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CO2 emissions estimates - Agriculture (LA influence) (8237) Metric type
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- This is the estimate in kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (kt CO2e) emissions for the agriculture sector within the scope of influence of Local Authorities.
The full dataset includes all emissions that occur within the boundaries of each local authority; the subset however excludes emissions that authorities do not have any direct influence over, these include: Motorways; EU Emissions Trading System sites; Diesel railways; Land use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (all emissions belonging to the LULUCF Net Emissions). Removing these emissions has a much bigger impact on some Local Authorities than others, as some Local Authorities have a much bigger proportion of emissions from the above sources than others.Electricity and gas consumption in the agriculture sector are included in the DECC local gas and electricity datasets and therefore the consumption of these fuels related to the agriculture sector cannot be disaggregated. Consumption of solid and liquid fuels has been calculated for each year using the IDBR employment data. The distribution of solid and liquid fuels has been made based on the geographical distribution of gas availability, i.e. with these fuels located in grid squares with no gas available. Off-road mobile machinery emissions associated with activity in the agriculture sector are distributed using a combination of arable, pasture and forestry land use data. Each of these land cover classes are weighted according to the off-road machinery activity on each land use. This used data on the number of hours of use of tractors and other machinery on these land use types. The agriculture non-fuel sector includes CO2 emissions from urea application and liming of soils. Previously emissions from liming had been included in the LULUCF (Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry) sector, but having been reallocated in the 2006 IPCC guidelines for GHG inventory compilation, are now included in the Agriculture sector. Emissions from both these sources are distributed using data on land use provided by CEH.
- Modified
- 30 Jun 2023
- Data last updated
- 30 Jun 2023
- Short label
- CO2 emissions - Agriculture (LA influence)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Kilo tonnes
- Dataset
- CO2 emissions estimates under LA influence
- Source
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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