This dataset contains eight scenarios of future global mercury emissions from the base year 2015 to 2050, generated using the GAINS Global model (https://gains.iiasa.ac.at/gains4/GOD/index.login).

File types and abbreviations, as well as scenario descriptions are found  in "2024_ACP_Brocza-etal_Legend.xlsx" 

Types of files:




em_data_hgpaper_*SCEN*
Hg emissions data by year & region, aggregated


hg_ef_data_hgpaper_*SCEN*
Ranges of emission factors in aggregated regions and sectors


hg_spec_data_hgpaper_*SCEN*
Speciated Hg emissions in aggregated regions and sectors




Level of detail:

Data are aggregated into 15 regions:

Global, Africa, Asia_Pacific (+ sub-regions China, India, Japan, Southeast_Asia), Central_and_South_America (+ Brazil), Eurasia (+ Russia), Europe (+EU27), Middle_East, North_America (+USA).

 

The corresponding manuscript titled "Global scenarios of anthropogenic mercury emissions" has been submitted.