Iron and steel: Carbon Emissions
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the proportion of carbon emissions resulting from the steel industry in each of the last five years.
The Government recognises the importance of a decarbonised and sustainable steel sector and is working closely with industry to support its decarbonisation options.
According to Office for National Statistics data (here), the manufacture of basic iron and steel represented between 2 – 3% of all UK carbon dioxide emissions in the latest five-year period for which these were reported.
The table below summarises ONS carbon dioxide emissions for the steel industry:
Reference year | Carbon dioxide emissions (millions of tonnes) |
2021 | 10.9 |
2020 | 11 |
2019 | 10.8 |
2018 | 10.4 |
2017 | 11.1 |