Analysis: Warm weather and renewables push UK emissions down 3.4 per cent in 2022

Michael Holder
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Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire | Credit: iStock
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Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire | Credit: iStock

Carbon Brief analysis of preliminary data suggests UK territorial emissions fell for the ninth time in 10 years in 2022, but much work remains to bring country into line with net zero goals

UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.4 per cent last year, as a growing reliance on clean energy and a further decline in coal power helped bring an end to the 2021 rebound in emissions that followed the...

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