Climate TRACE Releases July 2026 Emissions Data

September 24, 2026 -- Today, Climate TRACE reported that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the month of July 2026 totaled 4.9 billion tonnes CO₂e. This represents an increase of 0.1% vs. July 2025. Total global year-to-date emissions are 33.7 billion tonnes CO₂e. This is 0.3% higher than 2025's year-to-date total for the same time period. Global methane emissions in July 2026 were 30.8 million tonnes CH₄, an increase of 0.1% vs. July 2025.

Data tables summarizing GHG and primary particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions totals by sector, country, and the top 100 urban areas for July 2026 are available for download here.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country: July 2026

Climate TRACE's preliminary estimate of July 2026 emissions in China, the world's top emitting country, is 1.5 billion tonnes CO₂e, a decline of 4.4 million tonnes of CO₂e, or 0.3% vs. July 2025.

Of the other top five emitting countries:

• United States emissions declined by 15.3 million tonnes CO₂e, or 2.6% year over year;

• India emissions increased by 12.1 million tonnes CO₂e, or 3.4% year over year;

• Russia emissions increased by 0.2 million tonnes CO₂e, or 0.1% year over year;

• Indonesia emissions declined by 0.3 million tonnes CO₂e, or 0.2% year over year.

In the EU, which as a bloc would be the fourth largest source of emissions in July 2026, emissions declined by 0.7 million tonnes CO₂e compared to July 2025, or 0.2%.

Data on all other countries and territories are available in our Country/Territory Inventory.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: July 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions increased in July 2026 vs. July 2025 in agriculture, buildings, transportation, and waste, and decreased in fossil fuel operations, manufacturing, and power. Transportation saw the greatest change in emissions year over year, with emissions increasing by 2.5% as compared to July 2025.

• Agriculture emissions were 517.3 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. July 2025;

• Buildings emissions were 239.1 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.8% increase vs. July 2025;

• Fluorinated gases emissions were 145.0 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. July 2025;

• Fossil fuel operations emissions were 691.9 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.4% decrease vs. July 2025;

• Manufacturing emissions were 839.3 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.9% decrease vs. July 2025;

• Mineral extraction emissions were 16.0 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. July 2025;

• Power emissions were 1,440.6 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.7% decrease vs. July 2025;

• Transportation emissions were 851.3 million tonnes CO₂e, a 2.5% increase vs. July 2025;

• Waste emissions were 178.6 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.6% increase vs. July 2025.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by City: July 2026

The urban areas with the highest total GHG emissions in July 2026 were Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; Houston, United States; New York, United States; and Los Angeles, United States.

The urban areas with the greatest increases in absolute emissions in July 2026 as compared to July 2025 were Jinan, China; Beijing, China; Los Angeles, United States; Nagpur, India; and Chennai, India. Those with the largest absolute emissions declines between this July and last July were Detroit, United States; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Anshan, China; Chicago, United States; and New York, United States.

The urban areas with the greatest increases in emissions as a percentage of their total emissions were Daiwan, China; Amran, Yemen; Brass, Nigeria; San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic; and Coronel, Chile. Those with the greatest decreases by percentage were Lufeng, China; Yenakiieve, Ukraine; Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Litang, China; and Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.

RELEASE NOTES Revisions to existing Climate TRACE data are common and expected. They allow us to take the most up-to-date and accurate information into account. As new information becomes available, Climate TRACE will update its emissions totals (which could include historical estimates) to reflect new data inputs, methodologies, and revisions.

With the addition of July 2026 data, the Climate TRACE database is now updated to version V5.11.0. This release includes updates to asset coverage and methodology across several sectors, resulting in an overall change to historic emissions totals for prior years. Key methodological updates include changes to the oil and gas production and transport, aluminium, and pulp and paper sectors, all which now report Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions separately. Additionally, the buildings sectors now use Microsoft's TEMPO data to estimate building volume in the residential and non-residential buildings sector, replacing the Global Human Settlement Layer.

The road transportation sector updated its PM2.5 emissions estimates and vehicle fuel mix. Forestry emissions were updated using newly available 2025 annual disturbance masks from the CTrees Integrated Deforestation, Degradation, and Regeneration (CIDDR) dataset and Forest Loss from Global Forest Change (Hansen, University of Maryland GFC).

New coverage includes 221 assets in oil and gas production and transport, 13 sources in domestic aviation, 6 sources in international aviation, and 551 assets in industrial wastewater treatment and discharge. The pulp and paper sector narrowed its asset scope.

A detailed description of data updates is available in our changelog here.

To learn more about what is included in our monthly data releases and for frequently asked questions, click here.

All methodologies for Climate TRACE data estimates are available to view and download here.

For any further technical questions about data updates, please contact: coalition@ClimateTRACE.org.

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Emissions data for August 2026 are scheduled for release on October 29, 2026.

About Climate TRACE The Climate TRACE coalition was formed by a group of AI specialists, data scientists, researchers, and nongovernmental organizations. Current members include Carbon Yield; Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab; CTrees; Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; Earth Genome; Former Vice President Al Gore; Global Energy Monitor; Global Fishing Watch/emLab; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; OceanMind; RMI; TransitionZero; and WattTime. Climate TRACE is also supported by more than 100 other contributing organizations and researchers, including key data and analysis contributors: Arboretica, Michigan State University, Ode Partners, Open Supply Hub, Saint Louis University's Remote Sensing Lab, and University of Malaysia Terengganu. For more information about the coalition and a list of contributors, click here.

Media Contacts Fae Jencks and Nikki Arnone for Climate TRACE media@climatetrace.org