June 2011 Chart of the month
Household CO2 now greater than the entire transport sector Percentage of UK CO2 emissions by type of final usage
100%
75%
The UK Carbon Census Ltd 2011
44%
42%
27.7%
26.9%
28.6%
27.3%
28.8%
29.4%
45%
Transport
136 million tonnes of CO2 a year
50%
Houses
140 million tonnes of CO2 a year
25%
0%
2008 2008 2009 (Published 2010) (Restated in 2011) (Published 2011)
Carbon Census analysis licensed under Creative Commons Unported 3.0 (may be shared or re-used but please attribute the source) Source: http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/climate_change/gg_emissions/uk_emissions/uk_emissions.aspx (DECC greenhouse gas statistics)
1 June 2011