Chapter 7 - Sustainable Development, Military Aid to the Civil Authorities and Conflict Prevention
                           
Table 7.2 Ministry of Defence Carbon Dioxide Emissions1
Target: Government Departments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from buildings across the non-operational estate by 12.5% by 2010/11 relative to 1999/00 levels and then 30% by 2020.

Target: Government Departments to reduce carbon emissions from administrative road vehicles by 15% by 2010/11 relative to 2005/06 levels.

 A 12.5% reduction in carbon emissions from the Defence Estate had been achieved by 2008/09, against a baseline of 1990/00.
A 15% reduction in carbon emissions from road vehicles had been achieved by 2009/10, against a baseline of 2005/06.
The increase shown in air travel emissions is due in part to improved data capture from the centralisation of travel booking across MOD.

See the Carbon Dioxide Emissions Notes page for more information about emissions data.

The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been assessed as such by the UK Statistics Authority.
  1999/00   2004/05 2005/06   2006/07   2007/08   2008/09   2009/10  
Total Emissions (tonnes CO2) ..   .. ..   ..   6 012 700 r 5 592 400   4 742 200  
of which
                          
   Emissions from Defence Estate2
 2 135 400 r 2 169 700 1 880 200   1 834 600   1 895 900   1 848 700   1 720 600  
   Emissions from Motive Fuel
 ..   .. ..   ..   4 022 300 re 3 623 000 e 2 907 700 e
   of which
                          
      Ground Fuel
 ..   .. ..   ..   172 100 e 249 600 e 217 900 e
      Marine Fuel
 ..   .. ..   ..   827 700 e 706 900 e 701 800 e
      Aviation Fuel
 ..   .. ..   ..   3 023 200 e 2 666 500 e 1 988 000 e
   Emissions from Business Admin Travel
 ..   .. ..   ..   ..   ..   ..  
   of which
                          
      Road Travel3
 ..   .. 61 000 r 58 700 r 55 900 r 55 500 r 51 400  
      Air Travel
 ..   .. ..   ..   38 700   65 200 r 62 400  
Source: Defence Estates (Estate Emissions), Defence Fuel Group (Fuel Emissions),
Chief Joint Operations (Fuel Emissions), Director Land Equipment (Travel Emissions)
1. Figures may not match those previously and subsequently published, due to DEFRA conversion factors being subject to change.
2. The apparent increase in emissions in 2007/08 is because 2005/06 and 2006/07 data do not include Chief of Joint Operations/ Permanent Joint HQ, which
    is included from 2007/08.
3. A new baseline was established in 2009/10 to remove vehicles not used for business administrative travel. All figures have been corrected from those
    previously published in 2009.