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Transport to blame for almost a quarter of UK’s emissions in 2020 official data suggests

Emissions

Juliana O’Rourke
14 February 2022
Net territorial greenhouse gas emissions by sector
Net territorial greenhouse gas emissions by sector
 

Coronavirus lockdowns left Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions 9.5% lower in 2020 compared with the year before, new official figures show — but fears have been expressed that rising transport pollution could threaten net zero targets. 

Official data published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) estimates that in 2020, net territorial greenhouse gas emissions in the UK were 405.5 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e), a decrease of...

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