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Reference data

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The reference data is used to define some of the criteria thresholds. The identifiers used in the reference data column of the thresholds correspond to the identifiers of the reference data below.

CEDS-2025

Based on Hoesly (2025).

VARIABLE YEAR REGION UNIT VALUE
Emissions|CO2|Energy and Industrial Processes 2010 World Mt CO2/yr 33460.1
Emissions|CO2|Energy and Industrial Processes 2015 World Mt CO2/yr 35627.3
Emissions|CO2|Energy and Industrial Processes 2020 World Mt CO2/yr 35387.1

CEDS-2025-COVIDaveraged

Data from Hoesly (2025) averaged over period Jan 2018 till Dec 2022 (to account for the idiosyncratic COVID-19 dip in 2020).

VARIABLE YEAR REGION UNIT VALUE
Emissions|CO2|Energy and Industrial Processes 2020 World Mt CO2/yr 36874.1

CEDS-2025-extrapol25

Data from Hoesly (2025) linearly extrapolated to 2025.

VARIABLE YEAR REGION UNIT VALUE
Emissions|CO2|Energy and Industrial Processes 2025 World Mt CO2/yr 39383.5