Australia

South Australia, AU

Victoria, AU

China

Germany

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Singapore

Coal and lignite

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Alberta, CA

British Columbia, CA

Manitoba, CA

New Brunswick, CA

Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Nova Scotia, CA

Northwest Territories, CA

Nunavut, CA

Ontario, CA

Prince Edward Island, CA

Quebec, CA

Saskatchewan, CA

Yukon, CA

Switzerland

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

European Union

Finland

France

Global

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

India

Italy

Japan

Korea, Republic of

Lithuania

Malta

Mexico

North America

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Central Asia and Pacific Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

East Europe and Iceland

Africa except Egypt and South Africa

Latin America except Brazil

Middle East, Asia and Egypt

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Türkiye

Taiwan (Province of China)

United States of America (the)

South Africa

Motor gasoline

United Arab Emirates (the)

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Albania

Angola

Argentina

Barbados

Bangladesh

Burkina Faso

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Bahamas

Bhutan

Belize

Central African Republic

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Egypt

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Grenada

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Honduras

Haiti

Israel

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iceland

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Cambodia

Kiribati

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Saint Lucia

Sri Lanka

Lesotho

Luxembourg

Latvia

Morocco

Moldova, Republic of

North Macedonia

Mali

Myanmar

Mongolia

Mauritius

Maldives

Malawi

Malaysia

Namibia

Niger

Natural gas distribution

Petroleum refineries

Emission intensity of supply chain in GBP spent. Provided by BEIS/DEFRA in the official report on UK and England's carbon footprint to 2022. Retrieved from the UK full dataset 1990 - 2022 including conversion factors by SIC code (sheets: ghg_sic_mult and co2_sic_mult).

Emission intensity of supply chain in basic prices and adjusted for inflation. Based on the UK Government "UK and England's carbon footprint to 2022". Inflation adjustments taken from ONS Producer / Supplier and Construction Price Indices. Original CO2e value: 1.198. Price index (inflation) multiplier: 1.13.

Emission intensity of lignite. Retrieved from the excel file CO2 Emissiefactoren 2024 providing a Dutch standard list of CO2 emission factors. For additional information on the application and interpretation of this emission factor please refer to the link: https://co2emissiefactoren.nl/factoren/2024/26/132/brandstoffen-energieopwekking-vaste-brandstoffen-bruinkool/

Lignite

Emission intensity of combustion of lignite. The GHG emissions standard applied is the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Boundaries: Only includes emissions from the combustion of the fuel. Excludes emissions upstream of the combustion of the fuel. Retrieved from Singapore Emission Factors Registry (SEFR) database. The primary data source is National Environment Agency (NEA) Singapore. According to the source: This datapoint references default CO2 CH4 and N2O emission factors in net calorific values from the 2006 IPCC Guidelines (unless stated otherwise) and the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This datapoint is also referenced in NEA's Carbon Tax Calculator for companies under the Carbon Pricing Act (CPA). For CPA companies who wish to do the Carbon Tax calculation please refer to NEA website directly. (https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/climate-change-energy-efficiency/climate-change/carbon-tax).

Emission intensity for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) on 21 September 2023: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination (NGER). Retrieved from Schedule 1 - Energy content factors and emission factors: Part 1 - Fuel combustion - solid fuels and certain coal-based products.

Emission intensity of lignite. The emission factor represents greenhouse gas emissions from the production of the fuel including electricity and transportation. Published by the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning. Retrieved from the China Products Carbon Footprint Factors Database (2022).

Emission intensity WTT for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) in August 2024. Retrieved from the National Greenhouse Account Factors 2024 (XLSX file - sheet: 'Energy - scope 3').

Emission intensity for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) on 1 July 2025: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination (NGER). Retrieved from Schedule 1 - Energy content factors and emission factors: Part 1 - Fuel combustion - solid fuels and certain coal-based products.

Emission intensity of lignite at mine. Retrieved from the file AusLCI_1.42_EF_Published in the source URL. Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Lignite (at mine)

Emission intensity for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) on 31 August 2024: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination (NGER). Retrieved from Schedule 1 - Energy content factors and emission factors: Part 1 - Fuel combustion - solid fuels and certain coal-based products. Converted from GJ using the energy content factor.

Emission intensity of supply chain in basic prices and adjusted for inflation. Based on the UK Government "UK and England's carbon footprint to 2022". Inflation adjustments taken from ONS Producer / Supplier and Construction Price Indices. Original CO2e value: 1.198. Price index (inflation) multiplier: 1.39.

Emission intensity for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) on 1 July 2025: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination (NGER). Retrieved from Schedule 1 - Energy content factors and emission factors: Part 1 - Fuel combustion - solid fuels and certain coal-based products. Converted from GJ using the energy content factor.

Emission intensity of lignite. Retrieved from the file Informationsblatt CO2-Faktoren v3.3 in the source URL. Data quality flag: Partial factor - this EF includes only CO2 values; it does not include values for CH4/N2O and other greenhouse gases.

Emission intensity of lignite. Calculated using emission factors published by the source and converting from a net to gross calorific value basis by multiplying by 0.9. Published by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. The net calorific value is retrieved from Table 1 of the pdf file Netherlands: list of fuels and standard CO2 emission factors version of January 2024. NOTE: this value is provided in CO2 only and does not include the impact of other GHGs.

Lignite (gross CV)

Emission intensity of lignite. The emission factor represents greenhouse emissions from fuel combustion or use. Published by the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning. Retrieved from the China Products Carbon Footprint Factors Database (2022).

Emission intensity WTT for '2: Brown coal'. Published by the Australian Government (DCCEEW) in July 2023. Retrieved from the National Greenhouse Account Factors 2023 (XLSX file - sheet: 'Energy - scope 3').

Property	Value
Name	Coal and lignite And 4 Other Names Coal and lignite Lignite Lignite (at mine) Lignite (gross CV)
Sector	Energy
Category	Fuel
Source	AusLCI, Bafa, BEIS, CAEP, Climatiq, CO2 Emissiefactoren, DISER, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, SEFR
Region	Australia (AU), South Australia, AU (AU-SA), Victoria, AU (AU-VIC), China (CN), Germany (DE), United Kingdom (GB), Netherlands (NL), Singapore (SG)
Unit Type	Energy Money Weight
Year	2025 to 2006
LCA Activity	fuel_combustion, unknown, well_to_tank

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Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Coal and lignite	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Money
Coal and lignite	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Money
Coal and lignite	United Kingdom	Climatiq	2023	Money
Lignite	Netherlands	CO2 Emissiefactoren	2024	Weight
Lignite	Singapore	SEFR	2006	Weight
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2023	Weight
Lignite	China	CAEP	2022	Weight
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2024	Weight
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2024	Energy
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2025	Energy
Lignite (at mine)	South Australia, AU	AusLCI	2022	Weight
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2023	Energy
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2024	Weight
Coal and lignite	United Kingdom	Climatiq	2024	Money
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2025	Weight
Lignite	Germany	Bafa	2025	Energy
Lignite (gross CV)	Netherlands	Netherlands Enterprise Agency	2024	Energy
Lignite	China	CAEP	2022	Weight
Coal and lignite	United Kingdom	BEIS	2020	Money
Coal and lignite	Australia	DISER	2023	Weight