Hampshire's carbon emissions
Hampshire County Council has a target for the County to be carbon neutral by 2050. To assess our progress towards this target, carbon emissions are tracked and reported annually.
Understanding where carbon emissions are coming from in Hampshire helps the County Council to understand priority areas of action for reducing emissions.
The latest emissions data relating to County Council operations can be found in the emissions report.
Where carbon emissions come from in Hampshire
Using Local Authority and regional data provided by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, we have identified that Hampshire emitted 5,256.74 ktCO2e in 2023. This is a reduction of 51.50% since 2005.
For more information about the datasets and the methodology of the data collection and analysis, please see the Emissions report 2022
Transport is responsible for the majority of carbon emissions in Hampshire, followed by the Household (Domestic) sector.
The latest baseline emissions data
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
In 2023, 5,256.74 ktCO2e of carbon dioxide emissions were released in Hampshire.
Transport produced the greatest proportional percentage of emissions at 49.93%, followed by the Household (Domestic) sector at 27.61%. The breakdown of carbon emissions released per sector can be seen in the pie chart.
In 2023, carbon sequestration removed 6.71% of carbon emissions from Hampshire.
Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)
National government has also collected data for methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Hampshire.
In 2023, 466.65 (ktCO2e) of methane emissions were released in Hampshire. Waste management had the greatest proportional percentage of methane emissions at 45.42%, followed by agriculture at 35.12%.
In 2023, 245.59 ktCO2e of nitrous oxide were released into the atmosphere, due to activities in Hampshire. Agriculture had the greatest proportional percentage of nitrous oxide emissions at 64.08%.