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We report on Edinburgh's city emissions each year based on statistics published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). We also separately report to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 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.

Below, Edinburgh’s city emissions are broken down by key sectors according to DESNZ data. There is a two-year time lag in reported emissions due to availability of data. 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: 109 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2018: 108 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2019: 108 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2020: 107 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2021: 107 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2022: 104 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Source: stationary energy (covers energy consumption from buildings and facilities)

• 2017: 1,611 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2018: 1,576 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2019: 1,502 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2020: 1,343 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2021: 1,443 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2022: 1,291 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Source: transport

• 2017: 751 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2018: 724 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2019: 703 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2020: 539 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2021: 663 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2022: 686 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Source: waste and waste water

• 2017: 86 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2018: 112 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2019: 93.7 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2020: 61.7 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2021: 73 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2022: 110.7 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Total emissions from all sources

• 2017: 2,557 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2018: 2,521 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2019: 2,407 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2020: 2,050 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2021: 2,286 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
• 2022: 2,192 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent