Climatiq
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Emissions from an average commute for different UK regions. Uses UK Government emissions factors and travel data from UK Government and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
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Commuting
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| Description | Emissions from an average commute for different UK regions. Uses UK Government emissions factors and travel data from UK Government and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. |
| Source type | Corporate |
| Original dataset URL | URL |
| Year released | 2025 |
| Geography | GB |
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| Type of data | Activity-based |
| Emission results | CO2e |
| Data Transformation | NA |
License
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| Type of license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| License URL | URL |
Data quality
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| Data quality assurance | Created by Climatiq |
| Quality flag(s) | NA |
Methodology
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| Methodology description | Climatiq has created emission factors for an average commute in different regions of the UK using publicly available data. These are intended to give a first, screening-level estimate of commuting emissions where no other data is available. The emission factors represent one day’s two-way commute. The distances traveled by each mode of transport are derived from the tables listed below. The final commuting emission factors are calculated by multiplying these distances (km) by the emission factor values (CO2e per km or passenger-km) for each mode of transport. They include upstream emissions from fuel production. Sources of data UK Government: Transport data is for 2023 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tsgb01-modal-comparisons https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts99-travel-by-region-and-area-type-of-residence Northern Ireland Government: Transport data is for 2021 https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/publications/travel-survey-northern-ireland-tsni-depth-report-2021 |
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