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  • Greenhouse gas emissions: 2013 (Latest release)

    Article | Released on 2 June 2015

    Keywords: climate change, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, global warming

  • Environmental taxes: 2014 (Latest release)

    Article | Released on 1 June 2015

    An examination of the size and composition of environmental taxes between 1993 and 2014. Including an analysis by type of environmental tax, a consideration of who pays the taxes and a comparison with other European countries. Main findings show that environmental taxes raised £44.6 billion in the UK in 2014, providing 7.5% of all revenue from taxes and social contributions

    Keywords: pollution, climate, natural capital, water, greenhouse gases

  • UK Natural Capital Freshwater Ecosystem Assets and Services Accounts (Latest release)

    Article | Released on 20 March 2015

    Keywords: region, local, regional analysis, economic analysis, sub-national

  • UK Natural Capital Land Cover in the UK (Latest release)

    Article | Released on 17 March 2015

    We take a look at land cover ecosystem accounts for the United Kingdom (UK). The land cover accounts based on data from the Countryside Survey show that the land cover changed significantly in the UK between 1998 and 2007.

    Keywords: ecosystems, cultivated land, woodlands, forest, pasture, grassland

  • Energy and emissions in the UK (Latest release)

    Article | Released on 19 February 2015

    Keywords: Business, industry and trade, Economy, Environment, UK perspectives