Comparison and Analysis of CO2 Emissions Data for China

This paper reviews the CO2 emissions data for China provided by various international organizations and databases (namely IEA, BP, EDGAR/PBL/JRC, CDIAC, EIA and CAIT) and compares them with China’s official data and estimation. The difference among these data is due to different scopes, methods and underlying data, and particularly the difference in fossil fuel consumption. Compared with data from other databases, IEA and CAIT data have the best comparability with China’s official data. The paper recommends that China enhance its coal statistics, raise the frequency of official data publication and improve the inventory completeness.CitationZhu, S.-L., 2014: Comparison and analysis of CO2 emissions data for China. Adv. Clim. Change Res., 5(1), doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2014.017.