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Data Downloads

Climate TRACE data are free and publicly available to enable action and accountability at the massive scale necessary for global progress. Use the tool below to download emissions estimates by country and sector, or build a custom query across specific regions, sectors, gases, and time periods. Visit our FAQs to learn more about the project and the data.

Beyond the core inventory, Climate TRACE also offers city and subnational emissions data, a global dataset of top emission reduction strategies, high-resolution geospatial files for select sectors, and a public API for programmatic access. See below for details on each, along with guidance on the data schema and how to cite our work.

For details on what's changed since our last release, see the changelog on Github. Geospatial data for sources based on administrative or urban boundaries is available separately as a geopackage download.

Previous versions of Climate TRACE data can be found on Zenodo.

Latest Data Release
Oct 29, 2026

Climate TRACE Releases August 2026 Emissions Data

October release 5.12.0 includes monthly emissions data through August 2026.

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More ways to access data

Top Emission Reduction Strategies

You can now download the global emissions reduction plan, the complete data behind the Reduce tool's global cost curve. It lists every reduction strategy on the curve and every source each strategy acts on, with the estimated annual reduction in CO₂-equivalent emissions, the cost per tonne, and the difficulty of each. The curve uses net costs and a 5% discount rate, includes strategies at every cost, and counts each strategy at its full potential. A schema in the download describes every column. For other cost settings, or for a country, sector, or smaller target, download the data from the Reduce tool.

Public API Beta

Data scientists and other expert users that are experienced in programmatically interacting with databases may be interested to try the Climate TRACE API, now available in beta. The API supports search for emitting assets by sector, owner, and location; query to get emissions and other asset details; and lookup of aggregated emission by countries. Read details in the API Reference.

If you'd rather not call the API directly, the climate-trace-tools Python package provides a light wrapper around it for working with the data in Python.

As a beta release, we cannot guarantee availability of the Climate TRACE API; please keep volume low and use it with caution in production settings. We’d love to learn more about how you hope to use the API. Please share your work and ideas or ask any technical questions about the API on our Contact page.

Google BigQuery

For users comfortable with SQL and data warehouses, the full Climate TRACE dataset is publicly available in Google BigQuery at trace-data-383422.climate_trace, updated with each data release. Querying requires a Google Cloud account and is billed to you under standard BigQuery pricing (free tier: 1 TiB/month). For schema details and example queries, see the Climate TRACE BigQuery guide (PDF).

Geospatial Data Files

In a handful of sectors, the full Climate TRACE dataset includes higher resolution gridded and other geospatial data than is available in the download packages. Specifically, that includes:

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  • Land use raster data for global forestry at 1km-by-1km distribution
  • Global synthetic fertilizer application raster data at 5km by 5km resolution
  • Rice cultivation geospatial data at 10m-by-10m resolution
  • Enteric fermentation and manure left on soils in cattle pastures raster data available at a 10km-by-10km resolution
  • Cropland fires raster data available at at 11km-by-11-km resolution
  • Onsite fuel usage in residential and non-residential buildings raster data available at a 1km-by-1km resolution
  • Emissions from individual ship voyages
  • Road transportation emissions at a road-segment level

Due to the large file size, these versions of the data are available only upon request. Before making a request for the data, please first examine the download packages and determine if those might satisfy your needs. If you are interested in the most detailed version of the data, please contact us to let us know which sector you’re interested in, and arrange a file transfer.

Resources and documentation

We recommend getting familiar with how Climate TRACE data are created and structured by reviewing our FAQs, resources, and guidance:

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  • The Climate TRACE FAQs page is an especially useful resource to quickly learn how we develop the emissions inventory, what data are contained in the inventory, details on units of measurement and coverage, and much more.
  • The Sectors page summarizes methodological details on dozens of subsectors. The data are licensed Creative Commons 4.0, with more details on our terms of use.
  • Detailed guidance on the data schema, licensing, and citations can be found in the data guide, as well as in the "detailed-data-schema" in the download packages.
  • Previous versions of Climate TRACE data can be found on Zenodo.

When you download data, you will be prompted to voluntarily share details about your potential use of the data. This information helps us to further enhance the Climate TRACE platform, and we encourage you to respond.

News & Insights

Nov 13, 2026

New Climate TRACE report quantifies the emissions impact of COP31 climate targets and identifies pathways with the greatest co-benefits

Clean power is a particular force multiplier of COP31 goals, with facility-level analysis showing that pairing smart 35% electrification with new clean power doubles the emissions cuts at one-twentieth of the cost.
Nov 10, 2026

Climate TRACE to Unveil New Research at COP31 on Pathways to Maximize Emissions Cuts from Global Climate Goals

Climate TRACE co-founders, Al Gore and Gavin McCormick, will present new analysis examining the emissions impact of COP31 pledges on electrification, waste and buildings.
Oct 29, 2026

Climate TRACE Releases August 2026 Emissions Data

October release 5.12.0 includes monthly emissions data through August 2026.
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