diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 94293de47..2abc2a359 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Next Release
 
+- [#952](https://github.com/IAMconsortium/pyam/pull/952) Add an `aggregate_kyoto_gases()` method
 - [#946](https://github.com/IAMconsortium/pyam/pull/946) Handle plot-styling by meta indicators with `np.nan`
 - [#944](https://github.com/IAMconsortium/pyam/pull/944) Refactor to a `format_n()` function for nice log messages
 - [#943](https://github.com/IAMconsortium/pyam/pull/943) Improved handling for division by zero
diff --git a/pyam/core.py b/pyam/core.py
index cbfd3e497..28f1bdb45 100755
--- a/pyam/core.py
+++ b/pyam/core.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.api.types import is_integer
 
+from pyam.emissions import SPECIES_UNIT_MAPPING, aggregate_kyoto_gases
 from pyam.netcdf import to_xarray
 
 try:
@@ -1864,6 +1865,26 @@ def check_internal_consistency(self, components=False, **kwargs):
                 ]
             ]
 
+    def aggregate_kyoto_gases(self, *, metric: str, append: bool = False):
+        """Compute the aggregate Kyoto gases from a set of species using a GWP metric
+
+        metric: str
+            A global warming potential (GWP) metric supported by :mod:`iam_units`,
+            e.g. 'AR6GWP100'.
+        append : bool, optional
+            Append the aggregate emissions timeseries to `self` and return None,
+            else return aggregated emissions timeseries as new :class:`IamDataFrame`.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        pyam.IamDataFrame.convert_unit
+
+        """
+        data = concat(aggregate_kyoto_gases(self, metric)).aggregate(
+            f"Emissions|Kyoto Gases [{metric}]", components=SPECIES_UNIT_MAPPING.keys()
+        )
+        return self._finalize(data, append=append)
+
     def slice(self, *, keep=True, **kwargs):
         """Return a (filtered) slice object of the IamDataFrame timeseries data index
 
diff --git a/pyam/emissions.py b/pyam/emissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eabfc6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyam/emissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from pyam.exceptions import raise_data_error
+
+REQUIRED_SPECIES = ["Emissions|CO2", "Emissions|CH4", "Emissions|N2O"]
+
+ALL_KYOTO_SPECIES = {
+    "Emissions|CO2",
+    "Emissions|CH4",
+    "Emissions|N2O",
+    "Emissions|HFC125",
+    "Emissions|HFC134a",
+    "Emissions|HFC143a",
+    "Emissions|HFC152a",
+    "Emissions|HFC227ea",
+    "Emissions|HFC23",
+    "Emissions|HFC236fa",
+    "Emissions|HFC245fa",
+    "Emissions|HFC32",
+    "Emissions|HFC365mfc",
+    "Emissions|HFC4310mee",
+    "Emissions|NF3",
+    "Emissions|SF6",
+    "Emissions|C2F6",
+    "Emissions|C3F8",
+    "Emissions|C4F10",
+    "Emissions|C5F12",
+    "Emissions|C6F14",
+    "Emissions|C7F16",
+    "Emissions|C8F18",
+    "Emissions|CF4",
+    "Emissions|cC4F8",
+}
+
+
+def aggregate_kyoto_gases(df, metric: str):
+    """Internal implementation of the `aggregate_kyoto_gases` function"""
+
+    missing = df.require_data(variable=REQUIRED_SPECIES)
+    if missing is not None:
+        raise_data_error("Missing species for aggregation", missing)
+
+    df_list = list()
+    for species, unit in SPECIES_UNIT_MAPPING.items():
+        if species in df.variable:
+            df_list.append(
+                df.filter(variable=species).convert_unit(
+                    unit, "Mt CO2-equiv/yr", context=metric
+                )
+            )
+
+    return df_list
diff --git a/tests/test_emissions.py b/tests/test_emissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1366af01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_emissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+from pyam import IamDataFrame
+from pyam.testing import assert_iamframe_equal
+
+EMISSIONS_SPECIES_DATA = pd.DataFrame(
+    [
+        ["Emissions|CO2", "Mt CO2/yr", 42885.41, 33011.87, 24642.81],
+        ["Emissions|CH4", "Mt CH4/yr", 413.63, 287.42, 233.97],
+        ["Emissions|N2O", "kt N2O/yr", 11623.95, 9005.23, 8177.40],
+        ["Emissions|SF6", "kt SF6/yr", 8.01, 5.26, 2.60],
+        ["Emissions|HFC|HFC125", "kt HFC125/yr", 98.76, 57.44, 16.71],
+        ["Emissions|HFC|HFC134a", "kt HFC134a/yr", 248.84, 144.53, 42.41],
+        ["Emissions|HFC|HFC143a", "kt HFC143a/yr", 40.59, 23.61, 6.87],
+        ["Emissions|HFC|HFC23", "kt HFC23/yr", 7.13, 4.24, 1.55],
+        ["Emissions|HFC|HFC32", "kt HFC32/yr", 61.18, 35.55, 10.29],
+    ],
+    columns=["variable", "unit", 2020, 2025, 2030],
+)
+
+
+EXP_GHG_DATA = pd.DataFrame(
+    [
+        [
+            "Emissions|Kyoto Gases [AR6GWP100]",
+            "Mt CO2-equiv/yr",
+            58938.34,
+            44284.49,
+            33666.64,
+        ]
+    ],
+    columns=["variable", "unit", 2020, 2025, 2030],
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("append", ((False, True)))
+def test_kyoto_ghg(append):
+    df_args = dict(model="model_a", scenario="scenario_a", region="World")
+    df = IamDataFrame(EMISSIONS_SPECIES_DATA, **df_args)
+    exp = IamDataFrame(EXP_GHG_DATA, **df_args)
+
+    if append:
+        obs = df.copy()
+        obs.aggregate_kyoto_gases(metric="AR6GWP100", append=append)
+        exp = df.append(exp)
+    else:
+        obs = df.aggregate_kyoto_gases(metric="AR6GWP100")
+
+    assert_iamframe_equal(exp, obs)
+
+
+def test_kyoto_ghg_raises():
+    df_args = dict(model="model_a", scenario="scenario_a", region="World")
+    df = IamDataFrame(EMISSIONS_SPECIES_DATA, **df_args)
+    df.filter(variable="Emissions|CH4", keep=False, inplace=True)
+
+    match = "Missing species for aggregation:.* scenario_a  Emissions|CH4"
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=match):
+        df.aggregate_kyoto_gases(metric="AR6GWP100")