TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇬🇧 UK
World rank #22 · Europe · Same as 98.2 million cars driven for a year a year
Initials from the entity name. Click the row to open the full profile.UK
98.2 million
cars driven for a year
452 Mt CO₂e
Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — varies by species, climate and age of tree.
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
Top emitters here
487InterGen NV= 1.3M cars/yr6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.522Valero Energy Corp= 1.1M cars/yr4.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.565EP UK Investments Ltd= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.615RWE Generation UK PLC= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.650British Steel Ltd= 723k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Show all top emitters (22)
655SSE Thermal Ltd= 942k cars/yr4.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.690Phillips 66= 735k cars/yr3.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.920Uniper UK Ltd= 631k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1027Prax Group Ltd= 346k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1175VPI Immingham LLP= 294k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1192VPI Power Ltd= 364k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1229Seabank Power Ltd= 272k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1248Essar Global Fund Ltd= 200k cars/yr922.2 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1299Tata Steel UK Ltd= 465k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1324Equinor ASA= 208k cars/yr957.4 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1325Marchwood Power= 203k cars/yr932.1 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1334Breedon Group PLC= 156k cars/yr718 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1397CF Fertilisers UK Ltd= 128k cars/yr591 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1400Heidelberg Materials UK Ltd= 126k cars/yr577.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1410Calon Energy= 181k cars/yr832.3 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1439Carrington Generation Ltd= 122k cars/yr559.2 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1574Electricity Supply Board= 122k cars/yr559.2 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Heathrow Airport | Transport | 18.9 Mt | medium |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Buildings | 8.1 Mt | very low |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Transport | 5.4 Mt | low |
| London Gatwick Airport | Transport | 4.1 Mt | medium |
| British Steel Scunthorpe plant | Manufacturing | 3.3 Mt | medium |
| Manchester Airport | Transport | 2.8 Mt | medium |
| Phillips 66 Humber Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.6 Mt | low |
| Valero Pembroke Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.5 Mt | low |
| Didcot power station | Power | 2.4 Mt | medium |
| Esso Fawley Southampton Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.4 Mt | low |
| Pembroke power station | Power | 2.3 Mt | very low |
| Tata Steel Port Talbot steel plant | Manufacturing | 2.1 Mt | very low |
| Greater London Administrative Area | Buildings | 2 Mt | very low |
| Staythorpe C power station | Power | 1.9 Mt | medium |
| Essar Stanlow Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 1.8 Mt | low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE. UK is falling at −1.3% year on year.
Getting better — based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What we know · what we don't
How sure we are about the measurement. 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.
Confidence reflects how completely Climate TRACE has measured this country’s emissions; coverage shows the share of those emissions we can tie to a named owner. Both feed the 0–100 Climate Damage Score above. Untraced emissions are real — they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets we use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank — population