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The table below gives a summary of assessments for the sustainable consumption and production indicators supporting the UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy. Clicking on the indicator name leads to a page with a chart/charts, assessments of progress and commentary. A smaller thumbnail chart links to a larger version in those cases where longer term trend information is available.

Indicator

Change since:

1990

1999

1. Greenhouse gas emissions:*

Greenhouse gas emissions

Green Green

CO2 emissions

Green Amber

2. Carbon dioxide emissions by end user:

Industry

Green Green

Domestic

Green Amber

Transport

Red Red

3. Aviation and shipping emissions:

Aviation bunkers

Red Red

Shipping bunkers

Green Green

6. Household energy use:

Green Amber

7. Road transport:

CO2 emissions

Red Red

NOx, PM10 emissions

Green Green

8. Private cars:

Red Amber

9. Road freight:

Red Amber

10. Manufacturing sector:

Green Green

11. Service sector:

Amber Amber

12. Public sector:

Green Green

13. Resource use:*

Green Amber

15. Water resource
use:

Abstractions

Amber Green

Leakage losses

Green since 1992 Red

16. Domestic water consumption:

Amber since 1995 Amber

18. Waste:*

No data Amber

19: Household waste per person:

Waste arisings

Red Amber

Recycled or composted

Green Green

22. Agriculture sector:

Fertiliser use, NH3, CH4 emissions

Green Green

Farmland bird population

Red Amber

25. Land recycling

Green Green

27. Fish stocks

Green Green

29. Emissions of air pollutants

Green Green

30. River quality

Biological

Green Green

Chemical

Green Green

32. Economic output (contextual)

Green Green

33. Productivity (contextual)

Green Green

34. Investment (contextual)

Total investment

Green Green

Social investment

No data No data

35. Demography (contextual)

Contextual Contextual

36. Households and dwellings (contextual)

Contextual Contextual

 

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Updated: 27 July 2007

 
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