30 | Statistical Review | 2022
UK Nitrogen Oxide (NO x ) Emissions kt UK Nitrogen Oxide (NO x ) Emissions kt
Energy Transport Energy Transport
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500
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2020
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Source: NAEI Source: NAEI
Despite the substantial decrease in transport sector NO x emissions, the relative proportions of emitting sectors have not changed: together the UK’s energy and transport sectors still account for 96.7% of the UK’s NO x emissions. Despite the impact of decreasing demand for products and services, energy sector NO x emissions only decreased by 3.9% year-on-year in 2020, compared to a 5.75% year-on-year decrease in 2019. Since 2000, energy and transport emissions have decreased by 61.5% and 57.5%, respectively. Overall since 2000 NO x emissions have fallen by 58.6% to 968 kt in 2020.
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