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The data keeps its source's license. Credit each source with the text given here.
Every dataset on this site may be used commercially.
| Source | License | Commercial use | Datasets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative; UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Ember | CC BY 4.0 + OGL v3.0 | Allowed | 1 |
| Global Carbon Project (Robbie M. Andrew and Glen P. Peters, CICERO) | CC BY 4.0 | Allowed | 1 |
EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub 2026 and eGRID2024 (Cornerstone releases), Supply Chain GHG Emission Factors v1.4.0 (USEEIO, Cornerstone release), UK Government GHG Conversion Factors 2026 (DESNZ) and Ember Yearly Electricity Data
- Source
- EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub 2026 and eGRID2024 (Cornerstone releases), Supply Chain GHG Emission Factors v1.4.0 (USEEIO, Cornerstone release), UK Government GHG Conversion Factors 2026 (DESNZ) and Ember Yearly Electricity Data
- Publisher
- Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative; UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Ember
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and Open Government Licence v3.0 (
CC-BY-4.0 AND OGL-UK-3.0) - Commercial use
- Allowed
Credit the source with this exact text:
EPA methodology, Cornerstone release (not EPA-official): Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative. (2026). Emission Factors Hub 2026 (Version 2026.01) [Dataset]. Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20403776. CC BY 4.0. EPA methodology, Cornerstone release (not EPA-official): Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative. (2026). eGRID2024 (Version 1.0.0) [Dataset]. Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18968658. CC BY 4.0. EPA methodology, Cornerstone release (not EPA-official): Ingwersen, W., & Young, B. (2025). Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for U.S. Commodities (Version v1.4.0) [Dataset]. Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17202747. CC BY 4.0. UK conversion factors: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2026. Grid intensity: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data, https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/, CC BY 4.0. Changes: reshaped into one table with harmonized scope, category, region, unit and GWP-set labels; Ember intensities converted from g to kg CO2e per kWh. Factor values are otherwise as published.
Used by: Emission factors
The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (Global Carbon Budget)
- Source
- The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (Global Carbon Budget)
- Publisher
- Global Carbon Project (Robbie M. Andrew and Glen P. Peters, CICERO)
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (
CC-BY-4.0) - Commercial use
- Allowed
Credit the source with this exact text:
Andrew, R. M., & Peters, G. P. The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5569234 (all releases; each published version names the release file it was built from, e.g. GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat.csv, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124). Source: Global Carbon Budget, Global Carbon Project; citation: Friedlingstein et al 2020 (DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-3269-2020). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Changes: reshaped to one series per source; locations mapped to ISO 3166 ids; per capita figures and empty cells left out.
Used by: National fossil CO2 emissions
Place names and codes
Country, state and county ids and names come from a shared location registry built from these sources:
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files: counties Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- U.S. Census Bureau, state and state-equivalent FIPS codes Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- Unicode CLDR 49.0.0: English territory names and ISO 3166 code mappings Unicode License v3