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Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the Greater West of England, 2022–2023
This data insight describes the annual change in territorial greenhouse gas emissions in the Greater West of England between 2022 and 2023.
The Greater West of England is a bespoke geography defined here as Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
The analysis presents changes in emissions by sector and greenhouse gas, and how these changes vary across local authority areas within the Greater West of England.
The statistics are published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and relate to territorial greenhouse gas emissions within UK borders. This is the most recent dataset available.
−517
ktCO₂e - Net change in territorial emissions in the Greater West of England, 2022-2023
−198.66
ktCO₂e - Change in domestic carbon dioxide emissions in the Greater West of England, 2022–2023
31.25
ktCO₂e - Increase in carbon dioxide emissions in North Somerset, 2022–2023
Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions by sector in the Greater West of England, 2022-2023
This visualisation shows the net change in territorial greenhouse gas emissions by sector and greenhouse gas between 2022 and 2023.
Across most sectors and gases, emissions declined between 2022 and 2023. The largest reductions in carbon dioxide emissions were recorded in the domestic sector (−198.66 ktCO₂e), industry (−96.42 ktCO₂e) and the public sector (−75.78 ktCO₂e).
Methane emissions declined across most sectors, with the largest reduction recorded in the waste sector (−35.59 ktCO₂e). Nitrous oxide emissions declined in most sectors, while small increases were recorded in the waste sector of 1.50 ktCO₂e.
