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Low carbon and renewable energy economy, UK: 2024
What's in the bulletin?
- Turnover of the UK's low carbon and renewable energy economy (LCREE) was an estimated £77.0 billion in 2024 in current prices, an increase of £8.1 billion (11.8%) since 2023.
- UK LCREE employment in 2024 was estimated at 304,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs), down by 13,000 FTEs (4.1%) since 2023.
- Compared with 2015, the first year of comparable data, UK LCREE turnover increased by 91.3%, while employment increased by 51.6%.
Estimates of green jobs, UK: March 2026
What's in the bulletin?
- Using the headline industry approach, we estimate that there were 652,100 full-time equivalents (FTEs) employed in UK green jobs in 2024, an increase of more than a quarter (27.8%) from 510,100 FTEs in 2015, the earliest year with comparable figures.
- Three activity areas accounted for just under half (47.9%) of UK employment (the energy efficient products group, the waste activity, and the renewable energy group) in our headline measure of green jobs in 2024.
- We estimate that 12.6 million FTEs in the UK, or 46.0% of all FTEs, worked for firms in the 10 industries with the lowest levels of greenhouse gas emissions (residence basis, excluding households) in 2024, together accounting for 4.6% of all UK emissions.
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Estimates of green jobs, UK
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Green jobs estimates from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Great Britain
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Marine and coastal margins natural capital accounts, UK: detailed summary tables
Detailed supplementary tables for estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK.
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Marine and coastal margins natural capital accounts, UK: summary supplementary tables
Summary supplementary tables for estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK.
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Estimates of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions
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Environmental Protection Expenditure Survey estimates: by industry and activity
Estimates for the UK's environmental protection expenditure by industry and activity, 2015 to 2022.
Publications related to Environmental accounts
Statistical bulletins
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Estimates of green jobs, UK: March 2026
Provisional estimates of green jobs for 2024 using the industry and firm approaches, with occupational approach insights for 2025. These are official statistics in development.
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Marine and coastal margins natural capital accounts, UK: 2025
Natural capital accounts estimating the extent, condition, and annual and asset value of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) ecosystem services for marine and coastal margins habitats in the UK.
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Estimates of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions (residence basis), UK: Quarter 3 (July to September) 2025
Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions using the Chow-Lin regression-based temporal disaggregation method.
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Estimates of green jobs, UK: March 2026
Provisional estimates of green jobs for 2024 using the industry and firm approaches, with occupational approach insights for 2025. These are official statistics in development.
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UK environmental taxes: 2024
The value and composition of UK environmental taxes from 1997 to 2024 (where available), by type of tax and economic activity, and comparisons with other European countries.
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UK natural capital accounts: 2025
Estimates of the economic and social value of natural resources to the UK’s economy and people.
Articles
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Developing estimates of depletion for the UK natural capital accounts
Developing methods to estimate the depletion of UK natural capital assets, with initial results for three non-renewable services. These are official statistics in development.
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Greenhouse gas emissions and trade, UK
Patterns of UK greenhouse gas emissions embedded in goods trade and structural change as a likely contributor to falling emissions
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Developing quarterly greenhouse gas emissions accounts, UK
Update on work to develop a measure of quarterly UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a residency basis, and future development and publication plans.
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Energy efficiency of housing in England and Wales
Energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions and central heating main fuel type for new and existing homes by property type, tenure, and property age.
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The UK’s low emission vehicle sector
Data and analysis on the low emission vehicle sector. Looks at employment and turnover for businesses in the UK, for the period 2015 to 2019.
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UK business action on net zero and historical energy use
Data analysis exploring questions on net zero within the Business Insights and Conditions Survey and business input choices.
Methodology related to Environmental accounts
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- Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) Survey QMI
- Measuring UK greenhouse gas emissions
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- Principles of Natural Capital Accounting
- Developing estimates of green jobs in the UK
- Estimates of UK quarterly greenhouse gas emissions (residence basis) QMI
- Environmental accounts on the environmental goods and services sector (EGSS) QMI
- UK natural capital accounts quality and methods guide
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