Reference scenario: Based on central estimates of economic growth, fossil fuel prices, electricity generation costs, UK population and other key variables regularly updated. Contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact (i.e. including 鈥減lanned鈥 policies). Net Zero Strategy baseline scenario based on emissions estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Assessment Report 5 without feedback global warming potentials
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Projected GHG emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) 2023-2050, by sector
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom are projected to decline in the coming decades across several sectors. Under the reference scenario, domestic transportation emissions are projected to drop by more than half compared to 2023 levels by 2050, while power emissions would drop by about ** percent during this period.
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