Carbon Emissions

(asked on 22nd January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's carbon footprint including emissions from imported goods is since 2010.


Answered by
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 28th January 2025

Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK

Data are available up to 2021.

The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO2, Methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Hydro-flourocarbons (HFC), Perflurocarbons (PFC), Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).

We do not hold information on total UK emissions but can provide those associated with consumption. UK consumption emission figures, including those from imported goods, are provided in the table below.

Table 1: Greenhouse gas emissions associated with UK consumption, million tonnes CO2 equivalent, UK, 2010-2021

Year

GHG from UK produced goods and services consumed by UK residents

GHG embedded in imported goods and services to UK

UK Households heating emissions arising from the use of fossil fuels

UK Transport emissions generated directly by UK households

Total

2010

310

336

91

66

804

2011

292

347

74

66

778

2012

305

360

80

66

811

2013

295

358

82

67

801

2014

283

366

69

67

784

2015

275

362

72

68

777

2016

236

320

73

69

698

2017

211

321

71

70

673

2018

213

342

74

70

699

2019

208

336

71

70

685

2020

176

311

71

54

613

2021

189

381

76

59

705

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