Emission Sources Taxonomy

Hierarchy of GHG emission sources designed for market instruments. Three top-level groupings: Electric Power Generation, Fuel Combustion (excluding electricity generation), and Process & Fugitive Emissions.

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Details

Property	Value
classifies	Emission source
related	IPCC 2006
related	IPCC 2019 Refinement
related	Climate TRACE v4
related	CRF 2013

Concepts

Nested under their broader concept (skos:broader); a concept with more than one broader term is listed under each.

• Electric Power Generation
  • Grid Electricity
  • On-Site Generation
• Fuel Combustion
  • Mobile Combustion
    • Aviation Fuel Combustion
    • Maritime Fuel Combustion
    • Off-Road Fuel Combustion
    • Rail Fuel Combustion
    • Road Fuel Combustion
      • Heavy Duty Truck Fuel Combustion
  • Stationary Combustion
    • Building Heating
    • Industrial Furnace Combustion
• Process and Fugitive Emissions
  • Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
    • Agriculture
      • Enteric Fermentation
      • Fertilizer Application
      • Manure Management
    • Forestry and Land Use
  • Fluorinated Gases
    • Refrigerant Use
      • Air Conditioning Leakage
      • Refrigeration Leakage
  • Fossil Fuel Operations
    • Fugitive Fuel Emissions
      • Coal Mining
      • Oil and Gas Operations
  • Industrial Processes
    • Aluminium Smelting
    • Ammonia Production
    • Cement Production
    • Copper Smelting
    • Ethylene Production
    • Fluorochemical Production
    • Hydrogen Production
    • Methanol Production
    • Nitric Acid Production
    • Petrochemical Steam Cracking
    • Plastic Production
    • Steel Production
      • Blast Furnace / Basic Oxygen Furnace Steelmaking
      • Direct Reduced Iron Production
      • Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
  • Waste Management
    • Landfill Gas
    • Wastewater Treatment

Technical details

• Scheme IRI: https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/EMI/Sources/
• Concept count: 48

Raw RDF (Turtle)