Industrial carbon emission intensity: A comprehensive dataset of European regions

Matteo Mura; Mariolina Longo; Laura Toschi; Sara Zanni; Franco Visani; Silvia Bianconcini

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107046

Industrial carbon emission intensity: A comprehensive dataset of European regions

Data Brief. 2021 Apr 10:36:107046. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107046. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Authors

Matteo Mura¹, Mariolina Longo¹, Laura Toschi¹, Sara Zanni¹, Franco Visani¹, Silvia Bianconcini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management-University of Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Statistics-University of Bologna, Italy.

Abstract

The dataset has been developed within the framework of the EU EIT-Climate Kic Flagship Project "Re-Industrialise" and it includes data of Carbon Emission Intensity (CEI) from industrial sources for the European Regions. CEI is considered as a proxy for analysing the Industrial Sustainability Transition pathways and is calculated as the ratio between CO2 equivalent emissions (CO2_e) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the industrial sector over a nine-year timespan, i.e. from 2008 to 2016. CO2_e data at plant level have been retrieved from EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) register and aggregated at different geographical scales, corresponding to the nested structure of NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics), proposed by EUROSTAT. Industrial GDP data have been selected from EUROSTAT database to match the industrial sectors covered by EU ETS.

Keywords: CO2 emissions; Carbon emission intensity; GDP; Longitudinal data; NUTS; Sustainability transitions.