§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will estimate the CO2 emissions from the aviation sector in each year since 1990; and what the projected figures are for each year to 2010. [80844]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 20 November 2002]: The UK greenhouse gas inventory and the corresponding projections distinguish between domestic aviation (flights within the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and international aviation (emissions from fuel loaded within this area onto flights with destinations outside it). The table shows the most recent emissions inventory data on carbon dioxide emissions for these two categories from 1990 to 2000, expressed as thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide (ktCO2) per year.
Year Domestic International Total 1990 2,160 14,791 16,951 1991 2,119 14,570 16,689 1992 2,222 16,121 18,343 1993 2,281 17,241 19,522 1994 2,325 17,856 20,181 1995 2,449 19,012 21,461 1996 2,552 20,238 22,790 1997 2,640 21,552 24,192 1998 2,765 24,122 26,887 1999 2,827 26,424 29,251 2000 2,867 28,544 31,411 Projections on the same basis as the inventory data are available at five yearly intervals from the model of the UK energy economy maintained by the Department of Trade and Industry. This model suggests that, on central assumptions, carbon dioxide emissions from domestic aviation will be 3177 and 3483 kt CO2 per year in 2005 and 2010 respectively, and corresponding projections for international aviation emissions are 31533 and 37583 ktCO2 per year. The projected total emissions are 34710 and 41066 kT CO2 per year in 2005 and 2010 respectively.