§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average(a) consumption of energy by and (b) emission of greenhouse gases from the average family house was in each year since 1997. [80865]
§ Mr. MeacherThe information is as follows:
Average UK household energy
consumption
(GJ)
Average UK household carbon
dioxide emissions
(tones CO2)
Average UK household
greenhouse gas
emissions
(tones CO2
equiv)
1997 77.2 5.66 6.27 1998 78.9 5.73 6.44 1999 78.1 5.60 6.22 2000 78.9 5.63 6.36 2001 81.3 6.07 — The greenhouse gas figures are higher than those for CO2 alone since they include indirect emissions of methane attributable to household use of gas and of coal-and gas-generated electricity.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions which emanate from(a) the US, (b) other OECD countries and (c) developing countries; and what this represents in each category as emissions per person. [80876]
§ Mr. MeacherThe International Energy Agency has published global greenhouse gas emissions estimates by country for 1995. These data suggest that in that year the United States and other OECD countries accounted for around 20 per cent. and 25 per cent. of global greenhouse gas emissions respectively. Developing countries accounted for around 45 per cent. Emissions per capita were around 7, 3 and 1 tonnes of carbon equivalent per person averaged over the US, other OECD countries and developing countries respectively. These estimates include all greenhouse gases covered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. They do not include the countries with economies in transition in Central and Eastern Europe which in 1995 accounted for the remaining 10 per cent. of global emissions, with emissions per capita of about 3 tonnes of carbon equivalent.