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UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics: planned methodology changes

2026 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions.

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From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
13 January 2015
Last updated:
15 January 2026
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  1. Updated with 2026 methodology.

  2. Updated with 2025 methodology.

  3. Updated with 2024 methodology.

  4. Updated with 2023 methodology.

  5. Updated with 2022 methodology.

  6. Updated with 2021 changes to methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.

  7. Updated with 2020 changes to methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.

  8. Publication updated with latest changes to methodology for estimating emissions

  9. 2018 changes to methodology.

  10. Planned methodology changes for UK greenhouse gas emissions report. .

  11. 2016 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions

  12. First published.

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Accredited Official Statistics on the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are published annually. Every year, we apply methodological improvements to the way these emissions are estimated.

This note sets out the main methodology changes that we are planning to make this year, and their estimated impact on emissions compared to the methods used previously.

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