In recent decades the United Kingdom has been shifting away from coal-fired power and transitioning to clean energy sources. This has seen carbon dioxide emissions in the UK drop by more than 40 percent compared to 1990 levels. This trend is expected to continue in the coming decades, with projections showing that total carbon dioxide emissions will drop to 308 million metric tons by 2040.
Projected carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040
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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 carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Projected carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons)." Chart. October 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. (2023). Projected carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Projected Carbon Dioxide (Co₂) Emissions in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2022 to 2040 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, Projected carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Projected carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2022 to 2040 (in million metric tons) [Graph], GOV.UK, October 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/494827/co2-emissions-projection-united-kingdom-uk/