As of 2023, the United Kindgom had a remaining carbon budget of about 3.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂), in order for the world to be on track to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The country's estimated emissions from active and planned oil and gas fields stood below this value, at around 1.8 GtCO₂. Nevertheless, emissions including undeveloped and undiscovered oil and gas fields – as well as active and planned fields – were estimated at some 7.6 GtCO₂, more than double the UK's remaining carbon budget.
Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
* Emissions from undeveloped and undiscovered oil and gas fields were calculated by Statista by subtracting emissions from active and planned fields from the total value including active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered fields, provided by the source.
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Energy Monitor. (July 24, 2023). Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/
Energy Monitor. "Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. July 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/
Energy Monitor. (2023). Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/
Energy Monitor. "Remaining Carbon Budget and Emissions from Active, Planned, Undeveloped, and Undiscovered Oil and Gas Fields in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of 2023 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/
Energy Monitor, Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Remaining carbon budget and emissions from active, planned, undeveloped, and undiscovered oil and gas fields in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], Energy Monitor, July 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401747/remaining-carbon-budget-and-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-fields-uk/
