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.
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Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). (February 6, 2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). "Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK). "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Civil Aviation in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1990 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK), Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (UK), February 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/