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  Sustainable consumption and production
  Climate change and energy
• Natural resources
  Sustainable communities

Changes in sustainable development measures since 1990 and 1999.

• Compared with the position in 1999, 53 measures show improvement (representing over half of those for which it is possible to make an assessment), and 30 showed little or no change.

• A wide range of measures show improvement including renewable electricity, emissions of air pollutants,  manufacturing and public sector emissions, waste recycling, agricultural emissions and land stewardship, land recycling, crime,  fear of crime, poverty measures, mortality rates, road accidents, housing conditions and fuel poverty, rough sleepers and local environmental quality.

Those measures showing deterioration since 1999 are specifically:

• aviation emissions of greenhouse gases
• fossil fuels used for electricity generation
• nitrogen oxide emissions from electricity generation
• carbon dioxide emissions from the service sector
• energy supply (consumption exceeding UK production)
• household waste arisings
• wintering wetland bird populations
• range of life expectancy between local authorities
• walking and cycling
• ozone pollution in urban areas
• households living in temporary accommodation

Other background measures showing deterioration but not included in the summaries, as they are already reflected, are:

• carbon dioxide emissions from transport
• carbon dioxide emissions from road transport
• electricity generation (to meet demand)
• carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation

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