UK Domestic Transport Emissions Hit 31% in 2025
“Domestic transport produced 31% of UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 — the largest emitting sector.”
Summary
In 2025, domestic transport contributed 31% of the United Kingdom’s greenhouse gas emissions, which is the highest share among all sectors, according to the latest government provisional figures. This makes domestic transport the largest emitting sector for that year.
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- Using different transport modes: An opportunity to reduce UK passenger transport emissions? - ScienceDirect
An immediate annual emissions saving of approximately 31% is possible by consistently choosing the least emissions intensive feasible transport mode for personal travel. Over the past 30 years the modal share of car travel in the UK has remained ...
- 2025 UK greenhouse gas emissions: provisional figures - statistical release - GOV.UK
It does not include emissions from international aviation or shipping. In 2025, domestic transport accounted for 31% of all emissions, with carbon dioxide accounting for 98% of emissions for this sector.
- Greenhouse gas emissions from transport in 2022 - GOV.UK
Chart 2: Proportion of domestic ... 2 is a doughnut chart showing that, in 2022, GHG emissions from: domestic transport (113.2 MtCO2e) accounted for 28% buildings and product uses (82.8 MtCO2e) accounted for 20%...
- Greenhouse gas emissions from transport in 2023 - GOV.UK
since 2014, domestic transport has been the sector with the highest greenhouse gas emissions (accounting for 29% of all UK domestic emissions in 2023, up from 16% in 1990), due to a steady decline in emissions from electricity supply, the ...
- 2022 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Final Figures
• In comparison, emissions from the domestic transport sector rose 1.6%. This follows a · period of reduced domestic travel in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Domestic transport was the largest emitting sector, responsible for 28% of all greenhouse · gas emissions in the UK.
- Beyond GDP insights – environment, climate and nature, UK - Office for National Statistics
The Department for Energy Security ... KB), down 54% from 1990 and down 4% from 2023 levels. Domestic transport remained the highest emitting sector at 30% of the 2024 total....
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