To provide fluor-gases emissions data that can be used in interdisciplinary studies of the environment.

To provide new emissions scenarios for the IPCC Assessment Reports.

To provide the projections of anthropogenic emissions of gases that have the potential to affect climate change.

To provide gridded emissions data that can be used in interdisciplinary studies of the environment.

To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.

To provide an assessment of potential climate change impacts on world crop production, including quantitative estimates of yield changes of major food.

To provide a baseline dataset for the evaluation of climate change impact.