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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that assesses the scientific evidence related to climate change and offers guidance to governments and policymakers on climate-related issues. IPCC provides a range of emission factors in their reports including energy-related emissions, industrial processes, agriculture, and land use and waste management activities.
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2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
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| Description | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that assesses the scientific evidence related to climate change and offers guidance to governments and policymakers on climate-related issues. IPCC provides a range of emission factors in their reports including energy-related emissions, industrial processes, agriculture, and land use and waste management activities. |
| Source type | Intergovernmental |
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| Year released | 2019 |
| Geography | Global |
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| Type of data | Activity-based |
| Emission results | N2O |
| Data Transformation | The source reports emissions in gCO2e/kWh, which have been converted to kgCO2e/kWh to ensure consistency. |
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| Type of license | IPCC Copyright Terms |
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Data quality
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| Data quality assurance | Vetted by Climatiq. For further information on data quality assurance, see: https://www.climatiq.io/methodology#Data-Quality |
| Quality flag(s) | NA |
Methodology
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| Methodology description | This dataset is derived from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change methodology and provides emission factors for nitrogen (N) applications in agriculture. The emission factors are based on the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The emisison factors retrieved from Chapter 11 are calculated using standardized equations for estimating direct and indirect nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from managed soils. Direct emissions from N application are calculated using Equation 11.2, while indirect emissions from volatilization, leaching, and runoff are estimated using Equations 11.10 and 11.11. These emission factors represent default (Tier 1) values intended for use where country-specific data are not available and are based on global averages. Climate conditions (wet or dry) are assigned at the country level using external classification based on Menegat et al. (2022), which influences the selection of appropriate emission factors. |
| Limitation / key issues to note | These emission factors are suitable for high-level estimates but may not provide accurate results for detailed agricultural assessments, as the underlying calculations rely on simplified assumptions that may not capture complex soil and environmental processes. |
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