World Resources Institute (WRI)
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global resource organization developing research-based solutions to sustain natural resources. Its work at the intersection of the environment and development contains topic areas on climate, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities and transport, business, economics, finance, and governance. Its main contributions include publications, blogs, news, and research projects containing charts, graphs, datasets, data visualizations, maps, presentations, and videos available for public access. Its publications span from 1984 to 2016. IFs originally obtained energy series data from WRI’s Earthtrends database, though WRI later discontinued this dataset. WRI now provides emissions and climate data via its Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) data explorer that is available for download. The website is accessible via http://www.wri.org//.
Earthtrends Database
Earthtrends, launched by World Resources Institute (WRI) in 2001, was a specialized data source for environmental and sustainable development information. Earthtrends gathered data from leading statistical agencies like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), etc., along with WRI. To facilitate the comparison of data from different sources, Earthtrends supplemented its content with detailed metadata that reported on research methodologies and evaluated the information’s reliability.
Earthtrends organized its data into ten topic areas, namely agriculture and food, biodiversity and protected area, climate and atmosphere, coastal and marine ecosystems, economics, energy and resources, environmental governance and drylands, population, and water resources and freshwater ecosystem. Most series in the Earthtrends database covered time-series information since 1960. Earthtrends contained more than 200 country profiles for over 500 variables. Earthtrends also included data tables, maps, and feature stories on a variety of environmental, social, and economic topics. Some financial data series of Earthtrends database from previous years, used in IFs analyses, were converted into billion US$ from current prices at US$, and some series related to population were transformed into million figures.
Unfortunately, while the Earthtrends website and database enjoyed many years of popularity and was a source of numerous IFs data series, it was later discontinued. WRI no longer maintains the Earthtrends website and database, nor does anywhere else.
Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT)
The Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) is the climate data explorer of WRI and the large-scale data source now available through its website. It provides free access to comprehensive, reliable, and comparable greenhouse gas emissions data sets, as well as other climate-relevant indicators. CAIT has received regular use within news articles, policy briefs, government documents, and policy discussions within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other forums.
CAIT Historic database allows for easy access, analysis, and visualization of the latest available international greenhouse gas emissions data. It includes information for 186 countries and 50 U.S. states over 160 years. CAIT currently includes four data collections: Country GHG Emissions, US State GHG Emissions, Country Clean Technology Data, and UNFCCC Annex I GHG Emissions. These include over 50 indicators, covering the 1850-2011 time range. Carbon dioxide emissions data covers 1850-2012 and data for multi-sector greenhouse gas emissions range from 1990-2012.
CAIT emissions data covers a multitude of economic sectors such as energy, industrial processes, agriculture, transportation, and land use, among others. CAIT greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions data includes six gases, including CO₂ and five non-CO2 gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)—with HFCs, PFCs, and SF6 presented in CAIT as “F-gas emissions”). CAIT derives its data from a variety of data sources, including the International Energy Agency (IEA), U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), etc. The data is available for download at http://www.wri.org/resources/data-sets/cait-historical-emissions-data-countries-us-states-unfccc.
A document detailing CAIT sources and methodology regarding its emission data is available at http://cait.wri.org/docs/CAIT2.0_CountryGHG_Methods.pdf. Aside from continuing to update existing data, CAIT may provide data on granular energy consumption/production, additional non-CO₂ sources, power plants, and clean energy policy in the future.
Note: The original CAIT web site (online from December 2003 through May 2012) was victim of a hacking incident that took it offline and resulted in a near total loss of its file system and database. The new version of the website launched in July 2013.
Citation
CAIT Climate Data Explorer. 2015. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: http://cait.wri.org
Data pulled from WRI
| Table | Group | Definition | Source | Last IFs Update | UsedInPreprocessor | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeriesEnBalInd | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy balance (consumption) in industrial | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnBalRes | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy balance (consumption) in residential | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnBalTrans | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy balance (consumption) in transportion | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnConCommerc | Energy, Infrastructure | Commercial energy consumption | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnConTrad | Energy, Infrastructure | Traditional energy consumption | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnExports | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy exports | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnImports | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy imports | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesEnProdCoal | Energy, Infrastructure | Coal production | WRI CD 98 | Yes | ||
| SeriesEnProdGas | Energy, Infrastructure | Natural gas production | WRI CD 00-01 | Yes | ||
| SeriesEnProdNuclear | Energy, Infrastructure | Nuclear production | WRI CD 98; 1960 guestimated | No | ||
| SeriesEnProdOil | Energy, Infrastructure | Oil production | WRI CD 98 | Yes | ||
| SeriesEnReserHyd | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy reserves, hydro | WRI Annual | Yes | ||
| SeriesLandUrban&Built | Environment, Infrastructure | Land, urban and built-up areas | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | Yes | ||
| SeriesWaterGroundRechargeWRI | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annual groundwater recharge | WRI CD 98 | No | ||
| SeriesAgGrainLiv%GrainCon | Agriculture | Grain fed to livestock as % of total grain consumption | WRI online 2012 | 12/2011 | Yes | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO | Environment | Carbon monoxide emissions | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO21900to1999Cum | Environment | CO2 cumulative emissions from 1900 through 1999 | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromAgric | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from agriculture, forestry, fishing | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromCoal | Environment | CO2 emissions from coal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromElec | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from public electricity and heat | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromGas | Environment | CO2 emissions from gas | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromIndCons | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from industry, construction | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromOil | Environment | CO2 emissions from oil | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromRes | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from residential sources | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromRoadTrans | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from road transportation | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2fromTrans | Environment | CO2/GHG emissions from transportation, internal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConAgric | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, agricultural | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConComPubSer | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, commercial and public services | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConElecWRI | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, electrical | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConIndIronSteel | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, iron and steel industry subtotal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConIndMining | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, mining and quarrying subtotal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConIndTot | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, total industry | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConPhoto | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, photovoltaic solar | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesEnConRes | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, residential | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConSolarTherm | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, solar thermal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConTransDomAir | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, domestic air transportation | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConTransIntlAir | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, international air transportation | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConTransTot | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, total transportation | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesEnConWind | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, wind | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesEnProdGeoTherm | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy production, geothermal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesEnProdSolar | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy production, solar | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesEnProdTideWave | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy production, tide, wave, and water | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesEnvKyotoStatus | Government | Kyoto Protocol status (1=not signatory; 2=signatory; 3=ratified)) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesFreedomofInformation | Government | Freedom of information (1=pending; 2 = in effect) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesLandCoastLength | Environment, Infrastructure | Length of coastlines | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesLandDisputedSeas | Environment, Infrastructure | Area of disputed seas | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesLandEEZ | Environment, Infrastructure | Area of marine exclusive economic zone | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesLandForest%Orig | Environment, Infrastructure | Original forest area (pre-human intervention) as percent of total land area | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterAnIntlRenResources | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annually internally renewable water resources | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterAnRenResourcesOld | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annually renewable water resources | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | Yes | |
| SeriesWaterDesalination | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annually production of desalinated water in million cubic meters (/1000 for cubic km) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterFlowsFromOthers | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Water flows from other countries, annually | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterFlowsToOthers | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Water flows to other countries, annually | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterGroundWithdraw%Recharge | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annual groundwater withdrawals as a percent of recharge rate (asst years) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterGroundWithdrawal | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annual groundwater withdrawals(asst years) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/11 | No | |
| SeriesNGOs | SocioPolitical | Number of NGOs | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/12 | No | |
| SeriesNGOsperMillionPop | SocioPolitical | NGOs per million population | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2002/12 | No | |
| SeriesMemINGO | SocioPolitical | INGOs per million population | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2004/04 | No | |
| SeriesAgFish%Protein | Agriculture | Fish protein as percent of total supply | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConCoal | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, coal | WRI CD 98;WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConGas | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, natural gas | WRI CD 98;WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConHydro | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, hydro-electric | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConOil | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, oil and natural gas liquids | WRI CD 98;WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConSolarWindWaveGeo | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, solar, wind, wave, geothermal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnConTotal | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, total all sources | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnExportsOil | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy exports, oil | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnImportsOil | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy imports, oil | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/04 | No | |
| SeriesCalPCapAnimal | SocioPolitical | Calorie consumption per capita per day from animals | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2005/06 | No | |
| SeriesEnConResperCapKg | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, residential per capita | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/02 | No | |
| SeriesEnConTransRoad | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, road transportation | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/03 | No | |
| SeriesEnConResperCap | Energy, Infrastructure | Energy consumption, residential per capita | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/04 | No | |
| SeriesEnExportsNGas | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy exports, natural gas | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/06 | No | |
| SeriesEnImportsNGas | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy imports, natural gas | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/06 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2per2000$PPPWRI | Environment | CO2 emissions per dollar of GDP at 2000$ PPP | WRI Earthtrends | 2006/08 | No | |
| SeriesEmissionsCO2WRI | Environment | Carbon dioxide emissions | WRI Earthtrends | 2006/08 | No | |
| SeriesEnExportsCoal | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy exports, coal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/09 | No | |
| SeriesEnImportsCoal | Energy, Infrastructure, Trade | Energy imports, coal | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2006/11 | No | |
| SeriesWaterAnWithdrawals | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annual water withdrawals/use (1990=70-99;2000=update, mostly 2000) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/; Source: Pacific Institute, www.worldwater.org/data.html | 2008/01 | Yes | |
| SeriesAgConMeat | Agriculture | Meat consumption | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2008/05 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishAquaCatchTot | Agriculture | Fish production totals, aquaculture and capture | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2009/07/25 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishAquaTotal | Agriculture | Aquaculture, coastal and marine total fish production | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2009/07/25 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishExpt | Agriculture, Trade | Fish, export value | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2009/07/25 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishInlandProd | Agriculture | Fish capture, inland | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2009/07/25 | No | |
| SeriesWaterPovIndex | Agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment, Water | Water Poverty Index, 0 and 100, low score indicates water poverty | WRI | 2010/02/19 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishAquaInland | Agriculture | Aquaculture, inland | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2010/11/23 | No | |
| SeriesAgFishAquaMarine | Agriculture | Aquaculture, marine fish catch | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2010/11/23 | No | |
| SeriesAIDSDths | Population | AIDS-related deaths | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2010/11/23 | No | |
| SeriesLandCerealHarvest | Agriculture | Land area used for cereals | WRI | 2012/03/02 | No | |
| SeriesLandForest%DecadeChange | Environment, Infrastructure | Annual percentage change in forest area | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/02 | No | |
| SeriesLandIrrigated | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Land irrigated | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/02 | No | |
| SeriesWaterAnFreshWith%Resources | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annual water freshwater withdrawals as a percent of resources (asst years) | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/02 | No | |
| SeriesWaterAnRenResources | Environment, Infrastructure, Water | Annually renewable water resources | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/02 | Yes | |
| SeriesAgFishImpt | Agriculture, Trade | Fish, import value | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/04 | No | |
| SeriesAidCerealDon | Agriculture | Cereal donations | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/04 | No | |
| SeriesAidCerealRec | Agriculture | Cereal gifts/aid received | WRI Earthtrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ | 2012/03/04 | No |