May Update

House of Lords sounds alarm over EU low carbon investment uncertainty
A clearer EU policy is needed to unlock investment in secure, affordable and low carbon energy, according to a report released today by the House of Lords.

MOD to save £3m by battling energy consumption
Engineers have established a specialist control room that allows them to remotely manage energy use at 35 of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) highest energy consuming sites.

DECC in 'crisis' as resignations build up
Ravi Gurumurthy has stepped down from his role as head of strategy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), according to an unconfirmed report, after what has been described as a "crisis" for the government department.

EU Parliament approves 2020 CO2 emissions limit on vans
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted to introduce stricter new targets for van fuel economy and CO2 emissions in 2025.

EU Parliament reaffirms international shipping target to cut CO2
The European Parliament reaffirmed its goal towards safer and more environmentally friendly shipping today as it continues discussions on reducing CO2 emissions throughout the region.

Statistics: Quarterly UK greenhouse gas emissions

By HM Government

Updated: Updated UK greenhouse gas emissions data to the 3rd quarter 2013.

This publication provides provisional estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions on a quarterly basis. This release covers emissions up to and including the 3rd quarter of 2013.

Quarterly emissions estimates have a 3 month time lag, and are based on provisional inland energy consumption statistics, which are published in DECC's quarterly Energy Trends publication.

These estimates have been labelled as “Experimental Official Statistics” and will retain this label until further notice. We would welcome any comments from users on both the estimates and the methodology; please email the Climate Change Statistics inbox for any questions and/or comments.

You can access past editions of the statistics via The National Archives.