The outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting restrictions on travel caused civil aviation emissions in the United Kingdom to plummet nearly 60 percent in 2020 to 0.6 MtCO₂e. While emissions rebounded in 2021 and 2022, figures were still well below pre-pandemic levels. Civil aviation accounted for less than one percent of the total transportation emissions in the United Kingdom in 2022.
Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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