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- Indicator 9
Sustainable consumption and
production
Climate change
and energy
9. Road freight
Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) CO2 emissions, freight moved and Gross Domestic Product, 1990 to 2007
| CO2 emissions
since: |
1990 |
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2003 |
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- Freight moved (tonne-kilometres) increased roughly in line with economic growth (Gross Domestic Product) until 1998. Since then freight moved has remained stable while GDP has increased by 28 per cent.
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) rose until 1998, but thereafter broadly stabilised in line with freight moved. Overall, emissions increased by 14 per cent between 1990 and 2007, compared with economic growth of 52 per cent over the same period.
Updated: 30 July 2009