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Annual statements of emissions
Summary
DESNZ publishes annual statements calculating the UK's net carbon account under the Climate Change Act 2008. These statements track emissions against statutory carbon budgets to determine compliance. This is routine administrative reporting of historical emissions data.
Key facts
- •Required under section 16 of the Climate Change Act 2008
- •Compares net UK carbon account against carbon budgets
- •Published annually since 2014
Related programmes
Net Zero
Memo
Annual statements of emissions set out the steps taken to calculate the net UK carbon account.
The net UK carbon account is what we compare against the carbon budgets to determine whether they are being met, and must not exceed the level of the carbon budget at the end of each budgetary period.