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Track Edinburgh's progress to net zero

Track city-wide emissions

We report on Edinburgh's city emissions each year through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). CDP is an international non-profit organisation for companies’ and cities’ environmental reporting. It is the largest climate change focused data collection and assessment programme in the world. It breaks down total emissions by activity. It shows where Edinburgh has made progress and where more work needs to happen.

Edinburgh’s city emissions are broken down by key sectors. The majority of the city emissions comes from the fuels we use to heat and power our buildings, followed by transport emissions.

Emissions by source and year

Source: agriculture, forestry and other land use

  • 2017/18: 24 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 24 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20: 28 thousand tonnes of COequivalent

Source: industrial processes and product use

  • 2017/18: 18 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 16 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20: 18 thousand tonnes of COequivalent

Source: stationary energy (covers energy consumption from buildings and facilities as well as fuel consumption from agriculture)

  • 2017/18: 1,818 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 1,654 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20: 1,573 thousand tonnes of COequivalent

Source: transport

  • 2017/18: 655 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 654 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20: 606 thousand tonnes of COequivalent

Source: waste and waste water

  • 2017/18: 80 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 78 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20: 24 thousand tonnes of COequivalent

Total emissions from all sources

  • 2017/18: 2,595 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2018/19: 2,427 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
  • 2019/20:  2,248 thousand tonnes of COequivalent
Edinburgh net zero 2030

Working to be a net zero city by 2030