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Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
The government conversion factors for greenhouse gas reporting are for use by UK and international organisations to report on greenhouse gas emissions.
How to work out the impact of air emissions on global warming if you're applying for a bespoke environmental permit.
UK local authority and regional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions.
This page brings together official statistics on UK greenhouse gas emissions and related publications.
This series brings together all documents relating to energy and emissions projections
The government has agreed a set of carbon values to be used in policy appraisal and evaluation.
Creating new woodland is a proven way to help tackle the effects of climate change. Find out more in this collection of resources.
A carbon budget places a restriction on the total amount of greenhouse gases the UK can emit over a 5-year period. The UK is the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets.
Advises how to identify suitable mitigation and adaptation measures in the planning process to address the impacts of climate change.
Find out how to express the mass of a fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent to comply with regulations on F gases.
Surplus from the UK’s third carbon budget will not be carried forward – proving the UK's pragmatic approach to net zero is compatible with its climate targets.
The MacKay Carbon Calculator provides a model of the UK energy system that allows you to explore pathways to decarbonisation, including net zero by 2050.
Provisional data shows UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions fell further across several key sectors between 2022 and 2023.
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