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An emissions-socioeconomic inventory of Chinese cities.

Yuli Shan1, Jianghua Liu2, Zhu Liu1,3, Shuai Shao2, Dabo Guan1,3,4.   

Abstract

As the centre of human activity and being under the threat of climate change, cities are considered to be major components in the implementation of climate change mitigation and CO2 emission reduction strategies. Inventories of cities' emissions serve as the foundation for the analysis of emissions characteristics and policymaking. China is the world's top energy consumer and CO2 emitter, and it is facing great potential harm from climate change. Consequently, China is taking increasing responsibility in the fight against global climate change. Many energy/emissions control policies have been implemented in China, most of which are designed at the national level. However, cities are at different stages of industrialization and have distinct development pathways; they need specific control policies designed based on their current emissions characteristics. This study is the first to construct emissions inventories for 182 Chinese cities. The inventories are constructed using 17 fossil fuels and 47 socioeconomic sectors. These city-level emissions inventories have a scope and format consistent with China's national/provincial inventories. Some socioeconomic data of the cities, such as GDP, population, industrial structures, are included in the datasets as well. The dataset provides transparent, accurate, complete, comparable, and verifiable data support for further city-level emissions studies and low-carbon/sustainable development policy design. The dataset also offers insights for other countries by providing an emissions accounting method with limited data.

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Year:  2019        PMID: 30806637      PMCID: PMC6390707          DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2019.27

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Sci Data        ISSN: 2052-4463            Impact factor:   6.444


Background & Summary

Cities are considered to be major components in the implementation of climate change mitigation and CO2 emission reduction strategies[1]. Although a mention of “city” is lacking in the Paris Agreement or the Sustainable Development Goals, as all submissions focused on the national level, climate change actions should be taken at the city level[2]. Cities are the basic units for human activity[3] and the main consumers of energy and emitters of CO2 throughout the world[4,5]. The CO2 emissions from energy use in cities will grow by 1.8% per year between 2006 and 2030, with the share of global CO2 emissions rising from 71 to 76%[6]. In China, urban energy use accounts for 85% of total emissions, which is higher than its share in the USA (80%) or Europe (69%)[7,8]. The high energy demand and high CO2 emissions of cities not only increase climate change concerns and environmental pressure but also increase residents’ health problems through air pollution[9]. Both coastal and interior cities are facing danger from extreme weather, geological hazards, urban waterlogging, etc. Thus, cities are motivated to fight against climate change. Although climate policies are usually designed at the national level, they are implemented at the city level. Without support from local city governments, national policies cannot be effectively executed. Considering that cities have different natural resource endowments and development pathways, each should have specific emission reduction actions that are designed based on that city’s unique emission characteristics. In China, this is particularly true. There are over 330 cities in China, and they are at different stages of industrialization, with distinct development pathways. Therefore, cities are the key components in climate change policymaking, and many low-carbon projects and actions have been taken at the city level, such as the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40). Understanding the emissions characteristics of cities is the foundation of any further city-level climate change actions. Compared to studies focused on national and provincial emissions accounts, far fewer have focused on city-level emissions, and those that do have methods limitations and geographical restrictions. First, previous studies on city-level emissions have severe methodological weaknesses and limitations. Most previous city-level greenhouse gas emissions inventories were calculated using a bottom-up approach, i.e., by using energy consumption data from surveys of several sectors[10-12]. The sectors were set differently between studies, making the cities’ CO2 emissions inconsistent and not comparable across studies, as well as inconsistent with the national and regional emission inventories. In addition, some studies used spatial and geographical analysis[13,14], night-time light imagery[15,16], or economic models[17,18] to account for city emissions. These models can only estimate the overall CO2 emissions of a city. They cannot exactly determine the contributions of emission sources (i.e., energy types or socioeconomic sectors). Second, most of the previous studies on city-level emissions focused on megacities from developed countries with consistent and transparent data sources, especially US cities[19-23]. Currently, city-level emissions are being studied from a more international perspective by analysing more global cities, especially cities from developing countries[24-30]. Restricted by data availability, the CO2 emissions from Chinese cities are far behind in their documentation. Sugar, et al.[31] reported emissions for Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai in 2006 and compared the three cities’ emissions with those of ten other global cities. Wang, et al.[10] discussed the CO2 emissions from 12 Chinese megacities, most of which are provincial capital cities. Dhakal[8] examined the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of all Chinese provincial cities. Zhou, et al.[32] and Xu, et al.[33] account for the CO2 emissions of specific city clusters, such as the Guangdong Bay cities and cities in the central plain. Ramaswami, et al.[34] in the cited study and a follow-up study developed a comprehensive emission database including the scope 1 and scope 2 CO2 emissions of 233 prefecture-level and 637 county-level cities in China[35]. Thus, the previous assessments of city-level emissions either focused on total emissions (or combined emissions for several sectors) or on megacities with consistent and systematic energy statistics. Previous analyses of the bottom-up sector-based emissions of cities are inconsistent with national and regional emission inventories, making multi-scale emission studies unavailable. Additionally, such general emission data cannot support detailed city-level emission analysis and related emission reduction policy making. The dataset in this study provides detailed emissions inventories for 182 Chinese cities. The inventories are constructed for 17 types of fossil fuel and 47 socioeconomic sectors that are consistent with the System of National Accounts. Additional socioeconomic indexes for the cities are included in the dataset. The dataset has been re-used in our latest study[1] and will facilitate further city-level emissions studies and low-carbon/sustainable development policy design.

Methods

City boundaries and emission scopes

This dataset provides the emissions and socioeconomic inventories of 182 Chinese cities; these cities cover 82% (33,880 billion yuan) of the country’s GDP (41,303 billion yuan), 64% (860 million) of the population (1,341 million), and 35% (3.4 million km2) of the land area (9.6 million km2) in 2010[36]. Most of the studied cities are located east of the Heihe-Tengchong line, where 96% of China’s population lives on 43% of the land. The 182 cities are selected based on data availability. The term ‘city’ here refers to administrative prefecture-level city rather than to a built-up city. Accordingly, the CO2 emissions calculated in this dataset are Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) administrative territorial CO2 emissions, referring to emissions “taking place within national (including administered) territories and offshore areas over which the country has jurisdiction (page overview.5)”[37]. We exclude the emissions induced by international aviation and shipping[38]. Unlike production- or consumption-based emissions[17], the administrative territorial scope quantifies the direct emissions induced by human activities within a regional boundary. That is, territorial emissions provide the data baseline for emission-related studies and regional carbon control. The emission inventories include two components: CO2 emitted from fossil fuel combustion (energy-related emissions) and CO2 emitted from industrial production (process-related emissions). Process-related emissions refers to CO2 emitted from industrial raw materials during chemical reactions, such as CO2 escaping during calcium carbonate (CaCO3) calcination in cement production. The cities’ emissions inventories are uniform with China’s national and provincial emission inventories in scope, format, and data sources[39], making them comparable.

Emissions calculation and inventory construction

The energy-related emissions are calculated based on 17 fuels (shown in Table 1) and 47 socioeconomic sectors (shown in Table 2). The 17 types of fossil fuels are selected based on China’s official energy statistical system[36]. There are 29 energy types used in the system: 26 are fossil fuels, one is electricity, one is heat, and one is other energy. As our study only accounts for the direct emissions from fossil fuel burning within one city boundary (the IPCC administrative territorial scope), the inventories exclude the indirect emissions induced by electricity and heat use. The CO2 emissions related to electricity and heat generation, therefore, are calculated based on fuel inputs and allocated to the power plants. We also assume that there is no, or little, CO2 emitted from other energy uses. Some of the fossil fuels share similar carbon content and have very low consumption volumes; we merge them in the emission accounts[39]. The 47 socioeconomic sectors are set according to the System of National Accounts[40].
Table 1

Fossil fuels in the city-level emissions inventories and emissions factors.

No. (i) UnitFuels in China’s Energy StatisticsFuels in this studyNCViCCi
PJ/104 tonnes, 108 m3tonne C/TJ
1Raw coalRaw coal0.2126.32
2Cleaned coalCleaned coal0.2626.32
3Other washed coalOther washed coal0.1526.32
4BriquettesBriquette0.1826.32
Gangue
5CokeCoke0.2831.38
6Coke oven gasCoke over gas1.6121.49
7Blast furnace gasOther gas0.8321.49
Converter gas
Other gas
8Other coking productsOther coking products0.2827.45
9Crude OilCrude oil0.4320.08
10GasolineGasoline0.4418.9
11KeroseneKerosene0.4419.6
12Diesel oilDiesel oil0.4320.2
13Fuel oilFuel oil0.4321.1
14NaphthaOther petroleum products0.5117.2
Lubricants
Paraffin
White spirit
Bitumen asphalt
Petroleum coke
Other petroleum products
15Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)LPG0.4720
16Refinery gasRefinery gas0.4320.2
17Nature gasNature gas3.8915.32
Table 2

Sectors’ definition of the emission inventories.

No. (j)Socioeconomic sectorsCategory
1Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Fishery and Water ConservancyThe primary industry
2Coal Mining and DressingEnergy productionManufacturing industries
3Petroleum and Natural Gas ExtractionEnergy production
4Ferrous Metals Mining and DressingEnergy production
5Nonferrous Metals Mining and DressingEnergy production
6Non-metal Minerals Mining and DressingEnergy production
7Other Minerals Mining and DressingEnergy production
8Logging and Transport of Wood and BambooLight manufacturing
9Food ProcessingLight manufacturing
10Food ProductionLight manufacturing
11Beverage ProductionLight manufacturing
12Tobacco ProcessingLight manufacturing
13Textile IndustryLight manufacturing
14Garments and Other Fibre ProductsLight manufacturing
15Leather, Furs, Down and Related ProductsLight manufacturing
16Timber Processing, Bamboo, Cane, Palm Fibre & Straw ProductsLight manufacturing
17Furniture ManufacturingLight manufacturing
18Papermaking and Paper ProductsLight manufacturing
19Printing and Record Medium ReproductionLight manufacturing
20Cultural, Educational and Sports ArticlesLight manufacturing
21Petroleum Processing and CokingEnergy production
22Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical ProductsHeavy manufacturing
23Medical and Pharmaceutical ProductsLight manufacturing
24Chemical FibreHeavy manufacturing
25Rubber ProductsHeavy manufacturing
26Plastic ProductsHeavy manufacturing
27Non-metal Mineral ProductsHeavy manufacturing
28Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous MetalsHeavy manufacturing
29Smelting and Pressing of Nonferrous MetalsHeavy manufacturing
30Metal ProductsHeavy manufacturing
31Ordinary MachineryHeavy manufacturing
32Equipment for Special PurposesHeavy manufacturing
33Transportation Equipment manufacturingHeavy manufacturing
34Electric Equipment and MachineryHigh-tech industry
35Electronic and Telecommunications EquipmentHigh-tech industry
36Instruments, Meters, Cultural and Office MachineryHigh-tech industry
37Other Manufacturing IndustryHigh-tech industry
38Scrap and wasteHigh-tech industry
39Production and Supply of Electric Power, Steam and Hot WaterEnergy production
40Production and Supply of GasEnergy production
41Production and Supply of Tap WaterHeavy manufacturing
42ConstructionConstruction
43Transportation, Storage, Post and Telecommunication ServicesServices sectors
44Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services  
45Other Service Sectors  
46Urban Resident Energy UsageHousehold
47Rural Resident Energy Usage  
Energy-related CO2 emissions are calculated based on the mass balance theory;[41] see Equation 1. where CE represents the CO2 emissions induced by the combustion of fuel i in sector j, AD (activity data) represents fossil fuel combustion by fuel and sector. The emission factor (ton CO2/ton) is composed of a specific heat value factor- NCV (J/ton) multiplied by the carbon content per unit heat value-CC (ton CO2/J) and oxygenation efficiency-O (quantified as percentage). Specifically, NCV refers to the heat value produced per physical unit of fossil fuel i combusted, CC is the carbon content emitted per unit heat value when combusting per physical unit of fossil fuel i, while O stands for the oxidation ratio of the fossil fuel combusted. The emission factors (NCV, CC, and O) have been published by international institutions, including the IPCC and the United Nations (UN; governmental agencies in China such as the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) and the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC);[42] and previous studies such as the Multi-resolution Emission Inventory for China (MEIC)[43], Liu, et al.[44]. Liu, et al.[44] re-evaluated the carbon content of raw coal samples from 4,243 state-owned Chinese coal mines and found that the emission factors for Chinese coal are, on average, 40% lower than the default values recommended by the IPCC. After comparing Liu, et al.[44] emissions factors with eight different sources, our previous study finds that Liu, et al.[44] emission factors are relatively lower than others (shown in Table 3 (available online only)). The seven sets of emission factors are collected from IPCC, NBS, NDRC, NC1994, NC2005, MEIC, UN-China, and UN-average. Generally, coal-related fuels have a larger range than oil- and gas-related fuels. Liu, et al.[44]’s re-evaluated emission factors have already been widely used by many studies and institutions to calculate China’s emission inventory, including China’s third official emission inventory 2012[45] . Thus, this study uses the above-mentioned updated emission factors. Table 1 gives the net caloric value (NCV) and carbon content (CC). Table 4 (available online only) shows the sector-specific oxygenation efficiency (O), which considers sector discrepancies in technical level[39].
Table 3

Fuel’s emission factors from other sources.

 IPCCNBSNDRCNC1994NC2005MEICUN-ChinaUN averageLiu et al.’s nature
Net caloric value (PJ/10 thousand tonnes, 100 million cu.m.)Raw Coal0.280.210.210.210.220.190.210.290.21
Cleaned Coal0.270.260.230.240.230.260.210.290.26
Other Washed Coal0.270.150.230.210.230.150.210.290.15
Briquettes0.260.180.170.200.170.180.210.290.18
Coke0.280.280.280.280.280.280.260.260.28
Coke Oven Gas1.881.631.741.631.741.671.881.881.61
Other Gas1.880.841.580.841.580.521.881.880.83
Other Coking Products0.430.280.280.280.280.420.430.430.28
Crude Oil0.420.420.430.420.430.420.420.420.43
Gasoline0.440.430.450.450.450.430.450.450.44
Kerosene0.440.430.450.450.450.430.430.430.44
Diesel Oil0.430.430.430.450.430.430.420.420.43
Fuel Oil0.400.420.400.400.400.420.400.400.43
LPG0.470.500.470.470.470.500.460.460.51
Refinery Gas0.500.460.460.400.460.460.420.420.47
Other Petroleum Products0.400.420.450.400.450.420.420.420.43
Natural Gas3.443.893.893.903.893.893.443.443.89
Carbon content (C/TJ)Raw Coal25.8026.3726.3724.2625.8325.8025.8025.8026.32
Cleaned Coal26.8025.4125.4126.3527.8225.8026.8026.8026.32
Other Washed Coal26.8025.4125.4124.2627.8225.8026.8026.8026.32
Briquettes25.8033.5633.5624.2633.5625.8025.8025.8026.32
Coke29.2029.4229.4229.5028.8425.5229.2029.2031.38
Coke Oven Gas12.1013.5813.5820.0014.0015.1612.1012.1021.49
Other Gas12.1012.2012.2012.1012.2015.1612.1012.1021.49
Other Coking Products25.8029.5029.5025.8020.0019.9125.8025.8027.45
Crude Oil20.0020.0820.0820.0020.0819.9120.0020.0020.08
Gasoline18.9018.9018.9018.9018.9019.9118.9018.9018.90
Kerosene19.5019.6019.6019.6019.6019.9119.5019.5019.60
Diesel Oil20.2020.2020.2020.2020.2019.9120.2020.2020.20
Fuel Oil21.1021.1021.1021.1021.1019.9121.1021.1021.10
LPG17.2017.2017.2017.2017.2019.9117.2017.2017.20
Refinery Gas15.7018.2018.2015.7018.2019.9115.7015.7020.00
Other Petroleum Products20.0020.0020.0020.0020.0019.9120.0020.0020.20
Natural Gas15.3015.3215.3215.3015.3215.1615.3015.3015.32
Oxygenation efficiencyRaw Coal0.980.940.940.900.921.001.001.000.92
Cleaned Coal0.980.980.980.900.921.001.001.000.92
Other Washed Coal0.980.980.980.900.921.001.001.000.92
Briquettes0.980.900.900.900.901.001.001.000.92
Coke0.980.930.930.970.931.001.001.000.92
Coke Oven Gas0.990.990.990.990.991.001.001.000.92
Other Gas0.990.990.990.990.991.001.001.000.92
Other Coking Products0.990.930.930.970.931.001.001.000.92
Crude Oil0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
Gasoline0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
Kerosene0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
Diesel Oil0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
Fuel Oil0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
LPG0.990.990.990.990.991.001.001.000.98
Refinery Gas0.990.990.990.990.991.001.001.000.98
Other Petroleum Products0.990.980.980.980.981.001.001.000.98
Natural Gas0.990.990.990.990.991.001.001.000.99
Emission factor (ton CO2/ton)Raw Coal2.611.901.901.671.941.801.982.771.83
Cleaned Coal2.572.412.122.132.172.492.052.882.31
Other Washed Coal2.571.412.121.662.171.462.052.881.33
Briquettes2.391.971.931.601.931.681.982.771.60
Coke2.962.852.852.992.792.662.822.822.96
Coke Oven Gas8.268.048.5511.848.859.308.348.3411.67
Other Gas8.263.736.983.706.982.918.348.346.02
Other Coking Products4.032.862.862.611.943.054.074.072.59
Crude Oil3.073.023.083.013.083.053.103.103.10
Gasoline3.052.933.043.043.043.143.113.112.99
Kerosene3.103.043.153.153.153.143.093.093.10
Diesel Oil3.153.103.153.253.153.113.153.153.12
Fuel Oil3.093.173.053.053.053.053.133.133.26
LPG2.953.132.952.952.953.662.872.873.15
Refinery Gas2.823.043.042.293.043.362.412.413.38
Other Petroleum Products2.903.013.242.893.243.053.123.123.12
Natural Gas1.912.172.172.172.172.161.931.932.16
Table 4

Oxygenation efficiency of fossil fuels combusted in sectors.

SectorsRaw CoalCleaned CoalOther Washed CoalBriquettesCokeCoke Oven GasOther GasOther Coking ProductsCrude OilGasolineKeroseneDiesel OilFuel OilLPGRefinery GasOther Petroleum ProductsNatural Gas
Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Fishery and Water Conservancy83%83%83%83%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Coal Mining and Dressing82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Ferrous Metals Mining and Dressing82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Nonferrous Metals Mining and Dressing82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Non-metal Minerals Mining and Dressing82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Other Minerals Mining and Dressing82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Logging and Transport of Wood and Bamboo82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Food Processing80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Food Production80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Beverage Production80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Tobacco Processing80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Textile Industry82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Garments and Other Fibre Products82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Leather, Furs, Down and Related Products82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Timber Processing, Bamboo, Cane, Palm Fibre & Straw Products80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Furniture Manufacturing80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Papermaking and Paper Products80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Printing and Record Medium Reproduction80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Cultural, Educational and Sports Articles80%80%80%80%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Petroleum Processing and Coking83%83%83%83%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products85%85%85%85%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Medical and Pharmaceutical Products85%85%85%85%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Chemical Fibre85%85%85%85%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Rubber Products85%85%85%85%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Plastic Products85%85%85%85%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Non-metal Mineral Products90%90%90%90%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals84%84%84%84%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Smelting and Pressing of Nonferrous Metals84%84%84%84%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Metal Products82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Ordinary Machinery82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Equipment for Special Purposes82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Transportation Equipment82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Electric Equipment and Machinery82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Electronic and Telecommunications Equipment82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Instruments, Meters, Cultural and Office Machinery82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Other Manufacturing Industry82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Scrap and Waste87%87%87%87%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Production and Supply of Electric Power, Steam and Hot Water87%87%87%87%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Production and Supply of Gas82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Production and Supply of Tap Water82%82%82%82%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Construction83%83%83%83%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Transportation, Storage, Post and Telecommunication Services74%74%74%74%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services74%74%74%74%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Others74%74%74%74%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Urban Household Energy Use74%74%74%74%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
Rural Household Energy Use74%74%74%74%89%91%91%89%96%96%96%96%96%97%97%96%98%
The process-related CO2 emissions (CE) are calculated in Equation 2[41]. We include seven industrial processes, including cement production (for approximately 70% of the total process-related emissions in China[45,46]), lime production (the 2nd largest emissions source[47]), ammonia production, soda ash production, ferrochromium production, silicon metal production, and unclassified ferro-production. The process-related emissions are allocated to the corresponding sectors in the emission inventory. Cement and lime-related emissions are allocated to the sector “Non-metal Mineral Products”; ammonia and soda ash-related emissions are allocated to the sector “Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products”; Ferrochromium, silicon metal, and unclassified ferro-related emissions are allocated to the sector “Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals”. AD and EF in the equation refer to industrial production (activity data) and emission factors, respectively. The emission factors of industrial processes are collected from IPCC[41] and NDRC[42], as shown in Table 5.
Table 5

7 industrial processes and emissions factors.

No.Industry processEmission factorsAllocation sectors
1Ammonia production1.5000Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products
2Soda Ash production0.4150Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products
3Cement production0.4985Non-metal Mineral Products
4Lime production0.6830Non-metal Mineral Products
5Ferrochromium production1.3000Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals
6Silicon metal production4.3000Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals
7Ferro-unclassified production4.0000Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals
The cities’ CO2 emissions matrices (namely, inventories) are created as 19 columns and 48 rows. Seventeen fossil fuel-related emissions, process-related emissions and total emissions are represented by 19 columns, while 47 rows correspond to the 47 socioeconomic sectors. Each element of the matrices is identified as the CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion/industrial production in the corresponding sector. An inventory of Beijing is given in Table 6 (available online only) as an example.
Table 6

Emissions inventory of Beijing in 2010.

Unit: million tonnesRaw CoalCleaned CoalOther Washed CoalBriquettesCokeCoke Oven GasOther GasOther Coking ProductsCrude OilGasolineKeroseneDiesel OilFuel OilLPGRefinery GasOther Petroleum ProductsNatural GasNon-fossil HeatNon-fossil ElectricityOther EnergyProcessTotal
Total Consumption39.60.00.10.56.30.90.00.00.010.911.97.30.51.32.50.415.20.00.00.05.2102.6
Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Fishery and Water Conservancy0.80.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.20.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.1
Coal Mining and Dressing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ferrous Metals Mining and Dressing1.20.00.00.01.00.10.00.00.00.10.00.20.00.00.30.00.30.00.00.00.03.3
Nonferrous Metals Mining and Dressing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nonmetal Minerals Mining and Dressing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Other Minerals Mining and Dressing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Logging and Transport of Wood and Bamboo0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Food Processing0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.2
Food Production0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Beverage Production0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.4
Tobacco Processing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Textile Industry0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Garments and Other Fiber Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Leather, Furs, Down and Related Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Timber Processing, Bamboo, Cane, Palm Fiber & Straw Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Furniture Manufacturing0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Papermaking and Paper Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Printing and Record Medium Reproduction0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cultural, Educational and Sports Articles0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Petroleum Processing and Coking0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products0.40.00.00.00.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.10.00.00.00.00.9
Medical and Pharmaceutical Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Chemical Fiber0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rubber Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Plastic Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Nonmetal Mineral Products0.80.00.00.00.60.10.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.00.20.00.20.00.00.05.27.2
Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Smelting and Pressing of Nonferrous Metals0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Metal Products0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Ordinary Machinery0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Equipment for Special Purposes0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Transportation Equipment0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.3
Electric Equipment and Machinery0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.1
Electronic and Telecommunications Equipment0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Instruments, Meters, Cultural and Office Machinery0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Other Manufacturing Industry0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Scrap and waste0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Production and Supply of Electric Power, Steam and Hot Water27.40.00.10.43.90.60.00.00.00.30.00.80.40.01.60.46.80.00.00.00.042.7
Production and Supply of Gas0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Production and Supply of Tap Water0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Construction0.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.30.01.20.00.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.01.9
Transportation, Storage, Post and Telecommunication Services0.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.211.93.90.00.00.00.00.50.00.00.00.017.9
Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services0.60.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.60.00.30.00.40.00.01.00.00.00.00.02.9
Others3.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.00.01.40.00.50.00.10.00.03.90.00.00.00.08.9
Urban1.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.06.50.00.00.00.50.00.02.10.00.00.00.010.2
Rural3.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.20.00.00.00.20.00.00.10.00.00.00.03.5
These methods on emission inventory construction are expanded version of descriptions in our related work[39]. MATLAB R2014a is used to construct the cities’ emission inventories. We provided the MATLAB code in the Supplementary Information. We also provided the activity data of the cities for additional data transparency and verifiability (see “China city-level Energy inventory, 2010”, Data Citation 1). Researchers will be able to use the MATLAB code and energy inventories to recalculate the emission inventories for the cities or replicate to other cities.

Activity data collection

Fossil fuel combustion, i.e., the activity data for energy-related emission accounts, includes two parts: the energy inputs for electricity/heat generation and the total final consumption. Other inputs for energy transformation, such as coal cleaning or petroleum refineries, transfer the carbon element from one fuel to another. These processes emit little CO2. Following our previous emissions inventories constructed for China and its provinces[39], fossil fuel combustion can be collected from a region’s energy balance table (EBT) and final energy consumption can be captured by the industrial sector (Energy). The EBT provides each fossil fuel’s transformation and final consumption in farming, industry, construction, three service sectors, and households (rural and urban). As the entire industry sector consists of 40 sub-sectors, Energy presents the sectoral consumption of fossil fuel for the industry sector. Generally, the EBT and Energy can be found in a city’s statistical yearbook. However, due to the poor data quality of city-level statistics, not all cities’ yearbooks publish the EBT or Energy. We developed a series of methods in our previous study to estimate missing data[48]: EBT: Very few cities have EBT in their statistical yearbooks. We scale down the corresponding provincial EBT to obtain the city table. We use each sector’s GDP to estimate farming, construction, and three service sectors, assuming that the city has the same farming/construction/service energy intensity as its province. We also use the urban/rural population to estimate the urban/rural household energy estimation on the premise that the city has the same per capita residential energy consumption as its province. The GDP and population data are collected from statistical yearbooks for the cities and their corresponding provinces. Energy: Some cities only provide Energy from enterprises of above-designated-size (ADS). ADS enterprises are defined as enterprises with prime operating revenue over 20 or 5 million yuan for different cities. ADS enterprises account for 50 to 90% (roughly) of one city’s total industrial output. We use the ADS industrial output ratio (calculated as the whole-industry output divided by the ADS enterprises’ output) to scale up ADS Energy and obtain sectoral fossil fuel consumption at the whole-industry scale. As for cement production, the cities’ statistical yearbooks provide total cement production or production from ADS enterprises. We then scaled up the ADS cement production by the ADS industrial output ratio to obtain the total cement production. The raw activity data are collected through a “crowd-sourcing” working mode implemented in the Applied Energy Summer School 2017 and 2018. Over 100 students joined the summer school and participated in data collection. The summer school will be held annually in the future, and more researchers will contribute to and update city-level data collection. These methods on city-level data estimation and collection are expanded version of descriptions in our related work[48].

Socioeconomic indexes

This study collects several socioeconomic indexes for the 182 cities from the “China City Statistical Yearbook”[49], including: population, in 10 thousand; employed population, in 10 thousand; employed population in sectors (primary industry; mining; manufacturing, electric power, gas and water production and supply; construction; transport, storage and post; information transmission, computer services and software industry; wholesale and retail trade; hotel and catering services; financial intermediation; real estate; leasing and business services; scientific research, technical services and geological exploration; water, environmental and public facilities management; resident services and other services; education; health, social security and social welfare; culture, sports and entertainment; public administration and social organization), in 10 thousand; area, in square kilometres; built up area, in square kilometres; gross domestic product (GDP), in 10 thousand yuan; primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry’s share in GDP, in %; industrial output, in 10 thousand yuan. The socioeconomic indexes (as shown in Table 7 (available online only) and “China city-level socioeconomic inventory, 2010”, Data Citation 1) can be used to explore the drivers and characteristics of cities’ emissions.
Table 7

Emissions-socioeconomic indexes of the cities

City-EnameCity-CnameCO2 emissionsPopulationEmployed populationEmployed population in “primary industry”Employed population in "mining"Employed population in "manufacturing"Employed population in "electric power, gas and water production and supply"Employed population in "construction"Employed population in "transport, storage and post"Employed population in "information transmission, computer services and software industry"Employed population in "wholesale and retail trade"Employed population in "hotel and catering services"Employed population in "financial intermediation"Employed population in "real estate"Employed population in "leasing and business services"Employed population in "scientific research, technical services and geological exploration"Employed population in "water, environmental and public facilities management"Employed population in "resident services and other services"Employed population in "education"Employed population in "health, social security and social welfare"Employed population in "culture, sports and entertainment"Employed population in "public administration and social organization"AreaBuilt up areaGDPPrimay industry's share in GDPSecondary industry's share in GDPTertiary industry's share in GDPIndustrial output
  million tonnes10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousand10 thousandSquare kilometersSquare kilometers10 thousand yuan%%%10 thousand yuan
Beijing北京102.61257.80646.633.234.54100.556.8039.3551.0041.7355.3827.9627.2431.5477.8145.748.767.4440.5620.6715.2541.081641111861411358000.8824.0175.11136998388
Tianjin天津132.0984.85205.650.718.9675.303.2710.2112.502.2412.394.836.953.616.956.473.556.8616.438.981.7513.6911760687922446001.5852.4745.95167518155
Shijiazhuang河北石家庄119.5989.1684.150.410.6723.282.664.505.670.916.091.284.440.410.852.231.690.3212.343.911.4211.07158482033401018610.8748.6340.5156553423
Tangshan河北唐山194.0735.0084.023.0310.4224.812.765.143.870.654.120.623.770.560.840.401.660.129.073.430.488.2713472234446915889.4458.1432.4275450331
Handan河北邯郸129.6963.5056.570.256.599.222.713.792.420.532.310.362.480.310.470.951.490.0410.752.870.528.51120621112361556913.0454.2132.7541073243
Zhangjiakou河北张家口53.2465.9733.720.552.326.541.331.741.080.461.470.281.350.630.280.410.750.085.801.950.236.473687384966415815.8342.9641.218934836
Taiyuan山西太原87.0365.5084.640.338.4024.691.578.097.711.103.511.912.560.511.443.161.600.397.542.941.475.726963245177805391.7044.9153.3919946527
Yangquan山西阳泉33.0130.7823.740.0411.292.160.840.960.830.100.880.110.670.160.390.160.230.021.880.690.142.1945705242937741.5359.4639.015426118
Changzhi山西长治57.4331.5437.300.319.397.951.041.321.060.291.380.201.480.100.540.300.670.014.641.440.394.79138965992023364.3765.3830.2414332828
Jincheng山西晋城34.6216.2327.150.1511.792.310.720.620.670.241.610.211.000.070.260.150.430.042.711.050.202.9294254173054284.2063.6032.198511244
Shuozhou山西朔州27.2159.0717.890.873.881.360.801.380.310.231.210.170.560.120.550.100.200.081.950.510.113.50110663667014766.0556.5637.398285136
Jinzhong山西晋中60.7320.9635.060.187.336.751.122.110.850.341.500.421.730.190.430.560.540.024.521.620.324.53163923976383668.5054.7636.7410302374
Xinzhou山西忻州24.2307.5522.700.332.641.810.441.250.770.391.500.290.890.070.310.220.450.044.331.470.205.302511730437456111.2544.5944.153930339
Hohhot内蒙古呼和浩特69.0229.5631.500.360.025.841.471.501.440.841.130.701.990.210.931.371.550.304.681.680.934.5617224166186571164.9036.3958.7111885198
Baotou内蒙古包头119.2219.8032.590.310.9512.621.282.101.370.611.220.691.890.250.280.650.870.113.121.270.322.6827768183246081002.7054.1143.1924122422
Wuhai内蒙古乌海21.653.009.520.052.801.300.481.580.230.130.130.020.320.100.060.090.280.010.700.300.070.8717546339112350.9571.7227.335453200
Chifeng内蒙古赤峰38.1457.7430.501.953.493.641.301.770.890.340.760.191.160.140.410.400.520.076.551.980.314.6390021811086229316.3351.2432.4312658407
Tongliao内蒙古通辽61.2318.7024.345.821.352.150.791.600.600.350.570.160.740.250.120.320.730.034.271.290.242.9659535661176618315.1558.6226.2318097485
Ordos内蒙古鄂尔多斯131.6152.3817.310.473.052.930.820.070.320.290.250.050.790.030.130.190.850.012.530.790.243.5086752113264323002.6858.6938.6326810700
Ulanqab内蒙古乌兰察布43.1287.0214.620.360.181.060.900.660.710.300.630.120.750.100.120.290.560.022.820.850.243.955449235567601616.5552.2831.176774228
Shenyang辽宁沈阳63.4719.60110.420.992.1730.403.225.4810.701.525.662.064.282.274.614.593.151.3711.456.041.688.7812980412501754274.6450.4244.9496125255
Dalian辽宁大连73.9586.4494.200.970.2240.881.714.765.302.423.612.335.032.881.931.591.410.367.824.110.826.0512574390515816216.6950.8842.4377018355
Benxi辽宁本溪67.0154.6023.210.191.738.360.832.011.000.240.650.060.910.500.160.230.650.042.101.330.192.03841110786036755.0462.3032.6615113534
Dandong辽宁丹东10.1241.3621.220.300.514.900.901.701.140.420.980.320.670.650.210.720.800.062.511.280.252.901529053728890813.7351.2035.078650865
Fuxin辽宁阜新34.8192.3817.540.444.581.670.810.890.420.250.580.080.750.150.220.260.400.042.451.100.242.211035576378865624.4641.8233.724477708
Changchun吉林长春61.2758.8992.811.331.2428.332.645.243.402.134.491.883.382.153.104.042.600.4112.594.681.657.5320604394332903297.5951.6640.7458841613
Jilin吉林吉林41.3434.0333.251.641.0610.281.441.480.990.270.820.171.400.190.130.470.860.055.122.180.374.33271261661800637610.8049.7639.4421041551
Siping吉林四平21.8340.5521.141.030.275.850.680.580.570.320.350.060.880.270.060.540.850.033.841.870.322.771408051779552727.1342.7530.1210364734
Liaoyuan吉林辽源18.4123.758.830.362.440.810.400.130.210.090.120.020.410.080.070.130.190.021.350.700.111.19514046410142610.4356.1833.395856489
Baicheng吉林白城7.6202.6418.513.400.011.550.420.530.540.230.740.170.580.140.170.341.460.393.161.360.253.072574538445180218.7445.2636.002592456
Yanbian吉林延边14.3                            
Harbin黑龙江哈尔滨68.9992.02135.175.500.7133.703.7911.4710.832.2910.212.454.762.732.704.292.891.9516.096.361.7610.69530683593664853811.2637.7850.9623047364
Qiqihaer黑龙江齐齐哈尔45.6568.1141.977.650.029.461.471.804.540.500.960.051.500.450.240.601.330.104.852.250.373.8342469135880456921.8140.6337.558320561
Jixi黑龙江鸡西44.1189.2027.666.707.741.890.861.030.890.201.040.250.670.070.090.260.490.241.930.780.162.372253179419493125.5542.3132.142889386
Hegang黑龙江鹤岗43.2109.1025.898.558.011.390.470.440.630.140.960.330.420.050.010.080.550.311.350.630.141.431465943250987026.4546.6026.952844194
Shuangyashan黑龙江双鸭山18.8151.5832.8114.615.071.670.830.641.100.231.120.380.480.110.120.110.600.691.760.810.162.322320959396350430.3444.7824.883618786
Daqing黑龙江大庆106.8279.8051.890.3411.857.182.335.981.570.561.700.211.350.470.055.060.342.994.091.940.353.5321219207290006423.2882.2414.4832879601
Yichunhlj黑龙江伊春8.4126.9518.2110.230.262.280.640.620.330.260.140.040.400.090.040.150.210.010.650.420.101.3432759161202440730.3439.2530.411945740
Jiamusi黑龙江佳木斯11.5253.7827.639.560.061.940.811.791.300.201.340.330.770.100.190.300.910.522.951.380.183.003270494512456328.5826.1345.303139380
Heihe黑龙江黑河6.6174.2129.4616.300.330.860.690.661.140.081.000.440.660.050.280.200.610.471.920.890.152.738216419261099444.7817.1238.09946708
Shanghai上海187.51412.32392.871.540.09141.325.4111.3436.306.7126.4311.6723.6311.1518.6423.255.863.2926.1416.724.7118.6763408661716598000.6642.0557.28301144067
Nanjing江苏南京141.1632.42125.640.410.3247.411.7810.088.872.438.713.903.122.033.974.361.770.3311.544.721.738.166587619513065002.7745.3751.8586094998
Wuxi江苏无锡73.8466.5682.950.24 45.431.445.292.360.823.361.642.640.631.651.200.920.176.363.300.574.934627231579330001.8155.3942.80129710811
Xuzhou江苏徐州78.6972.8961.821.868.1012.251.771.736.090.602.520.302.310.350.280.811.310.0510.343.990.426.7411259239294213949.6150.6739.7151129660
Changzhou江苏常州48.2360.8038.160.120.0416.880.721.191.760.401.320.591.620.420.610.750.820.034.722.420.323.434372153304489003.2855.3041.4373960851
Suzhoujs江苏苏州173.0637.66130.870.15 90.061.433.202.291.092.931.773.690.900.910.731.270.107.674.690.707.298488329922891001.6956.9341.38246516665
Nantong江苏南通42.0762.9263.111.13 30.261.005.131.880.611.540.352.890.470.800.430.750.057.123.460.364.888001125346567007.6855.0737.2573831630
Lianyungang江苏连云港20.0497.7334.001.870.988.780.922.992.040.401.190.231.470.460.240.510.750.035.181.920.203.8475001201193310015.3045.6839.0219362814
Huaian江苏淮安23.7538.7439.281.130.3714.670.792.991.040.261.110.191.410.330.630.211.230.015.941.940.274.76100721201388070014.1246.6239.2624391100
Yancheng江苏盐城24.9816.1251.912.420.6116.370.876.521.230.531.790.412.540.361.250.410.890.077.382.650.375.2416972892332760016.0447.0136.9539383400
Yangzhou江苏扬州31.4459.1240.090.091.8013.780.416.990.910.520.950.441.240.310.450.470.660.074.912.040.213.84659182222948847.2455.1437.6257533421
Zhenjiang江苏镇江44.2270.7137.260.150.1818.350.791.881.440.231.410.421.630.470.360.520.750.053.471.850.223.093847109198764004.1056.3839.5241904178
Taizhoujs江苏泰州25.4504.6537.150.24 15.300.622.001.010.511.710.361.710.480.860.360.580.065.022.330.183.82578765204872007.4054.9537.6449160775
Suqian江苏宿迁6.5546.2821.510.110.165.930.372.360.320.250.500.030.620.090.020.100.570.015.851.020.123.088555651064090017.5845.0337.3911373660
Hangzhou浙江杭州84.6689.12232.710.150.2775.912.1947.498.786.4912.858.107.526.057.428.524.380.8314.417.762.0311.5616596413594916873.5047.8148.69110796496
Ningbo浙江宁波102.1574.08140.190.130.0263.671.7626.624.650.925.031.795.251.875.241.331.290.317.424.581.017.309816272516300174.2455.6040.15106187425
Wenzhou浙江温州29.5786.80107.920.110.2250.701.3820.212.970.542.331.262.901.531.330.670.440.088.714.030.807.7111786175292504263.2052.4344.3744948701
Jiaxing浙江嘉兴37.4341.6080.400.09 52.201.532.751.170.452.500.941.941.342.120.730.730.124.842.510.414.04391585230020275.5258.2436.2451028508
Huzhou浙江湖州24.4259.9837.910.020.6419.170.594.660.720.290.980.381.300.400.320.400.530.022.811.520.192.94581878130172948.0154.9337.0726665326
Shaoxing浙江绍兴39.1438.91107.130.030.2237.501.1646.141.440.492.200.761.950.511.200.560.760.045.202.710.353.898279100279520295.3556.0538.6067971868
Jinhua浙江金华43.1466.6552.500.100.0515.390.9210.111.720.621.900.822.230.471.410.461.240.035.432.870.446.291094172211004415.1251.4743.4134117890
Zhoushan浙江舟山6.196.7716.800.050.154.400.511.571.230.230.440.410.680.501.290.250.280.031.380.910.182.3114405264431709.6345.5244.859790517
Taizhouzj浙江台州30.8583.1469.780.480.0222.871.0518.861.340.602.000.803.400.761.390.650.710.145.923.070.375.359411116242645336.6151.6941.6936307993
Lishui浙江丽水9.0259.6516.810.240.093.370.800.920.650.310.380.170.990.110.410.260.380.022.741.420.253.30172983266329329.4949.5440.9711390737
Hefei安徽合肥34.1494.9571.100.10 17.790.8914.254.520.974.621.282.401.591.032.601.050.187.663.251.045.887047326270161004.9153.9241.1737990180
Wuhu安徽芜湖28.6229.5026.710.040.0411.340.493.691.780.190.560.300.850.190.090.510.420.022.531.270.092.313317135110859244.4465.1830.3822510125
Bengbu安徽蚌埠12.4362.2317.250.21 4.460.570.861.130.150.570.110.900.160.190.600.470.033.171.300.152.225941105636887718.8447.2533.917726842
Huainan安徽淮南53.3243.9932.700.3212.993.461.552.900.960.130.640.240.840.891.240.340.540.022.631.160.131.7225859760354917.7864.4227.807889304
Maanshan安徽马鞍山55.4129.1015.420.031.486.930.380.890.340.070.360.040.610.040.320.260.170.011.380.620.121.3716867881101483.5169.4927.0013575819
Huaibei安徽淮北38.6219.5620.84 11.312.820.500.270.410.100.160.060.360.030.070.110.120.022.030.810.061.6027416346160438.7664.6426.618814120
Tongling安徽铜陵18.974.0111.670.380.125.000.292.050.200.080.240.070.320.100.070.130.13 0.820.380.081.2111134846670002.0772.7425.1911042303
Anqing安徽安庆18.2615.6224.241.690.073.091.261.210.770.370.940.191.050.240.180.520.380.045.821.860.344.221531877988110015.7453.0331.2313159401
Huangshan安徽黄山1.6148.059.410.100.011.110.201.110.410.200.200.510.640.120.080.160.250.021.430.720.102.04980744309319812.7244.0943.203306897
Chuzhou安徽滁州11.4450.8017.850.850.343.180.321.260.970.190.520.100.760.090.090.190.460.023.861.340.093.221352360695650221.3449.1629.5010529700
Fuyang安徽阜阳13.01011.8429.110.311.603.660.743.031.330.271.460.151.610.270.260.180.480.026.832.110.174.63977576721814427.3439.1733.497037012
Suzhouah安徽宿州20.7642.0722.050.583.132.250.521.910.620.240.820.070.940.170.070.330.340.045.351.430.173.07978753650570027.8937.8834.236769181
Chaohu安徽巢湖20.1460.5116.890.210.172.160.402.750.300.160.750.200.560.200.350.200.300.023.821.280.102.96939439629733218.6449.4631.908261743
Luan安徽六安8.4704.8222.170.840.032.140.684.060.690.220.690.070.750.170.070.210.660.045.281.660.213.701797661676120923.5642.2634.188327000
Bozhou安徽亳州6.9600.7616.070.050.692.380.251.220.290.231.090.090.940.170.060.110.260.044.471.160.162.41837457512780026.7537.3635.903243341
Xuancheng安徽宣城11.7278.3612.340.290.013.200.380.280.300.150.190.060.570.320.270.140.120.012.211.070.112.661232343525700016.8347.2135.9510677643
Fuzhoufj福建福州38.0645.90105.470.730.1439.801.6214.343.921.193.912.103.062.676.113.061.340.289.513.881.476.3413066220312340929.0544.8846.0645454115
Xiamen福建厦门11.8180.2195.330.280.0152.410.7812.824.041.133.322.601.393.682.000.540.660.823.711.810.572.761573230206007371.1249.7349.1536889483
Putian福建莆田6.9323.5428.780.130.1215.720.562.040.450.220.550.300.860.270.580.150.170.033.780.980.201.67411955850325710.3356.1133.5612665314
Quanzhou福建泉州39.5685.27142.170.381.1992.561.3621.261.710.602.241.301.870.920.550.230.260.098.622.040.324.6711015160356497393.7160.1636.1362604054
Nanping福建南平7.5313.9023.541.090.217.680.890.830.680.370.740.371.130.370.350.350.540.053.451.480.282.682630826728652521.8941.8336.287774451
Longyan福建龙岩33.6314.3730.550.522.137.720.865.120.650.300.820.251.300.261.750.340.240.033.701.470.202.891906338990897313.0153.2533.7411773399
Ningde福建宁德10.3339.3716.550.330.061.841.111.340.720.280.630.211.010.140.180.240.340.053.721.330.162.861345219738609918.5042.9538.569174539
Nanchang江西南昌39.9502.2567.831.73 17.161.6213.337.860.671.490.322.230.430.741.481.610.167.233.031.255.497402208220010595.4853.2741.2527732021
Jingdezhen江西景德镇12.1163.1617.441.020.616.530.441.220.410.121.080.100.500.200.150.330.130.031.790.660.181.9452567346150018.2560.7830.976871690
Pingxiang江西萍乡26.0188.0914.110.072.523.330.430.570.270.180.140.060.580.100.040.140.350.012.000.790.082.4538244252039008.1363.3128.5611979370
Jiujiang江西九江24.9497.9133.950.890.248.911.265.030.840.350.610.251.120.240.990.660.460.084.911.920.314.881882389103206479.5056.1734.3314977463
Xinyu江西新余29.4118.0110.070.090.384.480.470.460.210.110.130.040.330.020.020.100.210.031.240.430.061.2631785363122126.0063.9030.1011987770
Yingtan江西鹰潭4.8121.9210.091.430.023.210.370.760.130.040.180.150.290.060.060.280.23 1.120.370.131.2635602934488659.5162.7827.7111802016
Ganzhou江西赣州15.2907.2742.430.761.3312.161.391.860.900.350.630.231.590.330.270.510.870.039.012.770.317.1339379761119741218.9244.3636.7212746325
Jian江西吉安9.6495.0420.151.390.571.191.021.091.010.340.610.160.920.210.200.320.510.014.511.660.224.212528335720525119.8550.4829.6711349323
Yichunjx江西宜春24.6557.9328.070.782.676.110.941.090.980.360.760.201.080.210.190.220.480.024.841.960.194.991866950870000518.9656.5824.4712399826
Fuzhoujx江西抚州4.1403.9621.170.980.104.180.722.380.500.290.790.040.710.090.070.180.380.014.261.150.174.171882050630012419.0249.9131.067347415
Shangrao江西上饶17.2740.3329.962.950.554.320.831.620.620.501.450.141.160.230.210.150.360.136.792.020.255.682279138901002916.8650.9632.1811759109
Jinan山东济南64.9604.08127.800.111.8530.761.8927.438.881.737.032.605.942.832.842.501.321.1410.354.641.6412.328177347391052715.5041.8752.6244856080
Qingdao山东青岛84.7763.64124.110.520.2066.602.126.696.310.623.912.063.921.941.561.781.520.1611.054.391.067.7010978282566619004.8948.6946.43106628345
Zibo山东淄博89.2422.3662.880.254.4626.931.567.580.950.372.900.691.270.680.560.240.580.045.742.490.505.095965225286675003.6761.6234.7077423440
Dongying山东东营51.1184.8740.100.5912.259.020.281.351.380.510.700.660.720.161.311.720.331.463.111.070.113.377923108235994003.7072.5523.7460378601
Weifang山东潍坊67.9873.7873.990.341.1630.951.614.651.200.494.300.691.840.660.380.690.820.0710.414.510.338.89161401403090920010.6955.6633.6575292226
Taian山东泰安63.9557.0156.320.2611.1914.291.057.821.280.422.520.571.440.550.340.590.570.145.922.390.294.697762107205168009.5253.5936.8937700720
Linyi山东临沂59.51072.6956.120.702.4016.601.304.300.900.402.000.302.600.200.400.400.700.0210.103.700.308.80171911662399990011.0050.2638.7445935251
Heze山东菏泽20.7958.8037.210.420.666.191.251.821.100.151.300.241.350.100.340.220.940.038.603.290.278.9412239771227090017.9452.8529.2025320325
Zhengzhou河南郑州76.3963.00108.500.237.1720.543.1119.573.001.005.142.894.152.422.132.961.750.3112.815.282.0811.967446343404089263.0856.1740.7459137624
Luoyang河南洛阳67.0703.5453.920.211.5114.833.663.811.810.202.290.711.990.480.942.251.020.217.313.110.477.1115200181232024608.0960.1831.7441323063
Pingdingshan河南平顶山59.7539.5948.450.1211.8311.051.082.821.120.152.100.471.660.300.960.400.730.035.402.040.345.85790471131083948.7566.3324.9220031593
Hebi河南鹤壁23.9162.0517.810.124.784.410.342.150.200.080.480.140.320.190.050.090.31 1.680.590.091.79218251429119311.3870.3718.269890970
Xinxiang河南新乡32.4603.8645.690.630.4014.670.975.440.930.152.170.411.030.450.450.710.530.106.822.760.306.778169971189940813.2157.6929.1021733234
Jiaozuo河南焦作37.7368.0232.290.573.039.941.281.740.590.171.180.411.700.110.200.260.650.043.941.700.214.57407190124592608.1368.6523.2228858779
Puyang河南濮阳16.9409.8331.420.056.683.040.676.100.910.100.860.200.780.171.480.150.430.124.291.330.203.86426651775403713.8866.4619.6613852696
Xuchang河南许昌29.8489.6428.670.062.158.070.672.430.650.100.730.250.540.310.440.280.440.034.611.870.274.774996801316487011.3968.5120.1024966545
Sanmenxia河南三门峡112.7230.3024.220.145.973.770.802.320.630.131.680.280.800.080.350.220.190.032.800.970.162.90104963087441578.0168.5223.4720398477
Nanyang河南南阳155.71186.6970.481.163.2616.371.606.802.180.635.590.911.940.751.401.281.310.1812.163.940.568.4626509921953356220.5452.0727.3924952130
Shangqiu河南商丘46.9918.0139.720.283.553.230.774.061.050.271.930.281.020.130.130.250.600.049.523.100.209.3110704601143791326.1946.5227.2913594361
Xinyang河南信阳19.8870.2243.190.880.545.981.405.591.580.403.120.541.230.580.520.920.930.069.282.480.416.7518847681091832326.3842.2131.4111175624
Zhoukou河南周口44.61224.3545.221.10 6.311.254.870.960.453.130.271.790.510.160.190.530.0310.702.980.299.7011959511228302429.7745.4224.8115007129
Zhumadian河南驻马店71.5886.1041.160.520.196.881.286.061.140.312.700.350.970.970.340.560.630.168.172.940.346.6515083521053711827.5841.8830.5411377676
Wuhan湖北武汉101.4836.73178.460.790.0850.262.0036.7014.922.2212.304.695.502.922.115.742.310.7116.906.512.069.748494500556593003.0645.5151.4464245900
Huangshi湖北黄石30.0260.1443.850.445.6516.670.656.730.980.191.551.050.520.830.210.500.510.402.861.080.522.5145866669012007.7757.2235.0111975700
Shiyan湖北十堰20.1353.1943.260.360.4717.381.412.241.020.855.650.700.750.680.570.390.290.423.841.870.643.732368062736780010.5654.5734.8712804019
Yichang湖北宜昌25.0398.5555.730.282.3118.742.957.273.030.534.461.170.951.261.120.800.520.313.792.270.513.4621084921547320011.4157.5331.0721187359
Xiangyang湖北襄阳22.0591.0746.530.600.3517.360.994.071.310.271.650.471.410.380.161.111.250.066.122.770.325.88197241071538270015.2651.8932.8522988086
Ezhou湖北鄂州24.2108.4618.220.030.807.500.263.460.430.100.980.380.340.320.240.140.260.071.320.520.110.96159452395290013.0258.5328.466330996
Jinmen湖北荆门26.1300.4031.441.081.1211.830.652.340.840.462.220.420.780.610.700.360.440.473.101.380.202.441240450730070019.8748.3731.7612001085
Jinzhou湖北荆州11.9658.1742.723.970.1614.820.803.071.010.280.850.351.110.330.260.520.700.065.183.180.325.751409266837100027.6038.8633.538975700
Xianning湖北咸宁11.1290.9619.580.390.155.640.480.980.540.120.330.270.520.250.260.450.640.083.361.580.113.43986163520330019.4145.7034.906333953
Suizhou湖北随州3.2257.9110.920.060.112.820.131.570.250.070.400.140.300.060.020.100.370.011.960.890.091.57963643401660021.5545.2333.225097629
Enshizhou湖北恩施州8.2                            
Changsha湖南长沙53.0652.40110.560.050.0430.511.6116.992.841.696.654.405.314.162.133.811.720.5210.985.721.928.5511816272454705734.4453.6041.9641654294
Xiangtan湖南湘潭32.1288.9829.570.81 8.320.497.450.600.121.760.320.850.500.210.210.250.033.021.280.113.24501573894005010.7455.8633.4014962525
Hengyang湖南衡阳15.4791.6251.690.030.129.691.0110.951.300.411.060.731.900.740.580.700.750.077.713.260.428.0715299991420337718.6245.4635.9218832469
Shaoyang湖南邵阳14.6793.9733.470.561.372.960.966.751.480.380.590.121.390.430.390.310.510.026.092.540.166.462083049727289323.8938.2337.897127007
Yueyang湖南岳阳21.4565.6255.023.230.0118.300.757.761.670.461.710.901.530.680.660.430.640.355.482.260.287.2715087821539357614.0054.1931.8027843253
Changde湖南常德23.5623.1136.810.100.538.090.817.550.590.470.910.311.100.591.210.270.760.125.232.360.315.5018190761491568618.7845.9435.2812626665
Zhangjiajie湖南张家界4.6164.757.930.070.180.350.340.830.340.180.110.310.340.060.070.120.370.011.590.690.061.91951628242478512.8824.7762.351089444
Yiyang湖南益阳15.3476.3624.070.15 4.300.403.190.350.240.400.261.300.410.670.300.470.083.901.840.145.531214454712274822.8040.4936.718080903
Chenzhou湖南郴州28.8502.0728.950.103.554.161.331.960.710.310.900.500.660.410.410.310.540.044.572.200.286.0119699621081763211.7254.9533.3314400825
Huaihua湖南怀化15.3509.7225.620.40 2.611.391.581.270.400.370.281.040.300.450.400.700.115.062.270.266.352762452674922714.4442.8042.766998921
Xiangxi湖南湘西3.6                            
Guangzhou广东广州100.5806.14246.370.600.0488.642.4414.6122.575.2912.2110.117.969.139.937.683.363.0518.3111.203.6115.6374349521074828281.7537.2461.01138312477
Shaoguan广东韶关22.7328.1030.610.460.8910.241.382.821.300.260.520.380.880.330.710.340.630.043.861.570.153.851846378683103314.0441.7844.187733678
Shenzhen广东深圳38.6259.87253.020.270.18123.661.8713.0016.315.1913.767.0810.8612.6912.425.431.811.947.665.381.7011.811992830958151010.0747.2152.72185268200
Zhuhai广东珠海13.0104.7463.150.740.0341.760.451.931.450.882.131.271.851.390.930.420.810.182.251.090.453.141711124120859582.6854.7742.5529761820
Shantou广东汕头24.4524.1132.280.040.029.470.653.131.040.451.990.561.420.370.340.370.630.105.851.980.233.642064182120897435.3456.1038.5618975666
Jiangmen广东江门30.9392.2844.850.11 22.650.803.540.910.431.060.751.800.390.300.240.590.194.472.270.204.159568129157041917.4555.5437.0138289057
Maoming广东茂名27.8747.1730.941.190.303.690.724.750.900.290.800.260.980.270.520.170.630.248.692.140.413.9911458701492085718.4039.5942.0113601493
Huizhou广东惠州23.6337.2880.390.110.0357.550.732.191.250.351.100.791.870.890.730.420.720.144.091.860.365.2111343215172995435.9258.9435.1539051731
Heyuan广东河源9.4358.3924.680.130.2811.020.711.090.640.160.460.300.580.240.420.210.240.053.691.190.153.091564229475139612.7251.4535.838327317
Yangjiang广东阳江15.8282.8118.240.570.032.790.473.200.590.290.960.260.580.560.260.150.370.053.041.170.122.78794644639838921.9242.4535.626934570
Zhongshan广东中山17.2149.1829.04  17.290.420.281.030.280.340.331.340.420.500.220.130.042.461.480.212.27180041185065212.7458.0439.2250236309
Yunfu广东云浮17.9282.7617.480.070.336.810.460.600.240.200.900.140.480.110.100.090.200.043.020.910.112.67777919400974125.1241.1833.704663419
Nanning广西南宁23.4707.3770.551.540.1514.431.116.783.180.904.501.432.621.643.232.541.510.169.774.431.149.49221122151800261313.5836.2150.2112854044
Liuzhou广西柳州48.9372.6937.990.790.2513.260.672.311.590.491.490.521.210.542.250.661.160.244.482.370.283.4318617135131531218.3263.8627.8223887937
Guigang广西贵港36.8523.8115.310.210.042.490.400.660.750.070.490.010.450.040.150.250.420.025.011.420.052.381060256544657119.8445.5834.584702986
Laibin广西来宾21.1260.1011.850.910.562.240.580.320.210.140.280.030.310.070.200.320.310.012.571.020.081.691341129404888324.1647.4228.413682803
Chongqing重庆147.53303.45248.751.719.5357.426.4243.3213.452.5511.174.259.754.884.305.393.380.7733.7810.892.4123.3882829870792558008.6555.0036.3591435532
Chengdu四川成都41.61149.07172.050.230.0745.192.1643.495.421.318.733.125.232.302.976.852.390.5016.328.701.8315.2412132456555133365.1444.6950.1758097349
Zigong四川自贡11.5325.9616.540.060.623.650.402.540.840.240.390.100.980.300.070.240.250.032.421.280.112.02437380647725113.0757.2529.6711081674
Panzhihua四川攀枝花81.2111.3817.180.121.907.990.471.120.360.120.210.080.580.040.070.110.260.011.310.620.121.6974405552398834.1073.7922.119532489
Deyang四川德阳12.2389.1525.740.070.498.010.345.260.570.150.400.111.210.080.100.260.540.033.381.580.093.07591154921267916.5457.8225.6316014090
Mianyang四川绵阳16.6541.8734.560.160.0112.110.873.320.940.290.650.221.540.270.151.990.770.045.031.940.164.1020249103960215317.3448.7733.8912675301
Guiyang贵州贵阳40.4337.1670.340.301.0114.901.4216.792.441.145.131.741.772.601.861.681.040.735.922.800.936.148034162112181745.0940.7354.1810583479
Zunyi贵州遵义23.6784.1630.340.130.265.511.001.531.420.301.300.111.000.230.380.590.680.107.162.000.186.463076247908757015.4341.7842.797937190
Kunming云南昆明80.9583.9998.960.801.4921.211.5414.628.241.767.052.852.962.103.593.561.210.599.294.201.569.5421015275212037005.6745.3249.0124361300
Xian陕西西安55.7782.73140.370.390.3742.003.2311.629.994.946.194.165.893.401.659.072.271.4716.155.582.539.4710108327324149004.3243.4852.2031253569
Baoji陕西宝鸡26.6381.0931.650.500.6510.850.922.081.980.341.710.320.890.140.110.500.510.054.421.990.223.4718131118976090010.6862.9526.3813168575
Xianyang陕西咸阳26.8520.0937.100.381.499.151.143.260.770.330.920.331.310.240.420.701.210.037.192.240.365.6310196811098681018.5052.1829.3213353500
Yulin陕西榆林54.1364.5025.910.623.781.401.940.561.160.190.650.090.650.130.240.381.230.014.691.520.306.374357852175666805.2568.6426.1119599930
Lanzhou甘肃兰州43.1323.5451.360.161.3512.501.538.741.750.541.900.702.100.591.172.590.890.085.681.971.056.0713086196110038983.0748.0948.8415926000
Jiayuguan甘肃嘉峪关22.921.805.010.010.013.550.100.020.040.040.050.040.130.010.040.020.120.010.230.120.050.4229355018431921.3480.1618.505155800
Baiyin甘肃白银22.0180.3915.340.462.493.810.590.400.370.120.320.030.510.030.050.150.210.072.740.370.072.552115855311182612.1054.9932.914299063
Wuwei甘肃武威4.9191.269.891.120.341.240.380.380.460.060.220.040.480.260.270.220.350.011.680.740.281.363323827228767626.4340.0133.561755165
Xining青海西宁28.0220.8728.650.140.397.250.513.372.340.581.390.381.250.560.481.410.650.062.921.760.432.7876556762828003.8951.0545.057512207
Yinchuan宁夏银川95.5158.8030.081.225.154.682.481.640.900.410.850.241.680.491.020.940.700.022.651.370.503.14902512176942275.2650.1044.649355637
Urumchi新疆乌鲁木齐59.0243.0347.171.231.777.971.095.635.810.532.041.031.730.751.291.970.530.074.742.911.015.0713788343133851721.4944.8653.6516727154
Karamay新疆克拉玛依61.137.5115.760.047.243.100.011.300.230.100.330.110.250.340.820.060.090.010.620.260.010.8495485771135310.4989.759.7613303969
Aletai新疆阿勒泰4.519.7033677                   1148110.6    83849.5
Bayinguoleng新疆巴音郭楞18.0                            
Tulufan新疆吐鲁番11.12827135                   1358913.4    372073

Data Records

A total of 365 data records (emissions-socioeconomic inventories) are contained in the datasets. Of these, 182 are emissions inventories for cities (2010) [“China city-level emissions inventory, 2010”, Data Citation 1]; 182 are energy inventories for cities (2010) [“China city-level energy inventory, 2010”, Data Citation 1]; 1 is a socioeconomic inventory for cities (2010) [“China city-level socioeconomic inventory, 2010”, Data Citation 1]; The cities’ CO2 emissions inventories are constructed at an IPCC territorial administrative scope, including both energy-related emissions (from fossil fuel combustion) and process-related emissions (from cement production). The socioeconomic inventory presents GDP, population, employed population (with structure), GDP (with structure), and area of the 182 cities.

Technical Validation

Uncertainties

CO2 emissions inventories gather the contributions of economic activity to total CO2 emissions for a given time period and area. Inventories are critical to many environmental decision-making processes and scientific goals. Policymaking and scientific research require reliable inventories to ensure the effectiveness of the policy process. In both types of applications, it is important to understand the uncertainty in emissions inventories. Additionally, uncertainty analysis can improve the accuracy of emissions accounts. Regarding the city-level CO2 emissions inventories in this article, the literature shows that uncertainty regarding the process-related emissions in cement production is low. The inventories’ uncertainty mainly depends on energy-related emissions part[44,50]. The contributing sources of uncertainty for energy-related emissions accounting are associated with emission factors, activity data and other estimation parameters (Volume 1, Chapter 3, Page 6)”[41]. The uncertainty induced by emissions factors and energy activity data are both quantified for the cities’ emission inventories.

Uncertainties in activity data and emission factors

China’s energy data are of relatively poor quality compared with those of developed countries, especially city-level data. The literature also shows that the uncertainties range widely from sector to sector. The coefficient of variation (CV; the standard deviation divided by the mean) is used to quantify the uncertainty. According to a field survey led by previous studies, the fossil fuel consumed in China’s power generation sector has the lowest CV (5%)[51,52], compared with primary industry (30%)[53], other manufacturing sectors (10%), construction (10%)[41,54], transportation sector (16%)[55], and residential energy use (20%)[41]. The sources of uncertainties could lie in the opaqueness in China’s statistical systems, especially on the “statistical approach on data collection, reporting and validation (Page 673)”[56] and the dependence of China’s statistics departments on other government departments. Such uncertainties result in a large gap between China’s national fossil fuel consumption data and the aggregated provincial data. To cover the gap, China has adjusted its energy data three times since 2004, resulting in a gap between the latest national fossil fuel consumption data and provincial aggregated data of 5%[57]. The gap between city-level aggregated energy consumption and the national overall data could be even larger. Previous studies have debated China’s emission factors[58-61]. The range of emission factors across different sources is as high as 40%. This study collects emission factors from Liu, et al.[44], which measured them based on a broad investigation of China’s fuel quality. Based on the statistical analysis of surveyed fuel quality, the CVs of coal-, oil-, and gas-related fuels are estimated as 3, 1, and 2%, respectively.

Monte Carlo simulations

Monte Carlo methods are used to simulate the uncertainties resulting from both fossil fuel combustion and emissions factors to estimate the overall uncertainty of the emissions[41]. Monte Carlo simulations select random values for the emission factor and activity data (fossil fuel consumption) from within their individual normal probability (density) functions and calculate the corresponding emission values (chapter 6 IPCC[41]). To perform Monte Carlo simulations, we first set up probability density functions for each input variable (emission factor and activity data). Both variables are assumed to follow a normal distribution[44]. Then, we randomly sample both the activity data and the emission factors 20,000 times and obtain 20,000 CO2 emission estimations. The uncertainties are obtained at a 97.5% confidence level and are calculated as the 97.5% confidence intervals of the estimates. This article finds that the average uncertainties in the cities’ total CO2 emissions range from −;3.65 to 3.67% at a 97.5% confidence level (±47.5% confidence interval around the estimate). Hegang in Heilongjiang has the highest uncertainties in emissions of (−5.83, 5.86%), while Huizhou in Guangxi has the lowest value of (−0.91, 0.91%).

Limitations and future work

The cities’ emission inventories have some limitations that could lead to more uncertainty. Although these uncertainties may not be large enough to quantify, they are an indispensable component of the emission inventories’ uncertainties. First, this study only takes the energy-related and process-related emissions from seven industrial production processes into account in the emission accounts, and emissions emitted by other sources is missing, such as “agriculture”, “land-use change and forestry”, “waste”, and other industrial processes. Thus, the analysis incomplete. In the future, we will expand the emission scope to achieve more complete inventories for cities. Second, the cities’ emission factors for fossil fuels and industrial processes are substituted by national average emission factors during the process of accounting for cities’ CO2 emissions, resulting in inaccuracy. We hope that specific city-level emissions factors could be updated in the future to increase the accuracy of our results. If not, in our future research, we could employ provincial emission factors to obtain a more accurate emission inventory for the provinces. Third, due to the poor data quality for the cities, the EBTs of most cities are a downscaled version of the provincial table, assuming that the cities have the same sectoral energy intensity and per capita residential energy consumption with their provinces. Such assumptions bring additional uncertainties to cities’ emission inventories. In the future, a consistent time-series emission inventory dataset for Chinese cities will be completed. We will integrate the bottom-up estimations (calculated based on survey data from enterprises)[14] and satellite observations to achieve more emission accounts for these cities. More specifically, the high-resolution bottom-up emissions and satellite images can confirm some of the cities’ emission sources (i.e. some super-emitting points). The night-light data will also be used to verify our top-down emissions inventories[16,62].

Additional information

How to cite this article: Rashid, H. et al. An emissions-socioeconomic inventory of Chinese cities. Sci. Data. 6:190027 https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2019.27 (2019). Publisher’s note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
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