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Climate change and energy - indicators

This pie chart and the table below give a summary of assessments for the indicators covering the theme of climate change and energy. A number of climate change related indicators are in the sustainable consumption and production section.

Clicking on the indicator name leads to a page with a chart/charts, assessments of progress and commentary. A smaller thumbnail chart links to a larger version in those cases where longer term trend information is available.

Indicator

Change since:

1990

2003

1. Greenhouse gas emissions:*

Greenhouse gas emissions

Green Green

CO2 emissions

Green Amber

2. Carbon dioxide emissions by end user:

Business

Green Amber

Residential

Green Amber

Transport

Red Red

3. Aviation and shipping emissions:

Aviation bunkers

Red Red

Shipping bunkers

Amber Green

4. Renewable energy:

Green Green

5. Electricity generation:

Electricity used

cross Amber

Fossil fuels used

cross Amber

CO2 emissions

tick cross

NOx emissions

tick Amber

SO2 emissions

Green Green

6. Household energy use:

Green Amber

7. Road transport:

CO2 emissions

Red Red

8. Private cars:

Red Amber

9. Road freight:

Red Red

10. Manufacturing sector:

CO2 emissions

Green Green

11. Service sector:

CO2 emissions

Red Red

12. Public sector:

CO2 emissions

Green Green

14. Energy supply:

Red Red

22. Agriculture sector:

CH4 emissions

Green Green

32. Economic output (contextual)

Green Green

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Updated: 30 July 2010