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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.
This page brings together official statistics on UK greenhouse gas emissions and related publications.
Final and provisional estimates of UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions from 1990.
The government conversion factors for greenhouse gas reporting are for use by UK and international organisations to report on certain greenhouse gas emissions.
How local authorities' information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is shared with DECC.
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.
The methodological approach, key data sources and assumptions used to define the emission factors provided in the 2013 GHG Conversion Factors.
Methodologies and guidance for calculating greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biomethane on the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS).
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