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What's New? -Municipal Waste Management Statistics 2008/09 Quarter 2

For all enquiries regarding climate change which will be greenhouse gas emissions, local authority carbon dioxide emissions and all other related subjects please email climatechange.statistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that the Climate Change statistics team are now part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) but we will continue to link to this website until the DECC website has been formally completed. Our mailbox will change in due course.

National Statistics - 2008 UK provisional figures
2008 UK Greenhouse Gas emissions, provisional figures, 26th March 2009 - Statistical Release (PDF 117kb)

This section presents provisional 2008 results for UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, published by DECC as National Statistics on 26th March 2009.

 

Annex A- Provisional Headline Results (Excel download)
Annex B- Emissions of all greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide by source and end-user (Excel download)
National Statistics - 2007 UK final figures

2007 UK Greenhouse Gas emissions, final figures, 3 February 2009 - Statistical Release (PDF 170kb)

This section presents final 2007 results for UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as well as performance against targets, published by DECC as National Statistics on 3 February 2009.

Annex A- Headline Results (Excel download)

Annex B- Breakdown of Headline Results (Excel download)

Annex C- Performance against Targets (Excel download)

National Statistics - 2006 Local Authority carbon dioxide estimates
Emissions of carbon dioxide for local authority areas: 2005 & 2006 results

This section presents estimates of carbon dioxide emissions in 2005 and 2006 for local authority (NUTS4) and Government Office Region (NUTS1) areas, published by Defra as National Statistics on 18th September 2008.    

Background

Defra Climate Change page

How UK Emissions are Measured

This section gives background information and outlines the methodology underpinning measurements of greenhouse gas emissions.

Cause
UK Emissions of Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide by National Communication Source Category

Emissions of greenhouse gases are the main man-made cause of climate change. The majority of the emissions in this section are UK national figures broken down into individual gases, and also by source and on an ‘end user’ basis.
For ‘end user' the emissions are reallocated from the production and distribution of energy to the users of that energy. For detailed statistical tables follow the ‘list of tables and charts’ link below.  For charts and associated data follow the links on the left.

Carbon dioxide emissions by end user
EU-15 Greenhouse gas emissions compared with Kyoto targets for 2008-2012
Effect
 Average surface temperature

These are a selection of the effects of climate change with the majority only covering the UK. Please be aware that changes in climate occur over prolonged periods of several years and therefore longer term trends should be examined rather than changes for individual years.
For detailed statistical tables follow the ‘list of tables and charts’ link below.
For charts and associated data follow the links on the left.

 Sea levels
 Summer and winter precipitation
Agriculture: Length of the growing season
Other information
 Definitions used  
 List of tables and charts  
 Internet links  
Further Information:

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Page last modified: 2 February 2009
Page published: 27 March 2008

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