The 2007 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions were published on 3 February 2009. These statistics represent the most up-to-date information available, and can be accessed from the following link at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/globatmos/index.htm
The proportion of UK greenhouse gas emissions from (i) road transport, (ii) railways, (iii) residential use, (iv) agriculture and (v) domestic shipping in each year since 1997 are shown in the following table. Please note that statistics for emissions from hovercrafts are included within the domestic shipping sector.
These percentages are based on emissions calculated on an ‘End User’ basis i.e. the emissions are reallocated from the production and distribution of energy to the users of that energy.
Gas/sector 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 (a) Carbon dioxide (i) Road transport 24.6 24.4 24.9 24.4 24.0 25.4 24.7 24.6 24.9 24.6 25.2 (ii) Railways 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 (iii) Agriculture 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 (iv) Residential 25.6 26.6 26.2 26.7 27.3 27.2 27.3 27.5 26.9 26.9 26.2 (v) Domestic shipping 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0 (b) All greenhouse gases (i) Road transport 19.6 19.6 20.6 20.4 20.4 21.5 21.2 21.2 21.5 21.3 21.8 (ii) Railways 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 (iii) Agriculture 8.8 8.7 9.0 8.6 8.2 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.9 (iv) Residential 21.2 22.2 22.5 23.1 24.0 23.9 24.1 24.4 24.0 24.0 23.4 (v) Domestic shipping 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 (c) Other greenhouse gases (non-CO2) (i) Road transport 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 (ii) Railways 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 (iii) Agriculture 34.2 35.1 40.6 40.9 41.2 43.2 45.2 46.3 46.8 46.9 46.8 (iv) Residential 5.9 6.4 6.9 6.9 7.5 7.6 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.3 (v) Domestic shipping 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1