HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 cc399-400W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will estimate the carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation sector in each year since 1990; and what the projected figures are for each year to 2020. [184852]

Mr. Morley

Table A shows the estimated emissions of carbon dioxide from domestic and international flights departing from UK airports. The estimates are expressed in million tonnes of carbon per year (MtC/yr), for the period 1990–2002 as published in the latest UK Greenhouse gas inventory, released in April 2004.

Table A: Emissions of CO2 from aviation, 1990–2002, MtC/yr
Domestic International Total
1990 0.59 4.03 4.62
1991 0.58 3.97 4.55
1992 0.61 4.40 5.00
1993 0.62 4.70 5.32
1994 0.61 4.89 5.50
1995 0.65 5.20 5.85
1996 0.68 5.54 6.21
1997 0.70 5.90 6.60
1998 0.73 6.60 7.33
1999 0.75 7.23 7.98
2000 0.76 8.02 8.79
2001 0.80 7.53 8.33
2002 0.80 7.34 8.14

Projected total emissions from aviation are published in the DfT's "Aviation and Global Warming" technical paper. Table B shows these data for the UK, also in MtC/yr.

Table B: Total (international plus domestic) projected emissions for UK aviation emissions, MtC/yr
Total emissions
2010 10.8
2020 14.9

These projections are based on emissions from all flights departing the UK. Emissions projections for intervening years to 2020 are not available.

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