Exploring the UK's Carbon Footprint

Breakdown by product and source industry

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

The bars on the right show the emissions from the source industries that make up the UK carbon footprint.

The segments of each bar represent final products made by that industry.

Amounts are shown in kilotonnes CO2.


The carbon footprint of products purchased by UK consumers is shown at the bottom of this diagram.

The segments of each bar represents each industry's contribution to that product.