Carbon Emissions and Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 2nd December 2024) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Foster of Bath Portrait
Lord Foster of Bath
(Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their target level for million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) for each year from 2025 to 2035 for (1) terrestrial emissions, (2) terrestrial emissions plus emissions from international aviation and shipping, and (3) the categories of emissions in (1) and (2) plus import emissions.

Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 9th December 2024

UK’s current and next carbon budgets are set on a territorial basis as follows:

  • Carbon Budget 4 (2023-2027) limits UK net territorial greenhouse gas emissions to 1,950 MtCO2e over the period.
  • Carbon Budget 5 (2028-2032) limits UK net territorial greenhouse gas emissions to 1,725 MtCO2e over the period.

Carbon Budget 6 (2033-2037) includes emissions from international aviation and shipping and is set at 965 MtCO2e over the period.

The Carbon Budget levels have been set in line with advice from the independent Climate Change Committee.

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