Challenge 1: Regional Emission Intensity Analysis

Objectives

You have access to the Statistics Sweden (SCB) data through the MCP server. You can query environmental and economic data using the scb_* tools. The goal is to analyze and compare emission intensity across Swedish regions.

Use case

Challenge

Calculate and compare the gross emission intensity (tonnes of CO2 equivalents per million SEK of economic output) for at least 3 Swedish regions (e.g., Stockholm, Gotland, Norrbotten) for the years 2019-2021.

Important

Example workflow

  • Start by searching for tables showing emission data and econonic profile by region.

  • Compute emission intensity using the formula: Intensity = Emissions (tonnes) / GRDP (million SEK) * 1000 for the years 2019-2021.

Ground truth: SCB report: Regional greenhouse gas emissions are increasing

Bar chart by region and year showing emission intensity

The required tables can be easily retrieved using the search function in the MCP server. However just in case if you get stuck, here is a hint:

Hint

The following tables to use

  1. Emissions data: Retrieve air emissions by region and substance (GHG in tonnes CO2 equivalents) from table TAB4357

  2. Economic data: Retrieve Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) by region from table TAB3138

Futher improvements

Optional Challenges

  1. Interactive Visualization: Create an interactive plot showing emission intensity trends over time for multiple regions.

Tip

  1. Extended Analysis: Extend the analysis to include more years (e.g., 2015-2023) or more regions to identify longer-term trends and regional patterns.

  2. Map Visualization: Create a map visualization to show the distribution of emissions across different regions.

Tip

  • Instruct which library to use:

    For data handling, SCB returns JSON-stat responses which can be processed using: