This file contains the licensing information for the raw data contained in this folder, used in:
Jonathan Beynon, Ed Wickstead, and Tom Veale. 2026. "A Comparative Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Developed and Developing Countries Since 1850." CGD Working Paper 753. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development.
https://www.cgdev.org/publication/comparative-analysis-greenhouse-gas-emissions-developed-and-developing-countries-1850

The analysis repository can be found here:
https://github.com/Center-for-Global-Development/ghg-emissions


ATTRIBUTION BY SOURCE
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Our World in Data - CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
File: owid-co2-data.csv. GCB 2025 vintage, downloaded 4 February 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://github.com/owid/co2-data
    Our World in Data, "CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions" dataset, CC BY 4.0.

Our World in Data - Population (long-run)
File: population.csv. July 2024 update, downloaded 19 May 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population
    HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) - with major processing by Our
    World in Data. "Population - HYDE, Gapminder, UN - Long-run data" [dataset].
    CC BY 4.0.

Climate Watch (World Resources Institute) - Historical GHG Emissions
File: CW_HistoricalEmissions_ClimateWatch.csv. 1990-2023 release, downloaded
20 April 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://www.climatewatchdata.org/ghg-emissions
    Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions, World Resources Institute, CC BY 4.0.

EDGAR - Community GHG Database (European Commission JRC / IEA)
File: EDGAR_2025_GHG_booklet_2025.xlsx. 2025 edition, AR5 GWPs, downloaded
1 May 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
    EDGAR Community GHG Database, a collaboration between the European Commission
    Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA),
    2025 report. CC BY 4.0.

Global Carbon Project - Global Carbon Budget 2025
Files: National_Fossil_Carbon_Emissions_2025_v0.3.xlsx (fossil, v0.3),
National_LandUseChange_Carbon_Emissions_2025v0.2.xlsx (land-use change, v0.2).
Both downloaded 19 February 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://www.icos-cp.eu/impact/science/global-carbon-budget/2025
    Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget 2025, national emissions data.
    CC BY 4.0.

Jones et al. - National contributions to climate change
File: GMST_response_1851-2024.csv. Version 2025.1, downloaded 24 February 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16640595
    Jones et al., "National contributions to climate change" dataset, v2025.1.
    Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.16640595. CC BY 4.0.

Maddison Project Database 2023
File: mpd2023_web.xlsx. 2023 release, downloaded 20 May 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source: https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/historicaldevelopment/maddison/releases/maddison-project-database-2023
    Bolt and van Zanden, Maddison Project Database 2023, Groningen Growth and
    Development Centre. CC BY 4.0.

PRIMAP-hist (Gutschow et al.) - NON-COMMERCIAL, SHARE-ALIKE
File: Guetschow_et_al_2025a-PRIMAP-hist_v2.7_final_no_extrap_no_rounding_22-Aug-2025.csv
v2.7 (22 August 2025 build), downloaded 24 November 2025.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
Source: Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17090760
    Gutschow et al., PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series v2.7.
    Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.17090760. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Carbon Brief - colonial emissions territorial rule database - NO LICENCE STATED
File: territorial_rule_database_1850_2023.csv. Covers 1850-2023, downloaded
27 April 2026.
Licence: none stated by the publisher.
Source: https://github.com/carbonbrief/colonial-emissions-data
    Carbon Brief, colonial-emissions-data,
    output-clean/territorial_rule_database_1850_2023.csv.
