The outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting restrictions on travel caused UK civil aviation emissions to plummet 60 percent in 2020 to 0.6 MtCO2e. That year, aviation accounted for just 0.6 percent of UK transportation emissions. UK aviation emissions have been cut significantly since peaking in 2005 at 2.7 MtCO2e.
Greenhouse gas emissions attributable to civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2020
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (February 1, 2022). Greenhouse gas emissions attributable to civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Greenhouse gas emissions attributable to civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2022). Greenhouse gas emissions attributable to civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Attributable to Civil Aviation in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2009 to 2020 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greenhouse gas emissions attributable to civil aviation in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/509061/greenhouse-gas-emissions-civil-aviation-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited July 06, 2022)