Data

We believe that openness and accountability is important as we all work towards meeting the challenge of climate change.

This page contains the Broads Authority data on our Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and the modelling for the wider Broads National Park.

Broads Authority Emissions

Broads Authority Scope 1 and 2 Footprint estimate. Scope 1 emissions are those that are directly emitted from Broads Authority equipment, such as burning fuel in heating systems.

Source

TCO2e 19/20

TCO2e 20/21

TCO2e 21/22

TCO2e 22/23

TCO2e 23/24

TCO2e 24/25

Fuel

283

277.5

158

124.4

109.6

89.9

Heating Oil

2.5

2.3

2

1.3

1.3

2.4

Electricity (Grid)

90.37

60.25

60.25

57.33

54.88

31.17

Grand Total

379.6

340.05

220.25

182.33

165.78

123.77

% Change Year on Year

-

10%

35%

17%

9%

25%

The graph shows the scope 1 and 2 emissions each year, as detailed in the table above. The graph covers the Broads Authority Financial Years which run from 1st April to 31st of March. From FY 2020/21 there has been a rapid fall from just under 350 tonnes of CO2 down to just over 100 tonnes of CO2 in 2024/25.

Wider National Park Footprint

The wider National Park footprint is updated annually by our contractor, Small World Consulting Ltd. As it requires a large amount of datasets to become available, there is a lag to this data. Currently the most recent data we have is for 2023.

These figures are based on the a “consumption” footprint basis, which considers the full carbon footprint of supplying something, rather than just the direct emissions within the Broads Boundary.

For further details on this calculation methodology see the Smallworld Report (PDF).

The graph shows the footprint of the Broads National Park, broken into three categories. The three categories are Residents, Visitors, and Land. The Residents emissions are approximately 275 thousand tonnes of CO2, further broken down into Food and Drink, Services, Goods, Transport, electricity, and household fuel. The largest sources of emissions are Food and Drink, Household fuel, Servies, and flights. The Visitor emissions are the largest of the three, at a little over 350 thousand tonnes of CO2 per year. The largest element of this is visitors travel in cars, which accounts for approximately 60% of the visitor travel footprint. The smallest of the three columns is land emissions, which are just under 100 thousand tonnes. These emissions exclude agriculture, and are the balance of Greenhouse Gas sequestration and emissions from the ecosystems of the Broads National Park.

Our 1.7 degree global warming pathway to 2050 is set out below. Please note that this does not run to zero as the land emissions of the Broads do not become carbon sinks within this timeframe.

For more details please see the Smallworld Report (PDF).

The graph shows target emissions for the Broads National Park out to 2050. In 2050 they have fallen from 700 thousand tonnes in 2022 to around 70 thousand tonnes. The graph shows the actual emissions for 2022 and 2023 as separate columns, showing that emissions have fallen slightly, but not as fast as the decent curve indicates that it needs to. The curve shows that most of the emissions reductions will take place between 2027 and 2038, with a slower start and the pace of change tailing off as we get into the 2040s.

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