World Carbon Pricing Database: Sources and Methods

This journal article describes the sources and methods used to construct the World Carbon Pricing Database (WCPD).

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Date

Sept. 17, 2022

Authors

Geoffroy Dolphin and Qinrui Xiahou

Publication

Journal Article in Nature Scientific Data

Reading time

1 minute

Abstract

This note describes the sources and methods used to construct the World Carbon Pricing Database (WCPD). This database contains a harmonized record of the sectoral coverage and prices associated with carbon pricing mechanisms implemented worldwide at the national and subnational levels over the period 1990–2020. The dataset follows IPCC 2006 sectoral disaggregation, which allows for a straightforward integration with other datasets following the same structure.

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Topics

Carbon Pricing

Authors

Geoffroy Dolphin

Post Doctoral Fellow

Geoffroy Dolphin is a post doctoral fellow at RFF.

Qinrui Xiahou

Research Analyst

Qinrui Xiahou

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