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UK greenhouse gas emissions: other technical reports

Supplementary technical reports relating to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Background quality report

This report provides a summary of quality issues relating to statistics on UK territorial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as providing details of the statistical publications we produce and the different approaches taken to reporting UK greenhouse gas emissions. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) official statistics for UK emissions are based on the UK’s greenhouse gas inventory (compiled by a consortium led by Ricardo Energy & Environment on behalf of DESNZ), and on DESNZ energy statistics.

Greenhouse gas emissions statistics information

Two sets of questions and answers about the national and subnational greenhouse gas emissions statistics.

Published 18 October 2012
Last updated 6 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated: Background quality report, frequently asked questions documents. Removed: List of greenhouse gases with corresponding global warming potential (GWP), Provisional greenhouse gas emissions statistics: methodology summary, both of which are now included in individual statistics publications.

  2. Updated: List of greenhouse gases with corresponding global warming potential, Background quality report, and UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics: frequently asked questions.

  3. Updated FAQs on UK and sub-national greehouse gas emissions statistics.

  4. Background information on national and sub-national greenhouse gas emissions statistics added.

  5. Background quality report updated. This report now contains content previously available in 'Alternative approaches to reporting UK greenhouse gas emissions: report / data tables and map' so these 2 documents have been removed.

  6. Record of UK base year emissions updated to include 1990-2019.

  7. Record of base year emissions spreadsheet updated.

  8. 'Provisional greenhouse gas emissions statistics: methodology summary' added.

  9. 'Record of UK base year emissions' updated to accompany ‘2017 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions national statistics’ published today.

  10. New version of Record of UK base year emissions published

  11. Record of UK base year emissions added

  12. Update to Record of UK base year emissions

  13. Update to main report and data tables/maps

  14. Updated document published.

  15. First published.