In recent decades the United Kingdom has been shifting away from coal-fired power and transitioning to clean energy sources. By 2022, greenhouse gas emissions in the UK had dropped by nearly 50 percent compared to 1990 levels. This trend is expected to continue in the coming decades, with projections showing that greenhouse gas emissions will decrease further to 384 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent by 2040.
Projected greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Characteristic
Emissions in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent
Net Zero Strategy baseline scenario based on emissions estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Assessment Report 5 without feedback global warming potentials
Supplementary notes
Based on central estimates of economic growth, fossil fuel prices, electricity generation costs, UK population and other key variables regularly updated. Contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact (i.e. including “planned” policies).
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GOV.UK. (October 26, 2023). Projected greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/491914/greenhouse-gas-emissions-projection-uk/
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