Business sector carbon dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom dropped to 61.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2020. Over the past three decades, emissions from this sector have decreased by nearly 45 percent, having totaled 111.3 MtCO₂e in 1990. The sharpest drop occurred from 2008 to 2009, when emissions fell by 13 percent due to the global recession. Throughout history, major events cause emission reductions, and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic saw global emissions reduced by record amounts that year.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the business sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020
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Emissions in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (February 2, 2022). Carbon dioxide emissions from the business sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/327069/co2-emissions-in-the-business-sector-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Carbon dioxide emissions from the business sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327069/co2-emissions-in-the-business-sector-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2022). Carbon dioxide emissions from the business sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327069/co2-emissions-in-the-business-sector-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from The Business Sector in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1990 to 2020 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/327069/co2-emissions-in-the-business-sector-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Carbon dioxide emissions from the business sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/327069/co2-emissions-in-the-business-sector-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 08, 2022)
