Greenhouse gas emissions

Services

Environmental permitting: H5 Site condition report

Guidance and templates on how to complete a site condition report under Environmental permitting regulations (EPR).
Hydroelectric power schemes: application

Use form (WR317) and guidance (WR318) to apply for permission for a hydroelectric power scheme.
Hydroelectric power schemes: get advice before you apply

Get advice using the Environment Agency's enhanced pre-application advice service before you apply for a hydroelectric power scheme.
Verification report opinion statement: Emissions Trading System

Verifiers performing verifications for all UK installations in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) must complete this form.
Expressions of interest in Carbon Capture and Storage Delivery Programme

Form for informal expressions of interest in CCS Delivery Programme. December 2011

Environmental reporting guidelines: including Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting requirements
- Guidance
- 29 March 2019
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Carbon calculator
- Detailed guide
- 21 August 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ozone-depleting substances (ODS)
- Detailed guide
- 6 February 2024
- Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Fluorinated gases (F gases)
- Detailed guide
- 7 February 2024
- Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Calculate the carbon dioxide equivalent quantity of an F gas
- Detailed guide
- 16 January 2024
- Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

UK confirms help for developing countries to tackle climate change and build greener future
- 14 November 2024
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Press release
Flux tower will see how much carbon gets stored in new saltmarsh
- 15 October 2024
- Environment Agency
- Press release
Proposals to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme
- 23 May 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
- Press release
UK overachieves another carbon emissions target and rejects rollover
- 21 May 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
UK half way to net zero
- 28 March 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release

Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024
- 30 October 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Research
Rail environment: April 2023 to March 2024
- 29 October 2024
- Office of Rail and Road
- National statistics
Northern Ireland greenhouse gas projections based on 2021 GHG inventory - Official Statistics in Development
- 27 September 2024
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
Investigating variability in landfill methane emissions using air quality monitoring data
- 5 September 2024
- Environment Agency
- Research
Quantifying methane emissions using inverse dispersion modelling
- 29 November 2023
- Environment Agency
- Research

TCFD-aligned disclosure Exposure Draft for Phase 3
- 17 December 2024
- HM Treasury
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 26 September 2024
Enforcement and sanctions policy updates to include UK ETS and CORSIA
- 12 December 2024
- Environment Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 16 July 2024
Carbon Reduction Plan
- 20 February 2025
- Crown Commercial Service
- Policy paper
UK's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement
- 30 January 2025
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Policy paper
UK greenhouse gas emissions reporting: Scope 3 emissions
- 29 November 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Call for evidence outcome

Sector contact list: climate change agreements (CCA)
- 1 March 2024
- Environment Agency
- Corporate report
Southampton City Council Local Air Quality Management (LAQM)
- 25 March 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Foi release
Committee on Climate Change’s 2018 progress report: Government response
- 15 October 2018
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Corporate report
Committee on Climate Change’s 2017 progress report: government response
- 12 October 2017
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report
Committee on Climate Change’s 2015 progress report: Government response
- 15 October 2015
- Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report