![]() ![]() ![]() Annual change in UK CO2 emissions in 2019 and over the past decade Change in CO2 Annual declineĬarbon Brief’s provisional estimates suggest that the UK’s CO2 emissions fell by another 2.9% in 2019, once again driven primarily by falling coal use, as shown in the table, below. The figures suggest CO2 emissions fell by 3.9% in 2019, slightly more than the 2.9% Carbon Brief estimate. Update 26 March 2020: UK government figures published today confirm Carbon Brief’s earlier analysis, showing that the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were 45% below 1990 levels. ![]() The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which is the UK government’s official climate advisory body, has also said the UK’s targets over the next decade are “ likely” to be insufficient, given the increased goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To meet the UK’s carbon budgets, CO2 emissions would need to fall by another 31% by 2030, whereas government projections expect just a 10% cut, based on current policies. Ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit this November, countries are expected to submit enhanced pledges to tackle emissions.īut UK government projections show the country will miss its legally binding carbon targets later this decade. The analysis comes as the UK – and the world – enter what needs to be a “ decade of action” in the 2020s, if global goals to limit rising temperatures are to be met. It also means UK carbon emissions in 2019 fell to levels last seen in 1888. The 2.9% fall in 2019 marks a seventh consecutive year of carbon cuts for the UK, the longest series on record. Carbon emissions from coal have fallen by 80% over the past decade, while those from gas are down 20% and oil by just 6%. This brings the total reduction to 29% over the past decade since 2010, even as the economy grew by a fifth.Īnother 29% reduction in coal use last year was the driving force behind the decline in UK emissions in 2019, with oil and gas use largely unchanged. The UK’s CO2 emissions fell by 2.9% in 2019, according to Carbon Brief analysis. ![]()
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