UK local authority and regional greenhouse gas emissions national statistics, 2005 to 2021
UK local authority and regional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Update: July 2023
We have identified an error in the compilation of these statistics: a misallocation of emissions within the Industry ‘Other’ category. We have updated the documents affected and added a Revisions Note providing the full explanation.
These statistics provide a breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions across the UK, using nationally available datasets going back to 2005. This year emissions estimates for all sectors and gases span the entire timeseries.
The main data sources are the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) National Statistics of energy consumption for local authority areas. All emissions included in the national inventory are covered except those from aviation, shipping and military transport, for which there is no obvious basis for allocation to local areas, and emissions of fluorinated gases, for which suitable data are not available to estimate these emissions at a local level.
Publications:
- statistical summary: one page summary of local authority emissions statistics
- statistical release: summary of local authority emissions statistics including UK emissions maps
- local authority data tables: all data tables for local authority emissions
- National Park data tables: all data tables for National Park emissions
- technical report: methodology adopted to estimate greenhouse gas emissions at local level
- employment based energy consumption mapping in the UK: methodology used to map emissions from smaller industrial and commercial sources
- mapping greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector: LULUCF emissions and removals at the local authority level, prepared by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
In addition, interactive local authority level emissions maps are published on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) website on behalf of DESNZ. Users can zoom in to any UK local authority, see the emissions for the area and identify the significant point sources, such as iron and steel plants. The data can be filtered by sector, and to see how emissions have changed across the time series.
Air pollution data are also available on a local authority basis which looks at a number of gases that cause air pollution. The greenhouse gases which are presented in the emissions reports above are also considered air pollutants. A number of activities contribute to both air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Other activities that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions do not contribute to air pollutant emissions and vice versa.
This is a National Statistics publication and complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Please check our frequently asked questions or email GreenhouseGas.Statistics@energysecurity.gov.uk if you have any questions or comments about the information on this page.
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We have identified an error in the compilation of these statistics: a misallocation of emissions within the Industry ‘Other’ category. We have updated the documents affected and added a Revisions Note providing the full explanation.
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