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Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP in the UK: August 2024
What's in the bulletin?
- More people felt low satisfaction with their lives in the UK in January to March 2024 than in the same period five years ago.
- In May to June 2023, 4.8% of children aged 10 to 15 years reported low satisfaction with their lives in the UK, unchanged from 12 months ago; however, it was more common for children to report low happiness with their health, at 8.9%.
- Among adults in Great Britain who tried to contact their GP within the last 12 months, a third (33%) said it was “difficult” or “very difficult” when asked in June 2024; this is against a background of 87% of adults in Great Britain considering the NHS to be one of the most important issues facing the UK when asked in the same time period.
Estimates of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions (residence basis), UK: Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024
What's in the bulletin?
- UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a residence basis were estimated to be 137 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e) in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024, which was 1.5% higher than in Quarter 1 2023.
- The UK emitted 0.183 tonnes of CO2e per million pounds of economic activity (gross value added), a measure of emissions intensity, in Quarter 1 2024; this is a level similar to that seen since Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021 and broadly in line with our final 2022 estimate.
- All emissions estimates in this bulletin are produced using modelling techniques; estimates for all quarters of 2023 and Quarter 1 2024 are subject to greater uncertainty because full-year emissions data for 2023 are not yet available, so they are modelled over five quarters.
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