Provider terms: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024

How to cite

EDGAR -- Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (Joint Research Centre, European Commission). Retrieved from https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download edgar_jrc series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/edgar_jrc
Update cadence: annual
Automated refresh: live — this database is on the daily update run
Update strategy: overwrite if changed
Storage layout: Single Parquet: data/clean_full/edgar_jrc/edgar_jrc.parquet with columns series_key (EDGAR:{gas}:{iso3}), obs_date (date32, Dec-31 annual), value (float64). Small annual source (comparable to ember's ~8M tier). No raw cache, no per-gas files. Side logs _edgar_jrc_log.txt / _edgar_jrc_err.txt.

Full description

EU JRC EDGAR greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions ingest. Source: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ License: GHG totals CC BY 4.0; IEA_EDGAR_CO2 also CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (non-commercial OK) Coverage: 1970-2024 (GHG), 1970-2022 (air pollutants), all countries Downloads country-total annual emissions ZIP files from JRC EDGAR 2025 release. Gases: CO2 (fossil+IEA), CO2bio, CH4, N2O, F-gases, total GHG (AR5), NOx, PM2.5 Air pollutants (v8.1): SO2, BC, CO, NH3, NMVOC, OC, PM10, PM2.5, NOx series_key: EDGAR:{gas}:{iso3} e.g. EDGAR:CO2:USA EDGAR:CH4:DEU Output: data/clean_full/edgar_jrc/edgar_jrc.parquet Run: python jobs/ingest_edgar_jrc.py

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets