ONS: Total UK carbon emissions peaked 35 years later than conventional measures suggest

Michael Holder
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Fresh ONS assessment of UK carbon impact shows that when imported emissions are taken into account UK emissions peaked in 2007 rather than 1972

Total UK carbon emissions hit their peak 35 years later than most conventional estimates indicate, according to a new analysis of embodied emissions from the Office for National Statistics that confirms...

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