January 29, 2026 -- Today, Climate TRACE reported that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the month of November 2025 totaled 4.98 billion tonnes CO₂e. This represents a decrease of 0.04% vs. November 2024. Total global year-to-date emissions are 55.39 billion tonnes CO₂e. This is 0.50% higher than 2024's year-to-date total. Global methane emissions in November 2025 were 33.38 million tonnes CH₄, an increase of 0.05% vs. November 2024.

Data tables summarizing GHG and primary particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions totals by sector, country, and the top 100 urban areas for November 2025 are available for download here.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country: November 2025

Climate TRACE's preliminary estimate of November 2025 emissions in China, the world's top emitting country, is 1.42 billion tonnes CO₂e, a decline of 5.00 million tonnes of CO₂e, or 0.35% vs. November 2024.

Of the other top five emitting countries:

• United States emissions increased by 5.21 million tonnes CO₂e, or 0.91% year over year;

• India emissions declined by 4.65 million tonnes CO₂e, or 1.37% year over year;

• Russia emissions declined by 0.15 million tonnes CO₂e, or 0.06% year over year;

• Indonesia emissions increased by 0.57 million tonnes CO₂e, or 0.47% year over year.
  In the EU, which as a bloc would be the fourth largest source of emissions in November 2025, emissions declined by 7.51 million tonnes CO₂e compared to November 2024, or 2.31%.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: November 2025

Greenhouse gas emissions increased in November 2025 vs. November 2024 in transportation and waste, and decreased in agriculture and power. Power saw the greatest change in emissions year over year, with emissions decreasing by 0.49% as compared to November 2024.

• Agriculture emissions were 597.08 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.03% decrease vs. November 2024;

• Buildings emissions were 362.67 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. November 2024;

• Fluorinated gases emissions were 137.71 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. November 2024;

• Fossil fuel operations emissions were 822.61 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. November 2024;

• Manufacturing emissions were 850.00 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. November 2024;

• Mineral extraction emissions were 18.39 million tonnes CO₂e, unchanged vs. November 2024;

• Power emissions were 1,263.08 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.49% decrease vs. November 2024;

• Transportation emissions were 752.22 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.46% increase vs. November 2024;

• Waste emissions were 171.35 million tonnes CO₂e, a 0.48% increase vs. November 2024.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by City: November 2025

The urban areas with the highest total GHG emissions in November 2025 were Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; New York, United States; Los Angeles, United States; and Houston, United States.

The urban areas with the greatest increases in absolute emissions in November 2025 as compared to November 2024 were Ramagundam, India; Obra, India; Zibo, China; Toranagallu, India; and Newcastle, Australia. Those with the largest absolute emissions declines between this November and last November were Waidhan, India; UNNAMED, India; Korba, India; Rotterdam [The Hague], Netherlands; and Duren, Germany.

The urban areas with the greatest increases in emissions as a percentage of their total emissions were Butibori, India; Uruguaiana, Brazil; Pare-Pare, Indonesia; Aligarh, India; and Obra, India. Those with the greatest decreases by percentage were Ormoc, Philippines; Havířov, Czechia; UNNAMED, India; Duren, Germany; and Anzio, Italy.

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 (potentially including historical estimates) to reflect new data inputs, methodologies, and revisions.

With the addition of November 2025 data, the Climate TRACE database is now updated to version V5.3.0. This release includes 1,888 new assets in the electricity generation sector, all of which are biomass plants from the Global Energy Monitor Global Bioenergy Power Tracker. The release also includes updated Q1 2025 data for refineries and petrochemical steam cracking; new non-GHG emissions data for petrochemical steam cracking sources in Asia Pacific and the Middle East; and data fixes in the rice cultivation and copper mining sectors.

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

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Emissions data for December 2025 are scheduled for release on February 26, 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.

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