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- Reviewing progress
- List of indicators
- Indicator 6
Sustainable consumption and
production
Climate change
and energy
6. Household energy use
Domestic CO2 emissions, domestic energy consumption and household spending, 1990 to 2007
| Domestic CO2 emissions since: | 1990 |
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2003 |
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Household energy consumption increased by 8 per cent between 1990 and 2007. However, since 2004, when it was at a high of 19 per cent above the 1990 level, household energy consumption has decreased. The associated domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased by 9 per cent between 1990 and 2007, with some fluctuations in the intervening years. The reduction in emissions is largely the result of electricity generators switching from coal to gas or nuclear fuels.
- There are links between energy use and household spending (through the purchase of domestic appliances and direct spending on electricity and gas). Household spending (household final consumption expenditure) has increased steadily and in 2007 was 57 per cent higher than in 1990
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Updated: 30 July 2009