The Devolved Government inventories are consistent with the UK inventories submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
What is included?
The Devolved Government (DG) GHG inventory presents emissions on a by source (emissions are allocated to the source sector in which they occur) basis, and figures and percentages within the reports refer to these datasets, unless otherwise stated.
The DG GHG inventory report also includes emission estimates presented on an End User basis (whereby emissions are allocated to the end users of energy, e.g. emissions from refineries passed on to users of refined oils, power station emissions passed on to electricity users). This has been included in the DG GHGI since 2008.
In addition, the report presents estimates of DG emissions from international aviation and shipping (which are excluded from national inventory data, in accordance with UNFCCC reporting protocols). The DG GHG inventory dataset also presents analysis of the traded and non-traded emissions share of the inventories for each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, through comparison of the DG inventory totals for all emission sources against reported emissions from sites in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and UK ETS.
What isn’t included?
The DG GHG Inventory is reported using a UK territorial coverage, and thus excludes the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Emissions from offshore oil and gas exploration and production sources are not allocated to any country, and are reported separately within an "Unallocated" inventory category.
Devolved Government emissions by source
Get data
The Devolved Government data by source are available in the table below. This is the latest data published for the Devolved Governments.
Greenhouse Gas data
| Publication Year | Report and Data | Next Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990-2023 | June 2026 |