London’s consumption based greenhouse gas emissions

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Tackling London’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a huge challenge. The impact of these emissions goes far beyond the city’s boundaries. From the electronics we buy and the food we eat to the clothes we wear, most are produced and transported globally. The GLA commissioned Leeds University to develop a historic trend of consumption-based emissions for London. It uses the latest available data (running from 2001-2022) on average expenditure on different types of goods and services. This methodology aligns with equivalent national government datasets at the UK level. Findings London’s consumption-based emissions in 2022 were around 88 MtCO 2 e. They’ve fallen by 16 per cent since 2001, despite the city’s population increasing by 1.4 million over that time. This means emissions per head have reduced by 30 per cent (from 13.9 to 9.83 tCO 2 e per person). The biggest drop in consumption-based emissions was between 2008 and 2009 during the global financial crisis, when households’ average spending decreased. Post-2009, emissions stabilised then steadily reduced from 2014 to 2020, bar a small increase from 2017-2018. This period of emissions…

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• XLSXLondon_ConsumptionBasedEmissions_2001-2022.xlsx8.3 MB
• XLSXLondon_ConsumptionBasedEmissions_2001-2021.xlsx8 MB
• XLSXLondon_ConsumptionBasedEmissions_2001-2020.xlsx4.3 MB
• XLSXLondon_ConsumptionBasedEmissions_2001-2018.xlsx4.3 MB
• XLSXLondon_ConsumptionBasedEmissions_2001-2016.xlsx3.2 MB
• PDF2001-2018_Consumption_GHG_accounts_for_GLA.pdf2.5 MB
• PDF2001-2016_consumption_ghg_accounts_for_london_-_for_publication.pdf604 kB

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