§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the level of carbon dioxide emissions for each year since 1980; and what efforts his Department has implemented to reduce these levels.
§ Mr. AtkinsAnnual United Kingdom emissions of carbon dioxide since 1980 are as follows:
Estimated annual United Kingdom emissions for carbon dioxide, expressed in terms of weight of carbon (million tonnes of carbon) Year Amount 1980 164 1981 157 1982 154 1983 152 1984 148 1985 154 1986 158 1987 159 1988 159 1989 156 1990 158 1991 159 1992 155 1993 1152 1latest provisional estimate. In fulfilment of our commitment under the climate change convention, the UK climate change programme, published in January 1994, sets out in full the measures aimed at returning emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, to 1990 levels by the year 2000.
Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his most recent figures for annual CO2 emissions for the United Kingdom; and what assessment he has made of their consistency with the target set in "Climate Change: The UK Programme".
§ Mr. AtkinsI refer the hon. Member to my oral answer of Wednesday 18 January 1995,Official Report, column 706, to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) and to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Burnley (Mr. Pike) earlier today.