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EDGAR v4.3.2 Global Atlas of the three major greenhouse gas emissions for the period 1970–2012
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Monica Crippa
Diego Guizzardi
Marilena Muntean
Edwin Schaaf
Frank Dentener
Peter Bergamaschi
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Jos G. J. Olivier
Jeroen A. H. W. Peters
John A. van Aardenne
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