| 1 | National CO2 Emissions and Energy Data |
| | Source | Source Description | | Remarks | CO2 Scorecard Notes |
| 1.1 | CDIAC | U.S. Department of Energy - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center | http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/meth_reg.html | CO2 emissions by fuel type plus gas flaring and cement production for all countries from 1751 to 2006 plus extrapolations for 2007-08 for the top 64 emitters of CO2 | This dataset would be updated when the final estimates for 2007-2008 are released. |
| 1.2 | IEA | International Energy Agency, a Collaboration of 28 (Primarily OECD) Nations | www.iea.org | Data for all countries on energy balances, energy consumption and fuel supply by type. Also energy prices and taxes | This dataset would be updated several times a year as when new data are released. |
| 1.3 | EIA | Energy Information Agency USA | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/ | EIA provides the most extensive downloadable datasets on CO2 emissions and energy use | CO2 Scorecard has incorporated the key indicators of CO2 emissions and energy use with time series typically starting from 1980 to 2007/08. |
| 1.4 | UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | www.unfccc.int | GHG national inventories for 41 Annex I Parties (includes EU15/27, US and Russia, ex China and India) for 1990-2007 | This dataset would be incorporated in the upcoming update in the next month or two. |
| 1.5 | BP | BP Statistical Review of World Energy | http://www.bp.com/statisticalreview | Has data on only 64 countries and various regional aggregates for energy production and consumption | The current database includes the data on CO2 emissions; other indicators are under review. The small sample of countries in this database is a limiting factor. |
| 1.6 | WB-WDI | The World Bank – World Development Indicators | http://data.worldbank.org/ | Data for 227 countries for 54 indicators for 1960-2008 for public, 550 indicators by subscription. Most data is derived elsewhere. | CO2 emissions and energy use data go up to 2005/2006 only. [As of April 2010, World Bank's entire database is available for free] |
| 2 | National Socio-Economic Data |
| | Source | Source Description | | Remarks | CO2 Scorecard Notes |
| 2.1 | UNSTATS | United Nations Statistics Division | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm | Provides access to various socio-economic indicators in the unrestricted area of the site | This source was reviewed by CO2 Scorecard but currently not utilised in the database. |
| 2.2 | WB-WDI | The World Bank – World Development Indicators | http://data.worldbank.org/ | Data for 227 countries for 54 indicators for 1960-2008 for public, 550 indicators by subscription. Most data is derived elsewhere. | The most current data are for 2008 and are applied for analyzing correlation between economic indicators and CO2 emissions and energy use intensities. |
| 2.3 | Maddison | Historical Statistics of the World Economy: 1-2008 AD | http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/ | Historical Statistics of the World Economy: 1-2008 AD | This data set was incorporated into the database to analyze the long term trajecteroy of CO2 emissions vis a vis economic growth. |
| 3 | Sectoral Data by Country |
| | Source | Source Description | | Remarks | CO2 Scorecard Notes |
| 3.1 | CDIAC | U.S. Department of Energy - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center | http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/meth_reg.html | Provides CO2 emissions data for the cement sector | The most current data for 2007 and 2008 are preliminary and reported for 64 countries. The data for 2006 covers 150 countries with greater than zero CO2 emissions. |
| 3.2 | IISI | International Iron and Steel Institute | www.worldsteel.org | Provides statistics on steel productin by country and average CO2 intensity of steel production | Data source under review for future use. |
| 3.3 | CAMD-USEPA | USEPA's Clean Air Market Data | http://camddataandmaps.epa.gov/gdm/ | The most comprehensive resource for CO2 emissions data for US power plants | CO2Scorecard would release a US Powerplant dashboard to display and analyze this database. Contact CO2Scorecard for more details. |
| 3.4 | eGRID-USEPA | The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)-USEPA | http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/egrid/ | The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a CO2 emissions database of US power plants. | The most current version of the database eGrid 2007 V1.1 has data on CO2 emissions going up to 2005. |
| 3.5 | EIA | Annual Electric Generator Report | http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia860.html | Provides data on generating characteristics, fuel use | CO2Scorecard integrates this database with CAMD and eGRID databases for various reports and analysis. |
| 3.6 | EU-ETS | EU Emissions Trading Scheme | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/ | Provides installation level CO2 emissions data on power plants and various manufacturing enterprises participating in Europe's CO2 allowance market | Provides annual CO2 emissions data for more than 12,000 installations for the period 2005-2009--entire database integrated into the CO2 Scorecard web tool (forthcoming). |
| 3.7 | CEA-India | Central Electricity Authority | http://www.cea.nic.in/planning/c%20and%20e/Government%20of%20India%20website.htm | This Government of India site provides data on electricity generation and CO2 emissions of coal power plants in India. | Data available as MSExcel spreadsheet and are integrated into the CO2 Scorecard database--this database would be activated at the site in coming months. |
| 3.8 | NBSC-China | China Statistical Yearbook-National Bureau of Statistics China | http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/ | Provides annual data on production and consumption of Energy. | The data source under review to evaluate potential use at the CO2 Scorecard. We are looking at ways to display the analysis using the Chines data without the data downlaod capability. |
| 4 | Corporations |
| | Source | Source Description | | Remarks | CO2 Scorecard Notes |
| 4.1 | CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project | https://www.cdproject.net/ | Provides CO2 data on corporations around the world. | The CO2 emissions data reported in the annual CDP reports would be made available at CO2Scorecard with various analytical and data visualization features. |
| 4.2 | CSR Reports | Annual Corporate Sustainability Reports | | Data compiled manually from various annual CSR reports of companies | CO2 Scorecard integrates the data compiled from CSR reports with the CDP data to enable comprehensive and consistent analysis of corporate CO2 emissions. |
| 5 | Clean Energy Finance |
| | Source | Source Description | | Remarks | CO2 Scorecard Notes |
| 5.1 | Pew | The Pew Environment Group | http://www.pewglobalwarming.org/cleanenergyeconomy/ | A recently released report " Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?" provides investment data for G-20 countries | CO2 Scorecard is currently reviewing the data presented in the Pew Trust report, and plans to incorporate it in the database soon. |
| 5.2 | UNEP | Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative UNEP | http://sefi.unep.org/ | Provides annual report on Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment | These reports present global and regional aggregates for several energy finance indicators but no downloadable dataset is available. These reports are under review for possible use. |
| 5.3 | CleanEdge | Clean Energy Trend Reports | http://www.cleanedge.com/reports/ | This site tracks the clean technology industry and publishes report on sustainable energy trends. | Reports and data under review by CO2 Scorecard. |
| 5.4 | McKinsey | McKinsey Climate Reports-Marginal Abatement Costs | http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/ | McKinsey's Climate Change Special Initiative has published several reports that focus on marginal abatement cost (MAC) of available clean technology options. | CO2 Scorecard is interested in the MAC data but these numbers are difficult to extract from McKinsey reports because they are available only in graphical format. CO2 Scorecard is currently reviewing the option to compile the MAC data from McKinsey's public reports. |
| 5.5 | Breakthrough | Breakthrough Institute-Clean Energy R&D Expenditure | http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/Rising_Tigers.pdf | A recent Breakthrough Institute report "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant" presents data on clean energy R&D expenditure. | CO2 Scorecard is reviewing the data presented in this report and their original sources. |
