1. The European Commission’s science
and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre

2. JRC Participation in the EU Datathon 2019
Monica Crippa, Guizzardi D., Solazzo E., Muntean M., Schaaf E., Oreggioni G. and Vignati E.
C5, Air and Climate
European Commission Joint Research Centre

3. EDGAR: the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research
EDGAR is a multipurpose, independent, global database of human emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution on Earth.

4. How does EDGAR work? Activity data from international statistics
(e.g. fuels sold,industrial production, crop production,animals, etc.)
Emission factors
(e.g. how much of a certain
pollutant is emitted for a certain
amount of fuel burnt)
Emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) and air pollutants (gas: SO2, NOx, CO, NMVOC, NH3; particulate matter: PM10, PM2.5, BC, OC)
Technologies penetration and
abatement measures
(e.g. filters on vehicles or on a stack
of a power plant, etc.)

5. EDGAR is an independent system in support of:
Emission trend analysis and projections
International treaty reporting requirements (e.g. Paris Agreement)
Track emissions changes in emissions sources, fuels, technologies and abatement measures
Evaluate current and historical policy impacts at the EU and global scales
Control strategies for emission mitigation
Global and regional modelling of atmospheric pollution and climate change

6. Emission time series by country and sector
Available datasets:
1) Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research, version v4.3.2 part I Greenhouse gases and air pollutants (time-series):
2) CO2 emission time-series till 2017:

7. Global emission gridmaps
Spatial resolution:
0.1x0.1 degree
Global coverage
Sector specific
Time resolution:
Annual and monthly
Time coverage:
1970-nowadays
Gridded emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants
Available datasets: Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research, version v4.3.2 part I Greenhouse gases (gridmaps): ;

8. Per capita and per GDP emissions
Per capita CO2 emissions in 2017

9. Envisaged applications of EDGAR
1) Co-benefits and trade offs between air quality and climate change: coupling emissions of air pollutants (AP) and green-house gases (GHG)
2) Coupling emissions with other statistics:
e.g. per capita and per GDP emissions by sector, country, time, pollutant (GHG and AP)
3) Most emitting sources in space and time
4) Hot spots and trends