The British Department for Energy Security and Net Zero released provisional national statistics on greenhouse gas emissions for 2023.
The data is available at this link.
Read our news stories from Reuters and UK PA Media on the data.
In an accompanying news release, the government highlighted these points:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, March 28, 2024
- UK greenhouse gas emissions continue to fall.
- UK now half way to net zero as emissions have been cut by 53% between 1990 and 2023 or 50% when including emissions from international aviation and shipping.
- Electricity supply and homes show big decline in emissions, as country shifts to renewable energy sources
- Surpasses last month’s official 2022 data that saw the UK become the first major economy to halve its emissions, while growing the economy by around 80%
