{"id":17879,"date":"2025-04-01T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=17879"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:50","slug":"climate-trace-launches-monthly-greenhouse-gas-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2025\/04\/01\/climate-trace-launches-monthly-greenhouse-gas-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate TRACE launches monthly greenhouse gas data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate TRACE <\/a>has taken a significant step toward real-time climate accountability by launching monthly updates on global greenhouse gas emissions. The initiative, which began with its first report on March 28, 2025, provides data on emissions for January 2025. This marks the beginning of a new era in emissions tracking, offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive dataset available to the public.<\/p>\n

For years, the challenge of tracking greenhouse gas emissions has been exacerbated by outdated reporting. By the time emissions data became available, the world had already moved on to new climate challenges. Climate TRACE is changing this narrative by offering insights with only a 60-day lag. Covering every major greenhouse gas across key sectors, subsectors, countries, states, over 9,000 urban areas, and more than 660 million individual sources, Climate TRACE has established the world\u2019s most comprehensive, timely, and up-to-date emissions inventory.<\/p>\n

Climate TRACE\u2019s preliminary calculation of global greenhouse gas emissions for the month of January 2025 is 5.26 billion tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)<\/strong> \u2013 a 0.59% decline compared to January 2024<\/strong>. Global methane emissions in January 2025 stood at 32.24 million tonnes<\/strong>, roughly the same as January 2024. These figures hint at a potential shift in emissions trends, offering a glimmer of hope for those pushing for more aggressive climate action.<\/p>\n

This decline in emissions is particularly notable, as it marks the first year-over-year decrease in monthly emissions since the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. December 2024 (\u20130.02%) and January 2025 represent the first monthly declines in emissions \u2013 year over year \u2013 post-COVID and since the beginning of Climate TRACE\u2019s monthly breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions data, which dates back to January 2021. While the reductions are small, they could signal the start of a more significant downward movement in global emissions. However, experts caution that it is too early to determine whether this trend will persist. With ongoing policy shifts, industrial transformations, and international climate commitments shaping emissions levels, the coming months will be crucial in understanding whether this decline is a short-term fluctuation or the beginning of sustained progress.<\/p>\n

Climate TRACE is committed to providing timely and transparent updates, with new emissions data set for release on the last Thursday of every month. Each report will feature emissions data from two months prior, enabling a comprehensive year-over-year analysis by sector and country. Additionally, refinements to previous months\u2019 estimates will be made based on newly acquired data. Users will be able to explore emissions trends through interactive maps and ranking tools available on the Climate TRACE website. A more detailed breakdown, including methodology documents and change logs, will be accessible through the organization\u2019s GitHub repository.<\/p>\n

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country: January 2025<\/strong>
As the world\u2019s largest emitter, China recorded a 1.1% decrease in emissions<\/strong>, with total CO2e emissions for January 2025 estimated at 1.54 billion tonnes<\/strong>, reflecting a decline of 17.4 million tonnes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other major emitters also showed slight declines:<\/p>\n