Hansard

Air Quality: Carbon Dioxide

Volume 710: debated on Wednesday 13 May 2009

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Asked by

Lord Stoddart of Swindon

To ask Her Majesty's Government what, in percentage terms, is the United Kingdom's contribution to world carbon dioxide emissions. [HL3174]

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

Based on estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), the UK is responsible for around 2 to 2.1 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions.