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CO2 emissions estimates - Total per capita (53) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the estimate in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) emissions per head of population for all sectors in an area. This is the grand total of industry, commercial, public sector, domestic, transport, land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), agriculture, and waste management.
The purpose of these estimates is to assist those using local emissions accounting as a tool in developing emissions reduction strategies. It should be noted that circumstances vary enormously between authorities, and local authorities have relatively little influence over some types of emissions, and for theses reasons these statistics should be interpreted with caution.
Carbon dioxide is reported in terms of net emissions, which means total emissions minus total removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by carbon sinks. Carbon sinks are any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
The data show emissions allocated on an "end-user" basis where emissions related to energy use are distributed according to the point of energy consumption. Emissions that are not energy related are distributed based on the point of emission, other than emissions from waste management which are distributed based on where the waste was produced.
Except for the energy industry, emissions from the production of goods are assigned to where the production takes place. Therefore, emissions from the production of goods which are exported will be included, and emissions from the production of goods which are imported are excluded.
- Modified
- 16 Jan 2023
- Data last updated
- 18 Dec 2023
- Short label
- Total CO2 emissions per capita
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Tonnes of CO2 per capita
- Dataset
- CO2 emissions estimates
- Source
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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