{
  "name": "eu-emissions-trading-system",
  "title": "European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) data from EUTL",
  "description": "Data about the EU emission trading system (ETS). The EU emission trading system (ETS) is one of the main measures introduced by the EU to achieve cost-efficient reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and reach its targets under the Kyoto Protocol and other commitments. The data mainly comes from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL). ",
  "homepage": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/european-union-emissions-trading-scheme-eu-ets-data-from-citl-7/",
  "version": "19",
  "licenses": [
    {
      "name": "ODC-PDDL-1.0",
      "path": "http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/",
      "title": "Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "EU ETS data",
      "path": "https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/datahub/datahubitem-view/98f04097-26de-4fca-86c4-63834818c0c0",
      "title": "EU ETS data from EUTL (European Environment Agency)"
    }
  ],
  "views": [
    {
      "name": "sector-emissions-trajectory",
      "title": "EU ETS Emissions by Sector (2005–2025)",
      "description": "Verified greenhouse gas emissions for the top 8 industrial sectors in the EU Emissions Trading System. Combustion of fuels dominates at over 1 Gt/yr but has fallen ~35% since 2008. Other sectors — cement, steel, refining — each contribute 20–150 Mt and show similar declining trends since Phase III tightening began in 2013.",
      "resources": ["eu-ets-sector-emissions"],
      "specType": "plot",
      "spec": {
        "height": 460,
        "marginLeft": 65,
        "marginRight": 20,
        "x": {
          "label": "Year",
          "tickFormat": ".0f"
        },
        "y": {
          "label": "Verified Emissions (Mt CO₂ equiv.)",
          "grid": true
        },
        "color": {
          "legend": true
        },
        "marks": [
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            "y": "y",
            "stroke": "#e5e7eb"
          },
          {
            "type": "line",
            "x": "year",
            "y": "emissions_mt",
            "stroke": "sector",
            "strokeWidth": 2,
            "tip": true
          },
          {
            "type": "dot",
            "x": "year",
            "y": "emissions_mt",
            "stroke": "sector",
            "fill": "sector",
            "r": 2,
            "tip": false
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "resources": [
    {
      "name": "eu-ets-sector-emissions",
      "path": "data/eu-ets-sector-emissions.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "mediatype": "text/csv",
      "description": "Aggregated EU ETS verified greenhouse gas emissions by main activity sector and year, derived from the eu-ets resource. Values are in megatonnes of CO₂ equivalent and cover the top emitting sectors from 2005 onwards.",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "sector",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Main activity sector name"
          },
          {
            "name": "year",
            "type": "year",
            "description": "Reporting year (YYYY)"
          },
          {
            "name": "emissions_mt",
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Verified emissions in megatonnes of CO₂ equivalent"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "eu-ets",
      "path": "data/eu-ets.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "mediatype": "text/csv",
      "description": "Country- and sector-level EU ETS data from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL) via the European Environment Agency. Each row reports a single ETS metric (e.g. verified emissions, freely allocated allowances) for one country, activity sector, and time period. The `year` field contains both four-digit calendar years (e.g. `2013`) and named trading-period strings (e.g. `Total 1st trading period (05-07)`).",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "country_code",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or a special ETS administrative code for EU-level mechanisms (XI = Northern Ireland, Innovation fund, Modernisation Fund, NER 300 auctions, RRF)"
          },
          {
            "name": "main_activity_code",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ETS main activity sector code as defined in Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC (e.g. '20', '29'). Aggregate codes ending in -99 (e.g. '20-99' = all stationary installations, '21-99' = all industrial excl. combustion) are rollup rows that double-count individual sector rows."
          },
          {
            "name": "main_activity_name",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Full sector name corresponding to main_activity_code (e.g. '20 Combustion of fuels', '29 Production of cement clinker')"
          },
          {
            "name": "citl_information",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ETS metric label describing the type of data in the value column (e.g. '2.1 EU-ETS Verified Emission', '1.1 Freely allocated allowances', '1.3 Allowances auctioned or sold')"
          },
          {
            "name": "year",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Reporting period — either a four-digit calendar year (e.g. 2013) or a named trading-period string (e.g. 'Total 1st trading period (05-07)')"
          },
          {
            "name": "value",
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Metric value — tonnes of CO₂ equivalent for emission rows, number of allowances (EUAs/EUAAs) for allocation and surrender rows"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "collection": "air-pollution",
  "has_solutions": [
    "global-country-region-reference-data",
    "logistics"
  ]
}