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Episode: Greenhouse Gas Emission Data: Public, difficult to access, and not always correct (39c3)
Description: Data about greenhouse gas emissions, both from countries and individual factories, is
often publicly available. However, the data sources are often not as accessible and
reliable as they should be. EU emission databases contain obvious flaws, and nobody
wants to be responsible.
Which factory in my city is the largest emitter of CO2? Which industrial sector is
responsible for the largest share of a country's contribution to climate change? It
should not be difficult to answer these questions. Public databases and reporting
required by international agreements usually allow us to access this data.
However, trying to access and work with...