![]() This probably had an impact on emissions, especially on emissions from transport generated directly from households and the emissions associated with household spend on air travel, hotels and restaurants 2.2 Removing the Experimental status of the Statistics 2.1 Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on emissionsĢ020 covered the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the national lockdowns and travel restrictions. Percentage changes presented in this statistical notice are based on unrounded figures. There are general conventions on how to do this but the results cannot be viewed as being as robust as the estimates of carbon emissions generated domestically. Inherently the emissions relating to overseas production of imports to the UK/England, often referred to as emissions that are ‘embedded’ in imports, are not as easily measured as emissions generated within the UK borders. It excludes emissions arising from UK/England produced goods that are exported. ![]() This statistical release breaks down emissions into: those produced and consumed in the UK/England those generated by households directly through heating and motoring and those emissions relating to imports either from China, USA, Europe or the Rest of the World. One of the consequences of this is that more of the goods we buy and use are now produced overseas. Since 1997, the UK economy has continued to move from a manufacturing base towards the services sector. To find out what effect UK/England’s consumption has on GHG emissions we need to take into account where the goods we buy come from and their associated supply chains. These emissions are often referred to as ‘consumption emissions’ to distinguish them from estimates relating to the emissions ‘produced’ within a country’s territory or economic sphere. The carbon footprint refers to emissions that are associated with the consumption spending of UK/England residents on goods and services, wherever in the world these emissions arise along the supply chain, and those which are directly generated by UK/English households through private motoring and burning fuel to heat homes. The carbon dioxide footprint relates just to CO 2 emissions. The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO 2, methane (CH 4), nitrous oxide (N 2O), Hydro-flourocarbons (HFC), Perflurocarbons (PFC), Nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6).
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