Transport sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has slowly decreased in the period of consideration, peaking at 136 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2000. As of 2018, figures decreased by roughly nine percent compared to the peak. Since 2016, transport sector has been the major source of UK's total GHG emissions, with 55 percent of GHG emissions attributable to passenger cars.
Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2018
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (February 4, 2020). Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2018 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/710459/uk-transport-sector-emissions/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2018 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/710459/uk-transport-sector-emissions/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2020). Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2018 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/710459/uk-transport-sector-emissions/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Transport Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1990 to 2018 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/710459/uk-transport-sector-emissions/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2018 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/710459/uk-transport-sector-emissions/ (last visited August 11, 2020)
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