Guidance

UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics: planned methodology changes

2025 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 13 January 2015
• Last updated: 23 January 2025 — See all updates

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UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics: 2025 planned methodology changes

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Accredited Official Statistics on the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are published annually. Every year, we apply methodological improvements to the way these emissions are estimated.

This note sets out the main methodology changes that we are planning to make this year, and their estimated impact on emissions compared to the methods used previously.

Published 13 January 2015
Last updated 23 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2025

   Updated with 2025 methodology.

2. 23 January 2024

   Updated with 2024 methodology.

3. 30 January 2023

   Updated with 2023 methodology.

4. 27 January 2022

   Updated with 2022 methodology.

5. 28 January 2021

   Updated with 2021 changes to methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.

6. 3 February 2020

   Updated with 2020 changes to methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.

7. 30 January 2019

   Publication updated with latest changes to methodology for estimating emissions

8. 19 January 2018

   2018 changes to methodology.

9. 17 January 2017

   Planned methodology changes for UK greenhouse gas emissions report. .

10. 21 January 2016

    2016 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions

11. 13 January 2015

    First published.