TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇬🇧 UK
World rank #22 · Europe · Same as 98.2 million cars driven for a year
98.2 million
cars driven for a year
452 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling −1.3%/yr
UK ranks #22 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 452 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.EuropeContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#22 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
487InterGen NV= 1.3M cars/yr6 Mt CO₂eNEW522Valero Energy Corp= 1.1M cars/yr4.9 Mt CO₂eNEW565EP UK Investments Ltd= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eNEW615RWE Generation UK PLC= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eNEW650British Steel Ltd= 723k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (22)
655SSE Thermal Ltd= 942k cars/yr4.3 Mt CO₂eNEW690Phillips 66= 735k cars/yr3.4 Mt CO₂eNEW920Uniper UK Ltd= 631k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW1027Prax Group Ltd= 346k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1175VPI Immingham LLP= 294k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1192VPI Power Ltd= 364k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1229Seabank Power Ltd= 272k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1248Essar Global Fund Ltd= 200k cars/yr922.2 kt CO₂eNEW1299Tata Steel UK Ltd= 465k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1324Equinor ASA= 208k cars/yr957.4 kt CO₂eNEW1325Marchwood Power= 203k cars/yr932.1 kt CO₂eNEW1334Breedon Group PLC= 156k cars/yr718 kt CO₂eNEW1397CF Fertilisers UK Ltd= 128k cars/yr591 kt CO₂eNEW1400Heidelberg Materials UK Ltd= 126k cars/yr577.8 kt CO₂eNEW1410Calon Energy= 181k cars/yr832.3 kt CO₂eNEW1439Carrington Generation Ltd= 122k cars/yr559.2 kt CO₂eNEW1574Electricity Supply Board= 122k cars/yr559.2 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Heathrow Airport | Transport | 18.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Buildings | 8.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Transport | 5.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| London Gatwick Airport | Transport | 4.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| British Steel Scunthorpe plant | Manufacturing | 3.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Manchester Airport | Transport | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Phillips 66 Humber Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Valero Pembroke Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Didcot power station | Power | 2.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Esso Fawley Southampton Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Pembroke power station | Power | 2.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Tata Steel Port Talbot steel plant | Manufacturing | 2.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Buildings | 2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Staythorpe C power station | Power | 1.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Essar Stanlow Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 1.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting better, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population