Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 90127
Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Christopher Chope
Conservative — Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in 1990, what was the contribution in parts per million of CO2 emissions from the UK into the atmosphere (a) gross of sequestration and (b) net of sequestration; and what was the contribution
Answer
Michael ShanksUK net territorial CO2 emissions were 603.3 million tonnes in 1990 and provisionally estimated at 290.4 million tonnes in 2024. Source: DESNZ, provisional 2024 UK net territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics.CO2 is calculated in terms of net emissi...
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