Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 17th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of levels of direct emissions from the operations of the armed forces.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 22nd November 2021

The Ministry of Defence reports its carbon emissions in line with the guidance provided by Central Government, publishing emissions associated with energy consumption on the UK defence estate, domestic business travel and global operational fuels consumption in its Annual Report and Accounts. The total figure for 2019-20 was 2,609,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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