Guest post: Climate adaptation becomes less effective as the world warms
In Focus
Carbon Brief analysis based on provisional government data shows that UK emissions fell to just 383m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2023.
This marks the first time emissions have fallen below 400MtCO2e since Victorian times. However, this drop was mostly unrelated to deliberate climate action by the government.
Instead, much of it comes about due to a drop in gas demand, driven by factors such as higher electricity imports from French nuclear plants and warmer temperatures..