Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2020
Official statistics showing emissions of greenhouse gases in Scotland over the period 1990 to 2020.
This document is part of a collection
Annex B: Scottish greenhouse gas emissions using categories presented in Scotland's climate change plan.
The Scottish Government's Climate Change Plan was published in February 2018 presenting a strategy to reduce emissions over the period to 2032. The modelling activity supporting this plan used a modified version of the sectoral categories used in the Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions publication. The following table presents the latest Scottish emissions data using these alternative categories.
| CCP category | Baseline period | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Electricity Generation | 14.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Industry | 20.2 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| LULUCF | 6.1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Residential | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Services | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Transport | 14.9 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 10.3 |
| Waste Management | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Grand Total | 81.6 | 46.2 | 45.3 | 46.5 | 45.4 | 40.0 |
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The data collected for this statistical bulletin:
☐ are available in more detail through Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
☒ are available from National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory website and from a separate Excel workbook accompanying this publication
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☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data controller.
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