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# Changelog

## Download from 2020-03-30
* The active fork of the project is now [JGuetschow/unfccc-detailed-data-by-party](https://github.com/JGuetschow/national-inventory-submisions). The Zeenodo repository is also new [XXX].

* Updated data, main website stated data provided as of 8 November 2019.

### The following countries have additional or updated data:
* South Sudan is included for the first time
* Burundi has updated data for 2005 and additional data for 2010 and 2015
* Botswana has additional data for 2015
* China has updated data for 2005 and additional data for 2010 and 2015. Additionally, some sector-gas combinations are included for the first time.
* South Korea has additional data for 2015 and 2016 and updated data for all previous years.
* Kuwait has added data for 2016.
* Pakistan has updated data for 1994 and additional data for 2008, 2012, and 2015. Some data points have been removed.
* Palau has updated data for 2000 and additional data for 2005. Additionally, some sector-gas combinations are included for the first time.
* Sao Tome and Principe: Additional data for 2012. Removed data for 1998 and 2005.
* Tonga has additional data for 2006.
* Uruguay has additional data for 2016 and 2017.

## Download from 2019-03-26

Updated data, main website states data provided as of 1 March 2019.
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Maintainers:

- Robert Gieseke (<[email protected]>)
- Johannes Gütschow (<[email protected]>)
- Robert Gieseke (<[email protected]>) (currently inactive)


## Data

The data is available in two files, one for Annex-I and one for Non-Annex-I parties.
Is is in a "wide" format, with base year and individual years as columns.

According to the [overview webpage](http://unfccc.int/ghg_data/new_reporting_requirements/items/9560.php) the interface contains data
According to the [overview webpage](https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/transparency-and-reporting/greenhouse-gas-data/ghg-data-unfccc/ghg-data-from-unfccc) the interface contains data reported until 8 November 2019.

> reported by Annex I Parties and, to the extent possible, information provided in the national communications and biennial update reports of non-Annex I Parties as of 27 May 2019.
> The secretariat has completed the upgrade of all nine modules of the GHG data interface on 8 November 2019.
Note also the following footnotes from the data interface:

> The reporting and review requirements for GHG inventories are different for Annex I and non-Annex I Parties. The definition format of data for emissions/removals from the forestry sector is different for Annex I and non-Annex I Parties.
> Note 1: The reporting and review requirements for GHG inventories are different for Annex I and non-Annex I Parties. The definition format of data for emissions/removals from the forestry sector is different for Annex I and non-Annex I Parties.
> Note 2: Base year data in the data interface relate to the base year under the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). The base year under the Convention is defined slightly different than the base year under the Kyoto Protocol. An exception is made for European Union (KP) whereby the base year under the Kyoto Protocol is displayed.
> Base year data in the data interface relate to the base year under the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). The base year under the Convention is defined slightly different than the base year under the Kyoto Protocol. An exception is made for European Union (KP) whereby the base year under the Kyoto Protocol is displayed.
> Note 3: Some non-Annex I Parties submitted their GHG inventory data using the format of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in reporting GHG emissions/removals. For this reason, these data could not be included in the data interface. However, the data are available in the national communications (Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Colombia, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Grenada, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Oman, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Samoa, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Viet Nam) and biennial update reports (Afghanistan, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay, and Uganda).

> Some non-Annex I Parties submitted their GHG inventory data using the format of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in reporting GHG emissions/removals. For this reason, these data could not be included in the data interface. However, the data are available in the national communications (Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Colombia, Eswatini, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Panama, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Samoa, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Viet Nam) and biennial update reports (Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia and Uruguay).
> Note 5: Data displayed on the data interface are "as received" from Parties. The publication of Party submissions on this website does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNFCCC or the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries as may be referred to in any of the submissions.
> Data displayed on the data interface are "as received" from Parties. The publication of Party submissions on this website does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNFCCC or the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries as may be referred to in any of the submissions.


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{
"name": "2016",
"type": "number"
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{
"name": "2017",
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{
"name": "2015",
"type": "number"
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{
"name": "2016",
"type": "number"
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{
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}
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