World aggregate greenhouse-gas time series

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/api/v1/environment/co2/world

Last modified:2026-05-10 09:22:39

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OperationId:environment_co2_world

Returns every column in the OWID CO2 bundle for the World entity - the harmonised global aggregate. Covers global CO2 totals, CO2 by source, consumption emissions, cumulative CO2 since 1750, methane, nitrous oxide, total greenhouse gases, global temperature-change contributions, and energy aggregates. For continent- or income-group aggregates (Asia, Africa, OECD, EU27, High-income countries) use /region/{region}. Published under CC BY 4.0 with dual attribution to Our World in Data and the primary upstream providers.

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Global aggregate across all 79 columns as an annual time series, plus attribution.

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{
    "data": {
        "region": "World",
        "observations": [
            {
                "year": 2022,
                "property1": "string",
                "property2": "string"
            }
        ],
        "count": 275,
        "start_year": 0,
        "end_year": 0,
        "attribution": "string"
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true
    }
}

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Modified at 2026-05-10 09:22:39

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