Transport and environment statistics: 2023
Environmental impacts of transport, including greenhouse gases and air pollutants emitted from different transport modes for the United Kingdom.
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In 2023,聽United Kingdom聽domestic transport accounted for:
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111.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e), a decrease of 1% compared to 2022 and a decrease of 10% compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019
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29% of domestic聽greenhouse gas (GHG)听别尘颈蝉蝉颈辞苍蝉
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49% of domestic聽nitrogen oxides (NOx)听别尘颈蝉蝉颈辞苍蝉
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26% of domestic聽airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5)听别尘颈蝉蝉颈辞苍蝉
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20% of domestic聽airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 micrometres (PM10)听别尘颈蝉蝉颈辞苍蝉
Previous releases of the transport and environment statistics report included comparisons of journey emissions, for example journeys by different transport modes. This information is available in the聽. Note that the current version of the tool covers emissions estimates for 2023 and was last updated in October 2023. An update to this tool is expected in 2025. The methodology for this analysis can be found on the聽transport energy and environment statistics information听辫补驳别.
The Department for Transport previously published a tool to compare carbon dioxide emissions from transport by local authority. The most recent data is available from the聽听迟辞辞濒.
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