task_categories:question-answering size_categories:10K<n<100K language:en license:apache-2.0 climate region:us
---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- question-answering
language:
- en
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
tags:
- climate
---


This dataset is curated by [GIZ Data Service Center](https://www.giz.de/expertise/html/63018.html) in the form of Sqaud dataset with features 'question', 'answers', 'answers_start' and 'context'. The source dataset for this
comes from [Climatewatchdata](https://www.climatewatchdata.org/data-explorer/historical-emissions?historical-emissions-data-sources=climate-watch&historical-emissions-gases=all-ghg&historical-emissions-regions=All%20Selected&historical-emissions-sectors=total-including-lucf%2Ctotal-including-lucf&page=1),
where Climatewatch has analysed Intended nationally determined contribution (INDC), NDC and Revised/Updated NDC of the countries to answer some important questions related to Climate change.


Specifications
- Dataset size: 31382
- Average Context length : 50 words
- Language: English

The list of Sectors covered include: Agriculture', 'Coastal Zone', 'Cross-Cutting Area', 'Education', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Water', 'Buildings', 'Economy-wide', 'Industries', 'Transport', 'Waste', 'Health', 'LULUCF/Forestry', 'Social Development', 'Disaster Risk Management (DRM)', 'Urban','Tourism'.

Some of the important question categories pertaining to climate change(adapted from climatewatchdata) include
- Sectoral Policies
- Sectoral Unconditional Actions
- Building on existing downstream actions
- Sectoral plans
- Sectoral targets
- Action and priority
- Adapt Now sector
- Emission reduction potential
- Capacity Building Needs for Sectoral Implementation
- Sectoral Conditional Actions
- Technology Transfer Needs for Sectoral Implementation
- Conditional part of mitigation target
- Capacity building needs
- Technology needs
- Unconditional part of mitigation target
- Time frame
- Emission reduction potential



No answer category like 'Squad2' is not part of dataset but can be easily curated from existing examples.