Methane emissions

What

Methane (CH₄) emission inventories from the European Commission JRC EDGAR Community GHG database (public release EDGAR_2025_GHG), with a public country map on Our World in Data. EDGAR publishes sector and 0.1° grid products. UNEP IMEO Eye on Methane adds measurement-based plume alerts as a companion, not a replacement inventory. IEA Global Methane Tracker 2025 covers the energy sector in depth.

Why on this shelf

The CO₂ cards on this shelf are carbon dioxide only. Methane is a separate short-lived greenhouse gas from oil and gas, coal, livestock, rice, and landfills. This is not PM2.5 and not the Climate TRACE card on the Innovations shelf.

How to read it

Inventory totals are modelled activity × emission factors, not the same object as a satellite plume pin. Sector mix matters: a livestock-heavy country and a gas-flaring country can look similar on a total map for different reasons. Open OWID’s methane map and EDGAR’s GHG 2025 release notes; use methanedata.unep.org for measured events. The preview is a Fix Planet overview after the named sources.

Caveats

An inventory total is not a satellite plume pin. Livestock, rice, coal, oil and gas, and landfills can add up to a similar country total for different reasons. This is not territorial or consumption-based CO₂, and not a map that shows methane only as CO₂-equivalent.

Sources

• EDGAR (JRC) / Our World in Data, methane emissions
• OWID: Methane emissions
• EDGAR: emissions data and maps
• EDGAR_2025_GHG release
• EDGAR hub
• UNEP IMEO: Eye on Methane
• IEA: Global Methane Tracker 2025

License

The preview is a Fix Planet overview of methane emissions, not a flare stock photo and not an EDGAR or OWID marketing crop. Attribute EDGAR (JRC) / Our World in Data. Eye on Methane (UNEP IMEO) is the measurement companion, not a replacement inventory. Open the OWID methane map for the interactive layer.

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