Guidance

UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics: planned methodology changes

2024 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 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Planned methodology changes for UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics 1990-2022

PDF, 329 KB, 16 pages

Mapping table comparing the National Communication (NC) and Territorial Emissions Statistics (TES) sectors

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.72 MB

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Details

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

This note sets out the main methodology changes that we are planning to make when estimating emissions from 1990 to 2022, and their estimated impact on emissions compared to the method used previously. It also describes a change we are making this year to the sectors we group emissions into in the statistics.

Published 13 January 2015
Last updated 23 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2024

   Updated with 2024 methodology.

2. 30 January 2023

   Updated with 2023 methodology.

3. 27 January 2022

   Updated with 2022 methodology.

4. 28 January 2021

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

5. 3 February 2020

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

6. 30 January 2019

   Publication updated with latest changes to methodology for estimating emissions

7. 19 January 2018

   2018 changes to methodology.

8. 17 January 2017

   Planned methodology changes for UK greenhouse gas emissions report. .

9. 21 January 2016

   2016 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions

10. 13 January 2015

    First published.