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Data from CAIT carry a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Indicator Name
Methane emissions (metric tons of CO2 equivalent per capita)
Long definition
Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.
Source
Derived using data from European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) and World Bank population estimates.
Topic
Environment: Emissions & pollution
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/